Posted on 07/01/2016 2:26:42 PM PDT by amessenger4god
Previously we've discussed 20 specific signs that were foretold in the Bible indicating that Christ's coming is now imminent. This new list is a little different - these are ten indicators that we have reached the upper limits of when Christ can return. God is sovereign and we can merely speculate, but I believe there is sound reasoning behind each of these:
1. The culmination of signs
From the return of the Jews to their God-given land beginning in the late 1800s, to the rebirth of Israel in 1948 and
the recapturing of Jerusalem in 1967, the signs foretold in the Bible are all here. Over the centuries that have
ensued since Christ ascended to Heaven, dozens and dozens of people have speculated that they would witness His return
- many even setting specific dates for the parousia, yet all these speculations were lacking the myriad of prophesied
signs.
Israel is back in the land, a pseudo-global government exists (in the form of the U.N.), a spirit of lawlessness
prevails, homosexuality is rampant "as it was in the days of Lot", violence (via abortion, euthanasia, terrorism, and
war) are at unprecedented levels ("as it was in the days of Noah"), signs in the heavens are appearing left and right,
the Jews have virtually everything in place to rebuild their Temple, the technology finally exists to implement the
Mark of the Beast, the players in the Middle East are rapidly aligning in such a way as to fulfill Ezekiel 38, there
is a truly unprecedented apostasy as foretold (beginning in force around 1960), the population at large calls good
"evil" and evil "good", the world's leaders are proclaiming each and every day the damning words "peace and security" (1 Thessalonians 5:3),
and many both inside and outside the Church are saying, "where is the promise of His coming?" (2 Peter 3:4) In the words of the LORD Himself:
"Do I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?" says the LORD. "Do I close up the womb when I bring to delivery?" says your God. - Isaiah 66:9
According to the Bible the Earth is only about 6,000 years old, so with that said, now that is has been 2,000 years
since Christ's first coming, we must be approaching the climactic end of the age - else God's Word is gravely mistaken -
and I have absolute confidence that it is not.
God and ascend to Heaven on their own strength. As their tower grew, God decided it was time to intervene and
judgment came quickly - He destroyed their tower and confused their languages. The language confusion has prevailed
to this day as the very basis of national divisions.
Yet mankind is once again defying God in its attempt to resurrect a collective world government (via the U.N. and
other supranational institutions). With the advent of information technology and automated translation services,
language divisions mean less and less, and the humanistic collective continues full speed ahead without thought to
what they are doing.
Mankind, for the first time in history, is actually ascending to the heavens via aircraft and spacecraft, so combined
with mankind's globalist overreach you have an almost verbatim replay of Genesis 11.
Interestingly, the E.U. Parliament building appears to modeled on classic paintings of the Tower of Babel. Why would the E.U. powers
that be purposely design their building after something the Bible obviously condemns?
mankind continues to demonstrate its innate affinity for evil. Throwing aside moral and ethical restraints left and
right, geneticists are now combining species against God's created order and are even development three-parent babies,
and babies resulting from two fathers or two mothers. If human/animal hybrids are not created yet, they are on the
very, very near horizon. How long will God allow this to continue considering the very real possibility these
children and hybrids may not have souls? Are they made in God's image or man's image? God intervened when angels began interbreeding with the human population.
Hybrids seem to be another point of no return where judgment must ensue very quickly (see Genesis 6).
While I firmly believe He will, I think the larger point is a foreshadowing of the end-times apostasy foretold in 1
Timothy 4:1. Every generation of Christians has had its apostates, false prophets, and false teachers, but the apostasy
beginning primarily in 1960s is utterly unprecedented. Some polls and surveys indicate that less than one-half of
self-proclaimed Christians around the world still believe all the tenets of historic Christianity. Many embrace "soft
universalism", homosexuality, moral relativism, and every other vice. Genesis is largely dismissed, the resurrection
is often denied, and Christ's return is routinely questioned.
Indeed, who will maintain their faith in God's Word in the midst of this lawless world where Christianity seems to
be the object of every attack and ridicule?
until Christ and the two millennia from Christ until now, you arrive at almost exactly 6,000 years. Revelation 20
promises a coming 1,000 year reign of Christ before eternity. This pattern is unmistakably related to the six days of
work and one day of rest as the weekly pattern God created in Genesis 1. Since we are literally within years, maybe
even months, of the end of 6,000 years, what should that tell you?
and Evil. God banished them from the Garden of Eden and sent an angel to guard it from them so that they
could not eat from the Tree of Life and live forever in a fallen state (Genesis 3:22-24).
Humanity remains in its fallen state and now geneticists and scientists believe we are on the verge of reversing or
even ending aging altogether. There is even a U.S. presidential candidate who promises his voters immortality. I
think science may be nearing a point where humanity may be able to replicate the effects of eating from the Tree of
Life, so God will most certainly intervene.
years passed before God brought judgment upon Israel after bringing them into the land. A similar time passed before
God brought a complete judgment upon the Canaanites. Sodom, though, had reached such an incredible level of depravity that
God brought judgment after only a few hundred years.
Consider these timespans. We are now nearing 2,000 years since Christ's death and resurrection. We are now living in
the longest time period between judgments in the history of the world and God's Word promises that another global
judgment will most certainly come (2 Peter 3:5-7). He is not distant or sleeping. He has planned the end from
the beginning and this wicked world is living on borrowed time. Get on the ark while there is still time.
this fact (though not all), but the Lord's words will not change. This age had a definite beginning and it will have
a definite end. The eternal future belongs to God and His people, not a collective, godless, fallen humanity.
That's not true. Yom actually appears well over 2200 times and it doesn't always mean a literal 24 hour days. For example:
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
Gen 1:5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
"Yom" is the Hebrew word in verse 5 translated day. That shows that Yom can refer to a period less then 24 hours...or only the daylight portion.
Then there's this:
Gen 2:4 This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
Again "Day" is yom. This is referring to perhaps 7 24 hour days.
But yom can also mean "year":
Exo 13:10 You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.
Again "year" is yom.
From the BDB Hebrew definitions:
yôm
BDB Definition:
1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day’s journey
1c) days, lifetime (plural)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Just pointing out that you won't win this argument by defining "yom" as a literal 24 hour day according to scripture.
1967 Jerusalem was returned to God's People
Both occurred after a war WWI & 6 day war
They are linked to the Jubilee
Next year start on October 3, 2016
There will be war and the Temple
Dispensationalists believe we will be
out of here on the Feast of Trumpets
I believe God is waiting for as many to accept him as possible, then He will come back, but he promised He would return before the generation that saw Israel’s rebirth passed away. That means it is close.
Hey bud
And this blogger is claiming much more than that
This blogger is claiming much more than that
LOL, give me a break.
Hey Chuck...not many of us left from the old days ay? :-)
I won’t venture to reply to all the silliness on this thread, but I will say a few things:
1. “No man knows the DAY or HOUR”. What does the verse say? Am I claiming to know the DAY or HOUR? Yet the Bible REPEATEDLY commands believers to WATCH for the signs and the coming of the LORD. Why does Jesus list off a myriad of signs in Luke 17, Matthew 24, etc? Why does the Apostle Paul tell the Church to watch for that day so that they are not caught unaware? What about Daniel, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Zecharaiah, and Revelation... books FILLED with end time prophecies?
2. Have I made any personal prophecy? Have I set a date? Have I added to the words of the Bible? Perhaps I have a wrong interpretation here or there, but I take God’s Word as is. Those calling me “false prophet” are silly as I don’t claim to be a prophet nor have I claimed to make any prophecy EVER.
10 Reasons Jesus Will Come Back In Our Lifetime
Your title sets a date and a personal prophecy.
After 3 years I Guess that Im healed as best as it is ever gona get
Praise the Holy NAME of YHvH
IGNORE preterists
This is a Phrase the the prophets
use to describe the Feast of Trumpets
as it starts on the NEW MOON
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>> “No man knows the DAY or HOUR” <<
With those words Yeshua told every in-covenant Hebrew that was present exactly what day, and what hour, but not the year.
The day and hour are Tishri 1, at sunset.
That is why he told us to “watch” in Revelation 3:3.
When the “Man of Sin” stands on the mercy seat of the Ark of the Covenant to show us that he is God, we will then also know the year, 3.5 years later.
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>> “That phrase describes the Feast of Trumpets (Tishri 1)” <<
Precisely.
Most who call themselves “christians” will be in terror when that day comes.
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Usher did an excellent job.
100% of all previous messengers of god have been fakes...
This man is not Jed (often mistaken to be doing so due to the way he writes up what is presented from that one (Jed) to be prophetic message.
Nowhere in [ahem] messenger's dissertation did he (she? I doubt this one a woman, writes like a man) make himself out to be God, unless I missed it, which I suppose could be possible...
For a little change of pace, some jazz (John Martyn);
I Don't Want To Know ('bout Evil) seguing into My Creator at about the 4:20 time-mark.
John Martyn - Excuse Me MIster
(cover of the Ben Harper tune, but jazz instead of reggae...)
And no, we should not make belief in a young earth a condition for salvation.
However, this is really not the central issue of the young earth/old earth debate. Any theologically sound Christian believes that anyone who truly trusts in Christ's blood is eternally secure (even if they are misguided in some areas e.g age of the earth, end-times events, etc.)
The reason the young-earth timeline is critical to many creationists and why they defend it so vigorously is this: the interpretation of Genesis 1 fundamentally effects one's understanding and application of the Gospel.
The 6000 years is not actually derived from 2 Peter 3:8, which is often taken out of context to prove the days of creation were, in fact long ages (as you said, it is a simile. And it refers to the end of time, not the beginning). Rather, it comes from the genealogies found in Genesis 5.
If the earth's age was not important, God would not have placed any of this in the Bible. But the fact that He explicitly says literal days and gives the age of the earth through genealogies means it is important.
It is important because "days" as long ages means death before sin. If this is really true, then why was Man's fall such a big deal? Why would Christ come to save us from the consequences of something that had been happening for the millions or billions of years before Man in God's "very good" creation?
What would that say about God Himself?
Not saying you need to change your views, but I hope you see why this is such a big deal to some.
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