He's here.
He's here.
I think it is supreme arrogance to assume that we are in the end times. I can think of a dozen or more times in world history that were far more likely candidates.
There are about 7 billion people on Earth right now. To put that in perspective, if one million of them died each and every day, it would take the better part of three years just to kill off a single billion of them.
Yet can you imagine the horror around the world if a million people were dying every day?
You would think that the, by far, number one indicator of the end times would be people dying. Take out several billion people and the argument becomes downright persuasive.
Until then, it is best to resign yourself to hopefully dying of old age, like about the other 64 or so generations of men and women who have lived in the world, and died, since the year 0 A.D. Okay, maybe 63 generations since 22 A.D., if you want to nit pick.
We’re just not very special. The end times will happen when the end times happen. Trying to predict them is a lot like astrology.
Key events yet unfulfilled Chronologically:
1. Psalm 83 - Bordering Nations surrounding Israel attempt to invade and are thwarted by God.
2. Destruction of Damascus (somewhere during/between Psalm 83 and Ezekiel 38
3. Rapture - Holy Spirit is removed from the earth along with all born again Christians
4. Ezekiel 38 - Russian/Iranian/Egyptian/etc. Multiple nations stage a massive invasion from the north and are totally obliterated by God.
5. Anti-Christ appears as a savior to the world and brings peace. (7 yr trib begins) The 7 year peace treaty includes a provision for Israel to rebuild their temple to God which the Antichrist breaks 4 years into it, entering the temple and setting himself up as God in it.
6. Armageddon - Antichrist wages final battle against God.
7. Return of Christ in Glory / Establishment of New Jerusalem on Earth... Satan/followers imprisoned.
8. 1000 year millenial reign of Christ
9. Satan is released again
10. Great White Throne Judgment
The third temple.
Before the man of perdition is revealed, the Great Apostasy occurs.
BTW, since nobody knows the day or the hour of the 2nd Advent, including even Christ Himself, if follows tha neither does the Adversary,..so it has been said that the Adversary always has an antichrist in the wings in every time before the second coming.
I thought the Temple had to be rebuilt. That means the Dome of the Rock has to go...