[Sueann]

Well then, please explain to me how you justify the scripture, "it has been given unto you to know the mysteries and the secrets of the kingdom"??? If we, as Christians, are supposed to know the mysteries and secrets, as well as the times and the seasons, then certainly we can have a general sense that things are wrapping up. Which they are! I don't have a DATE, because the Word also says, "only the Father knows". But, we are supposed to know what time it is on the calendar of spiritual things. To go off on a tangent saying, we can't know, is just ignorance!

[Rodney King]

To go off on a tangent saying, we can't know, is just ignorance!

How is posting the most direct statement in the bible on the subject going off on a tangent? In case you missed it, here it is again:

Matthew 24:42-51: "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come"

It also says "44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh."

Which is stating that in fact the Son of man will come not when you think he does, but when you think he isn't going to. Which would be an even more direct reason why you should not waste your time trying to figure out when it is. Be ready always! If you are, it won't matter when He comes.

So once again, how is the most direct statement on the subject going off on a tangent? And how is beleiving that ignorance? If anything, I think ignorance would be not beleiving the Lord, and thinking that if you try hard enough you will know when he comes, when in fact we have been told directly, on this subject, that WE WILL NOT KNOW. And furthermore, that He will come not when we expect him, but when we don't expect him.