I was discussing this with my dad and granddad. Both said that back in the 70’s there was this big deal about the Rapture and how everyone was running around saying it’s going to happen real soon; a guy by the name of Hal Lindsey(sp) was some sort of guru on it. And of course nothing happened. Now it’s the same thing all over again, Rapture Rapture, etc and that term isn’t even used in the Bible.
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Hal Lindsay was a denier of the plain word of Yehova.
Yeshua’s return has never been “imminent.”
There are a list of things that must first come, and only part of them have come to be. We are at the end of the 5th seal, and all of the 6th seal lies ahead in the near future.
None of the 6th seal events will be pleasant to anyone. People will suffer and die, but it is all part of his plan.
He has told us the Biblical date when he will return (month, day) but Yehova’s calendar has little glitches in it. We can get close, but not exact as to the day the new moons will be visible, so the Roman calendar the world runs on is no help at all.
One literally has to watch for the new moon as the sun sets to know when Yehova’s month begins; there is no way to predict it exactly in advance, and every time someone tries they end up looking like a fool.
But those that constantly watch, every month, will know the year and the season, but just not the exact day and time.