Thanks for sending that Giovanna!
Yes we are close my friend!
Yes we are close my friend!
Well, I've spent a whole lifetime realizing that "we are close" ... :-)
That's not to say that we are not close, but that the timing is not always what we think it might be. And I'm not saying that things are not progressing towards the end that the Bible says they are. And I'm not saying that things will "cycle" out of where they are now, and then later on (a few hundred years later) they will "cycle" back into where they are now (as some say).
I believe we are on a "straight line track" to the "last of the end days" prophecies, concerning Israel, the Rapture and the Tribulation time, with the coming of the Messiah of Israel to set up His Kingdom on this earth.
It's a "straight line" and there are no deviations... BUT ... let me say the following... :-)
If you've watched a footbal game and see when the opposing team gets down to the last ten yards, if those teams didn't have four downs to make it -- they would probably run 50 plays in those last ten yards (if they could... LOL...)...
You would be amazed how many things could happen in those last ten yards and yet still not cross the goal line...
It's not that they "back up" to the 50 yard line and start over and make another run at it... they don't lose ground and they are moving "straight ahead"... but they sure can squeeze a lot of "plays" (if they want) out of those last ten yards and still not cross the goal line, if the other team is pretty well matched.
SO..., for my lifetime, it's been like those last ten yards and we still haven't crossed the goal line yet... LOL...
Sure, we're getting close, and sure, we're not backing up to the 50-yard line and starting another "run" at it again... it's all been a "straight line shot" to the end... BUT... you might be amazed how much can still be done, before we cross the goal line... :-)
[A lot of this stuff that you hear about are the very small details, and it doesn't "advance" things very much, although they are details that need to be put into place, in any case.
It's like the refs getting out the magnifying glass in the football game and seeing that the ball has advanced exactly 1/10 of an inch (so there's "progress" that has been made) but it's not that significant to the goal line... :-) ... It would be like saying that the quarterback burped and now will be able to throw the ball better; he may have burped, but whether it makes any difference or not is questionable... LOL...]