It is increasingly obvious that the time of our Lord's coming is drawing near.
People who make such statements ought to breakout the asbestos underwear. It's only "increasingly obvious" to folks who hold to a certain interpretive approach to the scripture, namely futurist dispensationalism.
They've been crying wolf for decades now, bringing ridicule on the name of our Lord with their wild speculation about everything from barcode scanners and the mark of the beast to Cobra helicopters as the locusts of Revelation.
Jesus will return when He is good and ready. He promised to do so almost 2000 years ago.
It's time Christians in the 21st century stopped being so egocentric, believing every little prophetic jot and tittle points to 2004, and started doing what Christ called us to do, namely discipling the nation.
Face it, He's not going to telegraph the timing to you or me or the folks at TBN.
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