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I agree with what you are saying. We as believers should be excited about the Lord's return. I personally think it is soon but I am also careful not to set a time frame on His return, or say that we are living in that "generation" now.
If I may share something, in Matthew 24:34, Jesus says, "This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. There have been people over the years that have taken this verse and said the Lord is coming soon and that they were living in that "generation" time frame. But actually, the word generation itself has no association with years at all unless someone puts the years with it. Many have taken this verse and predicted the time of the rapture or the Lord's return because they took the word generation, associated with years, and it had nothing to do with years.
The word generation means race or kind of people. GENEA is the word and it means race or kind of people. Several years ago, someone once said that generation meant 40 years. And when Jerusalem became a nation in 1948, they figured that 40 years from then that the rapture would happen in 1988. Many others have also made predictions based on taking the word generation and putting years to it.
But GENEA has nothing to do with years. It's a race or kind of people. What Jesus was saying in Matthew 24 is that this race of people (Jews) shall not pass away until all these things be fulfilled. They are His elect. They are His protected people, His chosen people, and He will fulfill His promises to them.
But I do agree with you. We should be hoping and praying for the Lord to come soon. Our world is in a mess right now!
God dwells IN YOU.
Revelation calls it the New Heaven (Christ In You).
The words of God become more understandable when you BELIEVE you are HEAVEN.
And Satan was CAST OUT of HEAVEN (out of YOU).
I don't see how you can associate "THIS THY DAY" and the days of thy PEACE With Revelation 18.
And In Luke 21 the desolation was the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD.
But that's not the "ABOMINATION" of desolation.
Luke 21:20. And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
Totally different than what's described here in Daniel , and what Jesus verified in Mathew.
No Image/idol is set up in the temple as described in Revelation 13. This is what Jesus and Daniel is talking about.
Matthew 24:15. When ye therefore shall see the ABOMINATION of desolation, spoken of by DANIEL the prophet, STAND IN THE HOLY PLACE, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Daniel 12:11. And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination THAT MAKETH DESOLATE SET UP, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
This will last 1290 days. That's 30 days past the 2nd half of the tribulation. There is no mention of that happening in 70 AD. as described in Daniel 12 as mentioned or here in Daniel 9.
Daniel 9:27. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: AND IN THE MIDST OF THE WEEK HE SHALL CAUSE THE SACRIFICE AND THE OBLATION TO CEASE, AND FOR THE OVERSPENDING OF ABOMINATIONS HE SHALL MAKE IT DESOLATE, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
I leave off there,
I'm sure we will have to agree to disagree. Not interested in a debate.
God bless.
In order to better understand the end times, you need to know that all prophecies concerning the last days are based upon Daniel 9:24-27, which presents the 70th week of Daniel. We have not reached the 70th week yet. 69 weeks have passed, but right now we are living in what is called "The time of the Gentiles" which began on April 6th, 32 A.D., the time of Christ's death on the cross. But once the church is removed from the earth, the 70th week (7 year period) will begin.
The 70th Week of Daniel is divided into four sections:
1)Pains of birth: first 3 years of the Tribulation. ( Matthew 24:4-14)
2)Pivotal point: the mid-point of the Tribulation. ( Matthew 24:15)
3)Perils of tribulation: the last 3 years of the Great Tribulation. ( Matthew 24:16-28)
4)Promise of his coming: the Second Coming of Christ. ( Matthew 24:29-31)
All end time prophecies are centered on the Jewish people. Matthew took his outline of the 70th week of Daniel from Mark chapter13 and they both recorded the Olivet discourse. The misunderstanding of the prophecies of the last days is based upon combining Luke's account with Matthew's and Mark's account as if they are the same message. They are not the same. So what happens is we read Matthew and Mark's account of the end time and they match with each other. But then we read Luke and that's where the confusion comes in, because they are not the same!
Luke's version includes some of the same information only given at a different time, and covers different stages of the 70th Week of Daniel. For instance, In Luke 21:5-6, Jesus was still in the Temple area. And Luke 21:7 records different questions. When will these things be? What sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? Luke covers the first part of the pains of birth in Luke 21:8-11.
I was just seeing what this websites search engine would fetch, a year ago. I typed in CHINA to a King James Bible. It fetched 3 scriptures: written thousands of years ago. God SEES the past and present: on earth [Alpha and Omega]. He lives outside of Time too, in Third Heaven.
Settle yourself as you read this past post I wrote.
3 PLAGUES IN THE BIBLE FROM ASIA
Revelation 16:12
The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the EAST.
[comment: formerly called the Silk Road; which has been rebuilt.
Revelation 9:14-18
The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number. And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the COLOR of fire and of sapphire and of sulfur (national colors of China) and the heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths. By these THREE PLAGUES, A THIRD OF MANKIND IS KILLED by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths.
Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
Isaiah 49:12
Behold, these shall come from AFAR, and behold, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of SYENE.
[comment:
China gave us Swine FLU. SARS virus, Corona virus. I got a feeling that corona virus isn't done killing yet. It's morphing]
I don't think we need to act like this is just like past FLU episodes. We get a flu shot and feel protected for another year. Corona virus doesn't ACT like past "flu's."
If your Bible doesn't have Ancient Bible Maps WITH the Ancient Names for those regions; you can google online. "Ancient Bible Maps"
Comment: Only our Father knows the timing. The angels don't know. Jesus doesn't know.
Why do we think we can figure it out? Where were you in 1988?
Someone set a date. nothing happened. He is not going to allow anyone to call it. Period. Move along.
How about those Four Horsemen? Someone said the other day (radio). That the order of their appearances works backward. That is JESUS on the white horse. To me, that makes more sense.
The four horsemen are described as Satan's army, Conquest, War, Famine and Death.
Four figures in the Book of Revelation who symbolize the evils to come at the end of the world: They are often called the Four horsemen of the Apocalypse:
We've got War, Famine and Death (world-wide pandemics), right now. Any nations in the world do not have enough food. Fact.
We have wars!
We need to pray for rain. My Bible says in the Book of Job, that God controls the storehouses of rain and snow. So why don't we pray for some? Like every day...
Two things impress on my mind: are we watching for the increasing & overwhelming signs around the world & the terror in people's hearts as a result, & secondly, are we ready to share that Word of comfort & salvation to those in distress. When things go well for them & their stomachs & security are assured, interest in their spiritual needs & the Lord's salvation holds no attraction. But when distress comes, that which is beyond their control, where can they find answers? Will their hearts open, really open now, to heed the warnings & look heavenward?
I think of when our Lord went to the synagogue one Sabbath & he read from Isaiah 61:1,2: "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the MEEK; he hath sent me to bind up the BROKENHEARTED, to proclaim liberty to the CAPTIVES, and the opening of the prison to them that are BOUND; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD." These are the very ones who are needing to hear God's Message, to be touched by His Hand, & to be delivered from fear & bondage. "They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick." Many continue to refuse & resist the Gospel - maybe now & in the coming days, they will be earnestly seeking answers - and indeed, we have the very answer for them - the Words of Life & Liberty. But we should indeed be watchful & in prayer, being led of His Spirit to those needy & desperate souls.
Wasn't there one who answered you until this moment? Stay or remain in the Word of GOD. The Word is GOD. Here goes: Matthew 24:v.9 to 14, check it, and get ready because the days are evil- Eph. 5:v.16.
The Christians believers must be focused in the signs of the END of this WORLD and return of the Lord JESUS Christ. Soon we will enter in the period of 7 days known as the last week-Dan.9:v.27. The Word is God, what is written will fulfill LITERALLY.
Matthew 24:1-8
1 Jesus went out,and departed from the temple:and his disciples came to Him for to shew Him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them,See ye not all these things?verily I say unto you,There shall not be left here one stone upon another,that shall not be thrown down.
(This prophecy fulfilled LITERALLY in the year 70AD,and Israel was banned from their land during 1878 years,in fulfilment Deuteronomy 28:15-68).
3 And as JESUS sat upon the mount of Olives,the disciples came unto him privately,saying,Tell us,when shall these things be?
- and what shall be THE SIGN of thy coming?
- And of the END of the world?
Here's the signs listed by JESUS:
4 And Jesus answered:
- Take heed that no man deceive you. (this was the first concerns of JESUS)
5 For many shall come in my name,saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
-(Soon will manifest the Beast of the earth who has two horns like a lamb,actually a false lamb,a false messiah,AN IMPOSTER,as said JESUS- John 5:v.43 combined with Rev.13:v.11.(Check it)
6 And ye shall hear of WARS and RUMOURS of WARS:see that ye be not troubled:for all these things must come to pass,but the END is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation,and kingdom against kingdom:and there shall be famines,AND PESTILENCES,and earthquakes in divers places.
NATION SHALL RISE AGAINST NATION, AND KINGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM
Will be G7,and G20,and EU,and UNO,among others Entities,DISSOLVED from now on?According 2Pe.3:11&12,day after day the HAPPENINGS in this World will go in this direction.
v.8 - All these are the beginning of sorrow. -Yeah,THE WORST will come yet,in near future.
Is it written in the Word of GOD? Then will fulfill LITERALLY. The Word is GOD
The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the EAST.
[comment: formerly called the Silk Road; which has been rebuilt.
Revelation 9:14-18
The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number. And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the COLOR of fire and of sapphire and of sulfur (national colors of China) and the heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths. By these THREE PLAGUES, A THIRD OF MANKIND IS KILLED by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths.
Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
Isaiah 49:12
Behold, these shall come from AFAR, and behold, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of SYENE.
[comment:
China gave us Swine FLU. SARS virus, Corona virus. I got a feeling that corona virus isn't done killing yet. It's morphing]
I don't think we need to act like this is just like past FLU episodes. We get a flu shot and feel protected for another year. Corona virus doesn't ACT like past "flu's."
If your Bible doesn't have Ancient Bible Maps WITH the Ancient Names for those regions; you can google online. "Ancient Bible Maps"
If the Bible can point the finger at China and regions in the Mideast (NOT Israel), then there must be some truth in it. Get those Maps out.
Google: Past Pandemics LIST
Greetings in Christ
Hate and reward.Yes, Mat.10:22 and 3:10 you quoted both will fulfill LITERALLY now in the END of the times,according to the warnings and promises of our Lord JESUS.
The Christians believers must be focused in the signs of the END of this WORLD and return of the Lord JESUS Christ.Soon we will enter in the period of 7 days known as the last week-Dan.9:v.27.The Word is God,what is written will fulfill LITERALLY.
Matthew 24:1-8
1 Jesus went out,and departed from the temple:and his disciples came to Him for to shew Him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them,See ye not all these things?verily I say unto you,There shall not be left here one stone upon another,that shall not be thrown down.
(This prophecy fulfilled LITERALLY in the year 70AD,and Israel was banned from their land during 1878 years,in fulfilment Deuteronomy 28:15-68).
3 And as JESUS sat upon the mount of Olives,the disciples came unto him privately,saying,Tell us, when shall these things be?
- and what shall be the sign of thy coming?
- And of the END of the world?
Here's the signs listed by JESUS:
4 And Jesus answered unto them:
- Take heed that no man deceive you.(this was the first concerns of JESUS)
5 For many shall come in my name,saying, I am Christ;and shall deceive many.
-(Soon will manifest the Beast of the earth who has two horns like a lamb,actually a false lamb,a false messiah,AN IMPOSTER,as said JESUS- John 5:v.43 combined with Rev.13:v.11.(Check it)
6 And ye shall hear of WARS and RUMOURS of WARS:see that ye be not troubled:for all these things must come to pass,but the END is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation,and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines,and pestilences,and earthquakes,in divers places.
Will be G7 and G20,and EU,and UNO,among others Entities,DISSOLVED from now on?According 2Pe.3:11&12,day after day the events in this World will go in this direction.
But
8 All these are the beginning of sorrow
Your question was: When we are gathered one by one where do we go.
It's not as much a question of where do we go: BUT who do we become.
I BELIEVE we become sons of God when we depart this body of earthly flesh.
Matthew 24:40
I BELIEVE the one taken becomes a son of God and the one left stays on earth confined to death and the grave, awaiting the second resurrection.
Luke 17:37
I BELIEVE the battle of Armageddon has been going on for 2000 years. It's the battle of worldly flesh against Spirit. Your fleshly mind has to be DESTROYED. The eagles (vultures) eat flesh. I BELIEVE it's happening now, you just can not see it because it is a spiritual battle. I BELIEVE Revelation 19; along with many other scriptures, describes this DESTRUCTION of the flesh as a necessity before the the marriage of the bride (can't be seen). Flesh and blood CANNOT inherit the kingdom of God.
Christ said my words are SPIRIT; the words being fulfilled, can't been seen.
Hebrews 12:18 For we ARE NOT COME unto the mount that can be TOUCHED ....
Hebrews 12:22 But you are come unto mount Sion (can't be touched or seen) (the battle for the kingdom can't be touched or seen), and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem (can't be touched of seen), and to an innumerable company of angels,
Hebrews 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to spirits of JUST men made PERFECT (mature).
If you have come into full maturity (being made perfect) then you are EXACTLY like the SEED you came from.
Luke 8:11 The parable is this: the SEED is the WORD of God.
You are a SON OF GOD. (but never with the glory of the firstborn, JESUS)
You do not believe in a rapture of the church but believe we are gathered one by one? Those who are gathered, where do they go?
One of the verses you used is Matthew 24:40 which says, "Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. There are different views about two in the field, one is taken, one is left. Where does the one go that is taken? We know where the one that is left is, but what about the one that is taken?
Some say they are taken into judgment (Which I myself believe). Some say it's for salvation, a person is taken saved. Some say it's one of these gatherings, the Lord gathering His people from the four corners of the earth.
But in Luke's account, Luke 17:37, it tells us that they are taken into judgment. They are not taken to be with the Lord. They are drawn into the Valley of Megiddo for the battle of Armageddon. The book of Revelation tells us that God is the one that draws the people and the armies into the valley of Megiddo to fight against Him when He comes. So Luke 17:37 tells us that they are taken for judgment.
In Luke 17:37, they ask Jesus where the one that is taken goes. Jesus says "Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together." These are actually vultures. He's talking about that day when people are going to gather together in the Valley outside of Jerusalem to fight against Christ at His coming. And the birds are going to be called in to feed on their carcasses? These people have been drawn out into the battle. So He is talking about His day. So these people who are taken are not taken to be with the Lord.
As far as a rapture, you make no mention of the phrase "caught up" used in 1 Thess. chapter 4, nor do you mention that chapter at all, the chapter those who believe in a rapture use. The Greek word is HARPADZO which means to be snatched up by force. What are your thoughts on those who are forcefully snatched up?
You will get two schools of thought on what happens to us at the death of our body of flesh.
I DON'T BELIEVE in a general rapture of the church; I BELIEVE we are gathered ONE BY ONE.
Isaiah 27:12
Matthew 24:40
I BELIEVE each believer is given HIS REWARD at the death of our body of flesh.
Our REWARD is ETERNAL LIFE and a BODY LIKE CHRIST. We become the IMAGE of Christ.
Colossians 1:15
Colossians 3:10
Romans 8:29
Every believer will receive the SAME REWARD; but different GLORIES.
Matthew 20:1-16
Romans 2:11
1 Corinthians 15:41
I BELIEVE when we leave our bodies of flesh we begin ruling and judging with Christ in the Kingdom of God.
Revelation 20:4
Obadiah 1:21
GBU
ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION - DAN. 12:v.11- MATTHEW 24:v.15 AND EZEKIEL 21:v.25 - GET READY -
587 B.C. - Judah is conquered by Babylon -Jerusalem and First Temple destroyed; most Jews are exiled. Later, Babylon was conquered by Cyrus-550 -539 B.C., and Cambises 530-522 B.C. , and Darius-522-486 B.C.
Captivity of Israel - 70 years ---> 587 B.C.- 70 = 517 B.C.
The rebuild of the Temple started with Cyrus and ended with Darius.
Scriptures reveal: Ezra 6:v.15-CJB-Complete Jewish Bible - 15 This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Daryavesh(Darius) the king. (Darius reigned from year 522-486 B.C.) 522-6 = 516 B.C.
First year of Darius 522 B.C.---> AFTER his sixth year of rule --> 516 B.C.
522 - 6= 516 B.C. - the rebuilding of the Temple finished after 21 years IN THE YEAR 516 B.C, part was built in the time of Cyrus, and part in the time of Darius.
Again: Captivity of Israel - 70 years ---> 587 B.C.- 70 = 517 B.C. - The END of the rebuilding of the Temple was in 516 B.C. according to Scripture quoted above.- Ezra 6:v.15
7 weeks = 49 years ........... ---> 517 B.C. - 49 = 468 B.C.
62 weeks = 434 years ....... ---> 468 B.C.- 434= 34 B.C.
There is a gap of 30 years from year 34 B.C. to the birth of JESUS-->34 BC-30= -4 B.C. - recognized date for the birth of JESUS.
Based in the description above, the Messiah was crucified (was cut off) around year 29 AD.
We are in the year 2021 AD, the week 70th of Daniel 9:v.27 that will be RULED BY THE EVIL PRINCE- 2 Thessalonians 2- it does not fulfilled yet, i.e. until now, until the current time, but it will in NEAR FUTURE. Get ready.
By the way, the theory that JESUS was cut off in the middle of week 70th is fake, its a lie. Also the satanic theory that the Abomination of Desolation fulfilled in the profane sacrificies of Antiochus 167 B.C is fake, it is doctrine of demons believed by many Christian people, unfortunately.
Its it. Again: Get ready
Trying to give " Mystery Babylon " a location and actually locate it is like arguing the location of sun light.
This is where fastening on what's that far ahead could be as bad as Lots wife looking back If all of this is just a hobby to you that has become an obsession.
ASK YOURSELF, WILL FOLLOWING YOU IN THESE VIEWS SAVE LIVES!!
If not when Christ comes and all you ever did is debate eschatology in vain you may be found sleeping!!
It's like going to the airport and waiting for your flight starring at your ticket in the
concourse and mis your plane.
Yes! I believe we will be raptured up before all these events take place. What should we be doing in the meantime?
The apostles laid the foundation with the Lord as the chief corner stone, How are we to build upon it? Spend your entire life on eschatology and condemn everyone that doesn't agree with you?, NO!
1 Peter 2:5-6. Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
( Do your zeal for ministry mirror this?)
2 Peter 3:14. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Matthew 24:45-46. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
God bless.
We can hardly imagine what the inhabitants on Earth (i.e. those still remaining on Earth after going through the Great Tribulation) would be experiencing mentally, emotionally & physically. That they stand looking up observing the sun & moon lose their light & the stars disappear - that is, a total constant darkness. And in that blackness of sky & Earth, the Lord of Glory appears in all His Glory & brilliant Light, with trumpet sound. In truth, many will experience heart attacks ( Luke 21:26) as great fear & horror envelopes them. But for those who have put their trust in Christ, His Return with the departed saints, will be their joy full & overflowing, ushering a period of a thousand years of peace & Christ's righteous rule.
Matthew 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
1 Timothy 4- 1-2
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
2 Thessalonians 2:v.1-4 - Around two thousand years ago, Paul Apostle wrote:
1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
JESUS warned: Matthew 24:v.3-8&15&21
3 ... the disciples came unto JESUS privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and (1) WHAT SHALL BE THE SIGN OF THY COMING? (2) and of THE END OF THE WORLD? ---> the current Devil's world.
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but THE END IS NOT YET.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and PESTILENCES, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation...stand in the holy place-Jerusalem-(whoso readeth, let him understand: )
21 For then shall be great tribulation...22 except these days be shortened, there should no flesh be saved...
If the end starts in our lifetime the teachings of the rapture of the Church to heaven, will have many not prepared for what is coming. ( Daniel 12:1) ( Matthew 24:29-31) ( Mark 13:24-27) tell us after the tribulation Jesus sends His angels to gather His elect, the second coming, not the third.
The great tribulation is confused with the wrath of God. We will be spared the wrath of God but we are not told we will be spared tribulation, ( Acts 14:22) ( Romans 8:35) (2 Thessalonian 1:4). When the end starts and the things that scripture tells us that is coming, I feel many that trust in this teaching will lose their faith because they are still here.
"But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved".
All the saints before, and what they had to endure, burning at the stake, crucifixion, beheadings, fed to lions, and more. Are we better or more worthy than they, to be spared? Do we exalt ourselves above those who came before us? Christians are still today being killed.
1 Thessalonians 4: 16-17 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
This verse is said shows we meet Jesus and are taken to heaven. Is anywhere in this verse where our destination is? Does this verse say we go to heaven? How can we assume something that is not written? Does being carried to heaven line up with the other scriptures about Jesus's second coming? Where are the chosen told they will reign, heaven or earth?
Millions of dollars have been made from this theory.
2 Peter 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
May we walk and be led by the Holy Spirit of truth.
RLW
Greetings in Christ JESUS,
No, Juan Diaz, I did not miss "3.5 years of the last week, and you're missing a big fact about the duration of the prophesy" as you said. I closed my post saying as I quoted below:
... there will be TWO powerful MAN Beasts in near future exactly in the beginning of the FIRST half of the last seven years of the Devil's world, or 1.260 days.
And I commented: (I'm sure this terrible and satanic EVENT will happen in this current decade-2020-2030, thus, as soon as the FIRST HALF of the last seven years of the Devil's world ENDS, the WORST OF ALL EVENTS WILL HAPPEN after the death of JESUS on the cross, WHICH IS THE BEGINNING of the establishment OF THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION IN THE SECOND HALF. 12:v.11-12 + Matt.24:15
Maybe you did not read Daniel 12:11-12 and Matthew 24:v.15 which confirm what I wrote. The Word is GOD.
Daniel 12:v. 11-12, and Matthew 23:v.15 and 21-22, and Revelation 1:v.1
11 And from the time that...the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. (there will be a gap of 30 days after the end of the second half of these last seven years of the Devil's word)
12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. ( Here a gap of 75 days after the end of the Abomination of Desolation, in fact A MYSTERIOUS DAY 1.335. The KINGDOM of GOD is established- Rev.11:15-18 - Aleluia! )
Matthew 24:15 and 21-22 - JESUS WARNED -
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
21 For then shall be Great Tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And EXCEPT these days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Revelation 1:v.1
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto Him, to shew unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass; and He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John:
Actually, the last week of this Devil's world is implicit or included in this last decade of the Devil's world.
GET READY
Nobody knows when the end will be.It could happen tomorrow, next year, in 3 years, 10 years, 50 years, 150 years, another 2000 years.
God can choose anytime, and he can also change his mind.and extend the years for as long as he wants..
Matthew 24:44
"Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh."
We should always be ready!
You seem very sure of what the trumpets represent to you.
I will concede that I am not smart enough to attribute the trumpets in revelation to past and present worldly events.
I am familiar with the following scripture:
Matthew 24:6
"And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet."
There have been wars and rumors of wars for many centuries. And as I said previously, many past generations believed that their generation would see the end of time, and it didn't happen.
We may be close, and we may not be close to the end times.
If I concentrate on living my life as the bible states, I hope to be ready to meet Jesus Christ.
God Bless