When will Jesus Return?
In Luke 21:8 we have Christ's words, 'Take heed that ye not
be deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the
time draweth near; go ye not after them". Today we find many clergymen
claiming to be Christ's representatives, sayinig that Christ is Lord. And
that Christ could come at any moment. "perhaps tonight" Christ said, "go ye
not after them".
Those that have some understanding of prophesy do know that certain events
must transpire before Christ will return.
For Example, 2 Thessalonians 2:2-3, "that ye not be soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, (by false prophets saying "the time draweth near".) neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that day of Christ is at hand. Let no (clergy) 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.'
All the Judeo-Christian clergy claim the 'falling away' is an apostasy. But isn't that general state of affairs during all ages. No I believe the 'falling away' is a falling away of the blinders that keep us from seeing the man of sin. And that 'man of sin' is not one single (anti-Christ) person as the churches teach. Rather, the man of sin' is a whole 'race' of people. You might say they are the tares living in the wheat fields.
The 'falling away' might be llike in the movie They Live.
The TV uplink was destroyed removing the blinders from the people. At that
point they could plainly see the aliens living among them.
We have read Amos 3:7 "God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto
his servants the prophets".
Prophesy is given to build our faith in God, "That we may know that I am the Lord."
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Exodus 6 1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will
do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and
with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. |
God told Moses exactly what he was about to do before he did it.
Most of us think of prophecy as an accurate prediction of the future. Such as the psychic Jean Dixon predicting such and so. That is not prophecy. Prophecy is God's telling us in advance what he will do.
The prophesies that have been and are being fulfilled give us faith that Jesus Christ is God and he is able to keep his word.
Click here to read a book detailing how certain events have been predicted and fulfilled.
The study of his holidays give us confidence that Jesus will return on a Bible holiday. Which one? At this time we don't know. We do know that ALL important Bible Events center about the Bible Holidays.
We do know that the teaching that "Christ may return at any
moment" is false doctrine and that we should have nothing to do with such a
clergyman, "go ye not after them".
Will we have advance notice of Christ's return and if so how much notice can
we expect? Let's look at the record:
| 1. Egyptians to be destroyed 2. Flesh to eat 3. Manna 4. Fall of Jericho 5. Flood of Noah |
2 days 8 hours 12 hours 7 days 7 days |
Exodus14 Exodus 16 Exodusl6 Joshua 6 Genesis 7 |
Many of us have assumed that Noah had 120 years notice, not so, there is no
record that God informed Noah of his decision that man had 120 years left.
The record shows that prophesied events came to pass unexpectedly or on short notice. We usually know what will happen, not always when it will happen.
The fulfillment increases our faith in God. When we do know when, we have no evidence that we can expect more than seven days notice.
Therefore Christ said, "Watch, for ye know neither the day not the hour (when not what) wherein the son of man cometh".
A Possible Warning
At the Exodus the death angel came "as a thief in the night". Judas came as a thief in the night". The first two events took place at midnight on the passover.
Will the third event come at night during the passover?
How about a nuclear attack between midnight and dawn? The attack could come to destroy the wicked and cleanse the kingdom.
If it came 'as a theif in the night' only those observing
the passover will be safe!
Why?
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Exodus 12 12 And thus shall ye eat it;
with your loins girded, your shoes on
your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste:
it is the LORD's passover. Deuteronomy 16 5 Thou
mayest not sacrifice the
passover within any of thy gates,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God
shall choose: and thou
shalt
turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. |
We are told to observe the passover.
(1)
"with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your
hand..."Exodus 12:11
(2) "and none of you shall go out of the door of your house until the morning. Exodus 12:22
(3) The passover is not to be eaten in the city, those
observing the passover outside the city are not to return home until
morning. Deuteronomy 16:5-7
It such an event did take place where would you rather be;
( ) In a city, asleep and unprepared.
( ) In the country, awake, alert and prepared.