NeedyFollower
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Hi Brother Dave . In that day His feet Will stand on the Mount of Olives. But what if 6 billion humans stand in His way ? What if 200 billion humans be they Muslims , Jews or christian try to prevent His return ? Will He then not be able ? John the Baptist did come in the Spirit of Elijah and said to make our paths straight..he did prepare for the coming of the Lord but the only hints we have as to his return is " It will be like the days of Noah and like the days of Sodom and Gomorrah . According to 2nd Timothy Chapter 3 , it will be a time of religion and no power. A time of Apostasy or the great falling away attested to in Thessalonians ( which I believe is a reference in part to Isaiah 6:11-12-You fail to see the importance of the city of Jerusalem to the return to earth of our Messiah. He returns to the City, specifically to the Mount of Olives near the Eastern gate.
Zech 14.4 In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.
That is the actual earthly City of Jerusalem, not the New Jerusalem.
Also, consider HIS words spoken from that same place:
Matt 23.37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. 38 Behold, your house is being left to you desolate! 39 For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
12 And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
I think our theology has made us think too highly of ourselves. ..in other words that WE will direct conditions for the Lord's return. He can not return until we do xyz but clearly we know that He will return as a thief in the night ..suddenly and unexpectedly . Have we made man a god and are we trying to direct His affairs ...This sounds like the man of sin in Thessalonians . As a disciple of our Lord you recall where he says that we will no longer worship in Jerusalem . That was of course only one of the many changes wrought by the birth , death and Resurrection of Christ .
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