Anyway, I have realized that the 3 1/2 year period of world Satanic control, is not counted as part of the 2000 year Church age.
The AoD of Daniel 9:27, cannot be before 2030.
I'm not exaggerating.
Your words are all there for anyone to see.
You were 'perfectly certain' - because the Holy Spirit told you.
In your desperation to have your Sci-Fi story taken seriously you pulled the old "God told me so" routine.
(That trick goes back to Mohammed, and almost every second cult since then.)
I respect genuine Bible scholars, but to believe and trust their views of what the Bible Prophecies mean, is a mistake.
I like the change of tone - and hope I never see you just answering their arguments with nasty verses plucked out of context to insult as was your previous pattern.
Jesus said. I thank You Father, for hiding these things, [Bible Prophecies] from the wise and learned....... Matthew 11:25-26
And the New Testament explains that they were all fulfilled in Christ!
That the mystery that all these prophets LONGED to look into was the gospel itself! (Paul)
My bishop, the entire reformed Sydney Anglican theological scene - they all show how 'these things' that were hidden from the wise and learned has NOTHING to do with you and your little Sci-Fi story. And not much to do with the Return! It's more about salvation for God's people through the gospel events themselves. That is - read the gospels and Galatians and Corinthians - and you see that those who follow worldly philosophy reject the gospel of Jesus. This 'secret' is that God was going to fulfil the promise to Abraham to bless the whole world through Israel by sending his son to die.
Millennialists can often have trouble reading apocalyptic scripture. What is this about? The future or the past?
“‘In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
18 Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
and they will prophesy.
19 I will show wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
20 The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
21 And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
Sorry - it's about the past. It's Acts 2 - not about your Sci-Fi story.
It's Peter explaining that it's only 9 o clock in the morning and the disciples are not drunk.
It's about the gospel being fulfilled THEN - 2000 years ago!
Remember the sun went dark as the Lord died?
Remember how blood was part of the judgement on Egypt, and fire was in the Lord's column that went before them?
THIS is the great and glorious day of the Lord - but it's now split! It's now 2 events - not 1.
Imagine your driving down the road and you think you see a huge tree high up on a hill - a vast great tree - but when you get there you realise this one huge colossal structure is actually made up of 2 trees? That is how the Day of the Lord is.
The Old Testament Day of the Lord speaks of God's judgement then and there in various instances and situations.
It gradually builds to this huge picture involving both a saviour king and day of judgement in the final prophets in the OT.
That is why many Jews rejected Jesus message of a suffering servant king - because they also wanted the immediacy of the military leader that would kick out the Romans. That is why Peter rebuked Jesus about all this death talk, and bought a sword!
But no. The day of the Lord's salvation arrived - and it was different to what many expected. The tree split in 2. It fulfilled both the salvation of God's people from sin AND the judgement of all God's enemies - on the cross. But the real judgement could happen in 5 seconds or another 50,000 years - we just don't know.
THIS fulfils Daniel 7 - when one like a son of man comes before the Ancient of days. He's going TO the father in victory - after the cross! It's how Hebrews 1 reports it, as it also reports all prophecies were fulfilled and wrapped up in the gospel!
1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. 4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.
See that? Verse 3? That's Daniel 7's son of man.
This is why there's no room for subjective visions helping us understand the Old Testament - the New Testament explains everything we need to know to us! The gospel word is the last word we need. And if our questions do not give us all the answers we might want? Tough. The bible says they are enough! So I'll just have to wait till I meet the Lord to understand certain other issues. The one place I'm NOT going to turn to? My own subjective experiences and vibes - because I KNOW how Geeky and speculative I am - and how much I like GOOD Sci-Fi. Who knows where my own gut feelings might take me? Which is why I think the other great 3:16 every Christian should memorize is 2 Timothy 3:16
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Not a bit equipped. Not "a good grounding, but to REALLY know what to do you've GOT to listen to the Spirit!"
Sorry - that's not on.
The SPIRIT himself speaks through God's word - when handled correctly.
And if we're not bothering to do the work to understand it correctly - we're stubbornly refusing to listen to the Spirit!