Bible Prophecy will come to pass. Some has already, but most remains to be fulfilled.
Just because I and others have thought the end times events would commence at a certain time and that time passed; people cannot become complacent and think it won't eventually happen.
Oh I'm not. End times will happen. Jesus will return one day - could be in 10 minutes, 10 weeks or 10 years.
For nearly 2000 years people have been speaking of, and looking ahead to, end times - it started with the Apostles. A few hundred years later people started giving specific dates. They have all been wrong.
This, to me, just shows the truth of Jesus' words that no one knows the day or hour.
Of course, most people have an elaborate explanation of why and how they came to be wrong. Harold Camping was "astonished" that it didn't happen as he had said it would, but then claimed that a spiritual 2nd coming had happened on his predicted date and the real thing would be 6 months later. It wasn't.
Daniel 12:10....only the [few] wise leaders will understand. [the Prophetic Word]
Understanding the prophetic word does not mean adding various dates together, claiming things will happen so many days after Adam or taking various verses and applying them to countries and situations today.
And you are not a wise leader.
I am not 'blowing my own trumpet', but the fact is the Lord did give me a vison when I was in the Holy Land.
I don't doubt at all that the Lord can give visions.
If you are certain yours was from the Lord, I have little reason to doubt that (unless it was contrary to Scripture.)
Of how that Land will be after His Day of fiery wrath. He inspired me to write out the Prophesies and allowed me to see the amazing sequence of events, leading up to the Eternal state, after the 7000 years decreed for mortal mankind is over.
If the Lord gives a vision and that vision involves certain dates and certain events, or numbers, then it WILL happen, end of.
Having received this vision, it seems that you said that the day of his wrath would be in 2012. You were wrong. But that's ok because "it was only a guess", and you apologised. That's what Harold Camping did.
Mankind has been around for way longer than 7000 years.
If you have the moral fortitude, look at my
www.logostelos.info website. There are over 800 articles there, mostly on the Prophetic Word.
It's got nothing to do with "moral fortitude" and everything to do with not wanting to waste time.
You could have 8,000,000 articles on the prophetic word - it still wouldn't mean you were right.
The critically important factor in understanding Gods Plans, is to have an open mind.
Why?
If God wants us to know something, and do something, he will tell us, clearly. Like, for example, when Jesus said "no one knows the day of hour" and told several parables about being ready.
God doesn't play games - hide dates, visions or revelations in Scripture and then say, "off you go; you can find them if you're clever enough."
If the date of his coming WAS hidden in the prophetic word, that would contradict Jesus' words about nobody knowing.
It would contradict his teaching that if the owner of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would have been alert and ready.
It would contradict his parables about a bridegroom taking longer to appear than people thought, and servants who got lazy and careless because the master was a long time returning from his journey.
How likely is it that God would contradict Jesus?
Preconceived theories and doctrines, can usually be made to fit scripture, but they are rabbit trails and lead nowhere.
As many have demonstrated.
Jesus did not need to explain everything about the end times.
But if it was God's plan and it was important to us that we know, he would have.
That's why he came - to reconcile us to God and teach us about God. He also showed us what life in God's kingdom is/will be like, and how God wants us to live. He did not tell us when it will all end.
He did a good precis' in Revelation and in Rev 13:6,
Revelation was written years after his ascension - probably a couple of decades after the temple was destroyed.
I am not 'blowing my own trumpet', but the fact is the Lord did give me a vison when I was in the Holy Land. Of how that Land will be after His Day of fiery wrath. He inspired me to write out the Prophesies and allowed me to see the amazing sequence of events, leading up to the Eternal state, after the 7000 years decreed for mortal mankind is over.
If you have the moral fortitude, look at my
www.logostelos.info website. There are over 800 articles there, mostly on the Prophetic Word.
He does say the 'beast will
blaspheme Gods Tabernacle. Paralleled in Daniel 9:27 & 11:31 that both say the sacrifices will be stopped.
Well they were and have been.
The early church did not offer daily sacrifices. The Jews probably stopped doing so after the temple was destroyed. Plenty of people eat kosher, and halal, meat - but it is a butcher who does the necessary preparations, not a priest.
Even 50 years ago, when we had a Jew come and talk to our Christian youth group, Jews were not performing daily sacrifices and "God forbid" (his words) that they should ever start again. Though he conceded there were some fundamentalists who would welcome it.
When the Anti-Christ sits in the Temple; 2 Thess 2:4 proves it.
No, it doesn't.
I've already said - and you gave no answer - that 2 Thess was written by Paul, who died before the temple was destroyed.
So 2 Thessalonians 2:4
mentions the temple. It doesn't say that this refers to the third temple which will be built - by Christians - x number of years after the second is destroyed.
You're reading into the text.
That the sacrifices and offerings must have started before then,, is a given.
It's an assumption.
And it's not at all the same as saying that Christians will offer daily sacrifices.
That would make nonsense of the sacrifice offered, once and for all, by the Lamb of God.