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    Thoughts on this timeline?

    I got that idea from your statement in post #26 where you said “The apostles of the new testament talked like Jesus would return within their lifetime”. No one knows the day or hour but Paul himself knew certain things had to happen prior to the coming. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive...
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    Thoughts on this timeline?

    Yea, I get that. I tend to be a logical thinker and some things just don’t make logical sense to me. I know all things are possible for God, but if we have free will then it seems we can thwart or prevent some end time events from happening. Along this same line of thinking is the problem with...
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    Thoughts on this timeline?

    What if an individual wanted to deliberately prevent the end from happening and hold another person hostage and never allow the gospel to reach that person? Like we occasionally hear about where someone was lock in a room since they were a child. A very rich person may want to hold onto their...
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    Thoughts on this timeline?

    Ok, I don’t know if you’ve heard of the Sentinelese indigenous people but they are protected by India as a tribal reserve and no one is allowed to travel within three nautical miles of their islands. Since the end can’t happen until these people hear the gospel, in a certain sense, India is...
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    Thoughts on this timeline?

    So is it your position then that only a nation as a whole needs the gospel preached to it and not necessarily every individual in that nation?
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    Thoughts on this timeline?

    Yes, there a very many people that do understand Matthew 24:14 to be the entire planet. But just keep in mind that those who do see things as already being fulfilled are relying on verses such as Colossians 1:23 and Romans 10:18 to corroborate their beliefs. A question for you though, how can...
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    Thoughts on this timeline?

    Well the word “world” used by Jesus in Matthew 24:14 is <3625> oikoumene. It is the same word used in Acts 24:5 for example Acts 24:5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes...
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    Thoughts on this timeline?

    What about a verse such as Colossians1:23, where Paul said the gospel was already preached to every creature under heaven at the time he wrote Colossians? Do you think we are still waiting for the fulfillment of the gospel to be preached in all the world? Colossians 1:23 If ye continue in the...
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    Thoughts on this timeline?

    Matthew 24:33 [NASB] so you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door James 5:9 [NASB] Do not complain, brothers and sisters,against one another, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door. Well, it appears that James...
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    Thoughts on this timeline?

    Right, and if we were to come to the conclusion that Jesus didn’t return within their generation then it makes a person wonder what other things the apostles promoted that weren’t correct.
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    Thoughts on this timeline?

    Hey Alex, here’s a problem for that chart. As soon as year 20XX is recognized people will know it’s exactly 3.5 or 7 years before He comes. So we may not currently know the day or hour but people in the future (after the tribulation starts) will be able to know the day or hour.
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    The Fullness Of The Gentiles

    To understand the fullness of the Gentiles we need to start with the times of the Jews. The Jewish kingdom began at Sinai, when the Shekinah glory dwelt in the Tabernacle and later in Solomon's Temple. This was when the times of the Jews started, time was not based on how old the earth was but...
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    Mary’s flight

    It was probably a 777 Dreamliner!
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    Mary’s flight

    A possible connection between Mary’s flight, the abomination of desolation, and Revelation 12. Matthew 24:16 let them in Judea flee. Matthew 2:1 Jesus is born Bethlehem of Judea. Matthew 24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house. Matthew 2:13 the...
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    The “Old Greek” of Daniel 7:13

    Ok, thanks for that explanation. I guess maybe only Amil would tend to take Revelation 1:7 in a literal way.
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