stephen583
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"But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day" (2 Peter 3:8, KJV).
This explanation of how God perceives time is of such critical significance to understanding the meaning of God's Word, the Apostle Peter say's among everything else he teaches, this "ONE THING" is of singular importance, and no Christian should be "IGNORANT" of it.
Imagine the implications if this is true. If one day is with the Lord as a thousand years of our time, then Jesus was crucified and risen from the dead a little over TWO DAYS ago, (according to the way God reckons time). Try to wrap your head around that one !. So Christ and the Apostles were absolutely correct when they stated the "Last Days" had already begun, and the time was "At hand". The Apocalypse has always been a "PRESENT" event. It was a present event two thousand years ago, and it is a present event today. This is where Futurists and Preterists both fail to understand the whole truth.
Bible prophecy often occurs in preparatory and consummate stages of fulfillment. The time between the preparatory fulfillment (initial sign), and the consummation of the prophecy can span decades, generations, or even thousands of years. So the argument between Preterist views and Futurist views is unbiblical nonsense. It's just a bunch of "self important" NOISE distracting from the real Truth.
Do I believe we are living in the Last Days ?! Absolutely. Has the Apocalypse begun ?! Absolutely, Yes. In point of fact, according to my research of End Time Bible prophecy, it's a virtual certainty the Tribulation Period (the last seven years), has already begun.
Add to this the preponderance of questionable doctrine and unbiblical mythology associated with "popular" modern eschatology, and it becomes clear how one of the "seeming" contradictions of the Scripture is going to come about. How every sign of the Tribulation Period will be as apparent as "lightning shining from the east even unto the west", (Matthew 24:27)... And yet Christ comes as a "thief" in the night !, (Revelation 16:15). People are so brainwashed by myths and fables, (2 Timothy 4:3).. they are "oblivious" to what is taking place right before their very eyes.
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