I hate to say i don't agree with you. I do agree with you, but then i don't, not really. Like when you say:
That would have sounded good to me in 2013. But now they look like they're here. Signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars. The falling away is complete, and now culminated in 2015 with the man of sin taking his seat in the Temple of God claiming to be God. We are in the latter end of the kingdom of the rebels, they have become completely wicked. The 1290 days have begun, we are speeding toward the "darkened" sun. Working through the composite beast, he's saying unheard of things against the God of gods. By giving his power and his throne and great authority to the composite beast, he has enabled it's lion like mouth to blaspheme God and His dwelling place and those who live in Heaven.
He already did. They already do. The majority of all people all over the world already believe in him. We're living in the days of the strong delusion. God gave them over, God gave them over, God gave them over. God gave them over to what? To a reprobate mind. They believe the lie. They do that which is not convenient. They worship the dragon because he gives his power to the composite beast. They don't even know it.
They exchanged the truth of what God says to do for a lie, and worshiped the creature rather than the creator. Some people sense it. I see threads around like: "Are we in the end times?, or: "Has the tribulation started? It looks to me like we're at verse 11 of Revelation 13 waiting for the fire to fall from Heaven in the presence of men. Men's hearts failing them, distress of nations and the roaring of the sea. That day, those days, will catch most people like a thief.
That could be one of the reasons Jesus was saying to watch. Jesus said to watch, i know we've heard it a million times. But He seemed to say it with an implied imperative. "What I say to you I say to all, watch! "If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.. I remember when i first read these instructions, it gives me a strange feeling. Like what am i supposed to be watching for? Will there be signs that are so subtle that they will be easily missed? Signs that could be overlooked due to our preconceptions? Signs that could be overlooked due to all of the false alarms?
I know the Hal Lindsey story and the Tim Lahaye story. But i can also consider an alternative story that would have us much deeper into a Revelation matrix narrative that most people would NOT be able to accept. The Abomination, the holy place, Paul's man of sin and the seat of authority that he steals in the temple of the real God of gods. If i'm right about this, when the man of sin is finally revealed, he will have been in operative authority for the majority of his 42 months. The rest that concerns us will happen very fast over a period of a few months.
Think about John the Baptist. Mary was running through the countryside to visit his mom Elizabeth. They knew something big was up. John B was great in the sight of the Lord. He never drank wine or other fermented drink, and he was filled with the Holy Spirit even before he was born. He wore a camel's hair suit and a leather belt and ate locusts for dinner.
Jesus said that among men there was none greater than John the Baptist. But even he, John B, had to send people out to ask Jesus, "are you the one we are waiting for, or should we wait for another. So if this guy who Jesus said was the greatest born of women didn't know what was going on then, it doesn't surprise me that nobody knows what's going on right now.
And they knew nothing until the flood came.
New Living Translation
People didn't realize what was going to happen
English Standard Version
And they were unaware
Berean Study Bible
And they were oblivious,
New American Standard Bible
And they did not understand
King James Bible
And knew not
Christian Standard Bible
They didn't know
Contemporary English Version
They didn't know anything was happening
Good News Translation
Yet they did not realize what was happening
Holman Christian Standard Bible
They didn't know
International Standard Version
They were unaware
NET Bible
And they knew nothing
New Heart English Bible
And they did not know
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they did not perceive
GOD'S WORD® Translation
They were not aware of what was happening
New American Standard 1977
And they did not understand
American King James Version
And knew not
American Standard Version
And they knew not
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they knew not
Webster's Bible Translation
And knew not
Weymouth New Testament
Nor did they realize any danger
World English Bible
And they didn't know
Young's Literal Translation
And they did not know
Just like in the days of Noah.
So shoot me another green comet and chase it with an asteroid both with perihelion's on this September 11, and i'll jump at the sound of a pin drop. I'm wound up tighter than a spring on an overloaded dodge ram. But after January 2019 i'm out of bullets. I got nothin'. All my signs will be out of gas by then, all the decrees to restore and to rebuild will be out of fuel, and i'll be looking to build a pole barn to store my junk trucks. No more banquet of trumpets for super dave. He'll be talking about himself in the third person narrative in the nut house.
Or should we wait for another?
There are major things that happen first which will let the faithful know the return of Christ is soon!
That would have sounded good to me in 2013. But now they look like they're here. Signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars. The falling away is complete, and now culminated in 2015 with the man of sin taking his seat in the Temple of God claiming to be God. We are in the latter end of the kingdom of the rebels, they have become completely wicked. The 1290 days have begun, we are speeding toward the "darkened" sun. Working through the composite beast, he's saying unheard of things against the God of gods. By giving his power and his throne and great authority to the composite beast, he has enabled it's lion like mouth to blaspheme God and His dwelling place and those who live in Heaven.
That is mainly the Tribulation and Apostasy where essentially the whole world, all religions and even Atheists, will believe in this person who will claim and seem to be God! I believe he will claim to be Jesus Christ leading so many astray.
He already did. They already do. The majority of all people all over the world already believe in him. We're living in the days of the strong delusion. God gave them over, God gave them over, God gave them over. God gave them over to what? To a reprobate mind. They believe the lie. They do that which is not convenient. They worship the dragon because he gives his power to the composite beast. They don't even know it.
They exchanged the truth of what God says to do for a lie, and worshiped the creature rather than the creator. Some people sense it. I see threads around like: "Are we in the end times?, or: "Has the tribulation started? It looks to me like we're at verse 11 of Revelation 13 waiting for the fire to fall from Heaven in the presence of men. Men's hearts failing them, distress of nations and the roaring of the sea. That day, those days, will catch most people like a thief.
That could be one of the reasons Jesus was saying to watch. Jesus said to watch, i know we've heard it a million times. But He seemed to say it with an implied imperative. "What I say to you I say to all, watch! "If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.. I remember when i first read these instructions, it gives me a strange feeling. Like what am i supposed to be watching for? Will there be signs that are so subtle that they will be easily missed? Signs that could be overlooked due to our preconceptions? Signs that could be overlooked due to all of the false alarms?
I know the Hal Lindsey story and the Tim Lahaye story. But i can also consider an alternative story that would have us much deeper into a Revelation matrix narrative that most people would NOT be able to accept. The Abomination, the holy place, Paul's man of sin and the seat of authority that he steals in the temple of the real God of gods. If i'm right about this, when the man of sin is finally revealed, he will have been in operative authority for the majority of his 42 months. The rest that concerns us will happen very fast over a period of a few months.
Think about John the Baptist. Mary was running through the countryside to visit his mom Elizabeth. They knew something big was up. John B was great in the sight of the Lord. He never drank wine or other fermented drink, and he was filled with the Holy Spirit even before he was born. He wore a camel's hair suit and a leather belt and ate locusts for dinner.
Jesus said that among men there was none greater than John the Baptist. But even he, John B, had to send people out to ask Jesus, "are you the one we are waiting for, or should we wait for another. So if this guy who Jesus said was the greatest born of women didn't know what was going on then, it doesn't surprise me that nobody knows what's going on right now.
And they knew nothing until the flood came.
New Living Translation
People didn't realize what was going to happen
English Standard Version
And they were unaware
Berean Study Bible
And they were oblivious,
New American Standard Bible
And they did not understand
King James Bible
And knew not
Christian Standard Bible
They didn't know
Contemporary English Version
They didn't know anything was happening
Good News Translation
Yet they did not realize what was happening
Holman Christian Standard Bible
They didn't know
International Standard Version
They were unaware
NET Bible
And they knew nothing
New Heart English Bible
And they did not know
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they did not perceive
GOD'S WORD® Translation
They were not aware of what was happening
New American Standard 1977
And they did not understand
American King James Version
And knew not
American Standard Version
And they knew not
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they knew not
Webster's Bible Translation
And knew not
Weymouth New Testament
Nor did they realize any danger
World English Bible
And they didn't know
Young's Literal Translation
And they did not know
Just like in the days of Noah.
So shoot me another green comet and chase it with an asteroid both with perihelion's on this September 11, and i'll jump at the sound of a pin drop. I'm wound up tighter than a spring on an overloaded dodge ram. But after January 2019 i'm out of bullets. I got nothin'. All my signs will be out of gas by then, all the decrees to restore and to rebuild will be out of fuel, and i'll be looking to build a pole barn to store my junk trucks. No more banquet of trumpets for super dave. He'll be talking about himself in the third person narrative in the nut house.
Or should we wait for another?
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