What are the signs of the EOA ? Can we know or better should we know
Jesus took exception to the Pharisees and Sadducees for not knowing , Matthew 16 -’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
They should have known from Daniel’s seventy week prophecy that his was coming was near , as Daniel knew from Jeremiah’s writing that the 70 years of captivity was near the end.
When the disciples asked , Jesus answered this question with clear signs.Matthew 24 - False Christs , wars , famines , and earthquakes.
These are all the beginning of the birth pains. Can we say we are seeing this “beginning” now ?
Jesus follows this with martyrdom and a falling away Matthew 24 - 9“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. 10And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another.
There has always been martyrs, but ask an Iraqi, Syrian or African Christian and I believe they would say it’s increasing !
Jesus then gives the sign we all should recognize
Matthew 24 - 15“So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house, 18and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. 19And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days!20Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath. 21For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will
Paul also refers to this as a prerequisite of the coming of the Lord and our being gather unto him in 2Thessolonians 2 –
1Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, a 2not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 3Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction 4who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
IMO this is the sign we are looking for. If the OK was given today. The Jews could have a tent installed on the Temple Mount very quickly. There’s no need for a building program to start the sacrifices. Moses and King David used a tent before there was any building.
Jesus took exception to the Pharisees and Sadducees for not knowing , Matthew 16 -’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
They should have known from Daniel’s seventy week prophecy that his was coming was near , as Daniel knew from Jeremiah’s writing that the 70 years of captivity was near the end.
When the disciples asked , Jesus answered this question with clear signs.Matthew 24 - False Christs , wars , famines , and earthquakes.
These are all the beginning of the birth pains. Can we say we are seeing this “beginning” now ?
Jesus follows this with martyrdom and a falling away Matthew 24 - 9“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. 10And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another.
There has always been martyrs, but ask an Iraqi, Syrian or African Christian and I believe they would say it’s increasing !
Jesus then gives the sign we all should recognize
Matthew 24 - 15“So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house, 18and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. 19And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days!20Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath. 21For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will
Paul also refers to this as a prerequisite of the coming of the Lord and our being gather unto him in 2Thessolonians 2 –
1Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, a 2not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 3Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction 4who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
IMO this is the sign we are looking for. If the OK was given today. The Jews could have a tent installed on the Temple Mount very quickly. There’s no need for a building program to start the sacrifices. Moses and King David used a tent before there was any building.