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Originally Posted by Nell
Ohio,
You are not wrong. Here are a few quotes regarding the apostasy. These speakers believe that the apostasy, the great falling away, is already underway. Here they make their case.
Nell
Before the Wrath
40:34
"Kevin: This brings us to a topic that is fiercely debated today. Since the origins of Christ’s message left with the Galileans has faded into history, Jesus’ statement regarding not knowing the day or the hour of his return has sparked heated debate and growing misconceptions.
Jack Hibbs: And the church has suffered from this. There are those who want to set dates. And yet the Bible teaches both from Jesus himself and from the apostles that no man knows the day or the hour.
J. D. Farag: It is my belief that these date setters, so called, have irreversibly damaged Bible prophesy.
Amir Tsarfaty: I grieve about the obsession about “when will it happen” as far as day and hour. When you start setting days and then it doesn’t happen, then you have millions or hundreds of thousands of disappointed people that, there are good chances that they will walk away from that faith because it wasn’t proved to be right.
Kevin: And the result is that Bible prophecy is systematically erased from Christianity all over the world.
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I agree,
Nell. Recently my wife was told by one Pastor, "
we don't teach the book of Revelations because it's just too controversial."
Date-setting during this time is totally futile and distracting. Doing this should totally disqualify the ministry of these ones. The time will come, however, during Daniel's 70th week of years, that we will be able to know the month and the year of His Advent, though not the day or the hour. Both Daniel and Revelation continually mention the period of time of the last half of the week (Dan 9.27), a time, times, half a time (Rev 12.14; Dan 7.25, 12.7), 42 months (Rev 11.2; 13.15), and 1260 days (Rev 11.3; 12.6)
Until the great revelation of the Man of Lawlessness (2 Thess 2.3) takes place, every time prediction / prophecy is just a lie. After this time, it is God's mercy to inform us that He will limit the wrath, the persecution, and the judgments lest all mankind is destroyed. (Matt 24.22)
To make things clear here, the above only refers to the physical return of Jesus Christ to the earth. (Acts 1.11) This in no way applies to the many secret raptures spoken of throughout the Bible.