Something i read please look ;D not my opinion but interseting.
Matthew 24:15-31, but no part of Matt. 24:4-14 is end times, its just a disconnect that has taken place giving many a wrong assumption that Matt. 24:4-14 is the END TIME 70th week, its not. Jesus answered the first question first, when will all these things be? Well, what things? Well, he spoke of the temples destruction first, so the first answer is about the temples destruction, that happens in verses 4-6.
Matt. 23:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
So, Jesus tells the disciples everything they need to know about when the 70th week END TIMES would come in the above verses and in verse 14 we must tie them together.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Jesus understood (of course) his disciples had to have this info in order to survive these land mines that are coming, he tells them there will be many false christs, but this is NOT END TIMES, this is 70 AD Jesus even says YE (you/Disciples) will hear of wars and rumors of wars (70 AD), don't worry, the END (very end) is not yet, or is by and by as another Gospel says meaning LATER ON but how much later? The Disciples knew, they understood via verse 14 what all had to happen before the end could come, they had to preach the Gospel unto the ends of the earth, which included China, India, the Scythians (modern day Russia etc.) and other various places, so they knew the END TIMES were not coming during their lives because Jesus laid it all out for them, many people wrongly think Matt. 24:4-14 is about the very end, its not, it is simply a "SURVIVAL GUIDE" for the Disciples as such:
Don't go to Jerusalem in 70 AD when you hear rumors of christs have shown up. The Pharisees/Scribes knew Rome was the fourth beast, thus they looked for the Messiah to show up and save them, thus they put forth men as "Messiahs" as 70 AD approached. Its a factual known entity that they did this. Thus fulfilling John 5:43.
Verses 7-14 is the Church Age in general, but its still mostly a survival guide for the Disciples and also Jesus foretelling them THEIR FATE so they would not be like Judas and thus they foreknew that they would all die, save John, and that is what verses 7-14 is all about, the Church Age progression until the end times. Along the way Jesus tells them you will die, they will betray you and hate you.....BUT WHO? Verse 11 says false Prophets, unlike verse 5 that says false christs so why the change? These are the false prophets of Jupiter, Zeus et al who were no doubt getting angry that people were leaving "their faiths" and joining this new Faith, Christianity, so these people used their influence to have these Disciples killed and thus the WARNING by Jesus, you must ENDURE until the end [of ones life] and those who do this will be saved. Thus he is warning them, do not become a Judas, else you will lose your salvation. Then he tells them when the END TIMES come in verse 14, where they can never, ever be deceived.
So, this passage is mostly a Survival Guide for the Disciples, sure we get the crescendo until the very end via the Birth Pangs Warnings, but that is for the Church in general, and we should know that the Birth Pangs only BRINGS the Baby (70th week) it is not the baby.
As per the end times, and how do we know, the SIGNS are evident? Apophis (Asteroid) is heading our way(April 13, 2029), Romans ch. 1 is coming to pass before our very eyes, Israel has been reborn, the Russia, Iran and Turkey ties are Evident (the Gog and Magog war players). The world is getting to where evil is seen as good and good is seen as evil. The Rapture will happen in the fall of 2025, and yes we can and SHOULD know The Season, if people really understood what the Day and the Hour referred unto they would not assume we can not understand the season, in the parable of the fig tree Jesus told us we should understand when the Summer is near by looking at the SIGNS (Ripeness of the Figs), he's pointing back to the 10-12 SIGNS he gave in Matt. 24:4-31 with the very last sign being the Sun and Moon going dark (caused by the Rev. 8 Asteroid Impact).
So, what does the Day and Hour really mean? It means Israel were on the Lunar Moon Clock cycle, they they could never know the exact Day nor Hour the New Moon would come in and thus the New Year was an unknown start time also, but it could only fall over a 2 day period of time, so they KNEW the Season (a two day period of time). So, how does all this tie in with the end times? Well, Jesus has and will fulfill every Feast and the 7 Feasts were called Holy Convocations (Dress Rehearsals) and thus over 3000 years ago Israel were practicing the FUTURE of the whole worlds history and didn't even understand what they were doing !!
Spring Feasts Jesus has fulfilled
1.) Feast of Passover (Jesus fulfilled this, his blood covers us)
2.) Feast of Unleavened Bread (Jesus knew no sin thus he was unleavened from sin, unlike us)
3.) Feast of First-fruits (Jesus was the first-fruits of the grave)
Summer Harvest NOW being fulfilled
4.) Feast of weeks/Summer Harvest/Church Age ( Jesus is now Harvesting souls and we are the body (Church) he is using to do this, he is the head of this great body. The Summer Harvest was always on the calendar all alone, just like the Gentile Church Age is all alone in juxtaposition unto the Spring and Fall Feasts!! The Jewish Summer Harvest could only end when the New Year came in (BOOM) which means a New Moon had to usher in the New Year, and the Jewish Leaders could not know the EXACT Day nor Hour this New Moon would fall on, but they knew THE SEASON, thus they sent two witnesses up into the mountains to spy out when the new moon came in, then they would send word back unto the Jewish leaders and as soon as they got this word they started blowing the Shofar in 9 sets of 11 or 99 times, then on the "LAST TRUMP" they blew it Longer and Louder than the other 99 trumps (Feast of Trumps) and this "OFFICALLY ENDED the Summer Harvest" or think of it as Jesus ending the "Church Age" via his Rev. 4:1 call of the Church via him sounding as a Trumpet. So, the New Year always ended the Summer Harvest. So indeed, they could not know the exact day nor hour, BUT.........they did know THE SEASON, and Jesus told us in the parable of the fig tree we also should know the season, we just have to look unto the Heavens for those signs, and Apophis will be the Day of the Lord (Middle of the 70th week) thus 3.5 years before that hits we will see the Rapture or Last Trump which ends the Church Age Harvest of Souls, Amen. In the fall of 2025.)
Fall Feasts yet to be fulfilled
5.) Feast of Trumps (Ends the Church Age but it always ended the Summer Harvest for Israel. It also signified that the Feasts of Atonement and Tabernacles were nigh at hand.)
6.) Feast of Atonement (Who needs to atone? Israel must repent according to the Dan. 9:24-27 Prophecy of 70 weeks before Jesus can return because that's the only way the prophesy can be fulfilled and God can't lie. So, Israel ATONES just like Zechariah 13:8-9 says (1/3 repent) then in the very next verse (Zech. 14:1) we see the Day of the Lord arrives !! So, Israel repents, then the Asteroid strikes just after they Flee unto the Petra/Bozrah Sheep Fold or Mountains.)
7.) Feast of Tabernacles (The word Tabernacle in Hebrew means to DWELL with God and since Jesus is God, him ruling from Jerusalem for 1000 years qualifies as Israel TABERNACLING with God. So, Jesus thus fulfills all 7 Feasts in real time.)
So, not knowing the exact Day nor Hour does not mean we CAN NOT KNOW the Season, it just means only God knows the exact day and hour, just like only God knew exactly when His Lunar Moon Cycles would come around. These TIMES are thus APPOINTED by God Almighty. Amen.
............ Wood, hay and stubble to the left, please!
