Knowing The Day
Matthew 24:36-39 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Many will say "no one knows the day or hour" of Jesus' return as an excuse to not think too much about Jesus' end time plans. This is disastrous. Jesus spoke those words as a warning to always be fully informed...fully ready...working on your ark like Noah...because that time will require a safe place. The time we are entering requires endurance and patience. Endurance and patience both are strengthened by knowing what to expect and knowing what to do! That is why Paul said this:
I Thessalonians 5:1-9 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
To not be in the light and see the return of Jesus coming from further off than the world is to "suffer wrath" because you are careless in putting on the armor. You need to put on some stuff. The world will be mostly spectators in the end time events. The Bride is supposed to be a participant. That is what Paul is saying.
Jesus' return requires active participation. The events of His return are unfolding all around. You don't need to be a top theologian to understand what Jesus is doing. Jesus assigned some fisherman and a tax collector to be the ones to lay the foundation of understanding of the end times.
Theologians intentionally, or unintentionally, complicate the simple truths that are plain in the Bible. Did you ever hear Jesus use the words and phrases theologians use? Exegesis...hermeneutics...predestination...did you ever hear Jesus lay out complex symbolic extra-scriptural arguments for how to understand simple parables? If someone is teaching FOR Jesus, shouldn't they at least kind of sound like Him? If the Spirit of Jesus is in a teacher, shouldn't that teacher explain things a bit LIKE Jesus, in simple straightforward and Bible-based ways? Shouldn't...just like Jesus taught...a teacher use scripture to reveal scripture? Ask yourself, why did the Holy Spirit suddenly get SO "scholarly" when He used to be so straightforward, yet deep? Would the Holy Spirit suddenly get scholarly at a time when confusion and sleepiness was at an all time high?
The truth is simple. Theologians like to differentiate themselves from the "people" with esoteric knowledge...this is job security. Teachers that agree with Jesus' Spirit just want people to suffer less when the simple and true truths of the Bible unfold. They ARE unfolding, friends....right now. And they are very bad for unready people...globally...on purpose. You cannot ignore the wedding events.
The violence in Israel is very significant. The violence in Iraq and Syria is very significant. It will calm down for a few years, then it will flare up in an unprecedented way again, called the great tribulation. While the world is saying "peace and safety" because a man has brought some temporary peace, God is going to release the floodgates on the evil plan that brought peace. Only the Prince of Peace can bring true peace, and this current "stop-gap" measure negotiated outside of Jesus will be shown to be the most evil fraudulent peace ever perpetrated on the world. You have to know what the Bible says about this.
To claim "no one knows the day or hour" so you can just keep feeling normal, even though the world is literally melting down around you...you see it, right?...is not a blessing. According to Jesus, if you use this phrase this way, you are speaking a curse over yourself:
Revelation 3:2-3 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God. Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.
Many will say "no one knows the day or hour" of Jesus' return as an excuse to not think too much about Jesus' end time plans. This is disastrous. Jesus spoke those words as a warning to always be fully informed...fully ready...working on your ark like Noah...because that time will require a safe place. The time we are entering requires endurance and patience. Endurance and patience both are strengthened by knowing what to expect and knowing what to do! That is why Paul said this:
I Thessalonians 5:1-9 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
To not be in the light and see the return of Jesus coming from further off than the world is to "suffer wrath" because you are careless in putting on the armor. You need to put on some stuff. The world will be mostly spectators in the end time events. The Bride is supposed to be a participant. That is what Paul is saying.
Jesus' return requires active participation. The events of His return are unfolding all around. You don't need to be a top theologian to understand what Jesus is doing. Jesus assigned some fisherman and a tax collector to be the ones to lay the foundation of understanding of the end times.
Theologians intentionally, or unintentionally, complicate the simple truths that are plain in the Bible. Did you ever hear Jesus use the words and phrases theologians use? Exegesis...hermeneutics...predestination...did you ever hear Jesus lay out complex symbolic extra-scriptural arguments for how to understand simple parables? If someone is teaching FOR Jesus, shouldn't they at least kind of sound like Him? If the Spirit of Jesus is in a teacher, shouldn't that teacher explain things a bit LIKE Jesus, in simple straightforward and Bible-based ways? Shouldn't...just like Jesus taught...a teacher use scripture to reveal scripture? Ask yourself, why did the Holy Spirit suddenly get SO "scholarly" when He used to be so straightforward, yet deep? Would the Holy Spirit suddenly get scholarly at a time when confusion and sleepiness was at an all time high?
The truth is simple. Theologians like to differentiate themselves from the "people" with esoteric knowledge...this is job security. Teachers that agree with Jesus' Spirit just want people to suffer less when the simple and true truths of the Bible unfold. They ARE unfolding, friends....right now. And they are very bad for unready people...globally...on purpose. You cannot ignore the wedding events.
The violence in Israel is very significant. The violence in Iraq and Syria is very significant. It will calm down for a few years, then it will flare up in an unprecedented way again, called the great tribulation. While the world is saying "peace and safety" because a man has brought some temporary peace, God is going to release the floodgates on the evil plan that brought peace. Only the Prince of Peace can bring true peace, and this current "stop-gap" measure negotiated outside of Jesus will be shown to be the most evil fraudulent peace ever perpetrated on the world. You have to know what the Bible says about this.
To claim "no one knows the day or hour" so you can just keep feeling normal, even though the world is literally melting down around you...you see it, right?...is not a blessing. According to Jesus, if you use this phrase this way, you are speaking a curse over yourself:
Revelation 3:2-3 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God. Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.
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