Harry Wade wrote:
True Christians know he will come as a thief in the night. No one will know until that time.
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Amen Brother,
God tells us to watch, he gives us signs so we can know the season, as the church age comes to the end. Caught up to be with the lord " He comes as a thief in the night" only the father knows.
Then the second event when Jesus returns to the Earth, the Mt of Olives, the Book of Daniel does give us the day Jesus returns, three and a half years into the time of Jacob's Troubles the antichrist enters the temple calling himself God and commites other acts "The abomination of Desolation"
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.
People always seem to miss that last line as they quote ‘it will come like a thief in the night’. Indeed I missed it too until someone pointed it out to me.
"But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief."
Daniel 7 tells us:
He shall speak pompous words against the Most High,
Shall persecute the saints of the Most High,
And shall intend to change times and law.
Then the saints shall be given into his hand
For a time and times and half a time.
Basically, ‘time’ is one year, ‘times’ is two years, and ‘half a time’ is half a year or six months. So that means this invasion of Jerusalem will go on for three years and a half.
Daniel 12:
“And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.
So from the time the abomination of desolations (Antichrist) is ‘set up’ in the temple, meaning to be bestowed or to be worshipped, and the daily sacrifice is stopped, there will be 1290 days. In other words, when we see the Antichrist standing in the temple as Jesus warned in Matthew 24, it’s going to be 1290 days until Christ’s return. And if you haven’t done the math yet, 1290 days equals 3.5 years.
So yes, when Jesus said no one knows the day or the hour except the Father, he was absolutely correct. And we still don’t know at this point when that day will be. But once the saints see the Antichrist (Gog) standing in the temple in Jerusalem proclaiming himself to be god and the daily sacrifices in the temple cease, then we know exactly what day He is returning. And I feel pretty certain it’s going to be within our lifetimes, and probably much sooner than most expect. Much sooner.
Two events, one Jesus does not come down to the earth, instead calls the dead in Christ, then the living Christians to meet him in the air. We don't know what day or hour.
Second event, Jesus comes to the earth, the last day of the tribulation. Those in the tribulation can count the days, until the last day from either the day the antichrist approves the seven year's of peace with Israel, or 1290 from the abomination of desolation.
God Bless