This part made me... smile. ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
FWIW, I've been saying for several years (in posts here at CC) that I believe we are [and have been] in "the seven good years" which precede "the 7 bad/famine years [i.e. the Trib]" (like in the example of Joseph's 7 good years before the 7-year famine, Gen41:14-28, esp. vv.26-27).
And this is based more on the biblical math (so to speak) rather than on what we view going on in the world around us.
Here are just a couple of those posts:
-- Post #7 - https://christianchat.com/threads/t...-left-until-the-year-6000.194147/post-4344407
-- Post #15 - https://christianchat.com/threads/d...l-witness-the-end-of-time.201780/post-4671517
So, as you can see (based on my previous posts, even), I believe it will take place much sooner than "18-years away from now." Yeah, MUCH sooner.
But I find when I speak with others about it, I find a common thread among them: most people I've ever discussed this with, in person (one on one), and over the near 50 years of talking with people about this, most feel comfortable with [their] idea of it being "15 years" from now. Consistently. It's a funny thing I've noticed.
FWIW, I've been saying for several years (in posts here at CC) that I believe we are [and have been] in "the seven good years" which precede "the 7 bad/famine years [i.e. the Trib]" (like in the example of Joseph's 7 good years before the 7-year famine, Gen41:14-28, esp. vv.26-27).
And this is based more on the biblical math (so to speak) rather than on what we view going on in the world around us.
Here are just a couple of those posts:
-- Post #7 - https://christianchat.com/threads/t...-left-until-the-year-6000.194147/post-4344407
-- Post #15 - https://christianchat.com/threads/d...l-witness-the-end-of-time.201780/post-4671517
So, as you can see (based on my previous posts, even), I believe it will take place much sooner than "18-years away from now." Yeah, MUCH sooner.
But I find when I speak with others about it, I find a common thread among them: most people I've ever discussed this with, in person (one on one), and over the near 50 years of talking with people about this, most feel comfortable with [their] idea of it being "15 years" from now. Consistently. It's a funny thing I've noticed.
But frankly, I really do not think it would bolster anyone's faith nor edify the Church in any meaningful way.
For kicks you could read up on the "squatter man" petroglyphs. And study the very ancient megalithic cities (unequalled by latter civilizations) and why there is little to no record of their demise. And yes, the Giza complex and Sphynx are VERY ancient. Built with technology that the latter (Biblical) Egyptians simply did not possess. Flawlessly fabricated and polished utterly gigantic granite statuary is practically impossible even to this present day.
And that 10,000-ish BC number keeps cropping up. Again and again.
Oh yes.....and then there is this:
Not human. Definitely not human.