It is very interesting that after 11,000 posts where I have been gathering everything that I can find on this topic my concept of prophecy is very different from many others. I do not look at the word of God for "when", I'm looking for what, and why and how.
For example, suppose you were growing plant from a seed to a tree, and someone was explaining to you what would happen over the next three years. They wouldn't be saying this will happen on May 15 and that will happen on July 10. No they would describe things like the seeds germinating, sprouting, and what the soil should be like, how much water, etc. I spent an entire year growing potatoes only to be very disappointed with the results, so then I watched a video on how to grow potatoes and realized my mistake.
What I am looking for are the sins that human civilization will make, it is like a tree growing. Once you leave the Lord and cut yourself off there is a progression that we can see, that is what the prophecy is telling us. I look at the big events like 911 or the 2008 Mortgage meltdown or Russia invading Ukraine, the stolen election in 2020, the Pandemic, the Vaccine mandate, etc. These are predictable responses to the move of the Lord. Ecclesiastes tells us that that which has been is that which will be. Same concept.
So then the Bible is like this big collage of pictures on the wall and I am trying to take modern events and put them on these pictures. When you do this it becomes stunning how many pieces fit into place. My biggest regret is that I didn't start 50 years ago. Everyday I am stunned at how much I could have known, and once you see how they fit together then you get to predict how things will turn out. Again, I'm not saying you can predict what happens on June 21, but rather you can predict that Russia will defeat Ukraine and head on to France, or that a number of countries will turn on the US, etc.
For example, suppose you were growing plant from a seed to a tree, and someone was explaining to you what would happen over the next three years. They wouldn't be saying this will happen on May 15 and that will happen on July 10. No they would describe things like the seeds germinating, sprouting, and what the soil should be like, how much water, etc. I spent an entire year growing potatoes only to be very disappointed with the results, so then I watched a video on how to grow potatoes and realized my mistake.
What I am looking for are the sins that human civilization will make, it is like a tree growing. Once you leave the Lord and cut yourself off there is a progression that we can see, that is what the prophecy is telling us. I look at the big events like 911 or the 2008 Mortgage meltdown or Russia invading Ukraine, the stolen election in 2020, the Pandemic, the Vaccine mandate, etc. These are predictable responses to the move of the Lord. Ecclesiastes tells us that that which has been is that which will be. Same concept.
So then the Bible is like this big collage of pictures on the wall and I am trying to take modern events and put them on these pictures. When you do this it becomes stunning how many pieces fit into place. My biggest regret is that I didn't start 50 years ago. Everyday I am stunned at how much I could have known, and once you see how they fit together then you get to predict how things will turn out. Again, I'm not saying you can predict what happens on June 21, but rather you can predict that Russia will defeat Ukraine and head on to France, or that a number of countries will turn on the US, etc.