No one knows the day or the hour.
So this may be a double entendre. I have shown from many different angles that the seventieth week for the Jews should begin on the Feast of Trumpets which has the nickname of "no one knows the day or the hour". So when the Jews asked the Lord "when" these thing would be and He said that it would explain why they didn't need to ask anymore questions. Same as if today we said it would be on turkey day that would be perfectly clear to any American.
However, the church is composed of the nations that do not understand this expression, so for them it may have had a completely different meaning. In the OT there were Holy Convocations, appointed feast days which were dress rehearsals for things to come. However, in the NT we are told clearly no one is to require us to keep these feasts, they are not dress rehearsals for us in the New Covenant which would further reenforce this word that Jesus crucifixion put all those OT regulations concerning sabbaths and holy days to death on the cross.
But this doesn't mean "no one will ever know". On the contrary there are several verses that would support the faithful followers of the Lord knowing prior to the rapture. Elijah, Elisha and all the prophets knew the day he was going to be taken. Abraham learned of the judgment that would fall on Sodom and Gomorrah beforehand. Jesus said it would be as the days of Lot. Noah knew a week before the flood it was time to enter the ark. So there are many examples that the Lord gave and in every one the people of God had a heads up.
However, the feasts are very important because they are a "shadow" of things to come. So for example on the 8th and 9th of Av you can see a picture of the rapture taking place right before the judgment on the apostasy. When Jesus was on the cross you can see the Spirit leaving Him prior to His death. We can imagine that refers to the rapture of the spirit filled believers from the Body of Christ leaving the tribulation saints behind to be in the grave, the three days of darkness, etc. We can learn a lot by looking at the feasts, but we are not required to keep them like clockwork because they are not a dress rehearsal of the day and hour.
So then we learn that when Jesus (typified by Moses) returns for his bride (typified by Moses coming down from the mountain) He will see the apostasy in full celebration of a satanic worship. He will break the marriage covenant with the apostate church, they will be judged and 3,000 will die. But the levitical priesthood will be called up. We can see both the judgment on the apostasy and the rapture. But worshiping Moloch was Israel's sin, not the churches. Christianity does have worship that is pagan. Christmas is pagan, Easter is pagan and of course Halloween is pagan. We can imagine if the Lord were to come during one of those three celebrations and find the churches involved then that would be bad. However, the Lord's coming ls likened to a thief in the night. Christmas is a morning celebration as is Easter. Christmas Eve is a worship ceremony of Jesus, not Santa. The only one of these three pagan holidays that is at night is Halloween. At the same time the body of Jesus is being put into the tomb we have all these demons, goblins, and evil creatures walking around in the street. The day before Halloween is called Mischief night, that is very much a celebration of a "thief in the night". After the rapture the Lord will make the synagogue of Satan come and worship at the feet of the church that is raptured, Philadelphia. Likewise the day after Halloween is All Saints day, the day to worship at the feet of the saints. The next day is "the day of the dead" the day to worship at the feet of the dead in Christ who rose first. These holidays belong to the Catholic church, they are the "synagogue of Satan" and the ones the Lord will make to come worship at the feet.
Some may think this is simply a coincidence. I would disagree, all things that have come into being have come into being through the word of God. Jesus Christ is the Body and these holidays are the shadow of things to come. It isn't just the holidays of the Old Testament. On the 9th of Av they were worshiping Moloch because that was a day to worship Moloch. Likewise, when Samson was brought into the temple and pushed out the pillars that was a day to worship in that temple to Baal. Jesus Christ is Lord of All, not just of Jews, He is Lord of All.
So then "no one knows the day or the hour" is true, at the time Jesus said this the Catholic church had not set up their holidays and the Celts had not set up Halloween and the US had not established Mischief night.
People say that the Lord is the same today, yesterday and forever. If He had dress rehearsals in the OT he'll have dress rehearsals in the NT and sure enough these are NT holidays for both the Catholic church and the pagans and the satanists. Yes, we have dress rehearsals today, just as we did back then, but we have NT dress rehearsals. The kids going out on Mischief night are doing a dress rehearsal of a thief in the night. The kids going out on Halloween are doing a dress rehearsal of the fallen angels being cast down to the Earth.
So this may be a double entendre. I have shown from many different angles that the seventieth week for the Jews should begin on the Feast of Trumpets which has the nickname of "no one knows the day or the hour". So when the Jews asked the Lord "when" these thing would be and He said that it would explain why they didn't need to ask anymore questions. Same as if today we said it would be on turkey day that would be perfectly clear to any American.
However, the church is composed of the nations that do not understand this expression, so for them it may have had a completely different meaning. In the OT there were Holy Convocations, appointed feast days which were dress rehearsals for things to come. However, in the NT we are told clearly no one is to require us to keep these feasts, they are not dress rehearsals for us in the New Covenant which would further reenforce this word that Jesus crucifixion put all those OT regulations concerning sabbaths and holy days to death on the cross.
But this doesn't mean "no one will ever know". On the contrary there are several verses that would support the faithful followers of the Lord knowing prior to the rapture. Elijah, Elisha and all the prophets knew the day he was going to be taken. Abraham learned of the judgment that would fall on Sodom and Gomorrah beforehand. Jesus said it would be as the days of Lot. Noah knew a week before the flood it was time to enter the ark. So there are many examples that the Lord gave and in every one the people of God had a heads up.
However, the feasts are very important because they are a "shadow" of things to come. So for example on the 8th and 9th of Av you can see a picture of the rapture taking place right before the judgment on the apostasy. When Jesus was on the cross you can see the Spirit leaving Him prior to His death. We can imagine that refers to the rapture of the spirit filled believers from the Body of Christ leaving the tribulation saints behind to be in the grave, the three days of darkness, etc. We can learn a lot by looking at the feasts, but we are not required to keep them like clockwork because they are not a dress rehearsal of the day and hour.
So then we learn that when Jesus (typified by Moses) returns for his bride (typified by Moses coming down from the mountain) He will see the apostasy in full celebration of a satanic worship. He will break the marriage covenant with the apostate church, they will be judged and 3,000 will die. But the levitical priesthood will be called up. We can see both the judgment on the apostasy and the rapture. But worshiping Moloch was Israel's sin, not the churches. Christianity does have worship that is pagan. Christmas is pagan, Easter is pagan and of course Halloween is pagan. We can imagine if the Lord were to come during one of those three celebrations and find the churches involved then that would be bad. However, the Lord's coming ls likened to a thief in the night. Christmas is a morning celebration as is Easter. Christmas Eve is a worship ceremony of Jesus, not Santa. The only one of these three pagan holidays that is at night is Halloween. At the same time the body of Jesus is being put into the tomb we have all these demons, goblins, and evil creatures walking around in the street. The day before Halloween is called Mischief night, that is very much a celebration of a "thief in the night". After the rapture the Lord will make the synagogue of Satan come and worship at the feet of the church that is raptured, Philadelphia. Likewise the day after Halloween is All Saints day, the day to worship at the feet of the saints. The next day is "the day of the dead" the day to worship at the feet of the dead in Christ who rose first. These holidays belong to the Catholic church, they are the "synagogue of Satan" and the ones the Lord will make to come worship at the feet.
Some may think this is simply a coincidence. I would disagree, all things that have come into being have come into being through the word of God. Jesus Christ is the Body and these holidays are the shadow of things to come. It isn't just the holidays of the Old Testament. On the 9th of Av they were worshiping Moloch because that was a day to worship Moloch. Likewise, when Samson was brought into the temple and pushed out the pillars that was a day to worship in that temple to Baal. Jesus Christ is Lord of All, not just of Jews, He is Lord of All.
So then "no one knows the day or the hour" is true, at the time Jesus said this the Catholic church had not set up their holidays and the Celts had not set up Halloween and the US had not established Mischief night.
People say that the Lord is the same today, yesterday and forever. If He had dress rehearsals in the OT he'll have dress rehearsals in the NT and sure enough these are NT holidays for both the Catholic church and the pagans and the satanists. Yes, we have dress rehearsals today, just as we did back then, but we have NT dress rehearsals. The kids going out on Mischief night are doing a dress rehearsal of a thief in the night. The kids going out on Halloween are doing a dress rehearsal of the fallen angels being cast down to the Earth.