While reading the Bible this morning I came across a verse I had a hard time understanding and I thought maybe somebody on here could help. The verse in question states "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh." I reread it a few times hoping to gain a better understanding and what I've come up with is that it means Jesus comes back when nobody expects him to, when nobody thinks he will. So does this mean that Jesus will wait until a time where so many are in unbelief and don't think he's coming back, or is there some other explanation for it?
This is concerning the resurrection of the saints to be gathered unto Christ,which Jesus said watch and keep yourself ready,which means be led of the Spirit acting like Christ,and not a hypocrite,for Jesus said if you are a hypocrite when the resurrection happens,you will have your portion with the hypocrites,there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth,and the story of the 10 virgins,5 went with Christ for they were led of the Spirit,and 5 did not for they did not have the Spirit.
Also arms standing of his part is not Jesus,but the last king,who will speak lies at one table with another king,shall do according to his will,and will not honor the God of his fathers,but in his estate he shall honor the God of forces,and a God his fathers knew not,and shall not regard any god,nor the desire of women,but he shall magnify himself above all.
Some people think Matthew 24 has already come to pass,but they have some explaining to do.
Mat 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
Mat 24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
That is all Jesus says about the overthrow of Jerusalem,and He said that because the disciples said look at these buildings.
Mat 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Mat 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Mat 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Then Jesus tells them of His coming back,and the end of the world,and tells them to watch out for spiritual deception.
Mat 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Mat 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Mat 24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Then Jesus tells them they shall hear of wars and rumors of wars,and nations shall rise against nation,and kingdom against kingdom,and there shall be famines,and pestilences,and earthquakes,in different places on earth.
But how is the saints,Jews,supposed to know about those things if they have a limited view of their world,which they can only know if they can view what is going on in the world.
Dan 12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
Dan 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Dan 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Daniel did not understand for he had a limited view of the world,but when the saints get to the end time they will understand for they can see and know what the world is doing,and how they can communicate with each other,because of advanced travel,and technology.
The disciples would be in this same position as Daniel,having a limited view of the world,so how would they see and know of nation against nation,and kingdom against kingdom,and natural disasters,and famines,and pestilences,that shall happen on different places on earth.
Mat 24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
If this is back in the past,then how can they be hated of all nations for Jesus' name.How can every single nation on this earth hate them without advanced travel,and technology,to even know about them and Christianity.
Mat 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Again if this is back in the past,then how can the Gospel be preached in to all the world at that time as a witness to them.
Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Mat 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
If Matthew 24 is about the past then how is the resurrection of the saints happening immediately after the great tribulation,when it has not even occurred yet.