After Jesus prophesies the destruction of the temple in 70 AD in Matt. 24:1-35, Mark 13:1-31 & Luke 21:5-33; all 3 gospels record Jesus then turning his attention to "that day". In context it surely is referring to "the last day" of the resurrection in John 6:39, 40, 44, 54 which is also that day of judgment in John 12:48. In the word for word translations, the words or phrases are identical.
Jesus made clear that the day of the second coming was unknown to any but God the Father so no clear signs are given for this day, as were given for 70 A. It will come suddenly as a snare: Matt. 24:36, 39; Mark 13:32, 36 & Luke 21:34.
Jesus said that day will be as the days of Noah: "For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man." (Matt 24:38-39, ASV)
Did the phrase "they knew not until the flood came" include Noah himself? In Gen. 6:14-16, Noah was told to build the ark, a floating box(L450'XW75'XH45', GNT), because a great flood was coming (there was NO pointed bow on the ark because it was not propelled!). So, this man of God knew it was coming. It was those corrupt people who did not know and went on with life as ususal. While it is clear we believers cannot be date setters or be dogmatic on when "the last day" is to happen; doesn't Luke 21:34-36 indicate we should have a sense of our situation? For the saints to risk being " overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life", does that not indicate it would be the spirit of the time which even puts the believers at risk?
While many, if not most of the prophecies found in the NT epistles; refer to 70 AD, yet history does repeat itself; there is another perspective. For those of us who understand the 1000 years of Revelation 20 to be a period prior to "the last day", the second coming; can we not think about that period just prior to "the last day", where we have the statement: "And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea." (Rev 20:7-8, ASV)
Watching the insanity consuming the nations of the world in this day, has Satan been loosed? Not only has Christianity lost its place as the majority faith in England, it is about to be so here in the USA. I offer two news links on these two statements of Christianity becoming the minority.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...ty-now-minority-religion-in-england-and-wales
A headline reads: "A mass exodus from Christianity is underway in America" -
https://www.grid.news/story/politic...hristianity-is-underway-in-america-heres-why/
Speaking of "that day", Jesus instructs us: "for so shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth. But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man." (Luke 21:35-36, ASV)
Certainly this is a time to hear the words of Peter "Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:" (2Pet 1:10, ASV)
I placed this in Bible Discussion rather than the prophecy forum because that forum seems to be mainly the modernist dispensationalists, which are different from historic premillenialists.
Jesus made clear that the day of the second coming was unknown to any but God the Father so no clear signs are given for this day, as were given for 70 A. It will come suddenly as a snare: Matt. 24:36, 39; Mark 13:32, 36 & Luke 21:34.
Jesus said that day will be as the days of Noah: "For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man." (Matt 24:38-39, ASV)
Did the phrase "they knew not until the flood came" include Noah himself? In Gen. 6:14-16, Noah was told to build the ark, a floating box(L450'XW75'XH45', GNT), because a great flood was coming (there was NO pointed bow on the ark because it was not propelled!). So, this man of God knew it was coming. It was those corrupt people who did not know and went on with life as ususal. While it is clear we believers cannot be date setters or be dogmatic on when "the last day" is to happen; doesn't Luke 21:34-36 indicate we should have a sense of our situation? For the saints to risk being " overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life", does that not indicate it would be the spirit of the time which even puts the believers at risk?
While many, if not most of the prophecies found in the NT epistles; refer to 70 AD, yet history does repeat itself; there is another perspective. For those of us who understand the 1000 years of Revelation 20 to be a period prior to "the last day", the second coming; can we not think about that period just prior to "the last day", where we have the statement: "And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea." (Rev 20:7-8, ASV)
Watching the insanity consuming the nations of the world in this day, has Satan been loosed? Not only has Christianity lost its place as the majority faith in England, it is about to be so here in the USA. I offer two news links on these two statements of Christianity becoming the minority.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...ty-now-minority-religion-in-england-and-wales
A headline reads: "A mass exodus from Christianity is underway in America" -
https://www.grid.news/story/politic...hristianity-is-underway-in-america-heres-why/
Speaking of "that day", Jesus instructs us: "for so shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth. But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man." (Luke 21:35-36, ASV)
Certainly this is a time to hear the words of Peter "Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:" (2Pet 1:10, ASV)
I placed this in Bible Discussion rather than the prophecy forum because that forum seems to be mainly the modernist dispensationalists, which are different from historic premillenialists.
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