I'm just a bit curious as to how these people know, when Jesus himself didn't.
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Matthew 24
36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.
37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
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43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
1 Thessalonians 5
2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
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4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.
2 Peter 3
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
Revelation 16
15 “Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”
Correct me if I am wrong, but I dont think thieves give any signs, warnings, or announcements of their coming. According to the scripture I read, I dont really think anyone can predict this. After all, Jesus couldn't say, how can we?
I already explained how we know, because the Messiah was predestined to return in the year 6000. So all we need to do is math, counting genealogies and timelines of scripture, to then determine the year we are in since creation, to then determine how many years are left until the year 6000. It's quite simple actually. I explain all of this thoroughly in the bible study. Your welcome.
For in 6 days Yehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the 7th day. Therefore Yehovah blessed the Shabbath day and set it apart.
Exodus 20:11
Blessed and set-apart are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of the Messiah and will rule with him for 1,000 years.
Revelation 20:6
For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. There remains, then, a Shabbath rest for the people of God.
Hebrews 4:8-9
1,000 years in your sight are like 1 day…
Psalm 90:4
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that 1 day is with the Master as a 1,000 years, and a 1,000 years as 1 day.
2 Peter 3:8
Of the Shabbath he spoke in the beginning of the creation. And
God made the works of his hands in 6 days, and he ended on the
7th day, and rested on it, and he set it apart. Give heed, children, what this means; He ended in 6 days. He means this, that in 6,000 years the Master shall bring all things to an end, for 1 day with him signifies a 1,000 years. And with this he himself bears me witness, saying, “behold, the day of the Master shall be as a 1,000 years”. Therefore, children, in 6 days, that is in 6,000 years, everything shall come to an end. And he rested on the 7th day. By this he means, when his son shall come, and shall abolish the time of the torahless one, and shall judge the impious, then shall he truly rest on the 7th day.
Barnabas 15:4-5
Note: This is merely a reference to an external literature to help strengthen the statements made in this study, and not an endorsement of any other statements made in the Epistle of Barnabas.
The set-apart one, blessed be he, created seven aeons, and of them all he chose the seventh aeon only. The six aeons are for the going in and coming out, for war and peace. The seventh aeon is entirely Shabbath and rest in the aeonial life. The set-apart one, blessed be he, created seven days, and of them all he chose the seventh day only, as it is said, “and God blessed the seventh day, and set it apart”.
Midrash by Pirke De Rabbi Eliezer
Note: This is merely a reference to an external literature to help strengthen the statements made in this study, and not an endorsement of any other statements made in the Midrash.
