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Date Posted: 22:17:24 08/24/12 Fri
In reply to:
dori
's message, "I do see the signs, too" on 21:31:16 08/24/12 Fri
in 2 Peter 3:5-10 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Notice the context is the "day of the Lord" as seen in verse 10. Peter is addressing those who doubt the advent of our Lord and they scoff at the notion. Many though were sincere in believing He was coming but were beginning to doubt because even in the days of Peter and the other Apostles the 2nd coming was being preached. We therefore find the setting of the verses above in the first verses of chapter 3. 2 Peter 3:1-4 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: 2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
As to the time table of 1 day as a thousand years and a thousand years as a day.
All of God's creation took 6 days. He then rested the 7th completing a week. This is the way time has been marked ever since.
If we take the prophetic week of 6 one thousand year days and a thousand years of rest as the "sabbath" then we can see much prophecy coming clear. We are now at the 6,000 year mark accoding to the chronology of the Bible. This can only be approximate because absolutely no one knows for sure the exact number of years. The people who kept up the calendars through time could have easily dropped the ball for a decade or two or possibly even more.
I personally think the calendar is close. I just beg to differ from most on this one major point. People have historically based culmination the prophetic week on the birth of Jesus. Even time as we know it today (2012) is based on His birth. The problem with this in my view though is that it was not His birth that was the central event in history. It was HIS DEATH and resurrection. It was this event which ushered in the New Testament and Church Age. Every one from Adam to the last person saved on earth will be saved by this atoning sacrifice of Jesus.
If this reasoning is correct then it moves the calendar date of the "2 days" (2,000 years) since his death forward by 30 to 33 years depending on His actual life. This would move the target date of the advent (not the rapture) to around 2030. If we are correct in the rapture preceding the advent by at least 7 years then we can see we are looking at 2023 at the earliest. This allows 7 years for the tribulation before His advent to the Mt. of Olives where His feet will touch the earth.
The other thing to keep in mind is that the rapture is an event that could happen today and it would not change scripture as the scriptures plainly tell us that Jesus will come completely un-announced and no one knows the day nor the hour. I personally believe the translation of the Saints will happen in the spring of the year but I could be wrong. My thoughts from the scriptures is that the rapture coincides with the feast of Pentecost and the advent with the Feast of Tabernacles in the fall of the year around the actual time of His birth and at least 7 years (or close to it) after the rapture. (Jesus was not born on Christmas day regardless of what we have been taught.)
The most important thing for any of us is to be absolutely ready for His coming. The trumpet could sound even this night.
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