Good point Geri! If Jesus spoke in that language concerning His second coming there is still the issue I have previously laid out! How can man know the end before the beginning?! Secondly, would this verse not also apply to the rapture as that mystery had yet to be revealed??? No matter, I am still hoping I am wrong! But the prophetic track record and history of date setting I think also speaks to itself! Once again, it is without full authority and assurance that any date man proposes can be spoken with! Also realizing that the bretheren thought the rapture would occur two thousand years ago! Again, no matter! Our longing of Him will still continue as it has for two thousand years! Again man cannot promise the day of the rapture, only God can!!! TR Jesus wants us to be alert … watch and pray … Luke 21: 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. And in that same chapter Jesus gives a list of what to watch out for … and we are seeing those things coming to past right now … and He gives the promise … Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. In Revelation Chapter 1:10 Is this a clue the rapture will happen on the Lord’s day? Is that a Sunday? And John saw the 7 golden candlesticks (is this another clue its in reference to the holiday of Hanukkah?). Interesting … Hanukkah this year starts sundown on a Monday, Dec 19th and ends on …. The Lord’s day … Sundown on Sunday - Christmas Day Dec 25th … what are the odds? :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn John says …. Revelation 1: 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, 12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; 13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. 14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. 20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. Revelation 3 Church of Philadelphia - the promise to them is an open door 😉 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; 8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door 😉 , and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. 11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. 12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. Church of Laodicean - the door is closed and Jesus is knocking on it wanting them to repent and open up the door for Him to dwell with them. 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. Revelation 4:1 (The rapture - open door in heaven for those in the Philadelphia church) After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. I love the connection to Hanukkah! Great job decoding clues! I am ready to go. Also, remember that O said he would win the war on Christmas....Let the great escape prove him wrong! More hope for a December escape: -Fair Use- Dec 17th the beginning of Hanukkah and Dec 25th the end of Hanukkah! Very exciting! TR
