The COG prophets and apostles are on a roll today! They know so much more than all the stupid little sheeple out there in COGdom.
Although inaccurate “prophets” such as Ronald Weinland and Harold Camping have declared that the biblical period known as the “great tribulation” began some time ago, the reality is that this biblically prophesied event cannot begin prior to 2015.
Why?
Mainly because Jesus taught that the “great tribulation” (Matthew 24:21) would begin shortly after “you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (Matthew 24:15).
Notice that the Daniel the prophet wrote:
27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the desolate. (Daniel 9:27)
Without going into all the details, the above is understood by many (including the Living Church of God and the Arroyo Grande, California book 2012 and the Rise of the Secret Sect) to mean that a seven year (one prophetic week) Middle East peace deal is confirmed. Of course, the sacrifices must start before they stop, and they have not started yet (and may not start until after the peace deal is in place).
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One other reason that now is not quite the time, is that I have traveled to Europe many times in the past few years (my last trip was just a few weeks ago), and can state that the Europeans are simply not unified enough to be ready to fulfill their role as the supporters of the King of the North – the Final Beast power, yet. But they are looking at proposing peace deals in the Middle East (http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-11-13-voa26.cfm).
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Great Tribulation Cannot Begin in 2011, 2012, 2013, or 2014
Now I have been criticized in the past for pointing out that the “great tribulation” could not begin in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, etc.
But I was correct then, and am now.
Why?
Well in addition to the fact that there is no Middle East peace deal that fulfills Daniel 9:27, there still is not yet in place the final leader known as the King of the North. Nor is there a leader yet in place who is the final King of the South (and both of those leaders need to make their own deceitful deal per Daniel 11:27). And while these leaders could be in those positions relatively soon, several of the events that Jesus also said would occur first (Matthew 24:4-14) have not yet been completely fulfilled.
Additionally, the Europeans are not yet ready militarily nor economically to fulfill their role as the final Beast power. It is likely that Europe will need to see “signs and lying wonders” (2 Thessalonians 2:9) to get fully ready and unified amongst themselves–but that is expected.
That is not to say that world events leading up to the “great tribulation” are not occurring (they are as I report about them frequently, notice Might Kurt Koch become or support the coming “antipope” antichrist? to cite just one example), but without the peace deal being made yet, the final 3 1/2 year countdown has not yet began, hence the great tribulation will not possibly start prior to 2014.
The end is coming. It is coming soon. But the end, meaning the “great tribulation” in this case, cannot possibly begin prior to the year 2015.
9 comments:
Someone needs to inform Dr. Bob that "Daniel" was written in the 160's BC to encourage the Maccabean rebellion types and that the reason the book is so amazingly accurate is because the events therein had mostly taken place already in history.
While Daniel 11 is amazingly detailed, that is due to it already having occurred in history. The swarmy and vague stuff begins in Chapter 12 where it basically says.."and then a whole bunch of other stuff is going to happen and it all works out." Vague because Mr. Daniel does not know what is going to happen from the known point in history to the unknown.
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M.T.Furnace
I don't worry about the end any more. It has become totally useless as a manipulative tool in the hands of any corporate religious collectors who could possibly try to ensnare and enslave me, simply because I know that if it happens during my lifetime, at the halfway point of the 7 years, just before everything gets really bad, I'm going to be raptured!
They don't get to be my gatekeepers. God is.
BB
When Bob finds out he's wrong as usual about such topics, he's a chiropractor....he'll adjust
M.T.Cranium
"I'm going to be raptured!"
I'm trying to figure out if this is a statement of your belief or if you are being sarcastic. Surely you don't really believe that rapture nonsense.
"...I have traveled to Europe many times in the past few years (my last trip was just a few weeks ago), and can state that the Europeans are simply not unified enough to be ready to fulfill their role as the supporters of the King of the North – the Final Beast power, yet."
That is about as convincing as when Flurry or Meredith records a show in the Middle East. It's a nice back, and I'm sure you enjoyed the trip. But it doesn't make their prophecy or your "analysis" any more convincing.
Since Jesus Christ said that he would come at a time you think not, he will probably come today, because these false prophets don't seem to have a thought in their heads any more.
Dr. Bob -- yet another candidate for treatment by mental health professionals.
I met Bob and had a long, agonizing conversation about how great he was. Me Me Me Me Me I I I I I
Rod Meredith is at it again with his sermon “The Gun Lap!” He says we have no more than 10 years and it is time for the gun lap. The gun lap mentality is, of course, completely contrary to the Bible. The Bible tells us to endure to the end, as no man knows the day nor the hour. A gun lap is, by definition, something that cannot be endured. Meredith says, essentially, “I, the great Meredith, know better than the Bible. It says endure, but I say sprint! It says no man knows, but it is wrong because I do know!”
RCM - The Gun Lap! Feb 5, 2011
4:40 “I sincerely feel that we really are now beginning the gun lap.”
6:10 “We’re in the final phase now, of the work of God. And I don’t mean the last two or three years. We may have five or ten more years left. Probably at least five more. And could be ten more.”
17:52 “You’ll see a definite change -- mark my words, two years from this month, February of 2013 will be quite different from February of 2011.
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