Crackpot Prophet Tries To "One Up" Wade Cox's 2030 Date by Claiming Christ Returns 2033/34

 

We had wade Cox opening his asinine mouth the other day about Jesus retiring in 2030. Now Crackpot Bob is trying to one up Wade and claim Jesus is returning in 2033/34, maybe, possibly, could be, might be...you know the drill by now.

Bwana Bob Thiel has once again blessed us with another installment of “Let’s Play Calendar Roulette with the Gospels,” this time courtesy of Jordan’s very practical plan to cash in on Christian tourism for the alleged 2,000th anniversary of Jesus’ baptism in 2030. Because nothing says “divine timeline revealed” quite like a Muslim kingdom building a $120 million pilgrim village, museum, and green corridor so Western tourists can selfie next to the spot where John dunked the Messiah. New Covenant Christianity? Islam? End-times speculation? Strap in, folks—this one’s a triple-threat of stretch marks.

Under the New Covenant—you know, the thing Crackpot Bob never talks about, the one actually sealed by Christ’s blood, where we’re no longer slaves to speculative arithmetic or Mosaic stopwatches—most of us are content to watch, pray, and live as if He could return tomorrow or in a thousand years. Jesus Himself said no one knows the day or hour (Matthew 24:36), and the apostles treated “the last days” as the entire church age, not a pair of neat 1,000-year “days” that conveniently start ticking just before the resurrection so we can land the plane in 2034. 

 But Bob? He takes the minority view that baptism was in 30 AD (most scholars still prefer 27–29), assumes a rigid 3½-year ministry, slides the resurrection to 34 AD, then invents a “days 5 and 6 of the last days” framework so the Great Tribulation must kick off in 2030 and Jesus shows up by 2034. It’s the theological equivalent of using a sundial to predict the Super Bowl winner. New Covenant believers tend to roll their eyes at this exact brand of date-setting because it turns the finished work of the cross into a countdown clock for brochure sales. Spoiler: the New Covenant already delivered the Spirit, the Church, and the promise of His return—without requiring a Jordanian tourism ministry or a spreadsheet.

Islam Angle: Prophets, Tourism, and Convenient Overlaps

Bob correctly notes that Muslims revere Jesus (Isa) as Messiah and prophet, expect His return to smash the Dajjal, break the cross, and usher in a short golden age (usually 40 years, not 1,000). The Quran and hadiths do overlap with biblical themes on a future conflict involving a southern power and a northern beast-like figure. Fine. Jordan—being a Muslim-majority nation that still hosts Christian sites and likes tourist dollars—is investing heavily so more pilgrims will show up in 2030. That’s economics, not eschatology. 

Yet Bob can’t resist the prophetic cackle: “Perhaps there could be ramifications…” as if a museum groundbreaking is the first trumpet. Muslims already believe Jesus returns after their Mahdi; Christians believe He returns to destroy the Beast. The fact that both traditions talk about Jesus coming back doesn’t magically make Jordan’s visitor-center project a sign that the King of the South is warming up the tanks. It’s the same level of insight as claiming every new mosque in Europe proves the caliphate is next Tuesday. Coexistence tourism ≠ fulfillment of Daniel 11.

Now we arrive at the pièce de résistance—the part that smells exactly like Wade Cox’s old “Christ returns in 2030” charts, just with fresher paint. Bob’s chain: 

• Baptism = 30 AD (despite the evidence leaning earlier) 
• Ministry = exactly 3½ years → resurrection 34 AD 
• “Last days” = literal thousand-year days 5 & 6 that somehow began before the resurrection 
• Therefore Great Tribulation starts 2030, Jesus back by 2034

This is the classic Armstrongist parlor trick: force every number into a 6,000-year plan, ignore the scholarly consensus on the chronology, and declare “we will see,” "maybe," "possibly," "could be," "might be," Wade Cox did the same dance s few days ago with 2030 as the magic year; Bob just moved the goalposts a few years and tied it to a baptism anniversary that Jordan is promoting for the same reason Disney promotes new rides—money. Both men treat the New Testament timeline like a Sudoku puzzle that only their group has the correct pencil.  

Reality check: 

• The baptism year is debated; 27 AD is more common. 
• Ministry length is approximate, not a Swiss watch. 
• “Last days” language in Acts and Hebrews is already present-tense for the apostles. 
• Every previous generation that did this math was wrong, and Jesus still hasn’t returned on their schedule.

So yes, 2030–2033 is just as crazy as Wade Cox’s 2030 return date. It’s the same fever dream wearing a nicer suit and holding a Jordanian press release. New Covenant Christianity doesn’t need these calculations; it already has the Spirit as down payment. Islam doesn’t need them either—its own hadiths give Jesus a 40-year reign after the Dajjal, not a precise Gregorian countdown. And end-times speculation of this variety has a perfect track record: 100 % failure rate so far.

We’ll see, Bob. We’ll see. Every prediction and prophecy you have made has been an abject failure. Just don’t be surprised when 2030 arrives, the pilgrim village is full of selfie sticks, and the only “great tribulation” is the traffic jam on the road to Al-Maghtas while you are sitting at home dreaming up more lies and goalpost changes.