feederband wrote:NBCintern wrote:Well, they say WWIII will be started there..
Who's they?
THE BIBLE. ENOUGH SAID.
So then what about all of this from a Biblical perspective? Well there are quite an array of beliefs on the who what and when. Some claim that there is going to be a WWIII and they can know when. Some postulate that when Daniel heard in the 12th chapter of Daniel that he was to shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end, that since this is the time of the end the book is now open and we can understand. So they figured out that everything comes to a climax in the year 2007 which is based upon Mt 24:32 as we shall see. I wouldn't think it would be possible to get the year 2007 out of Mt 24:32, but I guess I'm just not as smart as others.
Mt 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree. When its branch is still tender and puts out leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So you, likewise, when you see all these things, shall know that it is near, at the doors. 34 Truly I say to you, This generation shall not pass until all these things are fulfilled.
Did you see it? Did you see the year 2007 jumping out there off the page to you? It's right there somewhere. You just got to know how to look for it. Well maybe you don't know how to look for it, so we will try to help. First of all Israel is the fig tree. How you say? Well because in Jeremiah 24, Israel is likened to a fig tree when Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon went down and took the nation of Israel captive, and destroyed the 1st Temple. This is in Jeremiah 24. So Israel is a fig tree. And when did Israel's branch became tender? Well in 1948. Isn't that when they became a state? And what's 50 years onto 1948? Well 1998. What's the significance of 50 years? Well it's the jubilee, right? Ok. Jubilee means year of release, happiness, except in this case it represents a false happiness because they will be happy because they will be saying peace, peace but sudden destruction will come up on them in the year 2007. But, how do you get from 1998 to the year 2007? Well you have to go backward to the year 1967. And what happened then? Well in June of 1967 Israel recaptured Jerusalem and so that's when it says in Matthew that they put out leaves. And then in verse 34, Christ said that that generation would not pass away. How long is a generation? Well doesn't God say in the Bible that He was angry against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years until that generation which had done evil in His sight was destroyed? Therefore a generation is 40 years and 40 years plus 1967 equals 2007. So perhaps armed with this vital information, we should all go out and buy a bomb shelter and cancel our insurance. Right? Well maybe, but maybe not because we need to be careful about claims about specific times and dates. In verse 42 here in Matthew we read:
Mt 24:42 Therefore watch; for you do not know what hour your Lord comes. 43 But know this, that if the steward of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be dug through. 44 Therefore you also be ready, for in that hour you think not, the Son of man comes.
When I read that, to me it says, when I think not, I, Christ will return. And lets' see, there is a time when I think He will return. I believe that the Temple at first needs to be rebuilt, the sacrifices need to again be offered, the false prophet in the Temple, the armies around Jerusalem, the sun must go dark, some plagues, the armies moving down into the Jezreel valley and then toward Jerusalem and then when I see all that then I can get ready right? But the scripture says that while I'm sitting in front of my TV. watching all of this, saying to myself, oh, well the time is not yet, because a few more plagues have to happen, it is then that Christ is going to come knocking at the door and then I'm going to open it and say, you can't come in here, this house is not ready. I was not expecting you, you're not supposed to be here yet. But that's not the real point of the scriptures is it? It's not so that I should know exactly when, but that I should be ready at all times. That I should be obeying God and then when the doorbell rings, I might say I wonder who that could be, and surprise, it's Christ But then at least I'll be able to say come on in, because my house is ready, we've been expecting you or maybe we have not been expecting you at this moment, but knew you would come, and the food is hot and the wine is chilled and were dressed and shaven. We are ready. But if I just sit around trying to project dates, then I won't get ready and I still won't be right about the when, and I'll just kind of look stupid. (Note: For those who are not familiar with our teachings, the above is not to be taken literally, we do not believe Christ will come knocking as some sort of salesman, but was done just for illustration.)
http://www.cornerstone1.org/wwiii.htm
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