50 DAYS TO UNDERSTANDING THE END-TIMES MORE ACCURATELY - DAY 18 - NOT KNOWING THE DAY OR HOUR - 1 - AUDIO & VIDEO
This is DAY EIGHTEEN of the daily devotional.
I am releasing a 50 day daily devotional about the end-times as revealed in Scripture. Along with the text, I will be providing a video where I cover the text of the day, and @verbal-d will be providing an audio version of it. That way, whether you want to read, watch, or listen, you'll be able to enjoy this study as you wish.
The plan is to release this devotional over the next 50 consecutive days, but life may "get in the way." We will do our best, but please be patient with me if I fall behind.
The SoundCloud Audio from @verbal-d
The YouTube Video from @papa-pepper
The Text I Originally Shared on the @narrowminded Account
DAY 18 - NOT KNOWING THE DAY OR HOUR - 1
Often pretribulationists will claim that the return of Jesus is imminent. They say that His return could occur at any moment. A variety of verses will be used to supposedly support this claim. However, based on Scripture, it is impossible that this is Jesus’ teaching. The following verses have periodically been used to promote this message.
“But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.” (Matthew 24:36)
“Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.” (Matthew 24:42)
“Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.” (Matthew 24:44)
“The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of.” (Matthew 24:50)
“Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.” (Matthew 25:13)
“But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.” (Mark 13:32)
“Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.” (Mark 13:33)
“Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:” (Mark 13:35)
“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places… And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many… When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)… For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.” (Matthew 24:7, 24:11, 24:15 & 24:21)
All these verses list specific events that must occur before the return of which we are told, “But of that day and hour knoweth no man” (Matthew 24:36). We will cover more on this tomorrow.
Point: Not knowing the day or hour does not mean an event must be imminent.
CLOSER
Bear with me, as this is only part one of this particular topic. Hopefully each day is simple and slow enough for you to agree with the points that I made.
If anyone is really interested, I did post the entire volume through an alt account over a year ago. I did so as an experiment to see how hard it would be for a new user to get noticed on steemit, so I didn't let anyone know that I was doing it. You can click here to a post that has links to the entire 50 days of this devotional if you really want to read ahead. That information has always been available there since I first posted it. It is not the purpose of this series to just copy all of my previous work, but instead to transform it into some new outlets by releasing it in an audio and video format, to broaden the reach that this work has.
Again, though I will certainly never claim to know it all, I do believe that many are being lead astray by some popular beliefs. I hope that this project will be able to help many others understand the end-times more accurately. Thanks!
PREVIOUS POSTS
Just in case you are new to this series and wanted to check out the previous audio or videos, here are links to the posts from each day of this series.
- NEW SERIES
- PREFACE
- DAY 1 - THE FOUNDATION
- DAY 2 - "THE TRIBULATION"
- DAY 3 - THE SEVENTIETH WEEK OF DANIEL
- DAY 4 - NOT APPOINTED TO WRATH
- DAY 5 - WRATH vs. TRIBULATION
- DAY 6 - THE DAY OF THE LORD
- DAY 7 - THE LORD ALONE
- DAY 8 - THE EXALTATION OF THE ANTICHRIST
- DAY 9 - PROMISES
- DAY 10 : THE PRESUPPOSITION
- DAY 11 : 2 THESSALONIANS 2:1-4
- DAY 12 : THE REVEALING OF THE ANTICHRIST
- DAY 13 : SAME DAY 1
- DAY 14 : SAME DAY 2
- DAY 15 : HAND IN HAND
- DAY 16 : OVERTAKE YOU AS A THIEF
- DAY 17 : ANOTHER THIEF?
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Until next time…
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No man knows the day or hour. This is a saying tied with the Feast of Trumpets, which is the first day of the 7th month of the biblical calendar. I grew up telling people I was a pan-tribulation rapture...it'll all pan out in the end. I no longer believe in a rapture as understood by most churches, but rather a gathering of His people worldwide, leading us through the wilderness and back to the land of our fathers. I have been enjoying this series when I get the chance.
I've thought that about the Feast of trumpets too!
Well between the no man knows the day or hour being linked to the Feast of Trumpets along with the "last great trump" mentioned in scripture it would seem to go together. I really don't think it is talking about "the last great president trump". Lol.
Cool, thanks for checking in!
Really a great journey of discovery and learning you are leading us on here. I honestly savor reading these each day. Thank you again for your efforts here. It truly does seem inspired....
happy beraktifas like biasaya comrades,
success on this day for you is always @papa-pepper.
Thank you.
your welcome @papa-pepper.
It's state that the hour is not known but also in the Bible it gives signs of around the moment it will occur. So, humanity doesn't know the exact hour but by observing the signs can know around what hour it can occur. Be vigilant and love your brothers and sisters and that hour won't be a surprise/Looking forward to it.
You got it!
We need to be prepared at all time cause no one knows The end time ...good job @papa-pepper i hope you continue with this good teaching
Day 18 already!!! I love this series if I have t told you already!
Thanks for the encouragement.
I always love your post. Great and very unveiling!
Do you think sir that the coming of Christ is near? I just wonder about your thoughts and opinion on this.
Nearer.... but we still have a bit in my opinion.
Hmmmm. These have made me thought about the signs of times. =)
The pretribulational view
All event in chronological order before rapture has already occurred!
What's your take?
I believe that there is a temple to come, and an Abomination of Desolation to occur. Since the Antichrist makes war with the saints after he declares himself to be god, we still have a bit to go as far as I understand so far.
This is awesome! @drewley knows a lot about this subject!!
Cool! I gotta stop by and visit y'all someday! Not that far out of the way when we head to Texas...