The Return of Christ

[Carry_Your_Name]

That is interesting.
However, most people don't know that interpretation and the general belief has the glorious Return as an unexpected and surprising event. This belief simply doesn't match with the detailed Prophesies just prior to and at the Return.
We are told that the 'beast', will have authority over the word for 42 months, or 1260 days. so; to simply count the days from the desecration of the Temple, 2 Thess 2:4, will give us the exact day Jesus will Return.

The many mentions of 3 1/2 years, 42 months and 260 days, all refer to the second half of the final 7 years. The first half is only mentioned in Daniel 9:27...and with that first half spent...... It will be a peaceful time, with no great consequences.

If the Prophesies which mention the Lord coming unexpectedly are carefully studied, in their context and wording, then it should be understood they all refer to the great Day of the Lords fiery wrath; the forthcoming Sixth Seal world changer. Isaiah 29:5-6, Matthew 24:36-44

This is not something that can be "carefully studied" from a linguistic angle, it's a cultural/biblical/historical reference, if you know it you get it immediately, if you don't know it you don't get it.

 

[Elijah7777]

So why do we even care

Because we need to help the people who will be "left behind" to prepare for that time. I am not talking about the people who will be destroyed. I am talking about the righteous who will go from the church age to the kingdom age. The last time this happened was 2,000 years ago when we went from the old to the new covenant.

 

[RandyK]

Because we need to help the people who will be "left behind" to prepare for that time. I am not talking about the people who will be destroyed. I am talking about the righteous who will go from the church age to the kingdom age. The last time this happened was 2,000 years ago when we went from the old to the new covenant.

1st off, the words "left behind" conjure up what I believe to be a false interpretation of "some will be taken and others will be left behind." I believe this refers to the Roman judgment of Jerusalem, when both groups will be judged. Some were taken away into exile, and others were left behind as slaves to till the fields for the Romans.

Since you provide no context for my statement, I'm unwilling to go research to find out what I was talking about. If you wish to respond to something I said, please include more of what was being discussed.