No one knows when Christ will return but the Father (In other words, it's within the Father's purview, not the Son's, to decide when He will return):
[JESUS]“Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.So you also, when you see these things happening, know that it is near—at the doors!Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.“
But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning—lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping.And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!”[/JESUS] - Mark 13:28-37
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark13:28-37&version=NKJV
Jesus told His disciples that they would go to
"to the end of the earth" preaching (John even wrote in Revelation 7:9 that he saw "a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands"), yet by the end of Acts, we discover that they hardly ever left Israel:
And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, [JESUS]“which,”[/JESUS] He said, [JESUS]“you have heard from Me;for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”[/JESUS] Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”And He said to them, [JESUS]“It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the end of the earth.”[/JESUS] - Acts 1:4-8
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts1:4-8&version=NKJV
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Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”And Jesus answered and said to them: [JESUS]“Take heed that no one deceives you.For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.All these are the beginning of sorrows.“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.But he who endures to the end shall be saved.And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached
in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.[/JESUS] - Matthew 24:3-14
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew24:3-14&version=NKJV
Peter says that we can "hasten the coming of the LORD (meaning neither the day nor the hour is set in stone):
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. - 2 Peter 3:10-13
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2Peter3:10-13&version=NKJV
"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise" to return, but He does desire "that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9), and we should "account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation" (2 Peter 3:15). No one but the Father knows just when the last convert from the last tribe will be won, but if we "love his appearing" (2 Timothy 4:8), we can "hasten his coming" by doing all we can to get the gospel to the ends of the earth. |
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It is based on these scriptures that we know that, while it is possible that what you say is true, Watchman, Christ will most likely NOT return on that day, and attempting to say that he will makes you a false prophet.
If you really think that Christ will return when you say He will, I want you to sign a contract with me that I pay you $5 and on that day (that you believe Christ will return, everything that is yours becomes mine, your house, your cars, your pets, your money, everything. You won't need it, because you'll be in heaven right?
Are you willing to do that? Oh, you're not? But I thought you said you were sure of your beliefs that Christ would return on that day and at that hour, are you not? :mock: