Okay - I don't quite know what to do with this announcement ! I believe that the arrival of our Messiah Jesus will be a rather dramatic event. The thing (s) that have got me wondering are the last 3.5 years - which, I believe are almost upon us.

From scripture (NOT my own understanding) I have come to believe that our LORD Jesus will walk this earth during the Great Tribulation. Calling on sinners to repent - performing miracles etc. There are a few major hints in scripture. As He walked this earth for the first 3.5 years, and then was cut off - I have come to believe that He will be here for the remainder of the allotted 7 years given. Another 3.5 years. The time allotted. Before you all write me off as a nutter - hear me out.

The AC will "stand against the Prince of Princes". As pointed out before - how does one stand against something unseen? Why is the main topic of the tirade of the AC against Almighty God and Christ? If, as is stated in scripture, a great delusion is allowed to come upon the world - then that delusion must be something believable. NOT a half baked story about alien abduction. That will not do the trick amongst a very savvy, computer literate and science literate generation. That story would not hold too much water. The story will have to be against something real. Something tangible. Therefore - picture this; Our LORD Jesus comes down to earth and fights the AC and his armies. This being after the rapture and a huge EQ in Israel where all the mighty men and free and slave, hide in the rocks and mountains etc. They cry out, "Save us - for the Wrath has come". They are frightened, frightened, frightened.

The dust doth settle. An uneasy calm descends upon the earth. They venture out. The earth is eerily silent. They are given time to gather themselves. Half an hour - in scriptural terms. Revelation 8 tells us this. What amount of time this is in earthly terms - is anyone's guess.

The rapture has happened. People have disappeared. The Mount of Olives has split open and people have disappeared. The dystopian future has arrived. ALL people on earth have witnessed the Star of Jacob. The sceptre. They have seen the signs described in the Bible. They are FREAKED out. The AC has an uphill task ahead of him. How to persuade the remaining people that what they had seen was a lie? A delusion?

The AC begins his work. He enslaves all through his Mark of the Beast system. All the while, shouting and yelling against Almighty God. Trying to disprove prophecy - even declaring himself as "God". Come on !! The AC is clearly talking to an audience of pretty ignorant people. Almost superstitiously ignorant people. A "third of the world" as scripture suggests? We have all had a taste of these kinds of people. Antifa, for one. BLM for another. Violent and delusional. They thrive on violence and chaos.

The AC "stands against the Prince of princes". None other than our LORD Jesus. This cannot be an invisible LORD Jesus. We are not talking about some raving atheist shooting his mouth off. This denotes a physical confrontation. Revelation 14 has our LORD Jesus standing on Mount Zion with His 144,000. See 2nd link. Perhaps this is the time that they are taken from earth to stand before the Throne of God? Prior to this - they are very much on earth. What the 144,000 do between Revelation 7 and 14, is a mystery.

Daniel 8:25 confirms that the AC will come against our LORD Jesus. Daniel 11.26 tells us that the AC will be successful until the time of wrath is completed.

I have come to believe that our LORD Jesus will be on earth during the 3.5 years of the Great Tribulation. He will bide His time and instruct the 144,000. How amazing is that?

The article that led me to this post is in the 3rd link. Rabbi Kanievsky announcing that Messiah is already amongst us. While I expect our LORD Jesus' arrival to be dramatic and visual to all the world - I found this article interesting indeed.

https://biblehub.com/revelation/8-1.htm

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2014&version=NIV

https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/155596/rabbi-kanievsky-announces-the-messiah-is-here-among-us/