Below
is a tract
that I wrote a
few years
back, and has
been slightly
revised, and
is even more
applicable
today, than it
was when I
wrote it. This
is just one of
over 50
end-times
Bible Prophecy
tracts that I
have written,
with almost
10,000,000 in
circulation.
For many
of you on my
mailing list,
and on Five
Doves, much of
the content is
not really for
you (but the
"No man knows
the day or
hour" part
is), because
you are fellow
Watchers.
However,
it is an
excellent tool
to give to all
of your fellow
Christians,
and pastors,
who are not
into Bible
Prophecy, as
everything is
straight from
the Word of
God.
Here is
the tract:
We
are DEFINITELY
AT THE DOOR OF
CHRIST'S
RETURN!
That's a
pretty bold
statement,
some of you
are
thinking.
Others of you
would claim
to even make
such a bold
statement is
contrary to
the Word of
God. The
purpose of
this tract is
to examine the
question, "Can
we DEFINITELY
KNOW when the
2nd Coming of
Jesus Christ
is VERY
NEAR?"
Even though my
answer to this
question is a
definite and
resounding
"Yes", the
majority of
Christians
reading this
tract would
probably
answer
"No".
So, what does
the Bible say?
Does the
Bible give us
latitude to
make such a
bold
statement,
concerning the
closeness of
the Second
Coming?
The majority
of Christians
and even
ministers
believe
something like
the following:
"Well,
I believe
Jesus is
coming back
SOME
day.
Even though
we MIGHT
be seeing some
signs that
He COULD
possibly
return in our
lifetime, I
think it is
all
speculation.
Christians
have been
predicting His
Return for
centuries and
none of them
have got it
right yet, so
I don't think
there is
anything to
get excited
about. I
believe we
should just
live as best
we can and
everything
will work
out.
Besides, I
don't like to
hear all that
gloom-and-doom
stuff,
anyway."
"And
besides, if
Jesus is
coming back
real soon, my
pastor would
be preaching
about it,
because he is
a real man of
God. And
doesn't the
Bible say that
no man knows
the day or
hour when
Jesus is going
to
return?
And doesn't
the Bible say
that He is
coming as a
thief in the
night, and
nobody knows
when a thief
is going to
come?
And doesn't
the Bible say
that it is NOT
for us to know
"the times and
the
seasons"?
So whoever
wrote this
silly tract
can't really
know what he
is talking
about,
anyway.
Why don't you
go write a
tract about
the love of
God, or
something not
so scary and
controversial?"
If
your thoughts
are included
anywhere in
the preceding
two
paragraphs,
please do
yourself a big
favor by
reading the
rest of this
tract, as we
examine what
the Bible
REALLY
says. In
Acts 1:6--7,
"...they asked
of Him,
saying, Lord,
wilt thou at
this time
restore again
the kingdom to
Israel?
And he said
unto them, It
is not
for YOU
to know the
times or the
seasons..."
The
fulfillment of
this prophecy
was almost
2000 years
into the
future, so
Jesus'
response was a
natural
one. It
wasn't for His
disciples to
know the
timing of an
event so far
into the
distant
future.
To expand this
response, by
Jesus,
to one
particular
question 2000
years ago, to
mean that all
Christians
throughout the
ages would
have no idea
of the times
and seasons in
which we are
living, goes
TOTALLY
CONTRARY TO
THE WORD OF
GOD.
The
response by
Jesus TODAY
concerning His
Second Coming
would probably
be the same as
it was
concerning His
First Coming,
when He
chastised the
people for NOT
recognizing
the times and
seasons. Jesus
said, "O
ye hypocrites,
ye can discern
the face of
the sky, BUT
CAN YE NOT
DISCERN THE
SIGNS OF THE
TIMES?" (Matt.
16:3)
There were
prophecies in
the Old
Testament and
signs in the
heavens that
made it
possible to
know the
approximate
time of the
First Coming
of
Jesus.
Those who
studied and
knew the time
were called
"WISE"
MEN.
What do most
Christians
call people
like that
today???
People
today who
spend
countless
hours and
hours studying
the numerous
Old Testament
and New
Testament
scriptures
that give
tremendous
insight into
the end-times
events and the
Second Coming
of Christ, are
called
anything but
"wise", by the
majority of
Christians and
ministers.
Even though
our hearts are
right, and our
motives are
right, the
message and
the messenger
are seldom
received.
The "WARNING"
messages of
Noah were not
received
either.
But it did NOT
stop the Great
Flood from
coming, did
it? The
floodgates
will open VERY
SOON--ARE YOU
READY?!!
1st
Thessalonians
5:2 says, "For
yourselves
know perfectly
that the day
of the Lord so
cometh as a
thief in the
night."
NO
ONE knows
when a thief
is coming so
NO ONE will
have any idea
when Jesus is
coming back
again, say the
scoffers.
If we have
heard that
preached once,
we have heard
it preached a
thousand
times.
Christians,
and even some
ministers, are
notorious for
taking
Scripture out
of context to
fit their own
particular
theology.
This is a
perfect
example.
Just
TWO VERSES
LATER, in the
very SAME Chapter,
we learn He
is ONLY
coming as a
thief in the
night to the
UNBELIEVERS
AND TO THOSE
WHO ARE
SPIRITUALLY
ASLEEP and NOT
watching the
signs of the
times.
"But ye,
brethren, are
NOT IN
DARKNESS, THAT
THAT DAY
SHOULD
OVERTAKE
YOU as a
THIEF.
Ye are all
children of
LIGHT...Therefore,
LET US NOT
SLEEP AS DO
OTHERS; BUT
LET US
WATCH..."
My challenge
to you this
day is this,
"ARE YOU A
WATCHER, OR A
NON-WATCHER???
Are you
trying to blow
the trumpet,
and give
Warning?
Are
YOU WATCHING
the multitude
of Biblical
end-times
signs
unfolding
around us, or
are YOU
SPIRITUALLY
ASLEEP,
unable, or
unwilling, to
discern the
signs of the
EXTREMELY LATE
end-times days
in which we
are now
living?
Unfortunately,
many
Christians and
pastors, in
these VERY,
VERY LAST
DAYS, are like
the proverbial
ostrich, who
buries his
head in the
sand, too
occupied with
the CARES OF
THIS LIFE, to
be concerned
with all of
the danger
signs all
around
them.
WARNING!!!
WARNING!!!
WARNING!!!
YOUR TIME IS
ALMOST
OVER!!!
IT IS TIME TO
GET YOUR HEAD
OUT OF THE
SAND!!!
In
Revelation
3:3, Jesus
says, "If,
therefore,
thou shalt NOT
WATCH, I will
come on thee
as a THIEF,
and thou SHALT
NOT KNOW WHAT
HOUR I will
come upon
thee."
Does this
verse not
strongly imply
that IF WE ARE
WATCHING, WE
WILL KNOW THE
TIME OF OUR
LORD'S
RETURN??? Read
the verse
again.
The
main
Scriptures
given for
Christians NOT
TO KNOW the
approximate
time of His
Return are
those found in
Matt. 25:36
and Mark
12:32, where
it says that
"no man knows
the day or
hour".
In both cases
the preceding
verses are
identical,
"Heaven and
earth shall
pass away, but
my words shall
not pass
away."
Therefore, to
apply either
of these two
verses to the
timing of the
Rapture is NOT
SCRIPTURAL.
These verses
only tell us
that no man
knows the day
and hour when
heaven and
earth shall
pass away.
However,
Matt. 25:13
does say,
"WATCH,
therefore, for
ye know
neither the
day nor the
hour wherein
the Son of man
(Jesus)
cometh."
And Matt.
24:42 and
verse 44 have
very similar
wordings. This
is a present
tense
statement by
Jesus, made
2000 years
ago.
This
means that
this statement
does NOT
necessarily
mean that no
man would EVER
KNOW. In
fact, the
word, "KNOW"
in Matt.
25:13, means
that no man
has INTUITIVE
KNOWLEDGE of,
implying that
with enough
study, this
KNOWLEDGE
COULD BE
ATTAINED.
In fact, the
derivative
Greek word
"optomai"
signifies an
earnest, but
more continued
inspection,
may be
necessary (How
much increased
study and
earnest
inspection of
the end-times
prophecies
have YOU
done???).
Yet many
of you
chastise
Watchers
mainly because
of the "No man
knows the day
or the hour"
Scripture.
Even
if it is the
Lord's
intention that
no Christian
will ever
be able to
ascertain the
exact day and
hour of the
Rapture, WHY
do the
majority of
Christians and
ministers feel
they can
stretch this
verse to mean
no man would
EVER KNOW
the day, the
hour, the
SEASON, the
YEAR,
the DECADE, or
the CENTURY of
our Lord's
Return? THERE
IS ABSOLUTELY
NO SCRIPTURAL
BASIS FOR SUCH
A FALSE
TEACHING, nor
are there even
any parallel
verses that
would support
this extremely
popular FALSE
teaching in
the church
world today.
On
the contrary,
there
are numerous
Scriptures
that strongly
support the
EXACT OPPOSITE
teaching, that
we CAN KNOW,
at the very
least, the
approximate
time of our
Lord's
Return.
We have
already
expounded upon
1st Thess.
5:4--6,
Rev. 3:3,
and Matt.
16:3, and
other
Scriptures.
Hebrews 10:25
says, "...as
you
see THAT
DAY
APPROACHING".
Luke
21:28 says,
"When these
things begin
to come to
pass, then
LOOK UP, and
lift up you
heads FOR YOUR
REDEMPTION
DRAWETH NIGH
(near, or at
hand)."
Maybe
some of you
are ready to
concede that
we can KNOW
the
approximate
time, but not
the actual
day. But
Amos 3:7 says,
"Surely the
Lord God will
do nothing,
unless HE
REVEALS HIS
SECRET UNTO
HIS SERVANTS,
THE PROPHETS."
Doesn't "will
do nothing",
include Jesus
Coming for His
Bride at the
Rapture?
Is there
anything in
the past 2000
years more
SECRETIVE than
the Rapture?
Can we
not expect God
to reveal his
biggest
secret, the
Day of the
Rapture, to at
least a few of
His servants?
Maybe some of
us need to
re-think our
theology?
Maybe,
just maybe,
with enough
deep study of
the Prophetic
Word, we CAN
KNOW the time.
In
Matt. 24, Mark
13, and Luke
21, we learn
about the
parable of the
fig tree,
which
represents
Israel.
Most Bible
prophecy
scholars
believe that
this parable
is telling us
that the
generation
that sees
Israel become
a nation
(1948), and
re-capture
Jerusalem
(1967), would
not pass away
until the end
of
the Final
Seven Years,
and until
Jesus sets up
His Millennial Kingdom.
Numerous
Scriptures,
such as Hosea
6:1--2,
strongly
suggest there
will be about
2000 years
between the 2
Comings of
Christ.
Also, numerous
Scriptures,
such as 2nd
Peter 3:8,
strongly imply
there will be
6000 years
between Adam
and the Second
Coming of
Christ.
These
Scriptures
lead us to the
time in
which we are
now living.
OVER
AND OVER AGAIN
in the New
Testament, we
are admonished
to "WATCH" the
numerous signs
given in the
Word for our
Lord's
Return.
If we could
NOT at least
KNOW THE
APPROXIMATE
TIME, THERE
WOULD BE NO
NEED TO
WATCH.
For those of
us who have
been
diligently
WATCHING and
studying these
signs for many
decades, the
Lord has some
very
encouraging
words for us,
in Luke
12:37--38,
BLESSED are
those
servants, whom
the Lord, when
he cometh,
shall find
WATCHING...And
if He shall
come in the
second watch,
or come in the
third watch,
and find them
so, BLESSED
are those
servants."
Was
1988 the 1st
WATCH???
Was
2008--2015 the
2nd WATCH???
Is 2017--2018
the 3rd Watch?
Please
take note that
there
is NO
4TH WATCH.
2nd Timothy
tells us there
is a special
crown of
righteousness
given to all
those
who LOVE
HIS
APPEARING. Sorry,
this is a
WATCHERS ONLY
CROWN. Maybe
it is not too
late for you
to receive
this special
crown, if you
will start
WATCHING AND
WARNING with
the rest of us
Watchers.
Mark
12:29 and
Matt. 24:33
say, "When you
shall see
these things
come to pass,
KNOW that it
is NEAR, EVEN
AT THE
DOOR." JESUS
SAID WE COULD
KNOW!!!
K--N--O--W!!!
NOT SPECULATE,
but
KNOW.
Those who
are willing to
study Bible
Prophecy, in
depth, are
coming to the
same
conclusion.
WE ARE
DEFINITELY AT
THE DOOR OF
HIS RETURN!!!
In
1st Thess. 5,
the day of the
Lord
is compared
to travail
upon a woman
with
child.
The mother
KNOWS the
approximate
time her baby
will be born
because of the
BIRTH
PANGS. The
contractions
get closer and
closer
together and
they get more
and more
intense. THIS
IS EXACTLY
WHAT IS
HAPPENING
TODAY AND IS
WHY WE
CAN KNOW
(K--N--O--W)
AT LEAST THE
APPROXIMATE
TIME of
the Sudden
Destruction/Rapture.
Many
of the
end-time Bible
Prophecies and
events
in Daniel
and Revelation
have not been
able to be
understood
until the last
few years when
there has been
an EXPLOSION
OF BIBLE
PROPHECY
KNOWLEDGE AND
REVELATIONS.
This was
prophesied in
Daniel 12,
verses 4 and 9
where it says
that "the
words are
closed up and
SEALED TILL
THE TIME OF
THE
END."
Then,
"knowledge
shall be
increased and
the WISE SHALL
UNDERSTAND."
The
Bible says to
"STUDY to
show thyself
approved unto
God."
The majority
of ministers
and Christians
have done very
little, if
any, REAL
STUDY OF
END-TIMES
BIBLE
PROPHECY, even
though
Prophecy makes
up from
one-fourth to
one-third of
the Bible.
That is a huge
chunk of the
Bible to be
ignoring,
fellow
Christians and
ministers.
How
very, very
sad! The
heart of Jesus
must be
breaking as
His Wedding
Day is almost
here.
There is no
preparation,
or
EXPECTATION,
in the hearts
of most
Christians.
The shout that
SHOULD be
going forth
from EVERY
pulpit,
"BEHOLD, THE
BRIDEGROOM
COMETH
QUICKLY", is
heard in only
a very few
churches.
Where
are the
WATCHMEN who
are to blow
the trumpet
and warn the
people
(Ezekiel
33)?
Where are the
Christians who
are obeying
their Lord and
"WATCHING" THE
MULTITUDE of
end-times
Bible
Prophecies
explode before
their very
eyes?
Where is the
URGENCY in the
hearts of
Christians to
PREPARE THEIR
HEARTS FOR THE
SOON COMING OF
THE LORD, and
to get their
loved ones and
friends and
neighbors into
the "Ark of
Safety", BEFORE
IT IS
ETERNALLY TOO
LATE?
(Pastors, are
you preaching
it?)
My
last post
contained an
attachment
with a
Timeline Chart
of the
14--Year
Timeline, as
in the story
of Joseph, and
it projected
April 6, 2018,
as the likely
time of the
Rapture.
I have
not been given
a word of
knowledge by
God. This
projection
comes with
over 40 years
of studying
End-Time Bible
Prophecy.
I can
give you no
guarantee that
the
Rapture/Sudden
Nuclear
Destruction
will take
place on this
day. But what
I will say is
this.
The
evidence for
Apr. 6, 2018,
to be the Day
of the
Rapture/SD,
and for Apr.
11, 2018, to
be the first
day of the
1260-Day Great
Tribulation,
and rule of
the
Antichrist, is
AMAZING,
COMPELLING,
AND
OVERWHELMING!!!!!!!
(See my last
post, giving
you all of the
links backing
up what I just
wrote.)
Here is
the link to
that post with
the Timeline
Chart:
The
truth of the
matter is that
this world is
FULL of
worldly,
backslidden,
unwatchful,
compromising,
and lukewarm
Christians who
don't really
want the Lord
to Return
yet.
These types of
Christians
have lost
their burden
for lost
souls, are
spiritually
asleep,
concerning our
precious Lord's
2nd Coming,
have no power
to witness, no
power over sin
in their
lives, and
their
priorities are
on the CARES
OF THIS LIFE.
Jesus
is DEFINITELY
COMING VERY,
VERY SOON for
millions of
born-again
Christians.
If you find
yourself
anywhere in
the above
paragraph,
"ARE YOU SURE
YOU ARE READY
FOR THE
RAPTURE???"
(Be sure
to read our
post, "Are
All Christians
Going in the
Rapture?")
An
ominous
warning is
given to YOU,
AND ALL
end-times
Christians, in
Luke
21:34--36,
where Jesus
says, "TAKE
HEED TO
YOURSELVES,
lest at any
time YOUR
HEARTS be
overcharged
with
surfeiting
(partying),
and
drunkenness,
AND CARES
OF THIS LIFE,
and so THAT
DAY COME UPON
YOU
UNAWARES.
For as a snare
(trap) shall
it come on all
them that
dwell on the
face of the
whole
earth.
WATCH YE
THEREFORE, AND
PRAY ALWAYS,
THAT YE MAY BE
ACCOUNTED
WORTHY TO
ESCAPE ALL
these things
that shall
come to pass,
and to stand
before the Son
of man
(Jesus)."
The
"snare" or
"trap" is the
Sudden Nuclear
Destruction
(1st Thess
5:3), and the
Great
Tribulation.
WE
CAN "KNOW WHEN
IT IS NEAR,
EVEN AT THE
DOORS." (Matt.
24:33).
THE TIME IS
HERE NOW!!!
LET'S
WARN
PEOPLE!!! LET'S
SOUND THE
ALARM!!!
Ron
Reese