Yes we can......
Here is an article included in my book: The Last Piece of the Puzzle. (Here is the link to the book, free)
And....here is a quote from the article that says the Jews had
begun teaching that "Bible prophecy was NOT to be taken literally any
longer."
Why did Israel's spiritual leaders miss this prophecy, when the
"pagan" Magi did not. The answer is really quite simple. Several hundred
years before Christ was born, Jewish leaders began to believe and
prop-agate two erroneous teachings. First, they taught that the sacred
Scriptures could not be taken literally because they were not totally
inspired by God, and thus contained errors. Secondly, they taught that
prophecies were not to be taken literally, but spiritually. Prophetic
books such as Daniel were not even taught anymore because they contained
so much prophecy. After several generations had come and gone, each
believing this nonsense, spiritual leaders of Jesus' day were completely
unaware of this prophecy. Thus, they were unaware of the "time of their
visitation".
My comment......what is your "natural conclusion from this statement?
That the SAME THING is happening TODAY....that most people and
teachers no longer believe you can take Bible Prophecy Literally.....and
that is EXACTLY what this author went on to say:
The significance of this study to today is both simple and obvious.
The same wrong teaching concerning inspiration of the Bible and its
inerrancy is occurring TODAY throughout this nation. Most people today
are unaware that all 300+ prophecies concerning Jesus' Second Coming are
coming to pass or have already occurred. These people are unaware
that this has never occurred before. Therefore, many people will miss
Jesus' Second Visitation, to their eternal peril. Jesus said emphatically that we who are familiar with Second Coming prophecy would be able to know that He is close to arriving (Matthew 24:33
My comment.......So, Jesus said we "would KNOW when His return was near !!!"
You Bet.......Tic Toc
YFIC, Randy