Hi John and Doves,
Things just get worse and worse. The tipping point is not far away. The Iranian mullah's are in a panic - this much is obvious. The Ayatollah Khamenei recently made a speech (the first in a very long time) where he addressed the nation of Iran whilst holding a rifle. SNORT. What other 'religion' does this? Make statements while holding a weapon? It's like something out of a horror film. It's childishly horrific. Childishly obvious. Showing a mind-set of a playground bully when cornered and showing his last hand. WHAT an idiot. He knows he doesn't have the support of the ordinary Iranian people, but he knows he has the support of the evil military. As common wisdom shows - evil makes you stupid! They have no other script. If evil cannot pervert mankind with force, evil is bereft of another script. This rubbish may have worked back in the days of yore, to an uneducated people. It's different now. We can perceive it's weakness - like a dented, disintegrating, rusting tin.
The signs are all in front of us, Doves. When the tipping point comes, it's going to happen quickly. A lot of watchmen are still trying to work out a date for the rapture, but the truth is that He comes on a day that we do not expect. Matthew 24:44. So, we can number crunch until the cows are coming home. We can postulate a 7 year tribulation or a 3.5 year Great tribulation OR we can simply concentrate on the season we are living in. The article I have linked below, speaks volumes. A highly recommended read. Let's be sensible together. The current situation points, most vividly, to Ezekiel 38 occurring sooner rather than later. Israel has just entered her 77th year - which leaves just 3 more years before the 80th year cut-off point. The generation (the last generation) will most certainly NOT pass away before ALL these things happen! Matthew 24:34. And, because of the old understanding that there must be a 7 year tribulation after the rapture - well meaning watchmen keep kicking the can down the road. Attempting to attach the end, plus a 7 year trib, to the crucifixion of our beloved LORD Jesus. Taking the trib WAY past the 80th year cut-off point to 2032, for goodness sake!! This 'can-kicking' negates the cut-off point of a generation being 80 years - if by strength. Is this scriptural? I think not.
There are so many different opinions. One being that Lord Jesus was born in 3BC or 5BC or 7BC etc. So many opinions about our LORD Jesus' death being in 30AD, 31AD, 33 AD, 37AD etc. Nobody knows for certain - that much is obvious. BUT - we can discern the season we are in. Something the wretched Pharisees refused to see. Led by 'tradition', stubbornness, a fixed belief - the idiot Pharisees could NOT discern the season they were in. Quite, quite gob-smacking when we read about this self-inflicted blindness. A stubborn stance that caused the Pharisees to miss 'the season'.
We ARE in the season, Doves. There is no going back now. Our beloved Israel is under attack - which means our LORD is about to touch down on the Mount of Olives. After this - there is no way that the AC has the power to 'confirm a covenant' which he will break in the middle. I feel utter bewilderment when I attempt to contemplate this scenario. As I have pointed out before - the AC only has power over the Holy City (Jerusalem) for 1,260 days or 42 months or 3.5 years. Those are 3 different ways of saying the time left after LORD Jesus arrives. This IS scriptural!! I challenge anyone to prove me wrong on this. I have looked at the original Greek (Aramaic) and KNOW that the AC only has power over Jerusalem for 42 months. The AC is NOT given a 'further 42 months' after the original 42 months. The AC is given 42 months - PERIOD. Which is the time accorded to the two witnesses of Revelation.
Let's concentrate on the season we are in. We must pray about it. Almighty God's Holy Land and people are now under fire from evil.
Please come, LORD Jesus. Please.