The Second Coming - A Unique Day - neilwani@aol.com
If after the Abomination of Desolation, the date of the return of Jesus is known, the people that hold to the rapture at the seventh trumpet of Revelation have a big problem. They have to exclude the scriptures in Matthew 24 32-51, Matthew 25 1-13 and Mark 13 28-36 as the second coming because in these passages, no one knows the day or the hour.
These are the scriptures of the saints in the tribulation:
We know the antichrist rules 1260 days after the abomination of desolation.
Rev 13 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? 5 And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months.
Rev 12 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. 14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Daniel 7
25 He shall speak pompous words against the Most High,
Shall persecute the saints of the Most High,
And shall intend to change times and law.
Then the saints shall be given into his hand
For a time and times and half a time.
26 'But the court shall be seated,
And they shall take away his dominion,
To consume and destroy it forever.
The marker for the antichrist to continue for 42 months, and the marker of time, times and half a time is the abomination of desolation. In the tribulation, after the abomination of desolation, the tribulation saints will know the day of His return in Jerusalem on Mount Zion. That day will be a unique day. The daylight will be taken away. The sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light. This is spoken in Zechariah 14.
Zech 14-5
Thus the Lord my God will come,
And all the saints with You.
6 It shall come to pass in that day
That there will be no light;
The lights will diminish.
7 It shall be one day
Which is known to the Lord-
Neither day nor night.
But at evening time it shall happen
That it will be light.
8 And in that day it shall be
That living waters shall flow from Jerusalem,
On that day for sure the wise servants will know when the sun and moon are darkened that it will be the day of the second coming.
In Luke 12 35-48, the wise servants do not know the hour but it does not say they do not know the day. There are 2 watches for the hour and the passage is consistent with the day of the second coming.
In Mark 13 28-37, there 4 watches from sunset to sunrise. In Zech 14 6-7, the sun is darkened. In Zech 14-8 it says "But at evening time it shall happen That it will be light". This is one day and the Lord comes back within that day at evening. It makes no sense that 4 watches are needed from sunrise to sunset, especially if the hour is going to be in the evening. Instead of a normal daytime on that day, the lights will diminish and it will not seem like day or night and then at evening it will be light. This gives the approximate time of the second coming and not consistent with the watches for the feast of trumpets in this passage. On this day the hour may also be known since it is in the evening but before the next day. If the time of sunset is known, the hour of the second coming may be known. In Mark 13 28-37 it states that no man knows the day or the hour also alluding to the feast of trumpets.
Matthew 24 29 "Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. The tribulation ends 3 1/2 years after the abomination of desolation. This verse is saying as soon as it ends, the day of the second coming will occur.
So the scriptures in the generation that is to watch for a day when all things are coming together are to watch for a day other than the day of the second coming. And it will happen in the generation that saw the Fig Tree (Israel) bud. And this is the same day talked about in Luke 21 29-36 and gives great hope that the rapture is before the tribulation.
Luke 21 35 For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.
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