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thank you, thank you.
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You mentioned that your website was flamed or something by "Christians" some time ago? That is why you wrote this thing? *Sigh* Well, I just really wato say this thing: I'm praying for you, that you are brought to the Truth!

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I first thought that perhaps this was a joke, but it is too lengthy and too well researched to be that. Even I, a writer, wouldn't waste my time to do something like this. But it has a poiand a purpose, like many of the authors it names--and that was then my clue...

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Electric cars use no gas. Payments are painless. Pay for your car and not gas. Info on my blogsites. = TG11/06/06 05:22 AMlibwww-perl/5.80300Nathanhttp://linkdirectorysubmitter.50megs.com/link-directory- submitter.htmlSearch EngineHello! I found your site through my referrals (thanks for the link, and how did you find me O_o?).11/25/06 08:32 AM; ; SV1; CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1)00RobJust Surfed InYou foolish guy, you call yourself a God and a christian. ad you talk about things not of God. And you call yourself not an antichrist. Your living in a dream world boy. In the name of jesus i ask that your evil ways will be gone12/08/06 07:59 AM; ; SV1; FunWebProducts; CLR 1.1.4322)10rdyson2457earthlinkRobert DysonN/Ardyson2457earthlinkWeb RingJust WonderingYou evidently read my post on "Of Muse, News, and..." I read the first page and a half of your "book" and had to stop. I would like to continue to chat via e-mail if you wish, but I don't feel this is the way to do it. I don't know how you've been treated by other Christians, but I assure you, anything other than being treated out of love is wrong. We as Christians are instructed to love our enemies. E-mail me if you wish.12/10/06 01:00 AM (; U; ; rv:1.8.0.8) /20061025 /1..810RyanE-Mailyou left a commeon my blog.are you who you claim to be? if so why involve me? and how do you like being responable for me to lose sleep after reading your speech. what you think of the rapture is false. i also downloaded the song you metioned. to my surprize ive heared it before and how you knew that freaks me out. i suffer from shizophrena and now because of you i lose every second night of sleep. thinking about that speech. i have yet to read your 1986 book. but now that you caught my attetion, i will read it. just if you plan to Rule the earth. you might wato make a few changes to your speech. your going to have to sooner or later.01/13/07 10:23 PM; CE)00Tama Boylehttp://www.myspace.com/tamaboyleJust Surfed InTama Boyle says: Surreal.. and well worth the loss of sleep.02/03/07 10:23 AM (; U; ; rv:1.8.0.9) /20061206 /1..900sciolistwww.sciowithbrio.blogspot.comJust Surfed InThe head is still reeling with the enormity of it all.02/07/07 04:55 PM; AOL 9.0; 98; Win 9x 4.90; FunWebProducts)10arsenioendrtimesblogspot.comJust Surfed InPartner:

With all due respect, this is the second time you leave your deluded statemeon my blog; If it were something a little more cohereand understandle, I wouldn't mind; But, the gibberish that you so bombasticly express, are of the prince of this world, Lucifer, himself. Repeand seek the Lord of Ages, Jehovah, and his Son Jesus........ desist from your insanity.....Jesus admonish you....You are a mere mortal being, stop perpetrating that you are God....He doesn't like imitators....What or who is of God need not boast...or brag....I can only hope that entering through by this means to post to you, you will cease and desist....I've already posted you epic under my comments once.....get it......I've read your Proclamation to the world....enough.....woe is you....you will stand in judgemefor your elevated impression of youself....read the bible and repent.02/12/07 05:17 PM (; U; ; rv:1.8.1.1) /20061204 /2.0.0.100Tennessee Jedhttp://tennessee-jed.blogspot.com/Just Surfed InInteresting subjects from The Bored GodsYou do bring out some connections I have never considered. I do not think it matters whether I believe/agree with you so I will not expand or retort. I think you are a skilled thinker, much better at the craft than I. Therefore I am bound to enjoy your view point. I always refer to myself as a "Prophet of the Obvious". Thanks for the free publishing of your findings.02/16/07 10:44 AM; ; SV1; CLR 1.0.3705; CLR 1.1.4322)00Just Surfed Infunny stuff d00d.

Alvin Miller... i assume you're an orson scott card fan (or that he's a fan of yours? haha)02/20/07 09:32 PM (; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; rv:1.8.1.1) /20061204 /2.0.0.110valeriebassmac.comvalerie Basswww.spsimindtech.comvaleriebassmac.comJust Surfed InDo you believe that Jesus, the Son of God, is a spaceman? If you are a biblical scholar where in The Holy Bible does it refer to Our Lord as a spaceman. God said that 'We' The Human Race are the highest that He created. Just below the Angels while on earth. And in fact will judge the angels when we arrive in our Heavenly Home. God Bless,Valerie02/21/07 12:37 PM (; U; ; rv:1.8.1.1) /20061204 /2.0.0.100E-Mailyou are a delusional degenerate fool

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Thank you anonymous for the compliment!
Within months, if not years, by my hand, we will be in the post apocalyptic world of 'Jericho' on TV! Stay tuned!02/23/07 11:57 PM; ; SV1; CLR 1.1.4322; CLR 2.0.50727)10dddJust Surfed InHello, I have deleted your attempted blog commeas you have violated my blog rules. Don't even try promoting your heretical and blasphemous ideas on my blog again; they will be summarily deleted! May God have pity on your soul.02/25/07 05:57 AM (; U; ; rv:1.8.1.1) /20061204 /2.0.0.100Paradigmhttp://unitedip.blogspot.com/Web RingHow are you holding up?You must be so frustrated that there are people praying for the end of the world so they can force you to begin the 2nd coming.02/28/07 11:24 PM4.0 (; 7.0; )00Brian Clarkehttp://BrianClarkeNUJ.Blogspot.comE-MailA little too sane for me and I dobuy the semi-virgin bit.03/10/07 04:02 PM; ; SV1; CLR 1.0.3705; CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0)00Eso http://cloningforpeace.blogspot.com/E-MailI read the stuff. Yeah, the idea about masturbating instead of 'sticking it in' the dolls is an interesting idea. Also the crisis we are in is real and the coming of chaos is real. But your being 1000% male does not strike me as real or as a solution to an atheist's search for God.03/20/07 05:54 PM; ; SV1)00BillJust Surfed InYou certainly are a NUT JOB!03/23/07 09:39 PM4.0 (; 7.0; ; CLR 1.1.4322)00christremnantchurchchristremnantchurch.blogspot.com Just Surfed InDear friend, I can understand your wanting to make comments about your own views and wanting me to publish it on my site but it must be according to what the subject is about that is on the site itself. I hope this will not discourage you from visiting in the future. You are definately entitled to what you believe and again thank you for expressing your comments on my site. 03/29/07 06:00 AM; ; SV1; digit_may2002; CLR 1.1.4322)00Premwww.jesus-loves-u.blogspot.comWeb RingReply to Prem at jesus-loves-u from the Webmaster of this site -Crazy Spaceman
I am not the least bit angry with you, and I'm not at all surprised that you think I'm in with the Devil. I was never abused as a child.
I am an atheist, as I declare in my Address. But I am going to once again get inside everyone's head, with the result of billions gone (making me God Almighty). The proof is in the pudding. Stay tuned!
Praise the LORD,
Devil sir even after your abuse it dosn't matter God will forgive you. Yes i Know that You are angry on me, Devil sir what ever may be the Evidence you can show to all humans against Jesus it builts more love and respect towards him. Again you are angry on me.Because we know how the tempter comes in differeways to pull our legs this is one of them.Ok then tell me who is the Creator of earth and heaven with detail according to you who is God .Even devil was one of his dear follower of god .I know that Devil is very much aware of Bible than us. No on can easily pulls others leg without having knowledge.Next time when you mail me you will abuse me very bitterly i know it.

Devil sir i may get This Ans from your side (no existence of God ).04/07/07 10:36 AM4.0 (; 7.0; ; CLR 1.1.4322; CLR 2.0.50727)00Grekelhttp://www.fireonthealtar.com/7/TheKingdomofGodMinis/Just Surfed Inyou commeon one of our sites.A LETTER TO THE POPE

To all of the churches, take this message and deliver it to the papacy of the pope. Be persistein your efforts. Deliver it also to all who may receive conviction of it.

Author: The appointed messenger of God, written this 4th month of the year
2007

To the elect, by commission of the Holy Spirit of God I am given to deliver warning. God is not a politician therefore He is not sovereign. In assuming the throne of God the Father, you have taken the throne of satan who is the father of all lies. In your pride and lust for flesh, the veil is held upon your eyes. The priests of the diocese are controlled by a spirit of hate of the most terrible kind. The anciespirit of Dionysius exacts power by law of2007-04-08 00:38:01"4.0 (; 7.0; ; FunWebProducts; CLR 1.1.4322; CLR 2.0.50727)00Frankhttp://wildernessfamily.blogstop.com/Web Ring Your lack of understanding ofRevelationRevelation was written for a group of Christians being persecuted for their belief of Jesus. Revelation 90 perceof context, either quotes or eludes to the Old Testament. About the destruction of the Roman Empire.
We are in the rapture here and now. When Jesus comes back, he won't be setting up His Kingdom on this earth, he's going to destroy the earth. cf II Thess. 4.
Don't interpret the Bible using man's I think so's. Let God's Word interpret it self. God is much better at interpreting than man.
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I agree with your two main points:
1. The Book of Revelation mainly refers to A.D. 70 (see my Timetable).
2. The earth is going to be destroyed. "2007-04-22 03:24:17" (; U; ; rv:1.8.0.11) /20070312 /1..1100Don CostelloTheophobic Male/ TheophilusE-MailI am a Christian, spaceman and I'm sorry others have messed with your site. Jesus loves you and desires for you to be saved.
Don. "2007-04-25 06:13:26"; ; ; NT); CLR 1.1.4322)00Sandrawww.sandrachami.blogspot.comSearch EngineI didn't like the commeyou left me and it was offensive and more like a commercial, but thank you anyway "2007-04-26 19:42:05"; ; SV1; YPC 3.2.0; CLR 1.1.4322; yplus .04b)00KateWeb Ringthis is gay.
you doeven make any sence.
you use the bible as a reference and yet teach to the contrary. you say it the bible was interpretted wrong, but if you know anything about the original text, you know thats a lie. your idea of 'god' is hell-ish and goes against the attributes of His diety.
your either psycho or posessed. i happen to think the later. but dowanna give you credit you dodeserve.

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Interesting that you think it is gay, although I do own up to sex fiend!
My Address is indeed the ravings of a madman. But I contend my ramblings are cohereafter you study them a little. It is not drivel. And, yes, the picture I preseof Jesus and the Book of Revelation is certainly 'weird'. You say it is 'hellish'. To the contrary, I am soon going to lay Hell and Satan down for the last time. "2007-04-30 09:49:24"4.0 (; 7.0; ; FDM; CLR 2.0.50727)10cjakforesthotmail.comAaron Irelandhttp://cjakforest.blogspot.com/cjakforesthotmail.comWeb RingPsych ward or rehab clinic...Your choiceIt saddens me to think that yours was the first commeon my blog, but considering my slogan "The truth about all things truthful, in the pursuit of all truth", I could not in good conscience publish your comment. I'm still trying to figure out what you're trying to achieve here, but sir I implore you to repeof you sin and place your trust in the Saviour. "2007-05-02 16:21:30" (; U; ; rv:1.8.1.3) /20070309 /2.0.0.300Stephen Ishamwww.everystudent.com/~ishamE-MailMan, you have WAY too much time on your hands.
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My Address is fairly long and can't be broken up. I have found most people have a hard time getting through it all. "2007-05-10 04:57:45" (; U; ; rv:1.8.0.11) /20070312 /1..1100A HydraJust Surfed Inomg :::flashes her boobs at satan::::

OMG I LOVE YOU!!!!

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Thanks for the flash! Satan, huh? "2007-05- 17 08:22:47" (; U; ; rv:1.8.1.3) /20070309 /2.0.0.300joe stalinJust Surfed InJust what the fuck ARE you?

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Watch the language! I am the One and Only in person. "2007-06-12 03:59:40"4.0 (; 7.0; ; CLR 1.1.4322)00A J Rhttp://www.believeinchristjesus.com/Just Surfed InChrist is Coming!

It was once fashionable in religious circles to say that Jesus Christ would never return to the earth. There are still plenty of professing Christians who believe that. But there are now many others who have come to believe that the Second Coming is a very importaevent.

Bible teaching about the Second Coming, both the events that will lead up to that miracle and the reason for the Lord's Return.

New TestameTeaching
Someone has counted the New Testamereferences to this great event, and they number 318 occurrences! If you reflect that the number of times the word for Christian love occurs is only 115, you will begin to see the importance of this topic. Nor is it simply the case that only one or two New Testamewriters refer to the matter in their writings. Treatmeof the subject is widely spread.

Jesus spoke often about the Kingdom of God and his Second Coming. His parables, for example, were told to those who thought the Kingdom of God was to appear immediately. He was like a nobleman who had to go "into a far country to receive for himself a Kingdom and to return" (Luke 19:12). More than once he spoke of the Coming of the Son of Man (e.g. Matthew 24:27,30,37,39,48; 25:27; 26:64). And when he assured his disciples of his continuing spiritual, but invisible, presence "even unto the end of the world" (Matthew 28:20), he inferred that then he would be visibly presewith them for ever.

The testimony of the Apostles was equally plain. They had been clearly taught by the Risen Lord who, during the forty days before his ascension into heaven, instructed them about the Kingdom of God, the restored kingdom of Israel (Acts 1:3,6). It was the opening theme of his post-resurrection appearances that all the Old Testamepromises were coming to their fulfillmein him (Luke 24:27). At the time of his ascension, as he was being taken up from the Mouof Olives into the clouds, God seHis angels to explain.

"Ye men of Galilee", they said to the watching apostles, "Why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven" (Acts 1:11).

It is not therefore surprising that when the Apostles began to teach in the streets of Jerusalem, they said that their Lord Jesus Christ was to return to the earth as King. Peter gave the lead when he boldly announced that the grave could not keep Jesus imprisoned. He referred his hearers to a statemein Psalm 110:1, used also by his Lord, to show that he had gone to heaven only until his enemies have been subdued (2:34,35). Note the authoritative use of the Old Testament.

But also note a vital point. Bible teaching is never given just for the sake of informing us what happens next. It always has a deeper intention, for we are meato use the knowledge it confers to prepare ourselves for those coming events:

"Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ . . . Repeand be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins" (Acts 2:36,38).

It should follow that our consideration of Bible truth concerning the Return of the Lord should also cause us to search our hearts.

Other New TestameWritings
But what of the writings of other New Testameauthors? Let us look at just one of the New Testameletters, the First written by Paul to the Thessalonians. Notice how he centers his entire message on the truth of the personal return to the earth of the Lord:

"wait for his Son from heaven . . . which delivereth us from the wrath to come" (1:10);
"what is our hope or joy? Are not ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?" (2:19);
"he may stablish your hearts unblameable . . . at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints" (3:13);
"the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout" (4:16);
"the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night" (5:2);
"I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ" (5:23).

You could try extending this investigation, if you wish. The emphasis on the Lord's Coming continues in all the New Testameletters, but it is always related to practical Christian living. Because the Lord is coming again, there were matters in their lives that required attention! And it is so for us.

Old TestameTeaching
The same person who counted 318 references in the New Testameextended the search to the Old Testament, and discovered 1,527 such references to an evein God's purpose which can be no other than the Coming of Christ as King. Let it be clear that the exact number is unimportant; there is always room for some difference of opinion about the occasional passage. But it is perhaps startling to some readers to consider that there could be five times as many references to the Second Coming in a part of the Bible which has suffered widely from neglect over the years.

The fact of the matter is this: the New Testamecan only be understood once the Old Testamehas also been studied. The two Testaments belong together as interdependeparts of God's revealed truth. What the Old Testameforetells the New Testamefulfils, in part. But a very large amouof Old Testameprophecy remains unfulfilled.

Consider these promises of a King who will reign over God's Kingdom on earth, and ask yourself whether they have ever been fulfilled: GENESIS: "Thy seed (a descendaof Abraham) shall possess the gate of his enemies; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed" (22:17,18; see Acts 3:25; Galatians 3:16).
2 SAMUEL: "And when thy days (David) be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed (descendant) after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house (a Temple) for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever" (7:12,13).
PSALMS: "The LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession" (2:7,8; see Acts 4:25,26);
"He (the promised king) . . . shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth" (72:6-8).
ISAIAH: "It shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house (His Temple) shall be established in the top of the mountains (at Jerusalem) . . . and all nations shall flow unto it . . . for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations" (2:2-4);
"Of the increase of his governmeand peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgmeand with justice from henceforth even for ever" (9:7);
JEREMIAH: "Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch (descendant), and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgmeand justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is the name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS" (23:5,6).

The Kingdom of God
Many times God has promised that He will rule the earth. What man has failed time and again to achieve, God will establish. The King will be a descendaof both Abraham and David (see Matthew 1:1). He will rule from Jerusalem, on David's throne (see Luke 1:31-33). His Kingdom will be one of justice and righteousness; it will involve Divine education, Temple worship, and the exercise of Kingly power to establish peace on earth (see Revelation 11:15-18).

The Kingdom of God was once before established on earth. King David and his descendants reigned upon the throne of the Kingdom of the Lord (1 Chronicles 28:5). There was nothing special about the throne itself. The Divine appointmewas what mattered and when king after king had neglected God's law, He brought that arrangemeto an end. But even when the prophet Ezekiel announced the end of the Kingdom to King Zedekiah (in 21:25-27), he promised that God would restore the Kingdom on earth when he should "come whose right it is".

The Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to the earth has therefore to be understood against that powerful Old Testamebackground. When Jesus began his public ministry by announcing that the Kingdom of God was at hand (Mark 1:15), he was saying to those who knew the Old Testamepromises that he was the promised King. But Jesus had first come to achieve personal righteousness, and to make it possible for others to become right with God.

It is now possible for us to find peace with God through the forgiveness of our sins, by association with the saving work of the Lord Jesus. First we have to understand the Gospel, including Bible teaching about the work and person of the Lord Jesus, and the Kingdom over which he is now the King. Then we have to be baptized as believing adults into his saving Name (see Acts 8:1 2).

Behold Your King!
But what is the Second Coming of the Lord going to be like? For example, would it be possible to miss it altogether and not even be aware that it had occurred? Will it be visible or invisible? Will Jesus be there in person or merely a spiritual presence? And will he come to the earth or only towards the earth?

Jesus Christ rose bodily from the grave. He was not an invisible spirit creature but One who could be seen, handled and held (1 John 1:1; Luke 24:39,40). His body was marked by the evidence of his suffering on the cross. Yet he was no longer subject to the limitations of human existence. He could come and go despite locked doors, and on MouOlivet he ascended bodily to heaven, defying the law of gravity. The disciples had seen him go; he would return visibly. As the angel later said: "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him" (Revelation 1:7). Or as Zechariah the Old Testameprophet had predicted, long before the crucifixion, "They shall look upon me whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for him" (12:10).

So it will not do to say that only those who look with faith will see the Lord. Some will look, see, and mourn (Revelation 1:7). Nor will it do to say that Jesus will come invisibly, for the Lord himself warned:

"Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets . . ." (Matthew 24:23,24).

Nor will it do to argue that the Bible talks of the presence of the Lord, meaning that it will be an invisible one. The New Testamealso talks about the revelation of the Lord, using a word that means uncovering or manifesting. In fact, the presence (Greek: parousia) of the Lord turns out to be an especially suitable term. One of the most authoritative Greek Lexicons available says of the word:

"It became the official term for a visit of a person of high rank, especially of kings and emperors visiting a province" (Arndt and Gingrich).

It is such a visit by a King that the Scriptures foretell. The crowds who welcomed King Jesus into Jerusalem when he sat astride a donkey and they threw coats and' palm branches before him, shouted out greetings that referred right back to the Promises of God: "Blessed be the kingdom of our father David that cometh in the name of the Lord" (Mark 11:10). Matthew comments that the rejoicing was a foretaste of what had been forecast by Zechariah the prophet, when he wrote "Behold, thy King cometh unto thee".

Now if the initial royal visit was attended by such joy and rejoicing, consider what the next one will be like! The prophet had declared:

"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold thy king cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation. . . and he shall speak peace unto the heathen; and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth" (Zechariah 9:9,10).

Dual Fulfillment
This Scripture illustrates a widely used feature of Bible prophecy: its joishort and long-term character. Jerusalem rejoiced at the Kingly coming of Jesus -- "Lowly and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass" -- just as the prophet had said. But their joy was short-lived, for he did not then go on to establish worldwide peace, or commence to rule from Jerusalem over a Kingdom that was to last for ever. Jesus completed enough of the prophecy at that time to demonstrate that he was the Coming One, and to give us confidence that he will return to complete the promised transformation of the earth. Zechariah compressed the two comings in such a way that there appeared to be no interval between them. This has led some people to argue that the Kingdom will never come, because, they say, even Jesus expected it in the First Century, or at most shortly afterwards. It has thus been dismissed by some as an early Christian hope, which has now been superseded by a superior understanding. But when all the Scriptures are studied carefully, it becomes clear that the Coming of Jesus was not to occur immediately after his ascension to heaven. The Day and the Hour
Any attempt to show that Jesus was mistaken about the time of his Coming is doomed to failure. He clearly stated, more than once, that he did not know:

"Of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only" (Matthew 24:36).

As he later said, this was something that the Father had reserved within His own authority (Acts 1:7). But Jesus did know that some long time would elapse before his Second Coming. He told parables to indicate that his coming would not "immediately appear" (Luke 1 9:11), that it would be "after a long time" (Matthew 25:19), and that there might be some delay for those who were waiting (25:3). Like their Lord, his followers were to appreciate that they could "not know what hour" he would come.

The apostles also acknowledged that they could not know the precise time of the great evefor which they waited. Peter warned about people who would scoff, as so many have, at the "promise of his coming" (2 Peter 3:4). Indeed he poured scorn on their faithlessness, what he called "willful ignorance" -- people believing what they wanted to believe, regardless of the evidence. And Paul was in no doubt either, for he weon record as saying:

"But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh . . ." (1 Thessalonians 5:1,2).

Can you complete that quotation? It holds the key to two vital matters concerning the early return of the King. Notice first what the verse above says. There would be general indications available -- what Paul calls "times and seasons" -- which would help keep the believers prepared. And the verse continues:

". . . the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night."

When it happens the Lord's Coming will be swift, sudden and unexpected. No-one expects thieves to strike. But they often succeed because people overlook the dangers. It is also the case that speed is vital to a successful robbery, which is why the figure is used by Jesus (Matthew 24:43), Paul (1 Thessalonians 5:2), and Peter (2 Peter

3:10), to emphasise the vital point. We must be on our guard, watchful, prepared, vigilant. The Lord could come at any time! He will come when we least expect him!

The Times and Seasons
That is why when Jesus explained what was to happen before his Return, he very carefully emphasised the need for watchfulness. Sitting with his disciples one day on the Mouof Olives, from where he would later ascend to heaven, he gave them some general indications of what was to happen prior to his "coming and the end of the world" (Matthew 24:3). This prophecy presents a fascinating challenge, for it combines a short-term prediction about the fall of Jeru alem and the destruction of the temple, with a long-term forecast of world events.

A list of the predicted events in the three Gospel accounts (Matthew 24, Mark 1 3 and Luke 24), which does not claim to be a structured sequence of prophetic events, shows the following:

The rise of false Christianity and false Christs
The persecution of true Christians.
Wars and rumors of wars, nation against nation.
Earthquakes, famines and pestilences.
Jerusalem surrounded by armies.
The Jewish nation dispersed.
Jerusalem in non-Jewish occupation.
Tribulation and distress.
Signs in the sun, moon and stars.
The powers of heaven shaken.
Notice how believers are warned about the rise and growth of false Christianity. It is the Lord's first concern. His words were fulfilled by the rapid developmeof wrong teaching in New Testametimes (e.g. Acts 20:29), and are being fulfilled again at the close of this age. Elsewhere the message is that the true believers will comprise a very small remnant, compared with those who hold a distorted form of Christianity.

Antichrist
The apostles also warn about this development. Paul was emphatic that there would be manifestations of false Christianity, for he prophesied that the Day of the Lord:

"shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped" (2 Thessalonians 2:3,4).

The apostle Paul describes the man of sin in language that refers back to the prophet Daniel, who accurately foretold the rise and fall of four empires that exercised power in the Middle East. He traced the developmefrom them to a false religious system, involving the Holy Roman Empire and the papacy, that is opposed to Christ and his true followers. This is counterfeit Christianity, and the apostle Paul describes it as "the mystery of iniquity" which was already at work, and "a strong delusion".

The other thread of teaching in the Lord's catalogue of future events concerned trouble. There were to be wars and rumors of wars, both within and between nations; there would be natural disasters and widespread hardship, earthquakes