My wife and I, like most other people living in America, received a knock on our door by some Jehovah’s Witnesses. They had their material at “the ready” and started, as they often do, asking us about “paradise earth”. I invited them into our home. At the end of the discussion, we arranged a time for a follow-up visit. On their second visit, my wife and I were prepared with coffee (yes, they do drink coffee) and snacks. I also had some time to brush up on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ beliefs. The husband, now retired, had served as the overseer at the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society in New York for decades as a proofreader of their Watchtower material. We were in for a fierce debate. As the late Dr. Walter Martin once said, “Jehovah’s Witnesses
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That war established the start of the modern era in all fields of study, i.e. science, technology, philosophy, the arts, etc., not the mention the inception of today’s Middle Eastern nation-states. Jesus did not say His return would take place in the summer, He said that you will know when summer is near. It was in 1948 that Israel again became a sovereign nation. The “other trees” (nations surrounding Israel) also became nations around that time. But it was the peace settlements of WW1 that shaped the modern nation states we know today in both the Middle East, not to mention, Europe. For Israel, that process started in 1917 when the Belfour Declaration was established, granting Palestine as a homeland to the Jews. This was the tender branch of leaves that will soon bear the fruit of a spirit-filled nation at the return of Christ. Jesus’ return has always been linked to the Jewish feast days of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles, which happen in the Fall. I am not suggesting that this demands that Christ’s return will be during the fall period of year, but only suggesting that when Christ used the terms, leaves and summer, He was pointing to signs of His return indicated by the statement, “When you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near.”; not near, as in present, but near, …show more content…
Was Christ referring to the generation alive during WW1 (1914-18)? If so, what is the very longest those alive during that period can be expected to live? To what date? A search on the internet for the oldest living person gives us a date of 116 years. Add 116 years from a starting point of 1914-1918 (WW1), we arrive at a date range of 2030-2034. Subtracting seven years for the tribulation brings us to a date range of 2023-2027, nearly identical to the date range for the Millennial Day Theory. If you question the significance of a person’s longevity in connection with God’s world-wide judgment, I have just three words for you: Methuselah and The Flood. Exact dates (years) are impossible to determine. I am only suggesting a general time period for the start of The Tribulation. Bear in mind that this does not set any time period for the rapture of the church which could happen at any moment.
Iran Nuclear Deal and the War of Gog and Magog
One of the Obama Administration’s “achievement” was passing the Iranian Nuclear Deal. The summary of the deal is as follows (from Wikipedia):
Lift all sanctions within 4 to 12 months of a final accord.
Develop a mechanism to restore old sanctions if Iran fails to comply as per IAEA reports and inspection.
The EU will remove energy and banking
That war established the start of the modern era in all fields of study, i.e. science, technology, philosophy, the arts, etc., not the mention the inception of today’s Middle Eastern nation-states. Jesus did not say His return would take place in the summer, He said that you will know when summer is near. It was in 1948 that Israel again became a sovereign nation. The “other trees” (nations surrounding Israel) also became nations around that time. But it was the peace settlements of WW1 that shaped the modern nation states we know today in both the Middle East, not to mention, Europe. For Israel, that process started in 1917 when the Belfour Declaration was established, granting Palestine as a homeland to the Jews. This was the tender branch of leaves that will soon bear the fruit of a spirit-filled nation at the return of Christ. Jesus’ return has always been linked to the Jewish feast days of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles, which happen in the Fall. I am not suggesting that this demands that Christ’s return will be during the fall period of year, but only suggesting that when Christ used the terms, leaves and summer, He was pointing to signs of His return indicated by the statement, “When you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near.”; not near, as in present, but near, …show more content…
Was Christ referring to the generation alive during WW1 (1914-18)? If so, what is the very longest those alive during that period can be expected to live? To what date? A search on the internet for the oldest living person gives us a date of 116 years. Add 116 years from a starting point of 1914-1918 (WW1), we arrive at a date range of 2030-2034. Subtracting seven years for the tribulation brings us to a date range of 2023-2027, nearly identical to the date range for the Millennial Day Theory. If you question the significance of a person’s longevity in connection with God’s world-wide judgment, I have just three words for you: Methuselah and The Flood. Exact dates (years) are impossible to determine. I am only suggesting a general time period for the start of The Tribulation. Bear in mind that this does not set any time period for the rapture of the church which could happen at any moment.
Iran Nuclear Deal and the War of Gog and Magog
One of the Obama Administration’s “achievement” was passing the Iranian Nuclear Deal. The summary of the deal is as follows (from Wikipedia):
Lift all sanctions within 4 to 12 months of a final accord.
Develop a mechanism to restore old sanctions if Iran fails to comply as per IAEA reports and inspection.
The EU will remove energy and banking