ATC, I understand where you are coming from here. And yes I hear the egg shells yet again crunching beneath my feet....lol
The thread name, was based on the video shows question, not mine. BTW, I understand FOX news has also run a piece on the rapture now. Does this mean
something? Not that I believe this is some sort of sign mind you....BUT rather, If anything, it means that the
world is questioning their future as it relates to current events and scripture (or at least what they have heard scripture says). I don't know about you, but I am riveted to the fact that unbelievers are capable of bringing up these questions and considering the impact of "what if its true?" type of thinking. Yet many so called biblical experts are quick to rush in and bring calm to the masses...don't worry about what scripture is saying. WE are in charge here, WE make the differences in the world. DON'T look to scripture for possible answers, look within yourselves for peace and calm.
Sorry, but this is human religion at its finest. Lets sew together some fig leaves and hide our own shame and solve the problems we created, after all, we hold our own destiny, not God. Wrong! Its Gods way, or no way!
Change can only start with YOU, who even YOU IS. In the end(of a new beginning) YOU has made this world a better place. Because YOU IS a part of it.
Did we redeem ourselves brother? Did we change our sinful nature by following Gods Law to the letter? Perhaps I misunderstand what you are trying to say here, but WE can do nothing without Christ. Take a look around the world today and SEE what man has done to help things. If this is where our hope lies, then we are in deep trouble! This is exactly where these people in the video clips are saying we should look too! If we don't show them the truth, who then will?
I say it's not to be used as a checklist.
Matthew 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Jesus did not say it was a checklist. He said it was a CERTAINTY, that these things would happen as He described, and that it would signal the nearness of His return.
Mat 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. He did not give us the details here to be ignorant or relaxed with them, He ties them to this unmistakable promise.
How many times from the first century has it been the end?
None so far! Do you find some sort of comfort in this fact?
Jesus gave us these signs to ignore, and not to read too much into them. Don't worry about the details, I'll work it all out in the end. 
Is this what you think He meant?
Mat 24:36 "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.
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Mar 13:32 "But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.
These verses are not given to
put us at ease, and relax. God will take of it, don't worry. Quite the contrary, look at the verses that follow....
Mar 13:33 "
Take heed,
keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come.
He is telling us to BE ALERT to the signs, know the season! Why do you think He spent an entire Chapter describing it? Did you know that Jesus spent more time addressing this one question than any other in the Gospels? Why is that? Because its to URGE us to look to Him, URGE us to work for Him, URGE us to watch for His return. Not sit back and relax in the fact that He'll take care of it all, and everything will be hunky dory. Each time He brings up "
no one knows the day nor the hour" He follows with instructions as to
what that means. Get busy with the Lords work, and EXPECT HIM soon!
We are blind to the day and hour, BUT WATCH FOR THESE SIGNS THAT THE DAY AND HOUR ARE APPROACHING! This is what He means. Don't take my word for it, go see the context for yourself. Its all right there in black and white. He has given us the task of doing His work for the Kingdom, and is expecting us to be good servants with that task.
I think of it like this....Employment..
You're at work, but you can't see the clock to know what time the whistle will blow. You have been given a task to complete before that whistle blows. You know you have been hard at work for hours, and the day is winding down. (note that you are keenly aware time is running short) BUT, Not being able to see the actual hour or minute, do you start to relax your task and take comfort in the fact that it will soon be over, or do you allow that uncertainty to keep you focused on the task at hand and get as much done before its too late? Worse yet, are you completely clueless that your time is about up? If you are then you most certainly will not press ahead with the task at hand in an attempt to complete it, because you have plenty of time to do
other things. This is the point I believe Christ was attempting to get across here.
I have gone completely off topic here with all of this. The main point of the thread was to look and see what the world is saying, as opposed to what scripture is saying. NOT RAPTURE TIMING! The curse of crunching egg shells beneath my feat continues to follow me in my posts, but I am sure one day they will break into small enough pieces to be irrelevant
Maranatha!
