Having recently completed a seven part series on
Daniel’s prophesies which instruct us concerning developments on the earth
including the revelation of the son of perdition we are brought to the very
point of the Lord’s return. It has seemed reasonable and necessary to me that
we would next cover that most important event and bring as much scripture to
bear upon it as possible. We have fully established that the tribulation period
covers three and one-half years. Daniels’s later prophesies verify that fact but
there is no mention of the actual return of the Lord. That is because it is an
issue to be revealed in the New Testament and the grounds for his return are
not established under the old covenant. The truth established clearly in the
New Testament record is that the Lord’s return occurs after the tribulation and
not before it as multitudes of Christians assert. There exist several other
misconceptions in the most popular paradigm set forth in dispensational
theology which is what the vast majority of evangelical churches reach.
In
order to bring these facts out all of the errors must be exposed and the
supporting scripture must be visited. It is strongly asserted by these people
that the text of I Thessalonians 4:13-17 is an account of the alleged pretribulational
‘rapture’ of the entire church body. On close examination of the text we can
easily discern that what is in view here and is being described is the
resurrection and not ‘rapture’. This is proven when you follow through into
chapter five at verse one where the day of the Lord is introduced. The
gathering or the saints introduces the day of the Lord as the resurrection is
the precursor to the Lord’s coming to execute the day of the Lord. This fact is
proven at Matthew 24:29-31(and other texts) which reads in part: “Immediately after the tribulation of those
days shall the sun be darkened, and the
moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven….then shall
appear the son of man in heaven, an then shall the tribes of the earth
morn….and he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the
four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” This is almost identical
to the Thessalonian passage because they both speak of the same event, i.e. the
resurrection. Confirming passages are in the synoptic gospels at Luke 21 and
Mark 13, the seventh chapter of Revelation and Revelation 11:11-12. Take
careful note that nothing is said about his coming to the earth to establish a kingdom,
save Jewish Israel or set up a throne in Jerusalem. This is because these
things have nothing to do with the purpose of his rectum. These activities will
be the work of Antichrist and the great deceiver Ludifer.
We
will discover that his return is twofold in nature. First it is to gather his
faithful people into the heavenly kingdom and he does not alight on the earth
to accomplish this marvelous reality. This manifestation is a coming in the clouds. There
exists then a brief interlude (see Rev.chapter eight) between the gatherings,
i.e. resurrection (Rev., chapter seven) and his being revealed as the appointed
Judge to execute a vast and all-encompassing judgement upon the ‘inhibitors of
the earth’. He is identified there as
Abaddon and Apollyon (Rev. 9; 11), that is to say the Destroyer of Revelation,
chapter nine. The interlude is accounted for as a period which includes “the marriage of the Lamb” (compare
Rev.19:7-8). His return to execute this
judgment includes the vast army of the saints who make this appearance
accompanying him. For the verification of this truth see Psalms 149:6-9, Joel
2:1-11, Jude verses 14 and 15, and Rev. 19:11-20. The context to the verses are
too lengthy to cite here, but must be understood as an explanation of
Revelation, chapter nine and the role of the Destroyer (Jesus Christ). Besides
reviewing these scripture texts you would be well instructed to obtain my book These Prophets and the Revelation. You
will gain a very comprehensive understanding of Biblical prophecy by reading
the book. Link to the book and all of my blogs is at authordavidlancedean.com.
Why
is this so vitally important? Answer:
Because the prevailing theological views of end time prophecy have been totally
corrupted by the entrance of Christian Zionism. These
adherents have no true understanding of the Book of Revelation asserting that
chapters four through nineteen deal only with the period of the tribulation and
have nothing to do with the church which
they contend has been ‘raptured’. These heresies and numerous others blind the
mind to any true understanding of the entire content of the books of Daniel and
Revelation.
In
that regard we see their prophecy model is really all about national Israel and
ethnic Jewry. There concept of the Lord’s return involves an intervention by
him on behalf of Israel to save them from their earthly adversaries which means
his appearance is actively involved in the projected history of the earth. From
there an earthly kingdom is to be established according to them centered in
earthly Jerusalem and the expanded state of Israel in recovery of the ‘Promised
Land’. These are deceptions completely contrary to the true narrative of end
time developments. The deception is very
wide spread, massive and controlling of their theological interpretations and
conclusions.
Jesus
warns us at Matthew 24:26-27 as follows: Wherefore
if they shall say unto you, behold, he is in the desert: go not forth: behold
he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightening cometh out
of the east even unto the west; so the coming of the son of man shall be.” In
other words his coming is not to establish or set up anything on this present
earth. And in the second phase of his coming it is totally related to judgement
of the earth and its inhabitants even unto its total destruction. (See II Peter
3:10-11 and context. Also Rev. 21 1-2). This great admonition from Jesus is
given at Matthew 24:4 “Take heed that no
man deceive you.” This is precisely the condition of today’s evangelical
churches as well as others in the so-called Christian community.
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