May 21, 2011: Don’t give Away your Job or Apartment!

Here’s my response to a concerned Christian:

Although I love the idea of Jesus returning 5/21, it just won't happen at this time. Here's why:

1. NO ONE KNOWS WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN:
• Matthew 24:36 "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

• Acts 1:7 He [Jesus] said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.

2. MANY THINGS MUST TAKE PLACE FIRST:
• Matthew 24:21-24 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect--if that were possible.

• CHRIST’S COMING FOR US IS PRECEDED BY THE TRIB: 2 Thes. 2:1-8 Concerning the (2) coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being (2) gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the (1) rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God...And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his (2) coming.

3. PROPHECY ALSO SUGGESTS THAT THE JERUSALEM TEMPLE MUST BE PRESENT.

So, prepare to hang around for a bit longer, but always be prepared for His return!