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Part 1 The Mosaic Calendar From the Return of the Lord to the Millennium
Part 2 "No man Knoweth the Day..."
Part 3 The First Three Plagues
Part 4 The Period Between the Ressurection and Judgment

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Mosiac Calendar Part 2:

"No man Knoweth the Day..."

 


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Sunday, April 15, 2001

On a few occasions a few people have showed their ignorance of the Bible and have boldly offered the following statement of the Lord Jesus Christ to dispel my explanations:

Matt. 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Mark 14: 32: But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

Fairly, it must be asked was this said before the New Testament was written? Yes it was! Thus he was to obtain knowledge he did not at that time possess. Consider the following:

John 5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

1 Thess. 5:1-9:  1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.  2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.  3 For when they shall say (Note the saying and not doing!), Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. (Who -- the children of darkness!)  4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.  5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.  6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.  7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. (With what? The wine of  the Babylonian harlot and consequently sleep.)  8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.  9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

Rev. 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

From these passages we learn that the Lord Jesus Christ would be the recipient of knowledge from Yahweh and that that information would be passed on to his servants which they were to learn perfectly. Consequently, we learn that God knew things that Jesus did not know which disproves the Trinity. Also notice that 1 Thess. 5 teaches that the children of light do not sleep spiritually and are not taken by the Lord Jesus Christ as a thief in the night. He only overtakes the children of darkness as a thief. The children of light are thus the recipients of salvation. In other words they don't have to worry about the judgment seat for they will be saved. Remember that they only are the recipients of forgiveness:

1 John 1:7  But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Hence, we should understand the things that are be written about if we are the children of the light and not of the darkness. Furthermore he did not have a universal calendar nor a wristwatch nor time zones like we do therefore could not give any accurate information for the United States or anywhere else the Gospel would come and thus no one would know what he was talking about. But he did use things that the people of his day and age could understand and which could be synchronized throughout the world. For example:

Matt.25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

Here we are told the time in Jerusalem. It can be synchronized as follows:

6:00P.M. on May 7 to 6:00P.M. on May 8 (In Jerusalem)

which equals

8:00A.M. on May 7 to 8:00P.M. on May 8 (In Los Angeles)

12:00A.M. on May 8 (In Jerusalem)

which equals

2:00P.M. on May 7 (In Los Angeles)

5:00P.M. on May 7 (In New York city)

9:00A.M. on May 8 (In New Zealand)

This represents the time of the second passover this year which is being represented in this parable. But we believe the cry can only be appropriately understood when the first passover is understood. Consider:

Exodus 12:29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.

Thus the Egyptians were crying in the first passover, and when the second is fulfilled Gentiles will be crying because of all the damages and destruction that the earthquakes will bring about. Just like the earthquake will lead to the resurrection of many it will lead to the death of many of the Gentiles. The firstborn of the Jews were saved whereas the firstborn of the Egyptians were slain in the first passover.

Hence, there are many parallels between the first and second passover. We will try to look at these as we proceed with the article.

 

 

 

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