What this means is that we should continue to anticipate the Return of Christ while doing the Christian walk in our daily lives. Even Jesus said that He did not know, to paraphrase, " nor the Angels in Heaven, but the Father only ". There are some details that remain hidden from us about the Second Coming of Christ. Why ? The Bible says this knowledge is sealed until the time of the end. Whether or not we have reached the real time of the end (such as within our lifetimes) remains unknown. Other signs that theologians talk about is the resurrection of the state of Israel and the geopolitical situation in the Middle East which appears to resemble some of the situations described in the Old Testament such as in the Book of Daniel. This is particularly true of scientific knowledge. However, historically, more knowledge has become available over the past century and a half than all of the past nineteen centuries put together.
Once again, the writer suggests, much of this knowledge is sealed up until the time of the end "when education and travel have increased". As mentioned above, the answer to this question according to the Bible remains sealed. The question that we have is how much longer this time period will continue prior to the Second Coming of Christ. Now, Church History is approximately 2,000 years old. This great time interval mentioned above could possibly correspond in part to Church History as we have known it as well as to the rise of the modern nations as we know them today. Yet, the Bible refers to the details of these events to be sealed knowledge until the time of the end. , once again, centuries before the fact, and a catastrophe yet future to our times (the Antichrist mentioned in the film). There appear to be double references in the Book of Daniel describing events about Antiochus (the Greek "Antichrist" who desecrated the Hebrew Temple) during the second century B.C. After this has transpired, to paraphrase again, "the Angel Michael stands up to fight against satanic forces and the dead are risen, some to everlasting life and others to everlasting contempt". In the last part of the Book of Daniel, to paraphrase scripture, it describes a great time interval passing until "knowledge and travel have increased", perhaps describing the centuries between the times described in the Book of Daniel up though our 21st century, and perhaps beyond. And this is based on writings made centuries before the fact !! The Second Coming of Christ is also described in both the New and Old Testaments such as in the Book of Revelation and in the Book of Daniel. Theoretically, this time reckoning brings us up to the week in which the Messiah Jesus was crucified (around 32 or 33 AD).
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In another example, the Book of Daniel talks about "49 years plus 434 years" which are 483 years from the time of the Persian Empire in which the Jewish exiles were allowed back to rebuild the City of Jerusalem. In the Book of Micah, it says that the Messiah will be born in Bethlehem.
The First Coming of Christ is prophesied in several Old Testament Books. Thinking about this on a worldwide scale is disturbing. Evil continues to inflict nations in different parts of the world. In the past, evil has taken over entire nations such as in the Roman Empire, Napoleon's France, Hitler's Germany, and Soviet Russia. The idea that evil can just take over the entire world after the Christian believers have been removed from the earth is scary indeed. I have mixed feelings about the concept of "being scared into Heaven".
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I think people should be converted through the knowledge of the free gift of Salvation provided by the Sacrifice at the Cross and Christ's subsequent resurrection. Since I am a Christian believer and that includes believing in the Divinity of Jesus Christ and that He is my Personal Savior and Lord due to His Sacrifice at the Cross and coming back to Eternal Life after being raised from the dead as well as believing that the Bible is the inspired Word of God - what can I really say about this particular film? I think the film has a powerful message, even though I have mixed feelings about its delivery.
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