dermdoc said:

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A couple of thoughts.
God is omniscient and omnipotent. From my reading of the OT, God anointed men like Gideon and Joshua to fulfill His plans.
No man can do anything to hasten the second coming of Christ. That is all under the control of God.

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Yup and to add Matt 24:36

"But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor {the Son, but the Father only.}"

Right there for all to see but yet all these people are trying to tell us when God finally pulls the plug. Why are people always trying to predict this when even Jesus didn't know at the time.

ttu_85 said:

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dermdoc said:

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A couple of thoughts.
God is omniscient and omnipotent. From my reading of the OT, God anointed men like Gideon and Joshua to fulfill His plans.
No man can do anything to hasten the second coming of Christ. That is all under the control of God.

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Yup and to add Matt 24:36

"But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor {the Son, but the Father only.}"

Right there for all to see but yet all these people are trying to tell us when God finally pulls the plug. Why are people always trying to predict this when even Jesus didn't know at the time.

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The answer is people have made tons of money off of false prophecy. Why can't they just trust God?

And I guarantee you I could write a book based on my final decoding of Revelation. And I bet I could make money doing it.

And four verses earlier, 32 "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[e] is near, right at the door."

What does that mean? To me the context is straight forward. Jesus wanted his followers to know that they shouldn't look for a specific day to time, but that they shouldn't be surprised by the season in which it comes. The same way they wouldn't be surprised to see a fig tree's leaves come in spring/summer.