If you study the Bible, you already know the answer to this question. The Bible makes it very clear. I don't need to give you my interpretation on it, or my point of view or even what I think. There are several very definite indications that won't leave any doubt when that time comes.
A verse in Matthew 24 says: "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."
It is on the strength of that one verse that some Christians are of the mind that it's "none of our business" to know anything about when or how or what time Jesus plans to return. Well, if it's "none of our business", why did Jesus give us so many signs and clues as to when and how it was all going to go down? What about the other 50 verses in that chapter?
Do some people pick up the Bible, read one verse and then drop the Bible again, as though it's a hot potato? As if to say, "Ok, I read it. Now I know everything. Everything's clear."
Reading the Bible has never been like that. It's not a one-time read. It's not even a one-time study. We have to keep going back to it every day. Daily. Yes, daily.
If we look around us, it should stir up within us an insatiable desire to want to read what the scripture says about this time we are living in right now. Take a look! Look up into the sky. The moon is turning to blood! (Revelation 6:12)
Luke 21:25 says: "And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;"
You don't need to read Nostradamus's predictions. You don't need to go to a fortune teller or prophet. Jesus was a Prophet. He still is a Prophet. But, much, much more than a Prophet! If you will receive it, Jesus is God. He is equal to God, God' only begotten Son. So, of course, He is the greatest Prophet that ever lived. Is there any question about that?
If that's all true, why wouldn't we all be studying his prophecies? That's where you'll get the most accurate time-line. All we have to do is read the words of Jesus. He was the Word. He is the Word.
Signs Jesus Gave us to Tell When the Great Tribulation Will Begin:
1. Matthew 24:15 and 21
"When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,...
"For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be."
The "holy place" is Jerusalem. I think that's pretty clear. Jesus said "when ye therefore shall see". We will be able to see it with these physical, mortal eyes. It will be a physical thing, a terrible and powerful "thing", maybe some type of computerized idol. And how will we see it if we are not physically in Jerusalem?
Doh! That's a no-brainer, right?
All this technology we take for granted these days is in itself another sign of the times.
When will the "abomination of desolation" stand in the "holy place"? Ok, let's cut through the suspense here. It's going to happen in the middle of the LAST SEVEN YEARS.
Three and a half years into the seven year "peace agreement", (which, btw, hasn't been confirmed YET) the peace agreement (or covenant) will be broken by the Anti-Christ. And then, begins the Great Tribulation.
2. Daniel 9:27
"And he (the Anti-Christ or beast of Revelation or one-world leader) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week (7 years): and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate." (The New World Order is upon us. Is Pope Francis the "false prophet"?)
3. Daniel 12:11
"And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days." THEN Jesus returns.
4. Mark 13:14-27
"But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take anything out of his house:
16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter,
19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. (That's because JESUS IS A PROPHET.)
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven." (That's very good news!)
5. Mark 13:32-37
"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. (Here's that verse people use to excuse their ignorance of the end of days.)
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
"Watch and pray." Jesus used the word "watch" four times in this passage. Maybe we should watch.
AND PRAY.
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