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Sign of the end (day of the LORD/judgment)?

Shadow Wolf

Certified People sTabber
When we use multiple dictionaries, concordance, and the original language in something like E-sword Bible software, we're basically learning the language; similar to someone who was a scholar, would know the multiple meanings behind a word, this now a days can be looked up instantly, which years ago would've taken years of scholarship.

In my opinion. :innocent:
At best, it's folly to resort to electronic/computer translations. They cannot consider context, and that is the major key to a decent translation and at the same time the greatest challenge in translations. It's basically what enables someone to identify an electronic translation, because these computers do not understand a languages syntax and context, both of which are crucial in understanding/translating another language.
 

David T

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
As a wee lad I thought 1970 was the end times with mungo Jerry summertime tune. and I didnt even know that people were religious about end times. I just thought music couldn't get worse...... I was wrong..

 

2ndpillar

Well-Known Member
He did. He also said it will come like a thief in the night, that it will be unexpected.

Yeshua said (Matthew 24:33), "when you see all these things recognize that he is right at the door", but of course the "tares" (Matthew 13:30) ad the "evil slaves" (Matthew 24:50), will certainly be caught off guard.
 

2ndpillar

Well-Known Member
Paul, John and Simon the stone (petros) contradict Yeshua's teachings in the Synoptic Gospels; if someone follows something, yet does the opposite, this is called a what? :oops:

In my opinion.
:innocent:

Being as that Paul (Zechariah 11:10), and Peter, the "worthless shepherd" (Zechariah 11:17), were the two staffs taken to "pasture the flock doomed for slaughter" (Zechariah 11:7). Following them would wind up in a fall (Matthew 7:25-27). Paul's Romans 7:25 would seem to match your search for a word, and could be classed as the epitome of hypocrisy.
 

2ndpillar

Well-Known Member
I find Matthew 24:14 and Acts of the Apostles 1:8 more solid, or more credible, as never before in history because the good news of God's kingdom (Daniel 2:44) is being proclaimed on such a vast international scale today as never before in history. Even modern technology has now made possible rapid Bible translation, meaning that now people even in remote areas of Earth can have Scripture in their own mother tongue or native languages.

The gospel being preached by the "Christian" church is the false gospel of the false prophet Paul, and that would be the gospel of the cross/grace. Yeshua's gospel is "repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matthew 4:17), which indeed can be heard or read from one end of the world to the other. Daniel 2:44 is about the day of the LORD when it will but to end "all those kingdoms" which refer to the feet of clay and iron, the legs of iron, the thighs of bronze, and the silver and the gold (Daniel 2:32-35). That would be the kingdom of God whereas the nations/Gentiles are then ruled with a "rod of iron" (Revelation 19:15).
 

InChrist

Free4ever
However, I find since Pentecost the Israel of God is Not earthly Jerusalem but heavenly Jerusalem, and located Not on Earth, but in heaven as per Revelation 20 and Galatians 4:26 that 'Jerusalem above' is Now mother.
So, looking to literal earthy Israel or earthly Jerusalem (who God abandoned according to Jesus at Matthew 23:38) is looking at the former literal Israel or Jerusalem. Since Pentecost, the Israel of God is a spiritual nation meaning the Christian Congregation. God's spiritual nation has No boundaries or No borders located on any map.
- 1 Peter 2:9,5.
In other words...replacement theology.
 

2ndpillar

Well-Known Member
Besides seeing the events as found at Luke 21:11,etc. we see with all the bad global things happening coupled with all the badness, or the 'bad news' of men's kingdoms, we also now have evidence that Matthew 24:14 is now in it's final phase, so to speak, because the 'good news' of Daniel 2:44 is Now proclaimed on a vast international scale as never before in history. That is leading up to the soon coming ' time of separation ' on Earth as mentioned at Matthew 25:31-33,37,40. So, we are truly in the end times of all badness on Earth before Jesus, as Prince of Peace, will usher in global Peace on Earth among persons of goodwill.

You fail to note that all happens "after the tribulation of those days" (Matthew 24:29). By that time "a third of mankind was killed by these three plagues" (Revelation 9:18). As for the your "separation", it is the "tares" that are gathered "first", and thrown into the fire (Matthew 13:30) & (Matthew 13:42). Those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem (Joel 2:32) only escape because the "great tribulation" was cut short (Matthew 24:22). Peace comes by way of a "rod of iron" (Revelation 19:15). Apparently "everyone who loves lying" etc., will be "outside" (Revelation 22:15).
 

Shadow Wolf

Certified People sTabber
Yeshua said (Matthew 24:33), "when you see all these things recognize that he is right at the door", but of course the "tares" (Matthew 13:30) ad the "evil slaves" (Matthew 24:50), will certainly be caught off guard.
1 Thessalonians 5:2, Matthew 24:42, Matthew 24:44, those suggest it come at an unknown time, that no one except the father knows. And, of course, most of the world doesn't hate Christians, isn't persecuting them, and isn't killing them, let alone "all nations," and no one is performing great miracles and signs.
And, again, what makes claiming now any different than any of the countless times it's been declared we are in the end times?
 

wizanda

One Accepts All Religious Texts
Premium Member
At best, it's folly to resort to electronic/computer translations.
There are not computer translations of Biblical texts; there are readily available resources to understand the languages, so we get a clearer definition than just a single meaning to a word.

In my opinion. :innocent:
 

QuestioningMind

Well-Known Member
What is the obvious sign that the end (Joel 2:31),(Matthew 24:29)(Revelation 6:12)(Zechariah 14:1-3)(Revelation 16:14-16)?

The obvious sign is what is happening now, which is the gathering of all the nations against "Jerusalem" (Zechariah 14:2 & Revelation 16:16). What will be the consequences? "Jerusalem" will be "captured" (Zechariah 14:2) and there will be the "great earthquake", and "huge hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, came down from heaven upon men". Artillery shells can be weigh around 100 pounds each, such as a 155 mm artillery shell, or the individual war heads of a multiple warhead missile can also weigh around 100 pounds each. Shell (projectile) - Wikipedia As for the "great earthquake", well, the super volcano, located under Yellowstone, has had around 2400 tremors in the last couple of months, and Japan is issuing warnings about an upcoming large earthquake expected in the near future. What can one do, well, a volcano generally starts with heat and fire, but ends up in a sort of nuclear winter, whereas the sun is blocked out and everything freezes. A similar instance is the Yucatan comet explosion, whereas anything anywhere close is either vaporized or cooked at the temperatures near that of a pizza over, and later, the skies are darkened and you get no sun and extreme cold. Apparently, the small mammals that lived in the ground and eat seeds were able to survive, whereas the large reptiles all died. Happily, the time will be "cut short" for the "elect" or no one would survive (Matthew 24:22).

Yet people have been reading those exact same bible quotes for centuries and every single generation there are plenty of Christians who are convinced that all of the 'signs' were coming true during THEIR lifetimes. Kind of demonstrates how useless 'prophecy' is, because its either so vague that it could apply to virtually anything or it's no different from making an accurate prediction.

For example, there was a general during the American Civil War who after seeing the devastation after many battles claimed that eventually humans would build a weapon powerful enough to destroy the entire world. Was he a prophet who God gave insight into the future about the development of nuclear weapons? Or did he just happen to make an accurate prediction?
 

soulsurvivor

Active Member
Premium Member
What is the obvious sign that the end (Joel 2:31),(Matthew 24:29)(Revelation 6:12)(Zechariah 14:1-3)(Revelation 16:14-16)?

The obvious sign is what is happening now, which is the gathering of all the nations against "Jerusalem" (Zechariah 14:2 & Revelation 16:16). What will be the consequences? "Jerusalem" will be "captured" (Zechariah 14:2) and there will be the "great earthquake", and "huge hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, came down from heaven upon men". Artillery shells can be weigh around 100 pounds each, such as a 155 mm artillery shell, or the individual war heads of a multiple warhead missile can also weigh around 100 pounds each. Shell (projectile) - Wikipedia As for the "great earthquake", well, the super volcano, located under Yellowstone, has had around 2400 tremors in the last couple of months, and Japan is issuing warnings about an upcoming large earthquake expected in the near future. What can one do, well, a volcano generally starts with heat and fire, but ends up in a sort of nuclear winter, whereas the sun is blocked out and everything freezes. A similar instance is the Yucatan comet explosion, whereas anything anywhere close is either vaporized or cooked at the temperatures near that of a pizza over, and later, the skies are darkened and you get no sun and extreme cold. Apparently, the small mammals that lived in the ground and eat seeds were able to survive, whereas the large reptiles all died. Happily, the time will be "cut short" for the "elect" or no one would survive (Matthew 24:22).
You are quite right about the signs of the End Times. However, the one sign which is obvious to me, is the one Jesus mentioned - the separation of people into two groups - the goats and the sheep. One group is for giving food to the poor, providing healthcare for the poor, compassion for those in prison and welcoming strangers/immigrants into the country, the second group is totally against these four things (Matthew 25:31-46). Surely it is time for the return of the Christ and the Final Judgment.
 

Baroodi

Active Member
(Verily the Last day is coming, no doubt. And verily God will resurrect those in the graves)
Noble Quran; Elhajj 7
 

Baroodi

Active Member
Prophet Mohammed said: judgement day will not come until you see 10 major signs,

1/ The smoke
2/ The Anti-Christ
3/ an Animal talking to people
4/ The sun rising from the West
5/The advent of Eisa(Jesus)
6/ The appearance of Yajooj and Majooj
7/ 3 major quakes. a major earthquake in the east, the West and the Arab peninsula
8/ the last major sign; tremendous fire starting in Yemen sweeps the people towards El Sham, the gathering ground for Judgement. El Sham is the region forming Syria, Lebanon and Palestine
 

2ndpillar

Well-Known Member
You are quite right about the signs of the End Times. However, the one sign which is obvious to me, is the one Jesus mentioned - the separation of people into two groups - the goats and the sheep. One group is for giving food to the poor, providing healthcare for the poor, compassion for those in prison and welcoming strangers/immigrants into the country, the second group is totally against these four things (Matthew 25:31-46). Surely it is time for the return of the Christ and the Final Judgment.


You have your progressions wrong. Matthew 24:29, “immediately after the tribulation…the sun will be darkened.. .then the son of man will appear…. And he will send forth his angels….and they will gather together his elect”. The elect will be the dead listed in Revelation 20:4, which excludes those with the “mark of the beast”. The “tribulation” (Matthew 24:9) is with reference to the ongoing tribulation (Hosea 5:10-11) with respect to Jacob for two millennium (Hosea 6:2). The darkened sun and the appearance of the “son of man” (Matthew 24:30) is the start of the “great tribulation” which is judgment day, and there will be “survivors” (Joel 2:31-32), and most of them will be the 1/3 of Jacob who comes through the fire (Zechariah 13:9). It will be the “tares” who are gathered “first”, and cast into the “fire” (Matthew 13:30). Then the “wheat” will be gathered into the “barn”. The gathering into the barn will happen after “I will destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you” (Jeremiah 30:11). The gathering into the barn happens when the “stick” of “Judah” is reunited with the “stick of the sons of Israel” and returned to the “land that I gave to Jacob” (Ezekiel 37:15-28). Unfortunately, the believers in the false gospel of the cross, propagated by the false prophet Paul, carry the mark on their forehead, for he was the false prophet of the “beast with two horns like a lamb”, the emperor Constantine, the institutor of the Roman church at his convened Council of Nicaea.
 

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
I didn't claim otherwise. The question was when have state leaders not claimed such a thing, only to bring war and destruction and tyranny?
Comparing one language to another is never that easy of a task. Often enough, there are words used to describe concepts, emotions, and ideas that don't exist in another language. Even linguistic scholars debate over the meaning of just a single word, and it's not unusual if it's a Greek word that is being debated. It doesn't help that the English Bible itself is not a very good translation of the original Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic.
When have those things not been going on? Surely those who lived during the Black Death, a plague that killed millions, possibly as many as 75 to 200 million (up to a 1/4 of the global population back then), had more claim for this passage than we do today.

The past setting of any claims of peace I find is Not in connection to 1 Thessalsonians 5:2-3 because the setting of verse 2 shows us it is for our time now, the ' day of the Lord ' which is our day or time frame according to Revelation 1:10.
This particular saying of 'Peace and Security' is 'coupled' with the international proclaiming about God's kingdom of Daniel 2:44 which is now accomplished world wide as Jesus said at Matthew 24:14; Acts 1:8.

Any language can compare an Interlinear translation between the Greek or Hebrew or Aramaic.
Black Death plague, Spanish Flu, etc. all happened before the good news of Matthew 24:14 was spread world wide on a global scale as it is now done today. The time setting for 1 Thessalonians 5:2 is for Now.
 

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
You have your progressions wrong. Matthew 24:29, “immediately after the tribulation…the sun will be darkened.. .then the son of man will appear…. And he will send forth his angels….and they will gather together his elect”. The elect will be the dead listed in Revelation 20:4, which excludes those with the “mark of the beast”. The “tribulation” (Matthew 24:9) is with reference to the ongoing tribulation (Hosea 5:10-11) with respect to Jacob for two millennium (Hosea 6:2). The darkened sun and the appearance of the “son of man” (Matthew 24:30) is the start of the “great tribulation” which is judgment day, and there will be “survivors” (Joel 2:31-32), and most of them will be the 1/3 of Jacob who comes through the fire (Zechariah 13:9). It will be the “tares” who are gathered “first”, and cast into the “fire” (Matthew 13:30). Then the “wheat” will be gathered into the “barn”. The gathering into the barn will happen after “I will destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you” (Jeremiah 30:11). The gathering into the barn happens when the “stick” of “Judah” is reunited with the “stick of the sons of Israel” and returned to the “land that I gave to Jacob” (Ezekiel 37:15-28). Unfortunately, the believers in the false gospel of the cross, propagated by the false prophet Paul, carry the mark on their forehead, for he was the false prophet of the “beast with two horns like a lamb”, the emperor Constantine, the institutor of the Roman church at his convened Council of Nicaea.

I am wondering why in the ^ above ^ there is No mention about the coming ' time of separation ' to take place on Earth as mentioned at Matthew 25:31-33,40.
Also, since Pentecost the Israel of God is Not natural Israel by flesh ( Matthew 23:38) but 'spiritual Israel ' with Jerusalem above. - Galatians 4:26; Romans 2:28-29; 1 Peter 2:9,5
 

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
Prophet Mohammed said: judgement day will not come until you see 10 major signs,
1/ The smoke
2/ The Anti-Christ
3/ an Animal talking to people
4/ The sun rising from the West
5/The advent of Eisa(Jesus)
6/ The appearance of Yajooj and Majooj
7/ 3 major quakes. a major earthquake in the east, the West and the Arab peninsula
8/ the last major sign; tremendous fire starting in Yemen sweeps the people towards El Sham, the gathering ground for Judgement. El Sham is the region forming Syria, Lebanon and Palestine

I find the ^ above ^ is quite different from the coming ' judgement day ' or time period of Matthew 25:31-33,40.
With the coming great tribulation of Revelation 7:14, there will be a judgement ' a time of separation judgement ' on Earth between figurative humble sheep and haughty goat-like people.
Also, as a precursor to the coming great tribulation the 'powers that be' will first be saying, "Peace and Security" according to 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3. At Armageddon (the war to end all wars) the executional words from Jesus' mouth will rid the Earth of the wicked as per Isaiah 11:3-4; Revelation 19:14-16 before Jesus, as Prince of Peace, will usher in global Peace on Earth among persons of goodwill.
 

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
(Verily the Last day is coming, no doubt. And verily God will resurrect those in the graves)
Noble Quran; Elhajj 7

I find according to 2 Timothy 3:1-5,13 we are already in the Last day, or the last days of badness on Earth.
So, Not the last day of Earth, but the last day for any badness on Earth because God will bring to ruin those ruining Earth as per Revelation 11:18 B.
I also find recorded at Revelation 1:18 that God gave the Resurrection Power to Jesus, and as Acts of the Apostles 24:15 says that there ' will be ' (future tense) a resurrection...... Meaning a resurrection during Jesus' millennium-long day of governing over Earth for a thousand years when enemy death will be No more as per 1 Corinthians 15:24-26.
 
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