Hi, My Name Is Ralph Bass...This Is My Library
The Olivet Discourse
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In our age, several prophetic themes are addressed year after year by a plethora of “end-of-the-world” speakers and writers.  Here are some of the high points: 1) Jesus is going to rapture the Church soon.  2) He will take his people to heaven for seven years.  3) During that period, Israel will rebuild their Temple.  4)  At which time, there will be a great tribulation—with wars, rumors of wars, earthquakes, and famines around the world.  5) The anti-christ will rise and attack Israel.  6) At the end of seven years, Jesus will come back and save the day.  7) At this point, the millennium will begin. 

These are just the highlights, of course; other points flesh out the story as is popularly told.  However, here is a good question, is there as much as one Bible verse that teaches these things?  Yes, you say, and many of them are right here in the Olivet Discourse.  Those details are all spelled out: wars, rumors of wars, famines and earthquakes, tribulation, betrayal, and more.  So, there! 

And please note, some of Christianity's finest theologians agree: “This leads to an important issue.  The Jesus who told us we could not know the day or the hour also told us to look for the signs of the time (cf. Mark 13).  The latter days will be marked by earthquakes, wars and rumors of wars, false messiahs, and the appearance of the antichrist.  When the gospel has been preached to all the nations, then we will be on the edge of the consummation.  Such indications will alert us to the fact that Christ is about to return.”  Comments like this are not from a wild-eyed radical Adventist but from a giant in the mainline of evangelical Christianity.  Something is seriously amiss. 

The problem with all these “signs of the times” is the simple fact that a lot of this: has already happened.  Don’t get me wrong; Jesus is coming again; the Bible is clear on that.  However, much of the detail associated with his coming is confusing, and much of what is clear—is wrong.

It is one thing to make big statements, as I am doing here; it is another to prove it.  Can I prove it?  Yes, and the proof is found on these pages.  Take a look. 



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