I totally agree we are very much on the verge of the great trib. In the pangs now IMHO. And yeah, you are right...my theory is flawed.
BTW - this thread was about "Importance of Repentance" - not our theory about the Bible.
We each are going to have our "Theology" which just means out understanding of God. And one thing we should know is that "OUR" Theology (understanding of God) is wrong!! We may have some things write, but it is written that His thoughts are not our thoughts, so unless the Bible is wrong we should realize that our thoughts (Theology) is wrong.
Then the only thing to do - once we understand that our thoughts (Theology) is not His thoughts - is to seek Him and what He has to tell us. It does tend to match up with what is written, but He does match up with our thoughts simply because His thoughts are not out thoughts!! So if it is written:
“Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the
appointed time will come.
And also: “When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be frightened;
those things must take place; but
that is not yet the end.
It is not hard to understand that men has been given the knowledge to destroy ourselves as we know us in the flesh, and it is not hard to see that men is evil, willing to kill one another meaning us all as we know us in the flesh. But that is not our concern and is not what we are being alert for, is it? It is also written;
“The gospel must first be preached to all the nations.
and " do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but
it is the Holy Spirit.
So the good news (the gospel) we preach is that the Holy Spirit speaks, but who listens?
I too have not missed what is in the news. So I turned to the Lord and listen to what He has to say to me, and over and over He has been telling me "
those things must take place; but
that is not yet the end."
From hearing from Him personally, I don't need to worry about the wars and rumors of war, I need to do what He asks, which is telling people that we can hear from Him. I can't actually point to where He is, other than to say that His words are found in our hearts and sometimes on our lips. Yet, look to pick up His words from His Holy Spirit coning to your spirit and you too will hear "
those things must take place; but
that is not yet the end." That will happen because He is consistent. If I was guessing, perhaps the leaders (men), who are being controlled by the powers principalities, and the dark spiritual forces of this world, will one day start pushing buttons which launch nuclear war heads and which will destroy the earth as we know it, but even that is my thoughts which are not His thoughts so that most certainly somehow wrong.
So why bother guessing, when you have read that His thoughts are not your thoughts?? Instead start listening to Him who comforts you and has a plan. Still, even our Lord Jesus Christ has not been told the hour, but His Father has kept it from Him, so He is not giving you that, He is telling us to preach the good news, which is that He our Lord Jesus Christ - the King of kings - there to be heard from via His Holy Spirit speaking to our spirit!! Repent of that worry, and seek Him!
Yes - I still don't like what is happening in this world and I feel for those people being wrongfully hurt, and neither does He like it. He has given people to choose good or evil, and too many choose evil. It is not hard to see that Putin has chosen evil, but not only him. Perhaps if we were better ourselves (as Christians) at telling people to seek Jesus Christ and listen to Him then more people would seek Jesus Christ, whose words are found in our heart and on our lips, because we can't actually show people where He is at but we can explain that His words are found in us.
Maybe, just maybe, if we stop going "I think" and "my theology or theory is", and start just telling people to listen to Him for His thinking, His theology about Himself, and His theories, then we might not see as many people agreeing with evil, and more people repenting of their ways and actually turning to Him!