VETRAN wrote: "If that were true, then Christ's giving of His Book of Revelation to His Church on earth would have been a useless and meaningless work. One with that view might as well heed the words of evolutionists today instead, and all the Mayan calendar hype as well."
Very insightful vetran and therefore correct. The journey is as valuable as the destination. Had God's inspired Word been as explicit as stereo instructions people would have no need of pondering the things of God to the point of having his Word imprinted in their DNA (in other words ingrained deeply in their being).
I have considered this journey through the time of Revelation and Tribulation like unto a chess game. (Remember first, Satan knows the Word of God maybe better than we do.) So, consider that because Satan has the power (through man's developments) to utterly destroy the world - (the chess board) if he sees all is lost... he must then think he has won past the point when God moves the final piece and right until God claims Check mate - Christ's return. For only then will Satan have no rights to the board anymore. This was given to allow one to understand why these events are obscured to us at this point and wonder what will happen next. In Ezekiel it speaks of Gog and MaGog - Russia and Iran coming against Israel and that may be the next "big" fulfillment.
However. I expect the Daily Sacrifice to commence before that and be ended 30 days before the beginning of Tribulations (if my calculations are correct). The last known prophecy I am aware of transpiring is one that is written, but not clearly, and is the informing of the two witnesses of their duty - though they have not yet been told when their time begins. Very few people know about this.
ProphecyStudent, am I to expect you next to ask vetran to tell us what date and time the rapture or Christ's return is too take place?
It sounds like you are trying to beguile Vetran.
We are here to share our understandings and to allow our understandings to join together, that a clearer picture may be seen. Certainly, we must weed out the bad information, but there is no need to do that by conflict instead of cooperation.