{"id":2475,"date":"2009-09-10T15:59:53","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T20:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepropheticyears.com\/wordpress\/?p=2475"},"modified":"2015-08-03T19:19:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T00:19:53","slug":"jesus-is-not-coming-to-rule-the-earth-between-2012-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepropheticyears.com\/wordpress\/jesus-is-not-coming-to-rule-the-earth-between-2012-2019.html","title":{"rendered":"Jesus is not coming to rule the earth between 2012-2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am certain that this post will upset some people but with all the hype and speculation about Jesus coming between 2012-2019 the truth has to be said by someone. I will say dogmatically that Jesus is not coming to rule the earth between 2012-2019<\/strong> as some Bible prophecy teachers are now saying.<\/p>\n

First let me make it clear that I am not talking about the Rapture.<\/strong> The Rapture of the Church is not the second coming of Jesus Christ to rule the earth. The Rapture is always imminent and it can occur anytime even quite some time before the seven year tribulation. For example, Enoch as a type of Rapture was taken alive to heaven more than\u00a0 half\u00a0 a lifespan (of that era) before the flood judgment.<\/p>\n

Some are actually saying that we have already entered the seven year tribulation. Other Bible prophecy teachers are saying that Russia is about to fulfill the prophecy of Ezekiel 38 and 39 any minute now.\u00a0 Is any of this remotely possible? The answer is no. How can I be dogmatic about this. I will tell you why.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The reason why Jesus is not coming to earth in 2012-2019 to rule the earth is that if Jesus did come in this period there is no human way that Bible prophecy could be fulfilled literally as stated in the scriptures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contrary to what many are saying, Russia along with the tribes mentioned in Ezekiel 38 cannot realistically fulfill this prophecy within the next decade. Russia’s army today is not a mighty army it is really in pretty sad shape. Except for a few elite units the Russian army is very poorly equipped. Sure Russia has nuclear capabilities but it could not assemble “a great company a might army” “all splendidly attired” like is describe in Ezekiel to move against Israel. Even when moving against tiny Georgia the elite units of the Russian army were stealing the boots of the Georgian’s soldiers because they had none of their own. The alliances as described in Ezekiel are not even complete today. Turkey is still in NATO as I speak. It is not an ally of Russia but Turkey comes with Russia in the Ezekiel war. <\/strong><\/p>\n

For those few who think it is Turkey that is Gog and not Russia that nonsense does not fly either.\u00a0 Turkey today cannot even put down the Kurd’s yet be the leader from the uttermost parts of the north that\u00a0 invades Israel. Would the God of Israel then become known to the whole world as said in Ezekiel by destroying an invading army from Turkey?\u00a0 Israel could destroy this army by themselves they would not need God’s intervention to save them. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Israel today is not living in security like Ezekiel said they will be prior to the Gog invasion.<\/strong> Therefore, things have to radically change in the Middle East before the Ezekiel prophecy can even be fulfilled.\u00a0 You might wonder why the tribal nations surrounding Israel are also not mentioned in Ezekiel? Perhaps it is because they are occupied lands after the war of Psalm 83? So lets be realistic, the war of Ezekiel 38 and 39 could occur in a decade or so but it is not imminent. <\/strong>The Ezekiel 38 and 39 prophecy cannot realistically take place as soon as some Bible prophecy teachers imply.<\/p>\n

The only war mention in the Bible where everything is fully in place that can be fulfilled today is the one described in Psalm 83. In that war the nations surrounding Israel form a confederacy and try to cut off Israel from being a nation.\u00a0 We see that very alignment in the Middle East today. But there is no reason to think the war of Psalm 83 has to be in the tribulation. More likely the Psalm 83 war sets up the peace conditions that is necessary before the Ezekiel war can even be fulfilled.<\/p>\n

Has anyone even considered that God has people to call out of\u00a0 the Muslim nations that are in bondage to Islam before the end times? Why should over a billion Muslims be totally excluded from hearing the gospel of Jesus Christ? I am suggesting that there will be a window of opportunity for these people to hear the gospel before the Antichrist is revealed. Just as there was a window of opportunity to hear the gospel by those in bondage under the old atheistic Soviet Union. So rather than expecting a Islamic Antichrist to get all Muslims to fight against the coming of Jesus Christ you probably would be on higher ground if you expected Islam to fall before the time that the Antichrist is even revealed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As those that study Bible prophecy know, there will be an army of two hundred million from the Far East<\/strong> that will cause the deaths of a third of men on the earth. Does any rational thinking person believe that it is possible for anyone to field this army within a few years? China and India are rapidly developing nations but it will probably be about two decades before they could move such an army to the Middle East. Some see that China has two hundred million military aged men and think that makes it possible for them to fulfill this prophecy today. But you cannot move an army that size to the Middle East without supply lines and support . China today only has an army of a few million. If it even tried fielding twenty percent of that two hundred million army today everyone in China would soon be in starvation and the nation would collapse.<\/p>\n

Besides, the Bible gives us a clue. It says that this army was prepared for a hour, a day, a month, and a year<\/strong>. In other words this army was prepared for a specific time on earth. I do not think it is mere speculation to say that much of this prepared army is made up of surplus men caused by China’s one child policy and the birth control and infanticide practices of China and other far east nations<\/strong>. These surplus men began to be born about 1980 when China started this one child policy and if you do the math the surplus men of military age (with no hope of a normal family life) will peak in numbers about 2030-2040. That is the most likely time when this army prepared for a hour, a day, a month, and a year will march to the Middle East. By that date China and India will be world superpowers and they will have the military capabilities and populations to support and move such huge numbers of men to the Middle East. That prophecy is simply not going to be fulfilled within the next decade.<\/p>\n

We might also use a little rational thinking about the Mark of the Beast Economic System. We know the Bible tells us that no one can buy or sell without it. To have such a world economic system you would also need a world communications system that will reach everywhere on earth and you would also have to have the electronic scanning systems in all market places. We see the world is moving toward such a system today but what is described is not possible within one decade even if the world were to make an all out effort beginning today. Much of the world still does not even have the necessary electrical communications for such a system. The communication system therefore most likely would have to be a worldwide satellite system or a very long range over-the-air system or an ultra low frequency through-the-earth system. That kind of\u00a0 buy or sell system is simply not going to be developed and in place worldwide within the 2012- 2019 time frame.<\/p>\n

If\u00a0 Jesus is coming in 2012-2019 where are the ten leaders that give their power to the Beast before the little horn even rises among them?<\/strong> Things in Europe or the world can change rapidly under conditions of war but I sincerely doubt that even the woman riding the Beast, described in Revelation, can be in her position on the Beast in a few years.<\/p>\n

If you really take all\u00a0 the prophecies about Babylon in a literal sense the city of Babylon has to be rebuilt.<\/strong> There are plans underway to make Babylon a international center but Babylon is not going to be anything earth shattering<\/strong> within the next decade.<\/p>\n

I know some insist that the Church will\u00a0 be in the tribulation and that the tribulation will start before or during this 2012-2019 period but I am glad I never got a invitation to their tribulation party. I think these people are going to have to wait at least another decade to taste what they seek to find in the tribulation (if God allows) because Jesus is not coming to rule the earth within their 2012-2019 deadline.<\/p>\n

Having said that, I am not saying that things will not get real nasty in the world even before the tribulation especially for those living fat and happy in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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