Since God is not the author of confusion (1 Cor. 14:33), we know it must be possible to have a unified view of the end-time events. Particularly, a unified view of His second coming. How is this possible? By letting the Scriptures speak to us. We know that God does not contradict Himself. We also know that  He has placed everything we need to know about our Lord’s return in His Word. But for some reason He has not put them all in one place.
            Why is that? “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Heb. 11:6). He wants us to see it for ourselves, to put the various puzzle pieces together, so that we won’t be deceived in these last Days (2 Peter 3:8-9). Each puzzle piece (passage) tells us a certain amount of information. But equally important is what it doesn’t tell us.  What may seem like a sloppy revelation to us is actually an invitation to seek God and His prophetic plan.
            Sadly, the Church at large has opted to settle for our human assumptions rather than God’s wisdom. These assumptions are what have caused much of the confusion in our end-time views. This is not God’s will. He wants us to see the truth that Jesus will only come twice. The Church recognizes His first coming, but has dropped the ball in connecting the essential puzzle pieces concerning His second coming.
            A foundational piece of the end-times puzzle is recorded in Hosea 6:1-3. It is our next step in gaining knowledge of the Lord’s prophetic plan of redemption. Namely, “He will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth” (vs. 3). Truth #1: Therefore, we must recognize that there can only be one more coming.
            Another piece is found in 1 Thess, 4:13-15 and into chapter 5. Paul joins our Lord’s return with the coming of the Day of the Lord. Truth #2: there can only be one Day of the Lord! The passage tells us Jesus will come again at the appointed time in God’s timetable—the Day of the Lord, the Last and 7th Day in God’s timetable. He will descend on the Feast of Trumpets to gather us together with Him. But He doesn’t tell us whether Jesus will descend all the way down or not. A crucial piece of the puzzle seems to be missing.
            That is until we make the connection to this same event in Zech. 14 , which gives us important details about that Day. It begins with Israel being invaded. Then the Lord comes forth to help them. How does He do this? He descends to the Mt. of Olives and splits the mountain in two, making a way of escape for them. Putting this crucial linkage together with 1 Thess. 4-5 reminds us that when He comes we will be caught up (the rapture) as His Bride and He will take us back to Father’s House to be with Him forever! In effect, He reenacts His ascension after His resurrection, only this time the Head and the Body are complete! We’re taken back to the Father’s throne to rule and reign with Christ during the last Day and for all eternity when God makes the new heavens and new earth.
            Truth #3: this means He doesn’t stay on the earth. Truth #4:Nor do we go up with Him and then come back down to rule on the earth. Instead, we are seated together as the heavenly court of joint-heirs, at the right hand of the Father, in the place of all authority and power in heaven and on the earth (Rev. 3:21).
            End-Time Truth. When we put the pieces of the scriptural puzzle together correctly, following the Spirit-inspired connections in His Word rather than our human reasoning, it eliminates our disagreements and it cancels out the various flawed views that have resulted in so much confusion. As we piece the other end-time puzzle pieces, we recognize that they cannot contradict the truth we’ve seen so far. God does not contradict Himself! “Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us” (Heb. 6:17-18).  This hope set before us is our heavenly calling of being seated with Him, for we are in Him, His Body, His Bride, and His Church.

       The Feast of Trumpets for this year has now come and gone without the rapture having taken place. If you’ve been following these blogs, you know why. Too many of the required signs—what we call the kairos signs—have not yet been fulfilled.
         We know from Hebrews 10:25 that we are supposed to see the Day of the Lord approaching, that is, the Day when our Lord and Savior comes to gather His Church, His Bride, and Body to Him to take us to Father’s House in Heaven. We also know that the purpose of this gathering at the rapture is to be seated as the heavenly court with Christ as His joint-heirs.
        This crucial part of God’s prophetic plan of redemption must happen at the appointed time. That appointed time includes the Chronos, which has to do with the chronological passing of time, and the Kairos, which has to do with the corresponding signs of that specific time period. This two-part assurance of the Chronos and the Kairos is what keeps us from being deceived by false date-setting. We need to have both, which is why we were not surprised when the rapture didn’t happen at this year’s Feast of Trumpet.
         If you’ve been following these blogs, you know that the situation is much like that of a pregnant woman. She knows there is generally nine months in the pregnancy (the Chronos) and the corresponding signs throughout her pregnancy that must be present for a healthy birth (the Kairos). Even when she is in the ninth month, the expectant mother does not rush to the hospital, no matter how much she wants to see her baby. She has to wait until she sees the final signs such as her water breaking and the intense birth pains.
       In effect, this is where we are at in God’s prophetic plan of redemption that we call the Day Code: “But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one Day” (2 Pet.  3:8). As important as both the Chronos and the Kairos are to seeing the Day approaching, there’s one other aspect that we need to understand—the End-Game of God’s prophetic plan. Or to put it another way, what is the purpose of the rapture?
        Paul makes it very clear in Ephesians 2:4-6 (emphasis added). “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”
         The End-Time Truth: The point of being gathered at the rapture is to be “raised up together” (our 3rd Day resurrection) AND being made to sit together in Heaven with Christ. This is why Hebrews 3:1 says we are partakers of the His heavenly calling. As glorious as this seating is for us, the heavenly purpose is summarized in Daniel 7. Thrones are put in place next to God the Father because a fiery stream of chariots of fire is released for the purposes of gathering the Body of Christ to join the Head, Jesus our Lord, at the right hand of the Father for all eternity.
          Thousands upon thousands from every tribe, nation, and tongue (Rev. 7:9) are seated with Jesus at the right hand of the Father’s throne. The books are opened that affirm God’s will and judgments, which are then declared by the heavenly court. We shall thereby take away the Antichrist’s dominion to consume and destroy. Then and only then will the Kingdom of God and His dominion rule over the kingdoms under Heaven.
          With the remnant of Israel having finally accepted Jesus as the Messiah and having come through the gate of the sheepfold the right way, they take over the earthly commission to be God’s light in the earth. This fulfills God’s promise to David that his descendants would reign once again.  This was foreshadowed when Elisha took over Elijah’s mantle in 2 Kings 2.
            While we are currently in the window of God’s chronos timing for Jesus’ return, we are still awaiting the final earthly signs and the sign of the Son of Man in Heaven. Then and only then will we fulfill our destiny as the heavenly court.  

            This is a word of preparation given at a recent Chronos Ministry weekly meeting. Daniel 7 and 8 record key prophecies concerning “the time of the end” (Dan. 8:17). Dan. 7:9-10 describes a key event at the end of this age that happens because of Christ’s return at the rapture. It is our heavenly calling whereby we are seated as the heavenly court. It is in fact, the reason for the rapture.
            We partake of this ruling assignment because we are in Christ (Heb. 3:1). Our calling is His calling. The purpose of this seating?  “But the court shall be seated, and they shall take away his dominion [Satan who empowers the Antichrist] to consume and destroy it forever (Dan. 7:28).
            This is confirmed in Psalm 149:6-9. “Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand, to execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples; to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; to execute on them the written judgment—this honor have all His saints.”  This godly vengeance is also confirmed in Rev. 15 whereby our declarations as the heavenly court release the bowls of God’s wrath during the last Day.
            Without the court in place and reigning with all authority, the world would fall apart. Hebrews 2 reminds us that God has not put the world to come in subjection to the angels. By virtue of Christ’s resurrection the world to come is in His hands, along with the many brethren, His Church and Bride, who shall be raised up at the Last Day, likewise born from the dead. We rule as the one new Man by virtue of our resurrection.
            This seating of Christ the Head and His Body is affirmed in Acts 17:31. “He [God] has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.” We are seated together with Christ at the right hand of the Father’s throne, ruling over the earth from this position of all authority for the final 1,000-year Day, the Last Day, and Christ’s millennial reign. This is why Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 1:15-21 is so vital.  We need to understand the hope of our calling that comes because we are “in Christ.”
           This is also why our Lord’s visible return at the appointed time of the Last Day (John 6:39, 40, 44, 45) is so key. We must be installed as the heavenly court with Christ for God’s plan of redemption to be fulfilled. For God the Father declared the decree, the inheritance over this earth, to the Son. At the rapture, when all the heirs are gathered together with the Son, Jesus will declare that decree over us as His joint heirs, likewise the sons of God through adoption (Gal. 4:5; Eph. 1:5). This is our eternal position, for it is an eternal government (Ps. 2). We will be making the necessary judgments from the throne, executing the written judgments, speaking forth God’s will on earth as in heaven (Rev. 2:26-27).
           When Jeff first introduced this teaching on our heavenly calling, it changed everything for me. I knew we would be gathered together with Christ at the rapture. But I wasn’t sure what would happen next. Of course I relished the idea of being in Heaven with God and our Lord, but what would we do besides strum some songs on harps and bask in His glory. Yet this tells us there is so much more to this calling. Once perfected at the rapture and fully conformed to Jesus (Rom. 8:29), we shall reign with Him as joint heirs as foreshadowed in Esther’s story when the king, her husband, offered her half of his kingdom.  

      When God called Jeff to teach about the end-times with a message of comfort, hope, and victory, Jeff knew God would lead him every step of the way through all the confusion on the topic because we know that God is not the author of confusion (1 Cor. 14:33).  Jeff told God that he needed to see it for himself in several clear scriptural passages, as the standard of truth given in the Word. One of the earliest points He taught Jeff was that we have the same information and awareness as a pregnant woman concerning the birth of her child. That is, the Chronos time period, such as the typical 9-month pregnancy, and the Kairos, the corresponding signs that signal not only the pregnancy but the coming birth.
          God pointed to the “one thing” we need to know concerning the Chronos of God’s plan of redemption. “But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day” (2 Peter 3:8). All the false date-setting that the Church has endured over the years happened because we didn’t recognize the chronos aspect concerning the great prophetic week of God’s seven 1,000-year great Days and the kairos aspect of the corresponding signs. This is what brought part of the confusion. We need both the correct timing and the correct signs, both of which must come from God’s Word and not mankind’s speculations.
            We are the only generation that can say that God’s sixth Day or 6,000 years in our time are nearly spent. Which means we must now turn our attention to the corresponding signs. We are the only generation who can say for sure if the final signs listed in Scripture are seen or not. We know from 1 Cor. 15:52 that He is coming on the Feast of Trumpets. The question then becomes have we seen the necessary signs for this Feast of Trumpets to be the time of His coming? So what are the signs that we must see before Jesus comes at the end of this current Messianic or Church Age in the rapture?
            _____  The Jewish Temple rebuilt
            _____  The daily sacrifices resumed
            _____  The three “Horns” plucked up by the roots and replaced                             according to Daniel 7
            _____  The invasion of the Little Horn (the Antichrist) and his                                 coalition of 10 kings
            _____  The man of sin (the Antichrist) revealed in the Temple
            _____  The final sign of darkness in the sun, moon, and stars                                 that Jesus taught would be seen before He comes again
           This is really what we need in order to see that Day approaching (Heb. 10:25). Knowing both the Chronos timing and the corresponding Kairos signs gives us foolproof knowledge based on God’s Word and not mankind’s speculations, no matter how scholarly or influential the source. We simply stand secure in what is revealed in His Word for that gloriously Day.

     This is a word of preparation given at a recent Chronos Ministry weekly meeting. We’ve seen in this study of the early and latter rains that they are not based on the physical rains in Israel’s natural harvest cycle of one year. Instead, spiritually speaking the early and latter rains span the one harvest cycle of the earth, which is the 3,000-year span of time of the last Days in God’s prophetic timetable of His plan of redemption.
       We know these rains are connected to the outpouring of God’s Spirit. We also know from Hosea 6:3 that they are connected to Jesus’ first and second coming. “He will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth. This means the outpouring does not come before Jesus appears, but after He appears.   Each outpouring has a time-specific purpose, empowering believers of that time to complete the task at hand. In short, the latter rain is very different from the early rain because it has one component that is extremely different.
        The first outpouring, the early rain on the Day of Pentecost, came to empower Jesus’ disciples to continue His ministry of preaching the Gospel of salvation to all the world and overcoming Satan and his spiritual forces in the heavenlies with signs, miracles, and wonders following.
       The second outpouring, the latter rain that shall follow Christ’s second coming at the rapture, is likewise crucial in fulling God’s plan of redemption. Yet very few Christians understand its importance because they do not know the “one thing” that we are to consider and apply when it comes to understanding the times and the seasons of God’s plan. “But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day” (2 Pet. 2:8).
       It, too, is an outpouring and anointing from God to not only preach the gospel but to conduct natural warfare as well. When Jesus comes again, it is not only to gather His Body, the Church, His Bride to take us to Heaven, it is also a timely response to what is happening in Israel. The Antichrist and his coalition of Middle Eastern armies are invading the nation. Why? Because Israel had rebuilt its temple and resumed the animal sacrifices, having been deceived by their leaders that Jesus is not the real Messiah. God already has His temple made of stones. “You also [the Church], as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ (1 Pet. 2:5). God allows the invasion to bring His people to repentance.
            This end-time conflict shall escalate into what could be called World War III. When Jesus comes, He shall stand on Mt. Zion, splitting the mountain and making a miraculous Red-Sea type of escape for Israel. The latter rain outpouring will empower them, as in the time of the Judges, to become mighty men and women to defeat their natural enemy. This is why Zechariah 10 prophetically reminds God’s people to ask the Lord for rain in the time of the latter rain.
        End-Time Truth. This outpouring will come because Israel has witnessed Christ’s return, the one whom they pierced, and have finally made their blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord God confession of faith. They will see that Jesus is the Messiah and shall receive His salvation. As Rev. 12:7 confirms, they are now “in Christ” in that they not only keep the commandments of God, they also now have the testimony of Jesus Christ. They shall also be empowered to take over the earthly commission to preach the Gospel to all the nations.
        This is the mystery of blindness recorded in Romans 11 and the subsequent regrafting of Israel into the Branch, for the calling of God stands. They shall fight because the Lord is with them. As Zech. 10:12 declares, So I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they shall walk up and down in His name,”  
       The latter rain will come to the whole world after Jesus visibly comes again in the rapture and we’re taken up to Father’s House to be seated as the heavenly court as joint-heirs with Jesus. Whereas the early rains were typified by the Feast of Pentecost, the latter rains will be typified by the Feast of Tabernacles.

        This is a word of preparation given at a recent Chronos Ministry weekly meeting.  We have been looking at the scriptures concerning the early and latter rains. We know that these rains are connected with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the earth. So naturally we’ve been looking at what Peter preached in Acts 2 concerning the outpouring of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost. He connected it to Joel 2, telling the people that what they were experiencing was what Joel had prophesied. Peter quoted Joel 2:28-32, word for word except for one strategic part.
       In Joel 2:28, the Hebrew wording says “it shall come to pass afterward.” Peter, however, chose to substitute that phrase  with “it shall come to pass in the last days.” We will cover what he meant by the last days in part 3 of our study of the early and latter rains. For now, we need to see that by making this change, Peter was pointing us to the concept of prophetic time. There was something time-specific that needed to be acknowledged. In light of Peter’s unique phrasing, the obvious question that needs to be asked is what is it that precedes what would come afterward? Or to put it another way, what happens first that is responsible for this outpouring? The answer is in Joel:27. “Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel. I am the Lord your God.”     
            Since we know that the outpouring of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost followed the first coming of Jesus, Peter was drawing attention to what Jesus’ first coming meant in that time. The apostle John described it in the first chapter of His gospel. In essence, the Word was with God and the Word was God. And so the Word was made flesh and dwelt among them. This meant that Jesus was indeed the Lord their God in their midst and that there is no other. Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame. Of course this refers to salvation in Christ alone.
            Peter understood this and so framed his message on that day around that truth. This is why he changed the wording from Joel’s prophecy to “the last days.” We will look at what that means in Part 3. How did Peter come to see this? Most likely when the 120 were gathered in the upper room after Jesus’ death and resurrection. They were studying the scriptures and seeking revelation about the outpouring of the Spirit because He had told them explicitly not to go out to preach the Gospel and continue His earthly ministry until they had received this outpouring and the empowering of the Holy Spirit. This is most likely what enabled Peter to say, “This is that which was prophesied by the prophet Joel.”
            They needed to recognize the truth that the Lord Jesus was not only their Messiah but that He was God in the flesh. He was not just a man, the natural descendant of David, but God in their midst. This is why Peter begins to review the mighty miracles and signs which God did through Jesus. The very Jesus they had crucified God raised up because death could not hold Him since He was the Son of God as well as the Son of Man. Peter goes on to affirm Jesus’ connection to David in the flesh in Acts 2:31 and that David even foresaw this.
            The point of Peter’s sermon, then, was to let the house of Israel know that God had made this Jesus whom they had crucified both Lord and Christ (God’s Anointed One). It’s no surprise, then, that this cut through their hearts such that they asked what they should do. Peter’s response: “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” That was the message for their time. But it doesn’t fully answer why Peter chose to use the phrase in the last days. Stay tuned because we shall consider the answer in part three.

     This is a word of preparation given at a recent Chronos Ministry weekly meeting. The common view of the Church is that we have already received the early rains, beginning with the Day of Pentecost when the Spirit was poured out to empower the disciples to continue Jesus’ earthly ministry of preaching the Gospel. Unfortunately, the Church also widely believes that Jesus will not return until after the latter rain outpouring based on a misinterpretation of James 5:7-8. Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.
       As always, we must use the Spirit-inspired scriptural connections to see what the true definition of the early and latter rains is. Joel 2:23-24 records, Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God; for He has given you the former rain faithfully, and He will cause the rain to come down for you—the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. The threshing floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.
     There are two rains, the early and latter rains, that bring one harvest. Israel’s year began in the fall, so the early rain came in autumn (Oct./Nov.) in order to soften the ground so they could plow it and sow the seeds. The latter rain came in the spring (March/April) to bring the seed to maturity.
       Joel goes on to prophecy concerning the purpose of these rains in verses 28-29. And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. This is the passage Peter quoted in Acts 2 concerning the outpouring of God’s Spirit on the Day of Pentecost that would empower Jesus’ disciples to preach the Gospel.
      It is no coincidence that Peter quoted this passage in the first sermon preached during this age, and it just so happened to be about the end-times! The rains have to do with the end-time harvest. Unfortunately, what many of the “Generals” did not realize is that this outpouring would last throughout the last Days of God’s great week of the plan of redemption. Hebrews 1:1-4 identify the last Days as the time when God spoke to us through Jesus.
      That is, the New Covenant and the preaching of the Gospel that are Days 5-7 when counting from Adam. When counting from Jesus’ ministry, they are the last three days of the week, what Jesus called Today, Tomorrow, and 3rd Day perfection (Luke 13:32). We already have all the power of the Spirit that we need compliments of the early rains of the Day of Pentecost.
      This is why Acts 3:17 refers to times of refreshing that come from the presence of the Lord. This is why praying in tongues, yielding our voice to the Spirit, speaking out in a heavenly language we have not learned, releases God’s “now Word” on earth as in Heaven is so vital.
       So then, what are the latter rains that God is waiting so patiently for? They are for the age to come. That is, the Last Day, the 7th Day that comes after the Church is raptured to Heaven and seated as the heavenly court. It is when the “Elijah Church” turns over the mantle of preaching the Gospel to the newly reborn Jewish saints, who are given Elisha’s double portion of the anointing to continue Christ’s earthly ministry of preaching the Gospel.
       They operate under the guidance of the heavenly court, Jesus and His joint-heirs (the Church), by the power of the Holy Spirit, as we ensure their victory over the Antichrist. This latter rain continues throughout Christ’s millennial reign over the earth until the final harvest comes at the end of the age in what we know as God’s Great White Throne Judgment. In other words, the early and latter rains cover the entire Messianic Age, lasting three great Days or 3,000 years.

      "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time” (1 Pet. 1:3-5).
            Note the surety of this inheritance. It is based on God’s mercy. It is validated by Jesus’ resurrection as the firstborn from the dead of many brethren (Rom. 8:29). It is incorruptible because the penalty for sin has been paid through Jesus’ sacrificial death on the cross on behalf of all mankind. Of course, if any person doesn’t believe in God and Jesus, then they forfeit this living hope.
         This inheritance is undefiled because evil shall be totally defeated and cast into the Lake of Fire forever at the final judgment. It does not fade away because God’s plan of redemption shall be fulfilled by the end of the 7th and last Day. It is reserved for every believer because we have been sealed by the Holy Spirit as our guarantee (2 Cor. 1:22; 2 Cor. 5:5). This sealing functions much like a down payment in escrow for our future home.
            Note the timing of this truth. The astounding wonder of our salvation shall be fully revealed and experienced “at the last time.” The last time is the last great Day in God’s plan of redemption, the Day of the Lord. It is the dawning of the 7th Day when counting from creation and Adam. It is the 3rd Day when counting from Jesus’ earthly ministry.
            Note, too, that we can walk in this living hope now as well as for all eternity. It is guaranteed by the triune Godhead: God the Father, our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. It doesn’t get any surer than that!  
 

       This is a word of preparation given at a recent Chronos Ministry weekly meeting. “Concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you”  (1 Thess. 5:1). Paul’s letters to the Thessalonians give us key details concerning Christ’s return at the end of this age and the order of the resurrection. He goes so far as to say he doesn’t need to remind them of this again.
      How can this be so?  Verse 5 gives us one reason. “But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.”  2 Peter 3:8 (emphasis added) gives us the other reason, what we call the Day Code.  “But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
        Sadly, the Church in general does not know the times and the seasons. Most believers recognize that Jesus is coming again, but how and when He shall come is blurred by clouds of confusion. Yet 1 Cor. 14:33 tells us that God is not the author of confusion but of peace. So we can only conclude that this confusion is the result of our human interpretations of the Scriptures, no doubt helped along by the shenanigans of Satan the deceiver.
         For example, one of the most predominant deceptions is that we cannot know the time of Christ’s return. This falsehood comes from a misinterpretation of Jesus’ words in Mat. 24:36. Notice, however, that the verse begins with the conjunction “but.” That word signals that the statement that follows is connected to the statement given in the previous sentence.
         What Jesus said cannot be known is what it will be like when heaven and earth pass away and God the Father makes the new heavens and new earth (Rev. 21:1). This happens at the end of the Days, after the final judgment when sin and evil are contained in the lake of fire (the second death).
           This confusion has robbed the Church of the comfort, hope, and sense of victory we should be walking in now. It tends to keep us from sharing the Gospel message. It makes us vulnerable to false date-setting because we do not understand that Jesus taught us to know the times (chronos) and the corresponding seasons or signs (kairos). By not understanding the timing of God’s prophetic plan of redemption as stated in His Word, we tend to  put our efforts into achieving peace through mankind’s efforts instead.
         Daniel 2:21 affirms that it is God the Father who determines the times and the seasons. In order to realize how key this fact is, we only need to flip over a couple of pages to where Daniel describes the Antichrist. “He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, he shall persecute the saints of the Most High, and shall intend to change times and law” (Dan 7:25, emphasis added).
         The various conflicting manmade views of the end-times have also redefined key terms that Jesus used when He taught His disciples about the end of this age and His second visible coming. This tends to undermine Jesus’ last words recorded in Rev. 22:20-21. “He who testifies to these things says, Surely I am coming quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”