Is Jesus Returning Soon?

Recently I listened to one of my favorite Biblical teachers teaching on one of my favorite subject, the second coming of Christ. So, for the past week I’ve been doing some research in the Bible trying to understand. One of the scriptures which was mentioned in the teaching was a statement which God made that really caught my attention. And with everything going on in this world, I believe it’s vital for Christians to be aware. The scripture says;

Remember the former things long past, for I am GOD, and there is no other; I am GOD, and there is no one like Me, declaring the END from the BEGINNING, and from ancient times things which have not been done, saying, “My plan will be established, and I will accomplish all My good pleasure.’; Isaiah 46:9,10

Notice the statement God made which says, declaring the End from the Beginning. From this statement it would seem that God is telling His people that, yes, while He was busy during the 6 days of creation, He also created the end.

What does this mean exactly?

It means God set a date to when everything we see around us would come to an end. God would NOT strive with man forever, instead, He sent His Son, Jesus, as a sacrifice to make atonement for our sins. But there’s another scripture which stands out written by the Prophet Hosea and it says;

He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, that we may live before Him. Hosea 6:2

Remember, the Bible teaches that a thousand years is like one day to the Lord so the two days which Hosea mentions would “actually” be 2000 years. It would also mean that Jesus’s coming would be 2000 years after His crucifixion.

Let me say this, no one knows the day or hour, but, we’re told to keep watch for the signs of His return. So we can know the season. To understand this I’m going to start from the timeline of Christ’s crucifixion.

We don’t know the actual date Jesus was crucified but there seems to be two dates which meet the criteria. The dates are Friday, April 3, 33AD and Friday, April 7, 30AD.

This means two thousand years from the death of Jesus, He would revive the dead in Christ first and they who are alive would be caught up on the third day. So how does this come together?

For example, if Christ was crucified on Friday, April 7, 30AD it would mean His return will be somewhere around the timeline of 2030. Just add 2000 years to the date of His death and somewhere within that first week of April we’re entering the beginning of the 7 year tribulation. So it really depends on His crucifixion date. If we use the Friday, April 3, 33AD date then His coming would be somewhere around 2033.

To expand more on this, many believe that the 6 days God used to create our world is the exact timeline used for the end. And scholars believe that from the time of Adam to Christ is 4000 years and the time of Christ’s crucifixion to present is getting very close to that 2000 year mark. Six days God created the earth and on the seventh He santified it and made it Holy. It became the Sabbath.

If this is correct, then the 7th day, the Sabbath, will be the 1000 year Millennium spoken of in Revelation 20.

Is this correct?

To me it makes sense because we are approaching unprecedented and dangerous times. And we know from scripture Jesus told us;

But about that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be. Matthew 24:37-39

Just as in the days of Noah!

15 thoughts on “Is Jesus Returning Soon?”

  1. 1WhoConquers
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    Indeed. Most scholars put the date of Jesus’s birth at 3 or 4BC because of anomalies in our calendar. That would mean He started His ministry at age 30 on 27BC at the latest, and went to the cross and got resurrected 3.5 years later 30BC-ish. Now if that places His return on 2030, then then the start of the 7 year Tribulation is… 2023. Perilous times indeed.

    The thousand year thing syncs up in more than one way. He rose from the grave in the early morning. When Mary went to the grave before sunrise, He was already gone. We’re in the wee morning hours of the third millennial day right now.

    Not only that, it’s the seventh millennial day since Adam. It’s not an accident that the One called Lord of the Sabbath will rule for 1000 years on the Millennial Sabbath Day.

    God hasn’t delayed anything. Everything is according to schedule.

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  3. 1WhoConquers
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    The other interesting thing is that the seven days of creation seem to be a map to all of recorded history. Like the day the waters were separated match the millennium when Noah’s flood happened.

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  4. R
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    This post is really well constructed and has spiritual insight I encourage you to keep posting because God really used this post of yours to get me thinking deeper on something he put on my heart recently! “As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. (‭‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭27‬‬:‭17‬ ‭NLT‬‬)
    I love how you mentioned as well too that we never will know the exact time but we can know the season… “Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a carcass nearby, so these signs indicate that the end is near.”
    ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭28‬ ‭NLT‬‬

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