I can't see Mt 24 having anything to do with end times of the present age. It's all-Israel. It's much more suited to the last 3-1/2 years of the tribulation. For the last days of the present age, go to a book that deals with the present age, like 2Timothy. The 7th verse is easily proven by reading the writings of about 90% of the people on this forum or any other Christian Forum on the planet. By working hand in hand with the Denominational System, Satan has done a marvelous job of dumbing Christendom down! Most are saved, but most will end up on the New Earth, where people with NO calling, like Adam and the malefactor on the cross will go.
2Tim 3:1-7
1This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Christ is Coming (the parousia), but it will be at least 50 years before He comes, about 45 years until this present 2000 years, all-Gentile period is finished and then at the end of the tribulation, at the 7th trump of Revelation. Christ will then return and resurrect (rapture) the small Acts church, (which is all-Israel, since the Gentiles in Acts were all grafted into Israel) plus many, many of the elite of Israel throughout history. The resurrected Saints will meet Him in the air and then return with Him to the earth, to be there for the Millennium. If there is a pre-Millennium earthly Kingdom, which I think there will be, that could add as much as another 700 years before Christ returns. It is impossible that this raptured bunch will be taken to Heaven, because no Jew, except Christ, ever had a Calling to go to Heaven. The only people going to the uncreated Heaven are tofay's Gentiles. Search and See.
The old-wives tale that we can expect Him at any time is similar to the lies the Denominational Churches feed the sheep. Here's a few examples: There is a hell, Man HAS a soul, People go immediately to Heaven when they die, The church is Israel, Abraham is our father, We should be water baptized, We must take communion, The church is carrying out the Great Commission, and a jillion others.
The only people that are EVER said to have a Hope of going to Heaven are the present-day members of the Gentile Church found ONLY in Paul's 7 post-Acts epistles. No one living today will have a part in the all-Israel rapture. Our "rapture" is called the "Appearing" in Paul's latter books.The Greek word for the "coming" of Christ is "parousia", whereas the Greek for"appearing" is "epiphaneia". Different word, Different event .In the "parousia", He comes to earth to meet the Jewish Saints in the air and then takes them back to the earth. In the "epiphaneia", we resurrected Gentiles are translated to Him, to meet Him, when he first appears to His creation in Heavenly Places, the Heaven of Heavens, the Holy of Holies, the Highest Heaven, Far Above All Heavens, GLORY!
Except for the pre-Millennial Kingdom, everything I said above can be backed up directly with scripture. As far as the pre-Millennial Kingdom is concerned, there is plenty of circumstantial evidence in the Bible to make it about a 75% probability that it will take place. Besides Christ, the main topic of the Bible is Israel's earthly Kingdom, You can find it on most every page of the 59 all-Israel books - the OT, the Gospels, the Acts, all books written during Acts, and the Revelation. Today's truth for us Gentiles is found ONLY in Paul's 7 post-Acts books.
Stuff I Forgot to Add:
(1) The reason the 2nd Coming is impossible during this present 2000 years Gentile period is because Israel, as a nation, has not existed, in God's eyes, since about 63AD. For disbelief, Israel were set aside in Ac 28:28, when the Salvation of God (Jesus Christ) was taken from them and given to the Gentiles, The Gentiles never had Jesus Christ during Acts, Ephesians 2:11-12. In Matthew 23:39 , Christ said He would not return until Israel accepted Him. Therefore, since Israel doesn't exist and won't exist until about 2063 it is impossible for them to repent and, therefore, Christ won't return, at least until Israel is back on the scene.
Israel's present situation is pretty much spelled out in the book of Hosea, Here is a very small portion of that scripture. In Hos 6:2, the 2 days are surely 2000 years, because it surely fits the reality. We'll see in 2063 or 2064.
Hosea 1:9
Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
Hosea 3:4-5
4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Hosea 6:2
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
(2) The false idea that Christ will return TWICE, that there is a SECOND SECOND COMING COMING, is a doctrine conceived 100% by man. with lots of help by Satan (like in the visions Satan gave that little Scottish girl 200 years ago). There is nothing in scripture that will even start to prove that Christ will come once to pick up the Saints, the vast majority of which are Jews, take them to Heaven, and return later to rule in the Millennium. Satan doesn't want you to SEE your Calling to the Highest Heaven in Paul's post-Acts epistles, because, if you don't see it, believe it, and claim it, you don't get it. That's where Satan aspired to go but wasn't allowed to. So, his trick it to keep you in Acts, where NOBODY EVER had a Hope of Heaven, through the false belief that the rapture is yours. If you want Heaven, you must vacate Acts and focus on Eph, Phil, Col, 1&2Tim, Titus, and Philemon.
