I M M I N E N C E ?

 

by Jason Guenther

 

     Exposing this deadly doctrinal deception within the body of Christ, in fact proves that we are in fact in the LAST GENERATION before Christ. However, we must put the proof texts together to form a cohesive exposure of this demonic doctrine. In this article, I hope to bring all the pieces together to show the reader that the odds are over 99.9% that we are indeed in the LAST GENERATION, and that Christ will RETURN SOON. This article will not be analyzing the SIGNS, but rather, obtaining the facts presented by scripture to prove that the SIGNS BEING SEEN ARE OCCURRING AT THE TIME APPOINTED, which in fact "confirms" the "signs" as being AUTHENTIC. There have always been "signs". Every generation since the time of Christ has brought forward SIGNS that would seem to have proven that the return was near, even at the door. All such "prophecies" have proven to be 100% FALSE, 100% OF THE TIME!. Christ has not returned, and the "signs" roll on. So what is the RATIONAL person to make of all this?. What about the hoopla of 1988 with 88 REASONS why the Lord would return?. This concept became the laughing stock of Christianity, only being surpassed perhaps by the Jehovah's Witnesses and "1979". The Church has been lulled into a deep comatose state by such "un-scriptural" behavior. The FEW, the REAL Christians, however, were not lulled to sleep, they only dug deeper to find out what was "missed". And how much deeper should you and I dig? How long must we MISS? As Israel cries in Psalm 90..."RETURN, O LORD, HOW LONG?...".
        Is there a specific "time-code" outlined in the bible, and if so, can we, "line upon line" and "precept upon precept", tie it together and get a close concept of the time of the return, so we are not "blown by every wind of doctrine?" can we firmly establish in our HEARTS  and MINDS  that God is working upon a PRE-APPOINTED TIME SCHEDULE, and that we can KNOW that schedule? In order to do such, we must expose a "stumbling block" that has been cleverly and PRIVILY brought into the body of Christ. This stumbling block is what can be known as THE DOCTRINE OF IMMINENCE, that has distorted all prophecy interpretation, and that has subtly brought about a form of WITCHCRAFT, cleverly integrated into most all MODERN DOCTRINES (Holy Spirit, Salvation etc.), and continues to cast the body of Christ into DARKNESS.

 

DOCTRINE OF IMMINENCE

 

      Embedded deep within the modern day Church and deep in the hearts of many prophetic scholars, is what is known as the "doctrine of imminence". This doctrine teaches that Christ can return AT ANY TIME WHATSOEVER, and therefore, NO ONE CAN KNOW THE DAY OR THE HOUR OF CHRIST'S RETURN. Because no-one can KNOW when Christ will return, there are NO SIGNS FOR THE "CHURCH", and ALL THE SIGNS ARE MEANT FOR "ISRAEL". This is doctrine that has become universally accepted UN-AWARES TO THEM. It is a primary catalyst behind all the heretical doctrines and movements of the last couple of centuries. Without this doctrine, there is no FAITH MOVEMENT, PENTECOSTALISM, CATHOLIC RENEWAL, PROPHETIC MOVEMENT, KINGDOM "NOW" THEOLOGY etc. etc. All of the movements and doctrines brought in, and uplifted and upheld in the last couple of centuries, are dependant upon this very doctrine, and as such, it is no surprise that even the doctrines of "Christian" CULTS (Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons etc.), are also dependent on this very doctrine for their theology. Exactly what is "imminence", and how does the dictionary define it for us? Imminence for the most part, should never be confused with RAPIDITY OF AN EVENT. Simply because something happens fast when it happens, does not mean that the event is IMMINENT. The comments of Christ that he would come as ..."lightning"... or "I come quickly", or as Paul said "in the twinkling of an eye", references SPEED ONLY, and has nothing to do with "imminence". The actual definition of imminence is defined by Webster's as:
 

 

IMMINENCE - 1. State of condition of being imminent or IMPENDING.

IMMINENT - 1. Likely to occur AT ANY TIME, IMPENDING. Syn.

1. NEAR AT HAND, READY TO FALL AT ANY MOMENT.
 

 

This being true, then we can make the following statements concerning IMMINENCE:
 

 

1. IMMINENCE means that the event can happen at ANY TIME.

2. It implies the event is VERY NEAR AT HAND, or "immediate" in the FUTURE.
 

 

       We should also define the word IMPENDING, for under IMMINENCE, an event can happen at ANY TIME. That is, NEAR AT HAND, DISTANT OR FAR DISTANT. The primary thrust of imminence, as taught today in Christian prophetic circles, is CLOSE AT HAND, IMMEDIATE, EVEN "TODAY", proven by their admonitions to GET READY "NOW", for he could come "NOW"!.

 

IMPENDING - 1. About to happen, imminent.

 

     Although the event "seems" it may happen at ANY TIME, it is generally thought of as being CLOSE, NEAR, IMMEDIATE. If the event is near at hand, or close, that of course excludes the event as being FAR DISTANT, IN THE REMOTE FUTURE, A LONG WAY OFF. The very definition of "imminence" appears to preclude a DISTANT OR FAR OFF EVENT, for it suggests an event SOON TO COME. In the book titled "THINGS TO COME" by Dwight "Pentecost", he defines imminence on page 203. Speaking of Israel, being given a host of signs by which she could gauge the nearness of the return, he says:

 

"...to the CHURCH, no such signs were GIVEN. The Church was told to live in the light of the "IMMINENT" COMING OF OUR LORD, to "translate" them into his PRESENCE..."

 

       He then adds "this doctrine of IMMINENCE, or at ANY MOMENT COMING...". That definition is used because that is what the vast majority of Christianity accepts today. That Christ can RETURN AT "ANY" MOMENT, AND THE "EVENT" IS NEAR, NOT FAR OFF!. It then becomes crystal clear, that if imminence is in fact TRUTH, then there cannot be any earthly events that can PROHIBIT HIS RETURN. His return is not based upon EVENTS OR SIGNS (which occur on earth), but rather that Christ can return at ANY MOMENT HE CHOOSES, WITH NOTHING WHATEVER PROHIBITING THAT RETURN. This is a very important concept to grasp when dealing with this DOCTRINE (imminence). If Christ can return at any moment whatsoever, with nothing stopping him, then obviously NO EVENT ON EARTH, or any event occurring could impede the return. This has very grave implications that we must discuss:

 

A) Because Christ can return at ANY TIME, with no EXCLUSIONS whatsoever, and no events to STOP HIM, we have also placed his return outside of the LAW AND THE PROPHETS. The "law" in the prophetic sense would be any of those things given to Israel as a FORESHADOW OF CHRIST, which remain UN-FULFILLED BY HIM, and apply to those areas of the Law which Christ himself said he DID OR WOULD FULFILL IN THE FUTURE. The primary concept of Law here would be the 7 Jewish Feasts, which Israel was commanded to keep unto ALL GENERATIONS. The seven Feasts have very SPECIFIC DATES, and if Christ was in fact going to FULFILL THEM, them IMMINENCE IS DENIED. He might come before, during, or after the Feasts.

 

B) Imminence also implies that his RETURN IS VERY NEAR AT HAND. It implies a very short stay in HEAVEN, and a very SPEEDY RETURN TO EARTH to collect his "bride". The very doctrine of imminence means "NEAR AT HAND", "CLOSE", "IMMEDIATE". Thus, the Church is under steady pressure to be ready at all times. "PRAYED UP", PACKED UP, AND READY TO GO, as the "many" preachers promote from the pulpits.

 

C) Because Christ can return at ANY TIME, and is not subject to any earthly events whatsoever, he is also operating OUTSIDE THE PSALMS, which are very prophetic in nature. CHRIST IS THEREFORE IMMUNE TO PROPHECY AND LAW. He is operating outside them, and is operating upon another concept: "AT THE WHIM OF THE GODHEAD".

 

D) The doctrine of imminence also, because it claims an at ANY MOMENT RETURN FOR THE CHURCH, claims that God has NO PREARRANGED PLAN, NO DIVINE DATE, NO DIVINE PROGRAM FOR THE CHURCH.
Imminence does not allow for that. Imminence in point, in point of actual fact, DECLARES THE RETURN OF CHRIST FOR THE CHURCH AT WHIM OF THE GODHEAD, OUTSIDE ALL THE PARAMETERS OF SCRIPTURE!!!.

 

        This is what the doctrine of imminence actually means if you carry forward the claims made under the doctrine. The most serious of these claims is that JESUS CHRIST IS OPERATING TOTALLY OUTSIDE OF ALL PARAMETERS OF BIBLE PROPHECY, and the argument used is "SOVEREIGNTY"!. To you, it means that Christ can come at ANY OLD TIME. He could come back 15 seconds from after the "ascension", or 15 minutes, or 15 hours, 15 years, or 150 years. He could come back at any time whatever. Under imminence, this MUST BE, AND HAS TO BE TRUE!. An "at any moment" return, means in fact that, AT ANY MOMENT!. The question we must ask, and absolutely must answer, is this TRUE? Did Christ ever say he would operate outside the LAW, THE PROPHETS, OR THE PSALMS? Did the Apostles ever give any "signs" for the Church? Did they ever say directly, or by implication, that Christ was operating outside of all scriptural parameters? Does the Old Testament anywhere at all make such a claim for Messiah? These are very important questions that must be answered if one is to come to the KNOWLEDGE OF THE RETURN OF CHRIST, AND THE REAL "TRUTH" OF IT. To find the proofs we need, we need only look within the bible itself. The guidelines we will use are as follows.

 

1. If imminence is in fact a TRUE DOCTRINE, if we must hold true from the instant of CHRIST'S ASCENSION TO ETERNITY FUTURE. There is no such thing as PARTIAL IMMINENCE, because the very definition of imminence precludes partial imminence.

2. If Christ can return AT ANY MOMENT and is not bound by ANY EARTHLY SIGNS OR EVENTS that he gave, then what is maintained in scripture as pertaining to signs and events preceding his return become INVALID, OF NO USE, VOID.

 

      When those who hold doctrines of "imminence" (pre-trib rapture) are put to the TEST, there doctrinal stance collapses immediately. They will claim IMMINENCE until events come upon the earth that are RELEVANT, and at that moment they claim they are RELEVANT, they remove themselves from the very doctrine they promote. Boys and girls, you cannot have it BOTH WAYS. This is a case of EITHER OR, and there is no such thing as MAYBE. We must have intellectual honesty here if we are ever to come to the knowledge of the TRUTH. Because what has been shown about imminence is of the truth, we must have a SCRIPTURALLY PROVABLE INTERNAL INTEGRITY TO IMMINENCE from the ascension forward. This fact must be 100% provable from scriptural statements. Imminence is simply not proved because Christ has not returned in the last 1900 years, but it certainly casts a long shadow of doubt upon the claim. Any rational person who has been told that Christ was SOON GOING TO RETURN, would by all normal definitions EXPECT A RETURN VERY SOON. Now, if you expand that upon many generations for 2000 years, you would have considerable strain on the definition of the word IMMINENT. Imminence can only be disproved by showing that God revealed to man PRIOR TO ANY GIVEN EVENT, THAT CHRIST WOULD NOT RETURN UNTIL AFTER THE EVENT!. If we can prove that God told us that ANY SPECIFIC EVENT HAD TO OCCUR PRIOR TO THE RETURN OF CHRIST, we have DESTROYED the doctrine of imminence. Either we have imminence, or we have NO imminence. Either Christ is operating under his OWN WHIM, totally outside ALL PROPHECY AND THE LAW, or he is operating under the SCRIPTURE, UNDER THE LAW, AND UNDER HIS STATED PROPHECY. It cannot be BOTH WAYS!. Under the doctrine of imminence, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SIGN, OR THE WORD "UNTIL". The word "until" cannot be used, as this would make imminence void by its own definition. It speaks of "delay" UNTIL a specific event or events have transpired, contradicting the very definition. Under the doctrine of imminence, NO DELAYS ARE POSSIBLE, FOR IT IS AN AT "ANY MOMENT" RETURN WHICH FORBIDS "DELAY". Do you understand and SEE? There is no such thing as "delay" under imminence. If there is no DELAY POSSIBLE, THEN THERE IS NO "UNTIL"!. If we can prove that there is a DELAY FOR THE RETURN OF CHRIST, and that certain events/ signs must occur prior to his return, we have demolished "imminence" totally, and utterly destroyed the entire concept. LET ALL MEN BE LIARS, AND GOD TELL THE "TRUTH". We cannot allow ANY "doctrine" that denies or contradicts itself. Now then, if we can prove by scripture that "imminence" is a FALSE DOCTRINE, and it has no INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL SCRIPTURAL INTEGRITY to itself, then the following also is true:

 

1. If Christ cannot return at just "any time", then Christ is BOUND BY THE PARAMETERS ESTABLISHED BY GOD, and the time schedule established by God. We move from ANY MOMENT, to a SCHEDULED RETURN. Those parameters MIGHT or MIGHT NOT be revealed in the bible.

2. If these parameters are REVEALED IN SCRIPTURE, we would find them in the PROPHETS, THE LAW, and the PSALMS.

3. If Christ is subject to the PROPHETS, the LAW, and the PSALMS, then so is the CHURCH, and ALL SIGNS become exceedingly relevant.

4. The Church then, falls under the purview of PROPHECY, for "prophecy" is the study of SIGNS, of EVENTS in the affairs of mankind.

5. Because Christ CANNOT RETURN AT ANY TIME, then he must return at the APPOINTED TIME, and that the time MAY HAVE BEEN REVEALED.

 

       There are many items of extreme importance that HINGE UPON THE DOCTRINE OF IMMINENCE, if it is a "true" doctrine. The long and the short of it is: IT IS "NOT" A TRUE DOCTRINE, and Christ will come for his bride, the Church, at a date and time pre-selected by the Godhead before the earth was even formed!!!. Its one thing to say it, and another thing to PROVE IT!. So, lets begin.

 

"Thou sawest TILL that a STONE (Jesus) was cut out without hands,
which SMOTE THE IMAGE
UPON HIS FEET
that were of IRON AND CLAY, and
BRAKE THEM TO PIECES...
And whereas thou sawest
THE FEET AND THE TOES,
part of potters clay, and part of iron,
THE KINGDOM SHALL BE DIVIDED;
but there shall be in it of the strength of IRON, forasmuch as thou sawest the Iron mixed with
MIRY CLAY.
And as the TOES AND FEET were part iron and clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong,
and partly BROKEN".

(Daniel 2:41-42)

 

       Daniel says "THE DREAM IS CERTAIN, AND THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF IS SURE..." (Dan.2:45). Now then if the dream is certain, and the interpretation is SURE, than that means the interpretation is ACCURATE, you can take it TO THE BANK!. You can deposit it in the account marked TRUST IN GOD, for it will indeed come true, and there is no way it cannot possibly come true. It MUST happen, it WILL happen, it is an absolute CERTAINTY. The "statue" as referred to by Daniel in chapter 2, represents the FLOW OF TIME FROM BABYLON UNDER NEBUCHADNEZZAR RIGHT UP TO THE TIME OF THE END. We flow from Babylon, to Medo-Persia, to Greece, to Rome, to the SPLIT of the Gentiles to "EAST AND WEST", all the way down the legs and feet, right into the "toes". The representation of the statue is a testament of the flow and ebb of time from Babylon to the PRESENT. Daniel claims that there is a STONE cut out without hands, which obviously represents MESSIAH. The "stone" is cast at the FEET, representing the END OF THE AGE. It is referring to the 2ND ADVENT OF CHRIST!. It is very important to understand the "when" and "where" the statue is smashed, as it also SMASHES THE CONCEPT OF IMMINENCE. This STONE, or Christ, represents his return to establish his millennial kingdom. The representation of the statue itself, DENIES IMMINENCE, as the statue must rise over a period of time. It is revealed historically FROM THE HEAD, DOWN TO THE TOES. The HEAD came first in order of time, from when the FEET AND TOES would come into existence. This in itself, DENIES IMMINENCE, as Christ does not smash the HEAD, but the TOES, a SET TIME, AN APPOINTED TIME. Under the doctrine of imminence, Christ could've returned at any time after the ascension, any time over the last 2000 years, or at any time AFTER the "toes" for that matter. The doctrine of imminence would in fact make Daniel a LIAR, as the interpretation would not be SURE or CERTAIN. Under the doctrine of imminence, Daniel could not have said that the "stone" would strike the "toes". This in all aspects, denies imminence. Daniel said it was SURE AND CERTAIN. A true prophet of God must be 100% accurate ALL the time. Under imminence, Daniel is clearly made a LIAR!. Do you SEE? And, if we are not being shown a full blown view of history recorded by the statue, from the time of Daniel, right up till the time of THE END, then Daniel is an utter FRAUD!, and if an utter fraud, then the integrity of the bible becomes CLEARLY SUSPECT. By the very definition of imminence, ALL SIGNS AND ALL PROPHECY IS RENDERED NULL AND VOID!!!. Though Daniel clearly gives us an illustration of history from the time of Babylon, right down to the time of the last-days, right up to the formation of the 10 toes, we must not pay attention under the doctrine of imminence, for to do so, we would be HYPOCRITES!. In fact, we MUST cast off ALL prophecy indicating a SET TIME according to imminence, for us to uphold the doctrine. The very definition suggests viewing all things we read in the bible with PESSIMISM. We cannot have trust in any time given by God, for that denies imminence. Under imminence, all prophecy becomes MIGHT BE prophecy, so now you know why we have so many prophets running around today. Under imminence, prophecy does not have to be 100% correct, making God a Liar! According to the prophecy given by Daniel, until the statue is COMPLETE, right down to the TEN TOES, the "stone" would not be thrown. The stone is thrown at the toes, not the legs, or the thighs. Daniel say it is an ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY, that the statue would come to fruition, right down to the toes, before the "stone" was thrown. No where do we find Daniel saying anything such as:

 

"But of course you realize, that the return of Messiah might make this whole dream
UNCERTAIN, and UN-SURE. We are NOT  positive this is correct, because, after
all, the God of heaven might change his mind...he's SOVEREIGN  you know..."

 

      Did Daniel say anywhere he was UN-CERTAIN? No, he said the "DREAM WAS CERTAIN, THE INTERPRETATION SURE" IMMINENCE DENIED! The return of Christ CANNOT OCCUR "UNTIL"!. Until when? Daniel says until the STATUE IS COMPLETE, RIGHT TO THE TEN TOES, RIGHT TO THE END OF THE AGE!. The "destruction" of the statue marks the beginning of the RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS!. The destruction of the statue represents the destruction of the GENTILE POWER STRUCTURE THAT DOMINATES THE WORLD at the time of the end. That must be, and will be destroyed by God himself as he brings Israel through the fires of "JACOBS TROUBLE", and up the other side. In conclusion, Christ CANNOT return and WILL NOT return ahead of schedule. IMMINENCE DENIED!. Now, many hold that this return here is Christ coming to set up his millennial kingdom, and has nothing to do with THE CHURCH. The Church, in every way shape and form is bound by the prophecy given in the bible, as the Church relates to things at the END OF THE AGE. From an in depth study of scripture, one will know as fact that the RETURN OF CHRIST IS SEPARATED ONLY BY A SHORT SPACE OF TIME FROM HIS RETURN FOR HIS BRIDE. How much space, is determined by YOUR VIEWPOINT: PRE-TRIB - 7 YEARS, MID-TRIB - 3.5 YEARS, POST-TRIB - NONE AT ALL!. In any event, they are all closely related to the END OF THE AGE. Therefore, it does not matter what position you think correct, IT DOES NOT MATTER, because Christ cannot return prior to the SETTING UP OF THE TEN TOED KINGDOM. Daniel says so, or else he is a LIAR!. Daniel says that the Antichrist shall rule for A TIME, TIMES AND A HALF-TIME, or 1260 days (Dan.7:25). But, says Daniel, the KINGDOM OF ANTICHRIST shall be taken from him and returned to the saints. That is done at the RETURN OF CHRIST. It is done at exactly the same time as shown in Daniel ch.2, which is AFTER the UN, or the 8th beast has come to full global control. Yes God IS GOD, and yes he is ALL POWERFUL. But God is also ALL ETHICAL, and ALL MORAL. He is ALL HONEST, and ALL TRUSTWORTHY. And that places a SEVERE RESTRICTION UPON HIMSELF BECAUSE OF HIS NATURE. And so, GOD CANNOT GO AGAINST HIS UTTERED WORD, FOR HE IS BOUND BY IT!. He cannot and does not operate OUTSIDE OF IT. He cannot and will not CHANGE IT, ONCE SPOKEN. God does not make mistakes. He does not say:

 

"I CHANGED MY MIND! Surprise, surprise! The whole thing was a hoax!
Sorry boys and girls, but I decided not to even accept the sacrifice of my Son.
Your all going to hell, because I FEEL LIKE IT!!! SURPRISE!!!

 

       Does this seem like God to you? He says he CHANGES NOT, and that his Word is as GOOD AS GOLD!. He even claims that if you will not stand upon his Word, YOU are guilty of the most serious offense there is: UN-BELIEF!. People are sent to eternal ruin for their un-belief in the COMMANDS OF JESUS CHRIST TO "ENTER IN" AT THE STRAIT GATE, AND WALK THE "NARROW WAY". They say, "not so, we are SAVED BY GRACE, THROUGH FAITH"!. What mean ye, "enter in'? And so, because of their UN-BELIEF IN THE UTTERED WORD, they place themselves into ETERNAL DESTRUCTION!. Now then, if un-belief in the Word of God is a no no, then by extension it must mean that the WORD OF GOD IS TRUSTWORTHY, AND CAN BE COUNTED UPON IN ALL RESPECTS. The word of God can be counted upon to be TRUE in all respects. It CANNOT BE CHANGED, for it has been spoken INTO EXISTENCE. The Word of God contains both doctrine on salvation and prophecy. PROPHECY IS THE STUDY OF HOW GOD REDEEMED MANKIND THROUGH HISTORY!. It is centered around the first and second advents of Christ. Christ is OUR REDEEMER. Therefore, the study of prophecy is nothing more than the study of the events in history, or the SIGNS that foretold WHEN THE EVENTS WOULD OCCUR TO AFFECT THE REDEMPTION OF MANKIND FROM THE PIT!!!. The point in fact, is that all the SIGNS given by the PROPHETS, LAW, and PSALMS are in fact COMING TO PASS, and are in the process of final fulfillment, in light of the fact that CHRIST HAS NOT RETURNED AS YET, then is it possible that we are being told that IMMINENCE IS A STRONG DELUSION OF THE LAST DAYS CHURCH? Lets look at where we are told that the ANTICHRIST HAS PITCHED HIS TENT UPON THE "HOLY" MOUNTAIN OF GOD (Dan.11:45). Daniel than says this:

 

"And
AT THAT TIME
shall Michael stand up....and there shall be a
TIME OF TROUBLE....
And
AT THAT TIME
thy people SHALL BE DELIVERED..."

 

      We find reference to a specific point in time, a pre-scheduled event, an APPOINTED TIME, a point picked by God in the flow and ebb of history in which a major event will occur. It thus, does not happen PRIOR TO THE APPOINTED TIME, and will not occur AFTER the said appointed time, for if it could, than God is NOT AT ALL SOVEREIGN!!!. Do you see how this destroys the whole concept of imminence? Imminence by definition is at ANY TIME, but here we find an APPOINTED TIME. Now, those that support imminence will say this has "nothing to do with the BRIDE OF CHRIST, for it deals with ISRAEL, and the people of Israel". We will deal with this shortly, But it is a fact that Christ actually ties together the "resurrections" of both Jews and Christians, for they all are a part of ISRAEL, and the plan God has for Israel. For example:

 

"And they (Jews in Jerusalem) shall fall by the EDGE OF THE SWORD, and
they shall be led captive into ALL NATIONS, and Jerusalem shall be
TRODDEN DOWN OF THE GENTILES
UNTIL
THE TIMES OF THE GENTILES BE
FULFILLED".

(Luke 21:24)

 

      Under the doctrine of imminence, we are then forced to add: "THAT IS, IF CHRIST DOES NOT RETURN PRIOR TO THIS EVENT"! Christ doesn't even hint at the remote possibility, but is emphatic and very blunt: JERUSALEM SHALL FALL TO THE ROMANS AND THE JEWS SHALL BE KILLED AND/OR TAKEN PRISONERS. Christ is speaking of things that will certainly pass before he returns. All these statements made by Christ must be eliminated under the doctrine of imminence, for they would be meaningless to you, on the basis of a return at ANY MOMENT. On the basis of AT ANY MOMENT, Christ could return before the re-establishing of DISPERSED ISRAEL, and prior to all the indicators he and the prophets gave. In Ezekial 36, 37, 38, and 39, we find that in the LATTER YEARS, that is the LATTER DAYS, long after Israel has been dispersed, she will be REFORMED IN THE LAND OF HER FOREFATHERS. You do know that the Jews underwent the DIASPORA, the DISPERSAL DUE TO DIS-OBEDIENCE don't you? Now then, we know that Titus began his offensive in A.D. 68/69, and concluded A.D. 70. The actual diaspora was not fulfilled however, until about 125 A.D. according to historical evidence. Now, we have an implied LONG DISPERSION OF THE JEWS, who will return to the Jewish homeland, the land of their FOREFATHERS, IN THE LATTER YEARS, just before the TIME OF THE END, at the end of man's probation upon the earth. The prophet Hosea speaks of a LONG DISPERSAL, of a LONG TIME WANDERING IN THE WILDERNESS of world nations, without a home:

 

"Come, let us return unto the Lord, for he HATH TORN, and he will HEAL US;
for he hath SMITTEN, and he will
BIND US UP.
AFTER 2 DAYS HE WILL REVIVE US (2000 years):
in the
THIRD DAY HE WILL "RISE" US UP, AND WE SHALL LIVE IN HIS SIGHT".

(Hosea 6:1-2)

 

      Now, this prophecy is directly connected with the 6000 year doctrine, which we shall study later. In essence, it means that the Jews will be dispersed over the world for a period of 2000 years. The date is calculated upon the BIRTH OF CHRIST, for Christ SET THE RISE AND "FALL" OF MANY IN ISRAEL. Remember, Israel REJECTED Jesus Christ, which SET THEIR FALL. Other admonitions of scripture claims that Israel will be without a "country", MANY DAYS. The point is, the DIASPORA is portrayed by the Old Testament prophets as being a LONG PERIOD OF TIME, well over a 1000 years, and at the end of almost 2000 years, they will begin to regather in the land of their forefathers under their own power in preparation for the TRIBULATION PERIOD. All of this denies imminence. It shows instead, the opposite of imminence, of an APPOINTED TIME SPAN FOR MAN. If Christ could return at ANY TIME, then that also means that he could return PRIOR TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL IN THE MIDDLE EAST. Thus, all prophecies regarding the re-gathering and rebirth of APOSTATE ISRAEL, are rendered NULL AND VOID!!!. This is the very reason why Christ himself said imminence is a LIE, that it is not even a remote possibility, because THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN MUST BE FULFILLED. You can't have it both ways, it either MUST be fulfilled, or there is a possibility it CANNOT, because Christ might return and conclude history prior to any of the prophesied events!:

 

"So likewise ye, WHEN YE SEE THESE THINGS COME TO PASS,
KNOW YE THAT THE
KINGDOM OF GOD IS NIGH AT HAND.
Verily I say unto you
THIS GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS AWAY
TILL ALL THINGS BE FULFILLED".

(Matthew 24:34)

 

       Now, the argument has been given that FAITHFUL SERVANTS OF JESUS CHRIST, his CHOSEN, the supposed REMNANT are exempt from all of this. Where can you show me in scripture Christ saying "they are mine and exempt from all this"?. Do we or can we find any such remark, ANYWHERE? NO! It is not in the scripture, it is made by MEN AND NOT GOD, and made by a theological position assumed by WRESTING SCRIPTURE. Christ's remarks that "all things had to be fulfilled", indicates that Christ was reiterating that TIME AND FLOW HAD TO RUN ITS COURSE, that history would unfold itself exactly as God had said it would. If God spoke it, it HAD TO HAPPEN, END OF DISCUSSION, CASE CLOSED! Then to top all of this off, Christ had the audacity to say HIS WORDS WOULD NEVER PASS AWAY!!. IMAGINE THAT!!! They are therefore set in titanium, and will not pass away. They will ALL COME TO PASS. Not one jot nor tittle SHALL PASS or be changed from the Word of God. So much for imminence!!! If you would truly do a check of your scripture, you would find that it becomes obvious everything is on a PRE-ARRANGED TIME SCHEDULE that will not nor cannot be altered one iota. The events of the long distant past form the foundation for the events of the latter days. TIME FLOW CANNOT BE ALTERED OR CHANGED, it must come to a conclusion, that is guided by the will of a SOVEREIGN GOD. Nothing can, and nothing will stop it. If Israel is to be dispersed as Christ said it would be, who are you or I to say it will not be? But that is in fact what you would do under the doctrine of imminence. The continuing denial of the body of Christ to believe that the Church is excluded from the set SIGNS indicated by the prophecies relating to the last days, shall end up being fatal. Modern day theology removes the Church from any connection with what happens to Israel. They claim none of the prophecies is relating to the Church, as they will be gone via the RAPTURE!. They mean PRE-TRIB rapture here, and is the epitome of the doctrine of IMMINENCE!. It is nothing but one more example of the APOSTASY that God said would overthrow the Church in the last days. JESUS WARNED OF THE FALSE PROPHETS THAT WOULD ARISE AND DECLARE THE DOCTRINE OF IMMINENCE THAT WOULD SWEEP THE CHURCH AWAY IN THE LAST DAYS:

 

"And he said, TAKE HEED THAT YE BE NOT DECEIVED: FOR MANY SHALL
COME IN MY "NAME",
SAYING,
I AM CHRIST;
and
THE TIME DRAWETH NEAR;
go ye not therefore after them".

(Luke 21:8)

 

        I have warned you in other documents, that in the last days, "MANY", a vast majority of false prophets, teachers, evangelists would arise, and claim JESUS CHRIST AS THE TRUE MESSIAH AND SAVIOR, AND CLAIM THAT HIS RETURN WAS "IMMINENT"!. These people would claim that Christ was who he was, THE MESSIAH. They would claim that Christ was going to return VERY SOON, and to get ready. The warnings against the apostate teachers of the last days are many including Matt. 7 and 2 Peter 2:1-3 to name a couple. These people are NOT FALSE "CHRIST'S" OR "MESSIAHS", Jesus refers to them elsewhere's. These people come in the name and authority of Jesus Christ as his "TRUE" AMBASSADORS, and they uphold Christ by saying his return is "imminent". Brothers and sisters, have we seen fulfillment of this prophecy, or not?. This is a major facet of the "great falling away" as foretold in scripture. Jesus claimed that a great many false teachers, preachers, evangelists etc., would rise up in the LAST GENERATION, and declare that he (Jesus) was THE CHRIST, and that his return is very IMMINENT!. This is a prophecy foretold by Christ, and HAS BEEN FULFILLED, PROVING WE ARE IN THAT LAST GENERATION!. The so-called DOCTRINE OF IMMINENCE has swept the entire body of Christ, almost the entire prophetic movement, and ALL DENOMINATIONS. Yet Christ WARNED US PATENTLY THAT IT WAS FALSE, A DECEPTION, A LIE OF LIES!. Not only has it swept the ENTIRE CHURCH, but it came DURING THE LAST GENERATION, exactly when Christ said it would come. It is also no surprise that the so called "prophetic scholars" of BABYLON, preach a salvation gospel that is UTTERLY FALSE, and that they DENY THEIR NATIONS IDENTITY, just as God said it would happen. Paul stated extensively that in the last days, these so called PROPHETS would arise, and sweep the entire body of Christ into ruin. He claimed it would be tied with the return of Christ, and it would be directly tied with the false teaching of his imminent return. The main under-panning of the pre-tribulational rapture scenario, IS THE DOCTRINE OF IMMINENCE, FOR IT REMOVES THE CHURCH FROM THE PRE-ESTABLISHED PLAN OF GOD FOR ISRAEL!!!. The false prophets claim this under the banner of DISPENSATIONALISM. These heretics claim that all signs and events are related to Israel, and NOT THE CHURCH. What they absolutely refuse to acknowledge, is that the CHURCH IS DIRECTLY A PART OF "ISRAEL", FOR PAUL SAID THE CHURCH WAS "GRAFTED IN"! By removing the Church from the plan of God for Israel, the stage is set for the introduction of a whole new concept for the return of Christ: AT ANY MOMENT, and therefore, because it is at ANY MOMENT, THERE ARE NO "SIGNS" FOR THE CHURCH!!!. Thus all signs that we see today are NOT RELEVANT. However, there is a host of so called "fundamentalists" who reject signs altogether, and who claim they mean nothing whatsoever. They reject Israel in the middle-east as having anything to do with bible prophecy. They reject all signs as UTTER NONSENSE UNDER IMMINENCE, and thus are lost in the wilderness. They claim Israel must be re-gathered in "RIGHTEOUSNESS", and under the MESSIAH. Therefore this Israel is a FRAUD, A LIE, A DECEPTION!. The proponents of KINGDOM NOW THEOLOGY, THE FAITH MOVEMENT, PENTECOSTALISM, IDENTITY THEOLOGY, BRITISH ISRAELISM, CATHOLICISM etc. etc., all claim this to be so under imminence. The fact of the matter is, Israel of the middle-east is the ISRAEL OF THE BIBLE!. The APOSTATE ZIONIST operation we call Israel in the middle-east, is fulfilling exactly the prophecies we were given about her. You see, your bible teaches you that an ATTEMPT would be made by the RICH MEN OF THE EARTH, to set up an entire DECEPTION culminating in a STAGED "SECOND COMING" OF CHRIST OF THEIR CHOOSING!!!. Central to this deception is the setting up of the APOSTATE NATION STATE CALLED ISRAEL. It is set up under total apostasy, the work of politics and money. This "Antichrist" SOCIALIST ISRAEL, would attempt to set up a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT, and would attempt to subjugate the peoples of the earth under the HAND OF ZIONISM!. It is, according to the Old Testament prophets, a FALSE START, WITH A VERY TRAGIC ENDING!. The Church for all intensive purposes, has the same fateful end as she is "GRAFTED IN". Besides, your bible teaches you that she is a NAKED, WRETCHED, BLIND CHURCH in the last days. The doctrines upheld by her RIGHT NOW, will have their hand in sending her to hellfire. These concepts, along with the concept of an IMMINENT RETURN, pave the way for the host of other heresies we now have accepted into the Church as TRUTH!. As the scripture foretold, TRUTH LIES IN THE STREETS, and is not found in the SANCTUARIES OF BABYLON!. The Apostle Paul was very adamant about the subject of Christ's return, because it is of major importance to the TRUE SAINTS OF GOD, and because he knew a major deception would sweep through the Church:

 

"Now
WE BESEECH YOU,
brethren, BY THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,
and by our gathering together unto him,...".

(2 Thessalonians 2:1)

 

        The word "beseech" here, carries with it the idea of BEGGING THE BRETHREN. It is not just a simple passing remark of interest here to the Church, but a matter of extreme importance to ALL THE BODY OF CHRIST, and as Paul is BEGGING THEM, imploring them to LISTEN UP, PAY ATTENTION:

 

"That ye
BE NOT
soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by WORD,
nor by letter as FROM US, as
THAT THE DAY OF CHRIST
IS AT HAND".

(2 Thessalonians 2:2)

 

      Paul is warning here, AT HIS TIME, that "deception" about the facts of the return of Christ have and will come, and he is saying to them, and to us, DO NOT LET ANYONE AT ALL "DECEIVE YOU" BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER (2 Thess.2:3). Why would Paul warn so vehemently about this deception about Christ's return, so short a time after Christ's ascension? Because he knew a deception this way comes as Christ foretold! This is not a "little" deception, this is a major, massive, delusion brought upon the body of Christ :

 

IMMINENCE -"AT HAND"

"For that day shall not come UNTIL ..."

 

       Now we have another major contradiction to the doctrine of imminence, for there is NO such thing as "UNTIL", or "SHALL NOT COME" under imminence for it can happen at ANY MOMENT, EVEN NOW!!! are you ready??? You OUGHT to be, for Christ can return RIGHT NOW! THIS INSTANT! So you better go out and "evangelize" others, and warn the BRETHREN...Oh....please pay your promised "love offering" of $1000, as the "MANY" say. Paul completely DESTROYS IMMINENCE with these verses, and in fact warns of a SCHEDULED RETURN:

 

AT ANY MOMENT/NEAR AT HAND vs. APPOINTED TIME/SCHEDULED TIME

 

        Now, to show you that ALL signs given are for the CHURCH AS MUCH AS FOR "ISRAEL", look who Paul is writing these passages to, so you can KNOW that the FALSE PROPHETS OF BABYLON  are here now, and have brought these heresies in "privily".

 

"Paul, and Sil-va-nus, and Ti-mo-the-us,
UNTO
THE CHURCH
of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ".

(2 Thessalonians 1:1)

 

       Paul, it would seem, is WRITING TO "THE CHURCH". It seems that Christians are involved here. It further seems that Paul gives TWO MAJOR SIGNS THAT WOULD ANNOUNCE THE ARRIVAL OF JESUS CHRIST FOR HIS BRIDE, which utterly contradicts such utter heresy as that of MR. DWIGHT "PENTECOST" to say the least by proving signs are GIVEN FOR THE CHURCH:

 

1. A GREAT FALLING AWAY

2. THAT MAN OF PERDITION MUST BE REVEALED

 

      The word "falling away" here is APOSTASIA, which means DEFECTION FROM THE "TRUTH", TO FORSAKE, TO FALL AWAY. The root of the word is "apostasion" which means SEPARATE, DIVORCE, A WRESTING OF DIVORCEMENT. Some staunch pre-trib rapturists attempt to distort this meaning to a RAPTURE ITSELF. What their saying, is that the "falling away" is the RAPTURE!. This means that Paul must be a babbling IDIOT for using his choice of words here as "apostasia" means "rapture". Hmmm, lets see what this sounds like:

 

"let no man deceive you by any means, for that day (rapture) shall not come,
except there come a RAPTURE FIRST..."

 

      What? The rapture should not come except a RAPTURE HAPPEN FIRST? Utter lunacy, and a complete contradiction of terms!. The word "apostasia" means DEFECTION FROM THE TRUTH!. And part of the defection of that truth, is the DOCTRINE OF IMMINENCE. You will not succumb to these fables and deceptions, if you deny MAMMON, and fervently study THE WORD!.

 

PAUL IS ABSOLUTELY AND UN-EQUIVOCALLY WARNING OF
A MASSIVE DEFECTION FROM THE REAL TRUTH
JUST BEFORE THE RETURN OF CHRIST, BEFORE "THAT DAY"

 

       This defection is so massive, and so powerful, that it sweeps away almost the ENTIRE CHURCH!. The people who are involved in this deception are totally un-aware's , as they uphold this doctrine of demons unbeknownst to them, connected with almost every other primary doctrine centered around SALVATION. In the end, they are completely CAST- OFF, and will not know until a specific time:

 

"...and
KNOWEST NOT
that thou art WRETCHED, and MISERABLE, and POOR, and
BLIND (utterly deceived)
and
NAKED (not "born-again")..."

(Revelation 3:17)

 

      Every one of these attends to the UN-REGENERATE, THOSE NOT "BORN-AGAIN", THE "UN-SAVED" etc. If Christ says of this LAST GENERATION, this last day CHURCH, that they KNOWEST NOT of their "true" condition, then they obviously are under a MASSIVE DECEPTION, as no one on this planet would willingly want to go to hell. These people are utterly rejected by Jesus Christ, and they are under total SHOCK!. They are in total dis-belief at what they are hearing. They found out only THEN, that they were not TRUE CHRISTIANS, but false PROFESSORS of the faith (not "possessors"). How did it all happen?

 

A "GREAT FALLING AWAY" FROM THE TRUTH
OF GOD'S WORD

 

      This "defection" goes from the real truth of salvation, to the truth of true bible prophecy, through to the doctrine of imminence and on, and on. The primary focus of the defection is on the TRUE "WAY" OF SALVATION (strait gate, narrow way), and leads to a MASSIVE DECEPTION that sweeps the Church that claims Christ UTTERLY AWAY, for the WORD OF GOD IS NOT READ THROUGH THE EYES OF THE "SPIRIT", BUT IN THE EYES OF THE "FLESH", THE CARNAL NATURE!. This means that the SPIRITUAL TRUTHS, WHICH UN-LOCK THE ENTIRE CODE OF SCRIPTURE, are no longer DISCERNABLE!. Because the "leaders" are UN-REGENERATE, but "un-aware they are", the deception grows in LEAPS AND BOUNDS!. Jeremiah also made it very clear, that the last-days CHURCH OF BABYLON IN NORTH AMERICA, ARE TOTALLY LED AWAY BY THE FALSE PROPHETS, AND THOSE THAT FOLLOW THEM, FOR THEY ARE UNDER A RANK DECEPTION AND "KNOWEST NOT"!!. All think they are "positively saved" in the body of Christ in Babylon. They, and their "leaders" are POSITIVE, 100%, ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT A DOUBT WHATSOEVER, that they are saved, and born-again, and that their interpretations of scripture are correct. They are positive that they have read the bible correctly, and they are SURE that they know the TRUTH. You can point out OBVIOUS CONFLICT with the Word of God, and these people will get VERY ANGRY, AND OR IGNORE YOU!. Their "knowledge" however of their salvation is FALSE, A DECEPTION, A SNARE, A TRAP!!!. It came from ITCHING EARS, who have turned away from the truth, and thus have turned unto FABLES!:

 

"For the
TIME WILL COME
when they (Church)
WILL NOT
ENDURE
SOUND DOCTRINE;
but after their
OWN LUSTS
shall they heap to themselves TEACHERS,
having ITCHING EARS".

(2 Timothy 4:3)

 

       This is talking about the GREAT FALLING AWAY. Paul warned the Thessalonians that there would be a great "apostasia" at a TIME TO COME. Part of this apostasia would be this falling away from the PROPHETIC TRUTH, AND EMBRACING THE "LIE" OF IMMINENCE, for Christ said that this last generation would see a massive host of un-regenerate, "apostate" teachers and leaders who would teach this heresy. That it would sweep the Church and deceive the vast majority of Christians, in to UTTER RUIN!. That the doctrine spoken of is the DOCTRINE OF IMMINENCE, of an "AT ANY TIME RETURN" of Christ. It has indeed swept the Church and is the PREVAILING VIEW OF CHRISTIANS!. You see, a FALSE TEACHER, is one who CONTRADICTS HIS LORD!!!. If Jesus said his return is subject to the LAW AND THE PROPHETS, then the FALSE PROPHETS will say the exact opposite (contradiction). The opposite of an APPOINTED TIME, is in fact an "AT ANY TIME RETURN". We have seen before our very eyes, the FULFILLING OF LUKE 21, the prophecy Jesus gave. A massive host of FALSE PREACHERS, TEACHERS, AND EVANGELISTS have in fact risen up, and all are in fact crying the IMMINENT RETURN OF CHRIST!. They are the MOST POPULAR PEOPLE IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, having huge ministries, being a total fulfillment of 2 Peter 2:1-3. They have in fact MERCHANDISED CHRISTIANS, and have gone the WAY OF BALAAM, loving the wages of SELLING PROPHECY!!!. We find that the most fundamental doctrines in scripture, in fact DENIES IMMINENCE. The doctrine of the Holy Spirit in fact denies imminence, because the Holy Spirit was sent to TAKE THE PLACE OF CHRIST WHILE HE WAS AWAY!. Jesus even said, that he must LEAVE, or the Holy Spirit COULD NOT COME!.

 

1. Why would Christ send the Holy Spirit if he intended to come right back?

2. How could the Holy Spirit convict of SIN, RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND JUDGMENT If Christ intended to return in a few hours, days, months, years?

3. Almost all pre-trib scholars claim that Paul's comment meant that "he  who now letteth will let until...". They claim this is the Holy Spirit. They claim it is He who "dwelleth in them", who are the Church, and when the Church is REMOVED (rapture), he who now "letteth" is removed and this begins the TRIBULATION!.

 

       Herein lies imminence, for they place it before the tribulation, during the "pause" after the first 70 years of the prophecy of Psalm 90. They contend that Christ can return at ANY TIME, for he is IMMINENT! By their own admonition, they distinctly tie the rapture with the beginning or just before the tribulation, thereby becoming HYPOCRITES, as their PRE-TRIB free ticket out of here relies on the doctrine of IMMINENCE, which is being shown to you to be an utter deception. They CONTRADICT there own DOCTRINE, showing the fulfillment of all the warnings against the FALSE TEACHERS THAT WOULD ARISE!. We have found also another CONTRADICTION, for it places the rapture at the "beginning" of the Tribulation, which in fact ties it with ISRAEL, for all the prophecies in the old Testament on upward, must be fulfilled dealing with APOSTATE ZIONIST POLITICAL ISRAEL before the tribulation, so then IMMINENCE IS UTTERLY DENIED!! Do you see? They contradict themselves time, after time, after time. As a matter of fact, imminence CANNOT exist for PROPHECY is diametrically the opposite of imminence, as prophecy deals with the giving of SIGNS, AND EVENTS "APPOINTED" FOR SET TIMES!!!. Imminence becomes an utter contradiction in light of prophecy which was in fact given for the CHURCH, to understand "when" Christ's return would take place. Now, back to the Holy Spirit, why would Christ send A REPLACEMENT IF HE WAS GOING TO RETURN "AT ANY MOMENT". In point of fact, he would not do so, to the contrary, he sends the Holy Spirit to CALL OUT THE CHURCH during the ENTIRE "CHURCH AGE DISPENSATION"!. Many SIGNS were given directly for the Church to SEE, that the "dispensation" was coming to a close. Paul gave us two distinct ones, remember?

 

1. THE GREAT APOSTASY

2. THE ANTICHRIST REVELATION

 

       We are nearing the end of SIGN ONE. We are in the middle of the greatest apostasy the world has ever known. It will "culminate" with a MASSIVE DENIAL OF CHRIST BY THE VAST MAJORITY OF SO CALLED CHRISTIANS AS THEY ARE ROUNDED UP FOR EXTERMINATION BY ANTICHRIST FORCES!!!.

 

"Then shall they DELIVER YOU UP TO BE AFFLICTED, and shall
KILL YOU:
and ye shall be HATED OF ALL NATIONS
for my NAMES SAKE. And
THEN
shall
MANY BE OFFENDED,
and shall
BETRAY ONE ANOTHER,
and shall HATE one another".

(Matthew 24:9-10)

 

      The word "offended" here means "skandalizo" which means TO ENTRAP, TO TRIP UP, TO ENTICE TO SIN, TO APOSTASY. It is interesting to note it is where we get our word and definition for "SCANDAL". It means in essence to be SNARED BY FALSE TEACHINGS, to fall away from the real truth, to be brought under a total DECEPTION!. The vast majority of Christians shall defect from the truth, and turn in their MOTHERS AND FATHERS TO BE SLAUGHTERED!. You must understand, the vast majority shall GNASH THEIR TEETH AT GOD in the very end. Jesus himself taught that the world would run its course RIGHT TO THE END. He even stated it for the record:

 

"...and Lo, I AM "with" you alway, EVEN UNTO THE
END OF THE WORLD.
Amen.

(Matthew 28:20)

 

      Under imminence, there is no such thing as a specific end, a time-allotted, right to the "end of the age". If Christ created the doctrine of imminence as truth , then he is making a blatant CONTRADICTION "IN TRUTH", for under imminence, the "age can be terminated at ANY TIME!. The whole doctrine of the Holy Spirit and his assigned tasks, implies a LONG PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST AND HIS RETURN. Therefore, by implication, imminence is DENIED!. Can we find direct comments by Christ refuting IMMINENCE:

 

"...but YE SHALL BE BAPTIZED WITH THE HOLY GHOST
NOT
MANY DAYS HENCE..."

(Acts 1:5)

 

      Here we have direct refutation by Christ of an imminent return. This is so because Christ said the Holy Spirit COULD NOT COME UNLESS HE WENT AWAY AND STAYED AWAY!. So then, Christ is telling us in no un-certain terms that he himself will NOT RETURN UNTIL the Holy Spirit is granted, as he will not return "not many days hence...". "Imminence" is therefore DESTROYED, for we have an UNTIL!. Now then, this ties directly with Matt.28, and that:

 

"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
FATHER, and the SON, and "of " the HOLY GHOST: Teaching them to
OBSERVE ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER
I HAVE COMMANDED YOU:
and Lo, I AM "with" you alway,
EVEN UNTO
THE END
of the world (age)".
"And he (God the Father) shall send Jesus Christ, which BEFORE was preached unto you:
whom the heaven
MUST RECEIVE
UNTIL
THE TIMES OF THE RESTITUTION
of ALL things, which God HAS SPOKEN BY THE
MOUTH OF HIS HOLY PROPHETS
since the world began".

(Acts 3:20-21)

 

      Now we have a direct statement that TOTALLY VERIFIES THAT CHRIST CANNOT AND WILL NOT RETURN UNTIL THE END OF THE AGE, which is the time of the "restitution". Can you see? Imminence is an utterly FALSE DOCTRINE, A LIE, A DECEPTION. There is no such thing as an at ANY MOMENT RETURN OF CHRIST!. He is bound by the will of the Father, by a plan worked out from ETERNITY PAST, and we thereby have a simple verification that Matt.28 is confirmed by Acts 3:20-21. This is also confirmed by the "true" PROPHETS OF GOD, just as Act 21 claims!. Daniels prophecies deal with the EBB AND FLOW OF TIME, right through to a specific SET TIME: "AT THAT TIME"! Daniel himself utterly destroys imminence. Lets look at the first advent:

 

"But
when
the
FULNESS OF THE TIME WAS COME,
god sent forth his SON, made of a woman, made under
THE LAW",
that we
MIGHT
receive the ADOPTION AS SONS".

(Galatians 4:4-5)

 

      Please notice here that God sent his son at the FULNESS OF THE TIME, which means AT THE TIME "APPOINTED". Jesus Christ did not just come into the world at the whim of the Father, any old time, for it was PRE -SELECTED, PRE-DETERMINED, PLANNED, A SCHEDULED TIME!!!. Not only did he have a selected time of ARRIVAL, but also of his DEPARTURE (John 2:4, 7:6, 7:8). Then we have this comment "his hour had not yet COME..." (John 8:20). Then we have complete verification:

 

"Now before the FEAST OF THE PASSOVER, when Jesus KNEW that
HIS HOUR WAS COME
that he should DEPART out of this world unto the Father,..."

(John 13:1)

 

       Don't you see, nothing happens by accident, it is all PRE-ARRANGED ON A MASTER TIME SCHEDULE. It is all done by previous appointment! The days of man and his "probation" are APPOINTED!. The doctrine of imminence is completely denied in every single account, and it contradicts utterly all statements made in the scripture. You still think there is "imminence"? Not everything is "pre-selected, appointed, PRE-DESTINED?:"...and hath

 

DETERMINED THE TIMES BEFORE
APPOINTED
and the bounds of their habitation;
THAT THEY SHOULD
SEEK THE LORD...".

(Acts 17:26-27)

 

       Are you seeing that no matter where we go in scripture, imminence is UTTERLY DENIED, and in total opposition to the truth of the bible. Can you see why God warned vehemently of the FALSE PROPHETS AND SHEPPARD'S, that they would always CONTRADICT AND DENY "THEIR LORD"?. There is always an appointed beginning and an ending for EVERYTHING CREATED. The only question remaining is this: did God reveal to us what this time flow really is? How much time is there in totality, and how much time to "get our house in order"?. We have a beginning, and also an ending. There will come a place IN TIME, when TIME SHALL BE NO MORE, when time for that age shall be terminated. This is what Daniel says about this "concept":

 

"...and the thing was TRUE, but the
APPOINTED TIME LONG
and he UNDERSTOOD the thing, and had
UNDERSTANDING OF THE VISION".

(Daniel 10:1)

 

"For both these Kings hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak LIES
at one table; but it shall not prosper;
FOR YET THE END SHALL BE AT THE
APPOINTED TIME".

(Daniel 11:27)

 

       When you throw in Dan.11:35 as well, there is absolutely not one rational reason why anyone can even slightly claim imminence to be TRUTH. You had better abandon TRADITION and embrace TRUTH. The deception of imminence is the TIP OF THE ICEBERG when it comes to prophetic, and salvation deception in the church TODAY!. We are nearing the end of the GREAT FALLING AWAY OR "APOSTASIA"!. All heretics within the Church claim that the apostles, ALL OF THEM, taught the IMMINENT RETURN OF CHRIST, the truth is , this is utterly BACKWARDS!. They ALL claimed in fact the exact opposite, and refuted it COMPLETELY!. Why? Well, how about Peter knowing that he would DIE and HOW he would die (John 21:18-19). How about this doozy, for Peter absolutely and un-equivocally refutes imminence:

 

"KNOWING THIS FIRST,
that there shall come in the
LAST DAYS
scoffers, walking after there own lusts, and saying
WHERE IS THE PROMISE OF HIS
COMING?...".

(2 Peter 3:3-4)

 

        I want you to take a good notice here as even in the LAST DAYS, CHRIST HAS NOT ARRIVED AS YET!. Imminence is completely demolished. The apostate Christians MOCK the TRUE Christians and say "where is the promise of his coming"?. When you take a good look at it, this can only be because the "true" Christians are WARNING THEM OF THE "SIGNS"!. The apostates claim all things continue as they were, and even more so under IMMINENCE. This is because there is a total denial OF THE SIGNS according to "imminence' and the connective doctrines thereof. Even this "view" is utter APOSTASY:

 

"WHEN YE SEE ALL THESE THINGS (signs)..."

 

       Thus the promise of the return is tied DIRECTLY TO SIGNS, which is confirmed by Jesus, Peter, and Paul. One of these signs TO THE CHURCH, WAS THE RISING UP OF "MOCKERS", "SCOFFERS", within the body of Christ that would deny the SIGNS, and mock those who tried to point them out. These people would say that the SIGNS have nothing to do WITH THE CHURCH!!!. The argument would be that THESE SIGNS HAVE "ALWAYS BEEN WITH US", and there is NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THEM.. Can you not see that these claims are UTTER HERESY, CONTRADICTIONS, CONFUSION, APOSTASY!!!. this confirms the concept of "COVERT" PROPHETIC FULFILLMENT, in that the world at large, and the vast majority within the Church in particular would NOT NOTICE THE KEY PROPHETIC EVENTS THAT FORETOLD THE END WAS NEAR, THEY WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE THE "HOUR OF THEIR VISITATION". This is only caused by APOSTASY, a complete refusal to ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRUTH!. Peter claimed that this would follow a logical progression through the ENTIRE CHURCH AGE, right up to the LAST DAYS, a period of time at the LATTER END OF CHURCH HISTORY, to where the signs are EVERYWHERE, but are denied by the CHURCH AT LARGE!. Therefore, we can conclude that, there are Christians NOW, here on earth, who are warning of the signs, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY ARE DENYING THEM!!!. Peter said that these people are "WILLFULLY IGNORANT", that is they WILLFULLY REFUSE THE TRUTH. They could've known it, embraced it, and accepted it, but they turned themselves over to ITCHING EARS, DENIED GOD, AND WENT AFTER "MAMMON"!. The whole aspect of this, is that although there is a whole HOST of signs being shown, they are DENIED BY THE CHURCH. Peter will once again DESTROY the concept of a imminent return of CHRIST:

 

"But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that ONE DAY is with the Lord as a
THOUSAND YEARS,
and a thousand years as ONE DAY.
THE LORD IS
NOT SLACK
CONCERNING HIS
PROMISE (return)
as some men count SLACKNESS..."

(2 Peter 3:8-9)

 

     What is this PROMISE concerning? The RETURN of Jesus Christ for his BRIDE!. Peter states here that you, we, should not be IGNORANT as that day being "IMMINENT", close at hand, "NIGH", for IT IS NOT, but even so, the Lord IS NOT SLACK!. This is because the Lord wants something: he wants men and woman everywhere to REPENT A BIBLICAL, GODLY REPENTANCE, to come to a SAVING KNOWLEDGE of the TRUTH!!!. Peter also gives us something STRANGE here, for the return of Christ is directly connected with the 6000 YEAR DOCTRINE: A DAY IS AS A THOUSAND YEARS, AND A THOUSAND YEARS IS AS A DAY!. Therefore, we CAN conclude, that the return of Christ is based in part upon the SET PROBATION OF MAN ON THE EARTH (6000 years). Peter is utterly destroying any and all questions of the doctrine of imminence. He in fact states emphatically the exact opposite is TRUE. He even gave SIGNS TO THE CHURCH TO WATCH FOR, to prove to the ELECT AT THE END, that the TIME WAS CLOSE!!!. By the way, what year is this? And if you haven't noticed, the rising of the signs, and the denial by the SCOFFERS, who are WILLINGLY IGNORANT, are with us NOW!!!. God is very GRACIOUS, as he awaits that maybe ALL will come to repentance, for if they do not, there fate is horrible beyond imagination.

 

"For I would not, brethren, that ye be IGNORANT of this mystery, lest ye should be
WISE in your own CONCEITS; that BLINDNESS in part is happened to Israel
UNTIL THE FULNESS
OF THE GENTILES BE COME IN".

(Romans 11:25)

 

      Take careful notice here, Paul says: "BLINDNESS HAS COME IN PART TO ISRAEL (They could not recognize Jesus as Messiah) UNTIL the FULLNESS of the gentiles be COME IN". In this one verse alone, there are three things that UTTERLY DENY IMMINENCE. The word "until", "fullness", "be come in", all point to a SET TIME, a specific point in history, a specific SIGN, a very important EVENT that will just not happen at "ANY TIME", but "UNTIL THE FULLNESS BE COME IN"!. Don't you see that there isn't one iota of foundation for imminence, no matter where we turn, IMMINENCE IS COMPLETELY FALSE!!!. There absolutely cannot be imminence in any way shape or form, for it CONTRADICTS EVERYTHING THE LORD HAS SAID!. This was foretold, and it was also foretold that this would SWEEP THE CHURCH AS A CANCER, almost swallowing up the VERY ELECT! The very root of "imminence" and the concept, in fact is in essence WITCHCRAFT (rebellion) against the Word of God, and does in fact produce a form of SORCERY. It is part of the FALSE GOSPEL that permeates the Church, and makes up part of the BROAD WAY THEOLOGY that devours the Church, for it utterly denies the CROSS, AND THE NARROW WAY! It is inherent in the heresies of Pentecostalism and the so-called movements this century of the "Holy Spirit", as the SPIRIT IS IMMINENT, "HE" IS HERE, "HE" IS OVER THERE, and they run just as Christ said they would. He said "DO NOT GO AFTER THEM". If he said "do not go", could it possibly mean that its because "HE" IS NOT THERE? And well, REPENTANCE? Why must I? For my "salvation" was IMMINENT, it was NIGH AT HAND, for "I AM" SAVED AND BORN-AGAIN, and I was once I read John 3:16!. Can you not see that this heresy is fundamentally of the nature of APOSTASY, and Jesus said it would happen just like it would and HAS EVEN "NOW". Now, a major argument for "imminence" the theological giants would claim, comes from Peter himself:

 

"But the
DAY OF THE LORD
WILL COME
as a
THIEF IN THE NIGHT (covert);...."

(2 Peter 3:10)

 

      Many expositors apply this verse to the MILLENNIUM, but nothing could be further from the TRUTH. This is the same DAY OF THE LORD Jesus, Paul, and Peter WARNED ABOUT. They all said it would COME UPON THE WORLD LIKE A "THIEF IN THE NIGHT". Rapidity of the event is what the apostate FALSE PROPHETS say it implies, thereby it is IMMINENT! Utter darkness. The term "thief in the night" refers to and only refers to COVERTNESS, UN-AWARES, UN-EXPECTED. Christ inferred it would come as a SNARE, A DECEPTION, A TRICK, totally due to APOSTASY!. His return is completely "covert", as his CHURCH is entangled in the APOSTASIA, and is utterly deceived. His Church (not the "elect"), becomes totally BLINDED to the "signs" of his return, due to MASSIVE DECEPTION, based upon the "great falling away". This is WHY Christ said he comes as a "thief in the night", as his Church is TOTALLY UN-AWARES, SURPRISED, SHOCKED. The term does not even slightly imply RAPIDITY or SPEED of the event, but means TO COME UPON UN-AWARES. How can there even be the slightest idea that "imminence" is of a truth, when Christ denies it over and over again.

 

"And when
THESE THINGS
BEGIN
TO COME TO PASS,
then look UP, and lift up your heads,
FOR YOUR REDEMPTION
DRAWETH NIGH".

(Luke 21:28)

 

        Dear brothers and sisters, let it be known that when we BEGIN to see these things, we are to LOOK UP "THEN", for our redemption DRAWETH NIGH. Once again, Christ utterly smashes imminence. He is saying over and over again that it is a LIE OUT OF HELL!. But notice what Christ says, and that he GIVES SIGNS, and ties these signs directly with the redemption of his own people. The primary signs are:

 

1. SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS

 

       These signs will ONLY occur, as we draw near to the, LAST, OF THE "LAST-DAYS", or the END OF THE AGE, and they SIGNAL the return of Jesus Christ!. It is most serious to note that the ASTRONOMICAL SIGNS that preceded the birth of Christ in 2 B.C., came once again in 1994-95!!!. They have never come together once, prior to 1991, but now are forming the same alignments that occurred 2000 years ago. We are now entering just a such a SIGN IN THE SUN. Scientists over the last decade have been warning of the MINI NOVA of the sun that will take place in May 2000 A.D. The magnetic and electrical microwaves emitted, can and may knock out power grids, satellites and communications, and cause a MAJOR DISASTER. You can readily read about this in the papers and the news, for we are fast approaching the time. This will also coincide with the GRAND ALIGNMENT OF THE PLANETS with is said to take place on MAY 5/2000. This "alignment" will include ALL OF THE PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM!!!.(there was a partial one in 1982). Scientists have warned that the "gravitational tug" on earth, could knock the planet out of its AXIS, or cause a SHIFT OF THE POLES. We have been seeing signs in the MOON for a while, and more so as of late, as we saw a major BLOOD MOON in February, not to be seen again at such a magnitude for another 250 years. But the signs over all to be seen in these celestial bodies shall be MASSIVE once we get nearer towards the END OF THE END OF THE AGE. These signs will intensify greatly giving the LAST DIRECT SIGNS, that will usher in the return of Christ. As these events unfold, as the bible predicted, THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH WILL UNITE, but will find no way out of the impasse. It must be completely stipulated here though, that prior to the return of Christ is the ARRIVAL OF LUCIFER, THE FALSE CHRIST, THE ANTICHRIST who shall deceive THE WORLD!!!. What is important here, is that in Matt.24, Luke 21, and Mark 13 among other places, Jesus gave a multitude of signs that would tell the student of bible prophecy that the return of Christ is NEAR AT HAND, and that only when these signs were seen, that the time was in fact NIGH!. If Christ in fact created the doctrine of imminence, why would he write so many statements CONTRADICTING SAID DOCTRINE!. The "compressing" of the nations to find a way out of the situation, in fact makes up one of the SIGNS before Christ's return. Time will move to a certain point, than is SNAPPED SHUT. The world becomes snapped shut upon the inhabitants of the earth, and they will not be able to deliver themselves from it. The state of the world at the "end", causes the uniting of the nations under the UNITED NATIONS, with all the nations in "perplexity" and "confusion", and in an utter state of CHAOS. This culminates into a NUCLEAR WAR, and the immediate return of JESUS CHRIST AT THE "TAKING" OF BABYLON AMERICA, which is in fact the FIRST ACT OF THE "WRATH OF GOD"!!!. The taking of AMERICA/BABYLON is done by the power of NUCLEAR WEAPONS according to Jeremiah and John. He (Jeremiah) maintains that the "enemies" of America/Babylon are on the OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET, and they are an "assembly" of GREAT NATIONS. They have the capability to launch NUCLEAR MISSILES (arrows) from long distances (over the Pole), and hit their targets with PRECISION! (Jer. ch.50,51). This is ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, and as Peter said, man learns how to SMASH THE ATOM, and release awesome "powers":

 

"FOR THE POWERS OF HEAVEN SHALL BE SHAKEN"

 

        The word for "powers" here is "dunamis" which means MIRACLE OR MIGHTY POWER. The word for "heaven" here is AIR, or the SKY, and the word for "shaken" here is "saleno" which means TO AGITATE, TO DESTROY, TO STIR UP, TO SHAKE. When we put it all together we get:

 

"FOR THE GREAT POWER OF THE AIR SHALL BE AGITATED"

 

       This might not seem like nothing much to you, but the HYDROGEN BOMB, IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON KNOWN TO MAN, and no , I'm not talking Hiroshima here. We have ICBM's that are 10,000 times more powerful than Hiroshima, that are HYDROGEN BASED. The Russian stockpile is full of them, and they are called "DIRTY" class nukes because of their radioactive after-math. It is said , that it would only take "4" of these DIRTY ICBM's to utterly annihilate N. America, and make it a radioactive wasteland for the next 10,000 years. There is a DOOMS DAY BOMB. It can totally kill every living thing on the planet, and is of the COBALT 90 class, so its destructive force is in the radioactive aftermath. The point I'm trying to make here, is that nuclear power is caused by the destruction of elementary particles of the ATOM. "Hydrogen" is one of the main root elements of the AIR. How strange that Jesus would foretell that the HYDROGEN ATOM would be tapped to harness its diabolical destructive powers. So, what does this have to do with "imminence"? Plenty, for man would have to go through 1900 years before the discovery of this destructive force. That means, if Christ would have returned in 1901 say, none of these prophecies would have come to pass, for the technology had not been developed yet. IMMINENCE DENIED!!!. Even the Antichrist's appearance is at a SET APPOINTED TIME. This is not to say that his apparatus cannot be seen before his appearance, but rather that the appointed time of Antichrist is set for the moment that he enters and defiles the HOLY OF HOLIES on the temple mount. There is much more to deny imminence:

 

"That in the
DISPENSATION
of the
FULNESS OF TIMES
he might gather together in one ALL things in Christ, which
are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him".

(Ephesians 1:10)

 

      The word "fullness" here means COMPLETED, END OF, FULL, FULL MEASURE, FILLED UP. "Time" has a pre-scheduled END. When we come to the end, we are FILLED UP. These words mean utter nonsense within a DOCTRINE OF IMMINENCE. They also confirm that there is in fact a 6000 doctrine, and that scripture correlates to it. The 6000 years have been separated into DISPENSATIONS, and the "dispensation" of the Church (Church age), would be the LAST dispensation, which is called the LAST TIME by John. When the dispensation is completed, or has come to the FULLNESS OF TIMES, Christ will gather all that is his TOGETHER. This verse works in tandem with 2 Thess.2:1. The point of all this is to say that, all prophecy and scripture is in TOTAL HARMONY, and everything has been worked out according to the APPOINTED TIMES. This has been given through bible prophecy to show the SIGNS that mark these appointed times. Now, under the doctrine of imminence, there is no way one could know when Christ was coming, for it can be at ANY TIME, and no signs are to be taken notice of, as they have ALWAYS BEEN WITH US. Paul, will tell you straight out, that the time of the return of the Lord CAN BE KNOWN. Only under imminence, can it not be:

 

"But ye brethren are
NOT
IN DARKNESS,
that that DAY should overtake you as a
THIEF".

(1 Thessalonians 5:4)

 

      The brethren here are NOT IN DARKNESS, as Paul preached against imminence, and gave them SIGNS TO "WATCH" FOR. If one watches for these signs, one would not be SNARED. That DAY would not overtake him like a THIEF, for he would KNOW. The doctrine of imminence does in fact exclude all the remarks by Christ and the apostles to WATCH, as they would become totally NULL AND VOID if Christ were to return at ANY TIME!. We find then a simple formula. If THAT DAY CANNOT OVERTAKE A "BELIEVER" AS A" THIEF", and he is commanded to WATCH, then simple logic would dictate that THAT DAY IS A "KNOWABLE" DAY, and that the WAY to know it is to watch for the SIGNS given throughout all of scripture!!!. Again, we find imminence DENIED. The signs that were given to the Church were very specific and they dealt with things WITHIN the Church.

 

1. The rise of FALSE PROPHETS, TEACHERS AND EVANGELISTS

2. The bringing in , PRIVILY, of DAMNABLE HERESIES

3. The rise of the FALSE DOCTRINE OF IMMINENCE (the time is NOW)

4. The rise of the PRE-TRIB RAPTURE POSITION

5. The departure from the TRUE FAITH - THE "APOSTASIA"

6. A massive rise of UN-REGENERATE BEHAVIOR within the Church

7. Having a form of Godliness, but DENYING THE POWER THEREOF. A Total denial of the CROSS and the NARROW WAY.

8. A denial of a SEPARATED LIFE (2 Tim.3:1-7)

9. A denial of CHRISTIAN LIBERTY (1 Tim.4:3-4)

10. A denial of MORAL STANDARDS (2 Tim.3:1-8, Jude vs.18)

11. A total disregard and hatred for the LAW OF GOD

12. A denial of AUTHORITY due to the state of the apostate Church

13. Enticing, lying SIGNS AND WONDERS within the Church

 

       You cannot expect people to bow down to rulers within the Church who are UTTERLY APOSTATE, for to do so, would in fact deny a whole host of other scriptures. The fact is, the false prophets of Babylon have no scriptural authority whatsoever to rule at all. Most of them cannot fulfill the most basic requirements for elders of the Church. The Church is totally under the Laodicean Spirit, as DEMOCRACY HAS RUN AMUK!!!. As we are no longer under LAW KEEPING, due to the FALSE GRACE EXPLOSION, "heresy" is no longer heresy, but rather a DIFFERENT VIEW POINT. We must all AGREE TO DISAGREE as the apostate leaders tell the flocks. They claim this all in the name of LOVE AND GRACE, and if you go contrary to the status quo, you are ANTICHRIST, NOT ONE OF "THEM". This is what was referred to as SEPARATING THEMSELVES "SENSUAL" as Paul said. Paul said that these were in fact the "MANY", THE ENEMIES OF THE "CROSS" OF CHRIST!!!.These are but a few of the many signs given to the Church of the last-days to indicate that the return of Christ draweth nigh. We have all of them in full sway today. We are not BEGINNING this "apostasy", rather most certainly nearing the END of this "great falling away", inasmuch as Jesus said that all of these things would happen during the LAST GENERATION, and they have done so. IMMINENCE DENIED, and the proof of a SCHEDULED RETURN is upheld.

"...TILL ALL THINGS BE FULFILLED..."