We must live our lives as if this were our last day on earth. If it was solid theology based on measurable evidence, we would all know the day and the hour. Jesus said (Matthew 24: 36), вЂњBut about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. And is this counted from the birth or death or in JesusвЂ™ case, the resurrection? In looking at most Biblical timelines, it is closer to say Adam to Judah and Judah to Jesus rather than mentioning Abraham, but it was Abraham that got the initial promises.

Each of those 2000 years are approximations. As for the math, it is said that it was 2000 years from Adam to Abraham, 2000 years from Abraham to Jesus, and 2000 years from Jesus to now. That is not the kind of thing God does, and if He did allow it, it would be a test of oneвЂ™s faith in what you did with the money.Д«ut maybe it refers to 2000 years after JesusвЂ™ resurrection? That would be about 10 years from now. You may think God is late because you feel that you deserve to win the lottery and He has not yet come through, but if that is the case, you may want to study the Bible a little more. We are very close to that 6000-year mark. It seems most churches are cooler than lukewarm.Д«ut getting back to the theory, it is rather poetic. They stick to the Sunday school lesson topic only, and they do not even mention the pastorвЂ™s sermon during the coffee hour after the service, probably because they slept through it. Yet, there was so much fear in 1999 that all the computers of the world would crash, since much of the programming listed the year in calendars as a two-digit number and would our power grid shut down due to the confusion of going from вЂњ99вЂќ to вЂњ00вЂќ? I know that I never heard this theory or anyone talking about the return of Jesus as the year 2000 approached.ДЄnother factor in not seeing religious portent in the crossing over into a new millennium, other than occult discussion, is that political correctness has virtually killed Christian discussion in public, even in many Christian churches. Tim LaHayeвЂ™s book was first published under a different name in 1992, renamed and republished in 1998. I thought that this theory on the appearance of the Messiah was too eloquent to pass up. вЂњSuffice it to say that such ideas, even without scriptural backing, will be used to create an enormous interest in the return of Christ and other prophetic teachings as we near the end of this millennium.вЂќ When some in the early church noted in Revelation 20 that the kingdom would last one thousand years, they assumed that Christ would return for His church around the year 2000. These Jews assumed that Israel would enjoy kingdom rest for one thousand years after the Messiah came. That would be followed by the kingdom age, which would correspond to the seventh day of creation.

This conjecture was based on combining the seven days of creation and the biblical statement that with God вЂa day is as a thousand years.вЂ™ Since He created the earth in six days and then rested, and since вЂa day is as a thousand years,вЂ™ the four thousand years of Old Testament history which had already passed suggested that Messiah would come in two thousand years.

Some Jews believed that the Messiah would come to fulfill His kingdom promises in the seventh millennium from creation. вЂњThe oldest theory relating to ChristвЂ™s return predates Christianity. They are like the new grass of the morning: Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death. A thousand years in your sightВ are like a day that has just gone by,

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