In understanding the end times, can we be sure that we know what is about to happen next in God’s plan?

It is an important lesson that even the disciples themselves really had no idea what Jesus was about to do next or why, even though He told them quite plainly. They knew Jesus was the Messiah, and that He was bringing the Kingdom, but did not know Jesus was going to be crucified, nor that he was going to be resurrected; later I don’t think they understood what was in store for them at Pentecost, nor that salvation would be freely offered to non-Jewish peoples. Imagine being a believer in Christ as He walked the earth but being totally unaware of these four fundamental pillars of the Kingdom of God. They knew important things were happening, but what they were and what they meant were veiled to their normal human understanding, and so also the unfolding events of the end times even, though plainly stated in the Bible, remain veiled to our normal human understanding today. These same events, however, can be known by every believer through revelation by the Holy Spirit, if we do not lean unto our own understanding, but sincerely seek HIS understanding instead.

As we stand on the threshold of the next great unfolding of God’s end time plans: the Rapture, Tribulation, Return of Christ and dawn of the reign of Peace, I would like to refer people to a series of recent dreams and visions that Bill Somers has collected and posted on his site www.etpv.org on February 16, 2009, concerning the “rapture” and the start of the “hour of trial” which I encourage you to read. You may also want to bring these back to the Lord and ask Him what HE has to say about these things.

--EEJ