Tensu wrote:
Quoth the Bible: "No one knows the day or hour except the father himself, not even the son."
or something along those lines.
Using the Bible to pinpoint a date for apocolypse is ridiculous, sense A) the Bible says that the date of the ends can't be known by mortal minds and B) the Bible says that the end will take place of the course of many, many years, so picking a date is pointless.
Yes, but Jesus did give signs and told us to "keep on the watch, more so as you behold the day getting near".
Maybe the Biblical quote saying nobody knows the day or the hour indicates the year could be perceived closer to the time? Or maybe nobody could know the time until the time comes, then it would be known, what I mean is back in Jesus day, the year of the Jewish bankers reclaiming Jerusalem wouldnt have been known, but once it occurs in 1948, then it is known?
You will have to explain more about what you mean in point B and what scriptures say it will take place over many, many years?, in numerous places, the end of Daniel for instance, we are given a precise period of how long Christians will be persecuted for, 1260 days, how long the persecuting governmnet has authority over Gods people for, 42 months which is also confirmed as the rulership of the "Beast" of Revelation.