I grew up in the church, and one of the big topics was the end of the days. The bible clearly states that no man knows when the end of the days are or when Christ will return. So I use to never want the world to end, so I would wake up and proclaim that today WAS the end of days! This way, by known that today was the end of days, it could not be the end of days cause the bible says no one knows when it is. Everyone I have ever told about this thought it was weird... is it?

Interesting concept. I think the biggest thing people need to take from "we never know when the world will end" is enjoy each day like it was your last. Pray hard, love hard, work hard and most importantly be thankful for your blessings.

This post was edited by rspaid on Jan 8 2015 07:37am

This brings me to my next question. If what I thought, and took literal is just a figurative message, how can you tell the figurative parts of the texts from the literal? Is the bible just a book to realign your moral compass with allegories?

This is just something that I have struggled with for a long time, as many stories in the bible are allegories, it has started to make me question what is actually literal.

I am truly looking for answers.

This post was edited by TheStealthTarget on Jan 8 2015 10:42pm

yes it is weird and no you can not postpone the inevadible by doing this. By jsut saying that "today was the end of days" you don't really know it, u just claim it to be, and so it could really happen that day

knowing its the day is like you really can predict the future which you cant

The problem is that the bible says that no man knows... so if i truly proclaim to know, then it can't happen.

Mark 11:22-24...And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

So if i truly believe it, then it shall come true, but by believing it, it can't come true... you see the dilemma?

Yes it is true that no man knows the date nor hour that He is going to return .. But God loves us so much He even told us to look out for signs of His return.

"Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors." (‭Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭32-33‬ KJV)

He tells us here when these things begin to happen, His return is soon to come. (Read the whole chapter to see what these things are)


In 2 Timothy 3:1-5, Paul said, "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."


And another good one is in the book of Acts.

"And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:" (‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭17-20‬ KJV)

We had a blood moon last year. I believe we have two more this year. We also have a solar eclipse which is the darkened sun.

It means you literally will not know. So, just by waking up & claiming today might be the day!... Won't negate anything. It's a literal meaning with a generic message. Live each day as if it was your last

thx for the support, wouldn't know how else to explain it to him

it wasn't just claiming that today might be the day... it was a full belief that today was the day, so that it couldn't possibly be the day.

now i really think either you don't want to understand us or you you do and are just to scared to accept it. you can't just create a dogma on your own will.

it could happen every other day you "claim" it to be, just deal with it