I know the date of the Rapture

[TeachMe]

Well, I read some interesting books on the rapture, teachings by well known pastors, and they have pointed out that you cannot know the date of the rapture, BUT the ones who are still here after the rapture occurs, and if they read the Bible, they could closely predict the coming of Jesus after the beginning of the tribulation. It's 7 years after the trib starts, that Jesus will come back to earth, right? That's a fairly close prediction of His arrival at THAT time, but the rapture is of undetermined day and hour. Not even Jesus knows THAT date, only the Father knows that.

[Ryan]

Hi Mike,
I am sorry that I took so long in getting back, but a few things came that I had to take care of right away.
Now the why of the rapture is Israel. God prepared Israel to be a Kingdom of priest to evangelize the world, but first they must receive Jesus Christ as their Messiah which they did not. So the Lord Jesus said that He would give that to another which is the church. Matthew 21:34-43, Mark 12:1-9, Luke 20:9-16. So for a time Israel has been set aside, but God is not finished with Israel. God has made many promises to Israel that has not been fulfilled as yet, but will be during the Millennial reign of Christ. Everyone is trying to figure out the time of the rapture, look to Israel. Israel is God's time piece.
Daniel 9:24-27 seventy weeks have been determined upon thy people (Jews)
and upon thy holy city (Jerusalem). Four hundred and eighty three years of that prophecy has been fulfilled, seven years remain. In verse 27 the "He" is the anti-Christ which will make a covenant with Israel for seven years, this is when the tribulation begins and is referred in scripture as Jacob's trouble. Now how close are we to the fulfillment of this prophecy. The anti-christ could not make a covenant with Israel before 1948 because Isreal has not been a nation with its own goverment since around 606 B.C. and in 70 A.D. the Romans destroyed Jerusalem. But now Israel is recognized as a nation. So it looks like God is getting ready to turn to the Jews again so the church will be removed from the earth.