Interesting that my post got associated with end-timer imagination theories. I posted little bits of information that hail from all kinds of directions. Trivia to most, I suppose.
Well, it’s like I’ve been saying in general about that whole prophesy genre:
“Your surprise is waiting”
“Your surprise is waiting”
Yep. Pretty much my view of the matter. Prophesies of the first coming of Jesus in the Bible were pretty cryptic, and for a good reason. It's reasonable to assume that prophesies of his second coming follow the same pattern.
God won't act in a way that is inconsistent with what has been recorded in Scripture, no. But, the way I see it, how such Scripture is to be interpreted, when it comes to matters of eschatology, is in the eye of the (fallen, non-omniscient human) beholder.
The problem nowadays is that over past decades, an industry of "end times" crackpots has blossomed, pitching their arcane theories and interpretations, which they communicate with an air of absolute certainty, to the gullible and the rubes. And they do so for money, for the most part. Oh, they'll call it their "ministry," but it's really just their half-assed business enterprise.
Remain in Christ. Keep short accounts with God. Do one's part for the Great Commission. After that, what happens, happens. I'm open to being "surprised." Those in Christ have nothing to fear.