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What the Church Knew
Let’s look at what the church knew about the coming of Satan and the coming of Jesus Christ.
1 John 4:3 NIV shows that the church always knew Satan was coming.
Rev 3:1-3 NIV The church has forgotten the coming of Christ and we know this because it is the only time He says He will come as a thief. Jesus is telling them if they do not wake up from being dead in Christ. The church will not know what time our Lord Jesus Christ is coming. They must wake up to know the coming of Christ if they do not; they will be the goats and will be blotted out of the Book of Life. They will be the ones gathered first. (Rev 3:5 NIV, Matt 25:32-41)
1 Thess 5:4 NIV we who are alive in Christ will not be surprised like a thief. Gen 6:21:22, 7:4-5 Noah was not surprised like a thief by the coming of the flood. He knew 7 days before the rains came. Gen 6:18 Noah was to give food to God's people when the flood came. They were eating well in a time of desolation and doing Matt 24:45-46. Noah did not know the day or the hour but he did know the season.
2 Thess 2:3-5 Paul tells us to stay awake and not to let anyone deceive us in anyway for Satan will stand in the temple claiming to be God. Matt 24:15 Jesus says the same thing and tells us He is talking about what Daniel the prophet spoke of. Jesus told us all things ahead of time just as God told Noah ahead of time.
Dan 9:27 tells us of again of Satan standing in the temple claiming to be God in the middle of the last 7 years. Luke 21:20-22, Dan 11:31 also tell us of Satan being in the temple claiming to be God. We can see that this is the fulfillment of prophecy.