Simply put, because it's scriptural.
Often we hear the argument today that goes something like this: "We shouldn't be concerned about the last days; we should always be prepared for the Lord's return regardless."
I don't dispute the latter (though it's a bit of a strawman argument), the former is not scriptural. There are three situations I recall from scripture where Jesus and the apostles addressed the last days. Jesus (Matthew 24), Paul (2 Thess 2), and John (1 John 2:18) all addressed this issue, and none of them rebutted it with the argument above.
In fact, to the contrary, Jesus instructed them directly to "know" the signs and the seasons. So to say we shouldn't be concerned about the signs is not only not based on scripture, but contrary to scripture; the instructions of the Lord himself to be exact.
Often we hear the argument today that goes something like this: "We shouldn't be concerned about the last days; we should always be prepared for the Lord's return regardless."
I don't dispute the latter (though it's a bit of a strawman argument), the former is not scriptural. There are three situations I recall from scripture where Jesus and the apostles addressed the last days. Jesus (Matthew 24), Paul (2 Thess 2), and John (1 John 2:18) all addressed this issue, and none of them rebutted it with the argument above.
In fact, to the contrary, Jesus instructed them directly to "know" the signs and the seasons. So to say we shouldn't be concerned about the signs is not only not based on scripture, but contrary to scripture; the instructions of the Lord himself to be exact.
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