Oddbean

I definitely think so. Every thing seems to be lining up with Bible prophecy and all of the technology necessary to make Revelation a reality exist at least in an experimental fashion now. That wasn't true even 5 years ago. Iran, Russia, and Turkey are aligning and seem to be setting up the Gog/Magog war. Israel has plans for a new temple without the outer court (matching the description of the outer court being trampled by gentiles. They have several perfect red heifers necessary for cleansing the new temple. They've found multiple men who meet the requirements to be priests and can trace their genealogies back to Aaron. Honestly, I'd guess we have a better than 50% chance that the rapture happens before the end of the decade and it wouldn't surprise me a bit if it happened before the end of the year. We can't know the day or the hour, but the signs are telling me that our time is short. I am definitely preparing for it happening any time including trying to make arrangements for my special needs son who has not trusted Jesus.

I starting to read the Bible to understand all of this. I started in Genesis and reading about the family's. Now i'am starting to read the Exodus. I have a long way of reading ahead, and with that, the more questions come to my mind. That's a little side-step from the discussion i started. I gooed friend of mine told me, that i should read the Kings John Bible, cause this Bible is the only Bible that comes closest to the truth. So i'm more confused! Video of the explanation of the Bible, and that God has His Hand on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS78mFJcvhQ

I'm guessing he was referring to the King James Bible. A lot of people treat it as the best Bible, but I'd argue that the ESV and NASB are the most accurate Bibles. They are based on the oldest manuscripts (therefore closer to the time they were originally written and having less time for copy errors to sneak in) and are word for word translations (Most Bible translations are word-for-word, Phrase-for-phrase, or paraphrase). Word-for-word translations are the most accurate, but can be harder to read because of grammatical differences between languages and because of figures of speech, but they prevent translator bias from changes the word of God. Paraphrase translations tend to be the easiest to read, but can have more translator bias in the translation, so I usually avoid them. I did buy a New Living Translation Bible for my special needs son so he could read and understand the Bible. It is one of the more Biblically accurate paraphrase Bibles. There are lots of people that believe the King James Bible is the best, but I have never heard a reason for this belief. They say, "everyone knows". That isn't a reason and "everyone knows" lots of things that are totally wrong. King James authorized this translation as he was consolidating his power over the Anglican church. At the time, many Christians refused to use it because they thought it was being used as a power trip by the King of England. It is a decent translation, but not the best. (Don't be super worried, there are lots of good translations) Reading through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation is a good plan. The basis for everything is in Genesis, so it is important to properly understanding the whole Bible. Many people try to suggest that Genesis, especially the first 11 chapters, are just parable and therefore not true, but that is false. You can check out my series on the subject: https://trustjesus.substack.com/p/literal-genesis All six articles are useful, but if you don't have time for all 6, you can read the last 3 which are better organized. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. I will answer as quickly as I can, however I am likely to be unavailable most of the rest of the week because I am taking my eldest to college and my youngest has eye surgery out of state.

Thank you for your excellent replay. The reason that i was noticed about the King James Bible was this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS78mFJcvhQ This gives me good answers about questions like "why there was no Bible in the world?" "is the Bible realy Gods work?" After a saw the video i was overwelmed, so much information, and all seems to fit. Reading Genisis. People got very old. As the Bible progress, people are not getting that old anymore. Why was that? Also i'm a busy father, running around, and when i have the time and a clear mind i start to read. Right now i'm in the process to start with Exodus.