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And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place.
Revelation 22:6

Recommended Reading: Luke 21:29-36

Sir Isaac Newton, the father of physics, was an ardent student of Scripture who maintained a lifelong interest in prophecy. He felt too many people were setting dates for the end of the world, but he said the end would not come until “wicked nations” are in ruins and the Jews are back in their ancient homeland. Based on his study of the Bible, Newton foresaw the world in crisis and the reestablishment of the state of Israel. But even Newton couldn’t stop himself from setting a date. According to a recently discovered letter, he estimated the end of the world would occur in 2060.

It’s tempting to speculate when Christ will return, but we do not know the day or year. We simply know His coming is “shortly.” Romans 16:20 says, “The God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly.” Revelation 1:1 says these things “must shortly take place.”

People tend to ignore the ever-present warnings about the Last Days, but for the believer they represent our ever-present hope.

He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.
Isaac Newton

I would like to think all men of great intellect realize the benefit of studying prophesy. Of course not all of them do, but Isaac Newton did, as you say. With regard to the 2060 deal and the importance of His coming as that would apply to His people. Christians; Newton's 2060 date seems remarkably close.

The prophet Daniel was a man "greatly beloved of God." The Archangel Michael was dispatched to him to sort of 'fill him in' on a few rather profound things, as can be seen in...
Daniel 12:3-4 (KJV)
v3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
v4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: > many shall run to and fro, and [B]> knowledge shall be increased. [/B] { note: > signs mine}

Two signs for the end of time that the Lord shared directly with only one man as far as I can see, that being Daniel. Here is why I believe the increase of knowledge is so pivotal to the end of time, and I apologize for stating it again but every time I consider this passage I get goose bumps. Before I present my argument let me point out that many noted Bible commentators state that the increase of knowledge referenced in Daniel is Bible knowledge. I cannot agree that the increase spoken of by Michael is only Biblical. All truth is of God, IMHO, one cannot separate or compartmentalize truth. So firstly, I believe that the Lord regulated the advancement of man's knowledge and therefore his progress, by confounding his language at the Tower of Babel. The people's of the earth spoke ONE common language at that point but they spoke hundreds after that time. God I believe did this, because as He said at that time, “nothing they could imagine would be withheld from them." Why, because of their ability to coordinate with one another. That language barrier served to regulate man’s progress for centuries, but has now been removed.

There is no longer any separation between the nations because the foregoing language barrier has been largely eradicated by a number of factors relative to an increase in knowledge; interfacing super computers and people learning each other's language to name two. But for man, there is a literal knowledge explosion happening at present. For example, is the knowledge doubling curve--- 'Buckminster Fuller created the “Knowledge Doubling Curve”; he noticed that until 1900 human knowledge doubled approximately every century. By the end of World War II knowledge was doubling every 25 years. Today things are not as simple as different types of knowledge have different rates of growth. For example, nanotechnology knowledge is doubling every two years and clinical knowledge every 18 months. But on average human knowledge is doubling every 13 months. According to IBM, the build out of the “internet of things” will lead to the doubling of knowledge every 12 hours.'
http://www.industrytap.com/knowledge-dou...hours/3950

And think about the great changes this world has seen just since the close of WW2 in September of 1945. We’ve gone from propeller driven aircraft to machines so advanced one fighter jet launched from an aircraft carrier, could take out two major foreign cities, shooting down several enemy fighters on the way in, and on the way out, of whatever country had been it’s target. Rumor has it we can even clone people these days, who really knows? Achieving anything we can imagine however, would appear to be the case presently. Granny Bear just posted a thread recently about gene editing. Men can go into the genome and make corrections to the DNA, thus resolving heath issues prior to birth.

Factor in all the other evidence, not to mention the guidance of the Holy Spirit: (which in my view is even more credible than the secular evidence) and a rather compelling case for the soon coming of Christ becomes obvious. I don’t begin to know the day, but I believe it is close. Which brings me to our shared “hope.” The reality of all this is such that mankind, outside of God’s Ark of Safety, has no hope that this earth will stand. It’s clear that if not for the intervention of God, once Antichrist assumes control it would only be a matter of time until all flesh would die. Matthew 24:20-22 (KJV)
v20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
v21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
v22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Just saying, as for me and my house, the day is nigh. :biggrin: