Agree. Sort of lol.
The point is that yes the times and seasons are knowable and we should watch. The precise day/hour.....we do not know.
Same goes for the beginning of months. Everybody knows when the time is at hand. But the hour is only known by observation.
At the Proper time
Matthew 24:36 “But of that [exact] day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son [in His humanity], but the Father alone.
This verse is present tense, it is not future tense. If we read the context of this verse, prior to it the Lord is speaking in the future tense and after it He is speaking in the future tense. So the fact that here He switches to the present tense is quite meaningful. Therefore, let us look at the wider context.
34 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, this generation [the people living when these signs and events begin] will not pass away until all these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth [as now known] will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
This immediately precedes the verse. Here we have a prophecy of the future. Many argue that this was fulfilled in 70 AD because you can clearly see the prediction of the destruction of the Temple in Matthew 24 and the persecution that the apostles would go through. Others argue that this is a reference to the end of the age because there is a very clear parallel between the Lord's prophecies in this chapter with the book of Revelation and the end of the age. I believe that this word is referring to both and that the destruction of Jerusalem is instructive to us as a prototype of the end of the age. But it is clear, Jesus tells us what will take place and then He switches gears and tells us what we know right now, today.
37 For the coming of the Son of Man (the Messiah) will be just like the days of Noah. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the [very] day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they did not know or understand until the flood came and swept them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be [unexpected judgment].
These verses come after this verse about not knowing the day or the hour and the word "for" beginning this explains what Jesus means. He was not referring to Noah, or to his family or to Methuselah or even to Enoch who named Methuselah and gave us this prophecy. When He says "no one knows" he means no one in the world. They didn't know. Obviously Noah knew the flood was coming, built a boat, preached the gospel and then entered the ark seven days before the flood began.
40 At that time two men will be in the field; one will be taken [for judgment] and one will be left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken [for judgment] and one will be left.
Once again a clear prophecy concerning the future. One will be taken, that word means "as a close companion, associate or friend". The other will be left, that word means "divorced". This further clarifies what He meant by no one knows (present tense). At that time who was a close companion and friend of the resurrected Christ? These are both "Christians" at least in name. If you divorce a woman she had your name until the point where she is divorced. They are in the gospel field and they are grinding up the word of God to feed the saints. The church age will see many called but few will be chosen.
John 15:15 I do not call you servants any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you [My] friends, because I have revealed to you everything that I have heard from My Father.
If you are a friend, a close personal associate of the Lord, then He reveals everything that He has heard from His father. If you put the verses together it is very clear, right now no one knows, but if you are a close personal friend, then He will tell you.
Matthew 24:42 “So be alert [give strict attention, be cautious and active in faith], for you do not know which day [whether near or far] your Lord is coming.
This is the conclusion. This attitude is very telling. Those who are going to be divorced are not friends, they are not close personal companions, rather they are like those in the world eating, and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage and they are clueless. They are clueless because it reveals their heart, they don't really care about the Lord's coming. Meanwhile there are those who are alert and watching carefully for the Lord's return because they are His friends, they are building the ark, they are preaching righteousness.
43 But understand this: If the head of the house had known what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore, you [who follow Me] must also be ready; because the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him.
He just switched to past tense! The leaders of the Jews were the head of the household. They should have known when He was coming based on Daniel, but they didn't. As a result He came as a thief, robbing the Jewish religion and creating the Christian religion which has far surpassed the Jews. He is telling us to learn from their mistake. They did not want to hand over everything to the Lord when He came, and so they suffered loss. You need to be ready, how? By giving everything to the Lord, that is what a burnt offering is. You need to be a burnt offering to the Lord.
45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has put in charge of his household to give the others [in the house] their food and supplies at the proper time?
Do you see this! He was talking in future tense, jumped to present tense, then back to future and then to past tense. Now He tells us we have to give the food to the house "at the proper time". Everything about this section is focused on the proper time. There is a proper time for the apostles, there is a proper time for "justification by faith" to be taught, a proper time to teach about "new life", a proper time to teach about "the oneness of the body of Christ". And there is a proper time to teach about the rapture and the Lord's coming. Have you noticed that many pastors and churches will not talk about this topic? There is no warfare concerning justification by faith, or new life or even the oneness of the Body. But speak about the rapture and you are likely to get beaten by Christians who are eating and drinking with the drunken. How do you know when the proper time is? You must be a close companion and friend of the Lord Jesus.
46 Blessed is that [faithful] servant when his master returns and finds him doing so. 47 I assure you and most solemnly say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 But if that servant is evil and says in his heart, ‘My master is taking his time [he will not return for a long while],’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards; 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour of which he is not aware, 51 and will cut him in two and put him with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping [over sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [over distress and anger].
The Lord is the one that knows the hearts and reveals the thoughts and intents of the heart. How you respond at the end of the age to His coming will reveal your heart.
