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On that day Messiah’s feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west forming a very large valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and the other half toward the south. And you will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel; yes, you will flee just as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD, my God, will come, and all the holy ones with Him!
-Zechariah 14:4–5
For this world is like a householder who hired laborers,and he examines them to see who works truly, as it is said, “The eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout all the earth” (Zechariah 4:10).Whether one works faithfully or not, everything is prepared before Him for the great banquet.
-Tanna DeBei Eliyahu Rabbah 1:3
Therefore, since all the works of God were completed in six days, the world must continue in its present state through six ages, that is, six thousand years. For the great day of God is limited by a circle of a thousand years, as the prophet shows, who says In Your sight, O Lord, a thousand years are as one day. And as God labored during those six days in creating such great works, so His religion and truth must labor during these six thousand years, while wickedness prevails and bears rule. And again, since God, having finished His works, rested the seventh day and blessed it, at the end of the six thousandth year all wickedness must be abolished from the earth, and righteousness reign for a thousand years; and there must be tranquility and rest from the labors which the world now has long endured.
-Lactantius, Divine Institutes 7.14.3
in the seventh thousand of years, resuming again immortal, we shall celebrate the great feast of true tabernacles in the new and indissoluble creation, the fruits of the earth having been gathered in, and men no longer begetting and begotten, but God resting from the works of creation
-Methodius, Ten Virgins 9.1.3
We shall be immortal when six thousand years are accomplished.
-The Instructions of Commodianus XXXV.—Of the Tree of Life and Death.
The Sabbath is a model and an image of the coming kingdom of the saints, when the saints shall co-reign with Christ, when he arrives from heaven, as also John in his Apocalypse describes. For a day of the Lord is as a thousand years. And so since in six days God made all things, it is necessary for six thousand years to be fulfilled.
-Hippolytus, Commentary on Daniel Book 2, 23.5-6
For in as many days as this world was made, in so many thousand years shall it be concluded. And for this reason the Scripture says: Thus the heaven and the earth were finished, and all their adornment. And God brought to a conclusion upon the sixth day the works that He had made; and God rested upon the seventh day from all His works. This is an account of the things formerly created, as also it is a prophecy of what is to come. For the day of the Lord is as a thousand years; and in six days created things were completed: it is evident, therefore, that they will come to an end at the sixth thousand year.
-Irenaeus, Against Heresies 5.28.3
He speaks of the Sabbath at the beginning of creation: “And God made in six days the works of His hands, and He completed them on the seventh day, and rested on it, and sanctified it.” Take heed, children, what He means when He says that He completed them in six days. He means this: that in six thousand years the Lord will bring all things to completion. For a day with Him signifies a thousand years. And He Himself bears me witness, saying, “Behold, the day of the Lord shall be as a thousand years.” Therefore, children, in six days—that is, in six thousand years—all things shall be brought to an end.
-Epistle of Barnabas 15:6-7
The Lies of the Church
Yes, sadly, there are lies, some born of ignorance, some from self-interest, and others from expedience. The organized church is made up of humans who sin and carry biases, falsehoods, frauds, and even cultish ideas. Left unchecked, these can metastasize through the...