The term “At Hand” is from the Greek word “ἐγγύς, and means near, close, imminent, and about to happen.” So “at hand” like using your hand to mean within reach, at any moment any time soon. Like to be coming into view at your door, obtainable, usable and enforceable.

So that in New Testament terms, when the Gospel of “The Kingdom of God at hand” is preached, is to mean available NOW, within reach as an obtainable goal. If it was “at hand” back then and not retracted, meaning it is still available now, and back then they didn’t get the Kingdom, and today people are left wanting and waiting for it to come again? Where is The Kingdom of God?

Christ taught saying “20 And when He was demanded by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, Christ answered them and said, The kingdom of God does NOT come with (carnal) observation: 21 Neither shall they say, look here! or, look there! for,the kingdom of God is within you.

So even now if someone preaches another coming Jesus? With another coming Kingdom? As though it isn’t here but will appear later? They are just as wayward as the seekers in Christ’s day who were condemned for doing so.

So that if you are looking into “End Times” and looking for a “Second Coming Jesus? Then you are right where the Jews left off at that were judged till “not one brick would be left upon another” “because they knew NOT the time of their visitation as “AT HAND” even then.

For Christs coming is an event that happens at a different time for everyone having to do with when they are “born again” and “borne from above”.

John says it like this “3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

And “Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

Which leaves people exposed to be subject to a similar judgment as the Jews or worse if they choose to wait and visibly see Christ . Why? Because 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Even as when Saul was converted to become Paul, his testimony was “3 And as Paul journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And Paul said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: is it hard for thee to kick against the pricks? 6 And Paul trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. 7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.

If Christ warned them that “they will say look here or look there, do not follow them for they are blind leading the blind”. And you like, subscribe and follow them anyway? Then you too are just as wayward as that generation of which Christ said “oh Jerusalem the ones who stones, kills and rejects all those who are sent to you (proclaiming His Kingdom at hand). That you too may be subject to the same judgments and fires of Hell in the same way. We refer to these fires of Hell as, the burning sensations of lost opportunities”. You could have, should have, and would have if you only knew? So now you know that even now “The Kingdom that cometh not with carnal observation, is the one still “at hand” in the same way Saul/Paul experienced.

The Kingdom of God is at hand. And there is no Second Coming Jesus with another dose of savings or the first saving, Savior, Christ, Lord and King, is the impostor. And if He does appear as a man, then the judgment to the Jews of old were unjust and unnecessary. And because God meant what He meant, said what He said and did what He did, He will do it again.

Was His life sufficient or not. And did He save or didn’t He. And if we preach and speak of something yet to come, then the term “At Hand” means something else and we were all deceived.

So we will close with this. The phrase “Second Coming” is not found once in scripture. But He saved each one of us in our own order of time throughout eternity. That’s His signature move. He is ubiquitous. His words alive in us are Eternal. And when our flesh expires we live on because we have excepted Him in His natural self. He who from the beginning was The Word of God “became flesh and dwelt among us”. So that we in turn who in our beginning were flesh. To in turn be “begotten by the Word of truth” and at the same time “born of the (Holy) Spirit”. It is in this way that we become His “kind beget according to kind” of His kind. This is the gospel.

So “The Kingdom of God is at hand” and many of them back then had it, and many of us do too “Today”. For “Today is (still) the day of Salvation.” But the window of opportunity is closing soon. And there will be those invited to this wedding feast, who “went to the world for their attire” thinking the garments from creation are sufficient? To wake up to this alarming reply “Depart from Me you workers of iniquity for I FOR NOT KNOW YOU FROM WHERE YOU ARE AT! They did not believe that “The Kingdom (was) at hand” in the way we describe. Amen!

Every article at “HisKingdomAtHand.com explains this.

Amen!

Last Days End Times Cult.

The last book in canonized scripture called the Book Of The Revelation of Jesus Christ, opened with 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Christ, to all things that he saw. 3 Blessed are those who read and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is at hand. 

And closed with:

7 “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed are those who keep the words of the prophecy of this book.” 8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. 9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.” 10 And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.”!!!

To mean that the LAST book in scripture called The Revelation, that people go to for “prophecy” referring to future events? It opens and closes with the statement that “the time is at hand.” That even the Book of The Revelation of Jesus Christ, was meant for that generation as evidenced saying ““Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.  And NOT meant for future generations to try to figure out or suppose it is yet to come for it is NOT yet! As we have just quoted, thereby defining the tern “at hand” or in some translations “the time is near”. Does NOT mean for us to super impose those texts as having prophetical meaning for us today.

Here are more passages in scripture to confirm that the term last days” was written about them, to mean the times in which they were written.

The Book Hebrews starts out saying “God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the  prophets, 2 has IN THESE LAST DAYS spoken to us by His Son. This is why we say Last days, end times “cult” because the terms “last days” and “end times” refers to The New Covenant era that started with Christ instituting the New (the last and final) Covenant. That “ IN THESE LAST DAYS He has spoken to us by His Son, thereby starting the “Last Days” era back then to mean The New Covenant era. We cannot add to it or take away from it just clarify it.

It is end times prophecy seekers that use scripture out of context, to infer some other sort of coming for Christ with another type of saving. This is wrong because “Christ is now seated in Heavenly places, waiting for His enemies to become His footstool” To infer that the enemies realize their defeat while Christ stays seated as all this happens. And this is based upon the work Christ has already done to enter His rest. (A Rest that means retirement)  He now calls us to join Him there (in His retirement, Rest of the seventh day) on the other side of ALL carnal and spiritual battles because the conclusion has been tactfully and skillfully worked out to the umpteenth degree so that we can then enter His Rest in that too saying. 9 There remains therefore a rest to the people of God, that they may Rest from their works too as God did.” This is why we are “exhorted to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

To “the saints” Because “it is finished! God the Father and God the Son have done their part. This means that all the salvation to glory, instruments have been given and that there are no future installments that haven’t already been allocated! That no further actions that need to be taken or works done by the Godhead body, other than for us to discover these truths through the written WORD, through the teaching and unction’s of Gods Holy Spirit who resides in those who are in the process of “working out our own salvation”. That our guide who God has sent as our comforter and Helper in these Last Days, because everything else is done.

This is why “The Kingdom of God is at hand” to mean to be within reach as attainable. And because “Today is the day of  salvation.” was implemented then as scripture commands. To mean the full saving package, as we are instructed to “work out our own salvation with fear and trembling,  until we too can see ourselves “raised up, and made to sit together in the heavenly places in Christ, as we having done our part as well. For us to be seated “ far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. To mean all the way till the end of time and matter. This is the last era that began with the invitation that “The Kingdom of God is at hand!”

The Gospels expected conclusion is for the arrival of the saints here. And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ,” as those who “have put off the old man with his deeds (being a body of the works of the flesh (but not the flesh itself) 10 and have (already) put on the new man who is renewed according to knowledge into the image of Him who created him“. So if “The Kingdom of God is NOT at hand in this way. Then YES, Christ must come back again to save again to make due on His promises. And the terms “saved” and “Rest” have different meanings. And as He stated at the cross “It is finished”, to mean completed, done and retired. As He said He goes because  “Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me (again) no more; As the second coming seekers suppose. That” God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these Last Days spoken to us by His Son. Unless you think LAST DAYS means something else too. That The Son of God was Gods last and final revelation of Himself, for the son to retire from His works as God the Father did from His, and they call us into this same Rest. That we cease wrangling over the enemies plants of “Hath God really said? That as we put on Christ one revelation at a time until it can be said of you, that you have entered your Rest and are seated in heavenly places In Christ as scripture commands, by finishing our works too. That we work out our own salvation, and did not get caught into the trap of “end times” “Last days prophecies”. Supposing that Jesus must leave His Rest, come back and save in some other way that was not covered and taken care of at the cross.

Hebrews 12 clarifies this saying “25 See that you do not refuse Him who has spoken. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth (Christ), how much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who (now) speaks from heaven, 26 whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, “Yet (only) one more time I shake not only the earth, but the heavens also.” 27 Now this, “Yet (only) once more,” indicates the removal of those things that can being shaken, as being things that are of creation, that the things which cannot be shaken (the Heavenly) may remain. 28 Therefore, since we receive a kingdom (not of earth) that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may persevere God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.

So that, in this whole discourse in Hebrews 12, there is no inference of any other form of help for us in the here and now other than what Christ already brought to us. And as Peter said that “as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: There is nothing left to give that hasn’t already been given as we have just displayed. This is as Christ with arms wide open saying “come unto Me!” And it is for us as we “put on Christ” one revelation at a time, to conclude with the prize. That while we are yet in human form, we can be “complete in Him who is head over all powers and principalities” as scripture commands. To mean things are going as planned so that we can learn to Rest in this, as did God and His Only Begotten.

Here are more supporting verses about “last days” and “end times” from scripture  using a common Bible Concordance. It will become more clear that the last days and end times was back then as it pertains to “prophecy” and prophets and the words from Christ and the Apostles. For even “16 “All the law and the prophets were (only) until John (the Baptist). Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and all (who are willing to believe) are entering. This is why the Kingdom of God is at hand” as we espouse even still today. That “7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says (again in our day): “Today, if you will hear His voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness (or whatever you are going through) 9 Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years. 10 Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they have not known My ways.’ 11 So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ (However they could’ve) 12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13 but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For WE HAVE (already) BECOME PARTAKERS OF Christ as we hold (THAT WHICH WAS FROM) the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15 while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

With the term “Last Days” explained as having to do with The New Covenant era, Lets look at the term “That which is from the beginning” as our focal point and not the last days or end of times illusions.

“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life— 1 John.

Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning

I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning.

Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.”  That it was because the “fall” happened at the beginning, we go back to that event to be raised back up, in understanding. That the resurrection is just a reversal of the fall that we inherited from Adam and Eve. And because Christ is also called the Last Adam, was because that was the curse He reversed for us so that if we don’t go back there in our understanding for our own reversal of the fall. We can in no wise be raised back up! And this is contrary to the end times, second coming seekers view who confuses the resurrection with the ascension and teach a resurrection as being a rapture of their carnal person. But scripture says that “Flesh and blood does not inherit the Kingdom of God” but we know that the re-spirited mind of faith does, just as soon as they can receive it by faith only. For the second coming seekers will say, look here and look there but do not go after them for the Kingdom of God is within you”. This is “the gospel once and for all delivered to us saints” that we are “to contend earnestly for”.

Many believe in salvation as just like a bus or train ticket ride for when Jesus comes again to get them, when in truth even the phase “second coming” is not found in the scripture. It is a supposed event for those who would rather sit and wait than to “work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.  If this is not your posture and claim to be a Christian, you will be counted as a slothful steward too. Like that of “the evil steward who said in his heart, my Master delays His coming.” “⁴⁶ the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. (Luke 12.45) So then to think of Christ as needing to come to appease your carnal nature, in truth is an insult. For He has said “I will never leave you or forsake you, to mean He is always “at hand” as well as His Kingdom too. So it is not the saving of your carnal nature He is concerned with.

So as for the use of the terms “last days” and “end times” here are some direct quotes from scripture indicating that the “last days” started with Christ.

1 Peter 1.20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you

1st John 18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.”

Hebrews 9.26 26 He (Christ) then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

1 Peter 4.7  But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.

Here are verses that prove that the term “at hand” literally means within reach at that very moment and not something mysterious.

Mt 4.17  From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

26.5 Then He came to His disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour [a]is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners

26.18  And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.

26.45 5 Then He came to His disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour [a]is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

26.46 Rise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand.”

John 2.13  Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 7.2  Now the Feast of Tabernacles was at hand.

Next we will prove that the whole book of the Revelation had its fulfillment back then as well as we can learn from the opening and closing statements.

Revelation 1.3 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

Revelation 22.7 “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.” 8 Now I, John, [a]saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. 9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. [b]For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.” 10 And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.

To mean that The Book of The Revelation,  has had its purpose for them and is unsuitable for us today.

For even Christ spoke to His disciples that “28 Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.” and Mark adds ”with great power and glory.

So we have just proved with scripture that all of the events thst the End Times, Last Days seeker movements look forward to, have already expired as having been done

So we’ve just proved that the whole book of The Revelation of Jesus Christ” was written to them back then as it happening to them.  Then that book ends with this warning, “If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: ¹⁹ And if any man takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the Holy City, and from the things which are written in this book. “YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

And this is what the “last days”, “end time” “SECOND COMING seekers do! They try to revive expired Old and New Testament verses to put together a bunch of signs to look for when the words of Christ were that “it is an adulterous and wicked generation who seeks after signs”. They will get the “coming who is according to Satan with lying signs and wonders, are lies because they take all of scripture completely out of context!

And from 2 Peter 3 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be ^[a]burned up.  (This has not happened yet) ¹¹ Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness (which can only be accomplished if you put on Christ), ¹² looking for and hastening the (FINAL) coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

And even Isaiah finished his book with ”

This is why we say that “THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND… . STILL, for a short while. But only as it has been since Christ first invited us saying that “The Kingdom of God is at hand!” DO NOT LOOK FORE ANOTHER COMING ONE WHO IS ACCORDING TO SATAN WITH ALL LYING SIGNS AND WONDERS. AMEN