Yeshua declared, "This good news of the Kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come" (Matt. 24:14). Notice that this statement doesn't seem to make any sense. Why would the end come after the good news is proclaimed to the whole world? It would make more sense for the world to continue if that were the case so that more people could be saved. This interpretation is not correct. The reason why the end will come after the good news of the Kingdom of God is proclaimed to the whole world is that there will come a time when the good news will fall on deaf ears or will be replaced with a false message of good news (2 Cor. 11:4). 2 Timothy 3:1 reads, "But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come...", not celebratory times. Thus, the truth is that Yeshua will return after the message of good news is no longer of any effect, because then there will no longer be any reason for His return to be delayed. This time is fast approaching.

The same thing happened in Noah's day. He was a "preacher of righteousness" and shared his testimony to the world until the end when the flood came and killed all of mankind, except those who were on the ark.

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At creation, Elohim established the weekly cycle of seven days. He worked the first six days and “rested on the seventh day” (Gen. 2:1-3), providing us an example (Ex. 20:8-11). Psalms 90:4 states, “For a thousand years in Your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.” Many early rabbis interpreted this Scripture to mean that the six days of creation represent six millennial days, and that the seventh day Sabbath represents the millennial rest. The tannaim said that, as there were six days of creation, the world would last for 6,000 years. The seventh “world day” would be 1,000 years of the Messiah’s rule (Sanhedrin 97a; Avodah Zarah 9a). About 200 years before Messiah, Rabbi Elias wrote, “The world endures six thousand years: two thousand before the Torah, two thousand under the Torah, and two thousand under Messiah.” Rabbi Ketina held the same opinion. The New Testament biblical writers also agree. The Apostle Peter echoed this interpretation in discussing the anticipation of Messiah’s return: “But do not forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with יהוה as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day” (2 Pet. 3:8). The Apostle John was inspired to write that this coming era, beginning with Messiah’s return to set up His Kingdom, will last 1,000 years (Rev. 20:1-4). The Apostle Paul explained that the seventh-day Sabbath pictures the “millennial” rest (Heb. 4:3-11). Matthew testified that Yeshua took Peter, James, and John up on a high mountain to witness the transfiguration. The transfiguration occurred “after six days” (Matt. 16:28 - 17:1-9), which symbolizes the resurrection occurring after the sixth millennial day, at the start of the millennial Sabbath. Many “church fathers” also agreed. In Against Heresies (c. 150ad), Irenaeus related a belief of the early church: “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 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 years.” Other church fathers who also agreed were: Lactantius, Victorinus, Hippotylus, Justin Martyr, and Methodius, etc.

Yeshua was born in 4 BC, so the 2000 years “under Messiah” ended in the year 1995 or 1996, at the culmination of the six millennial days. Yet, He hasn’t returned. Why?