For those for whom Biblical study is a journey of faith, listening for that still, small voice of God is the ultimate goal — wherever it takes them. As long as the Word is foremost and, as long as everything aligns with Scripture and is not reliant on the guidance of one individual or another and one is not deviating from the path of Christ — the seeking and finding of God’s will can be assured.
It is when one individual or another begins to tell people what they should or should lot believe that people often find themselves on a wrong path. This is what leads to cult-like behaviors and confused beliefs that take the place of the careful, rational pursuit of the Lord that is to be the mainstay of Christiandom for believers.
While some consider Satan’s Little Season to be outside the realm of a conventional Christian belief system, it has long been considered a viable area of study that represents a sizable percentage of the followers of Christ.
He did, of course, state in various areas of Scripture that He would return before some of them had tasted death. Among them:
The dark ages would have been, instead, of period of light.