SECOND COMING
THIS IS NOT
THE HAPPY CLAPPY RAPTURE - THIS IS ARMAGEDDON
- NUCLEAR WAR
First Word
Most of the emphasis on the second advent of
Christ is based on the first part of His coming
which we call the
Rapture. – The Rapture is when Christ comes in the sky FOR His
saints.
This study jumps right to the second part where He
comes down to the earth WITH His
saints.
Setting the Stage
- We have always known
that no one knows when Christ’s second coming will be. We know things will be going along
normal and Christ’s return will be a total surprise.
- We have always had
wars, famine and earthquakes, but when we start to have more of them and
closer together, we are at the beginnings of the Second Advent of
Christ.
- The beginning of the end is when the Anti-Christ is released
on a white horse to deceive and to conquer. He is the first of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. NYOBS 7
- There will be an apostasy;
a great falling away from God that occurs during the tribulation period between
the Rapture and the second coming of Christ – The reason that the apostasy
is so great is that the Church with all the Saints and the
Holy Spirit are all gone from the earth. There is no remaining restraining force!
Matt 24:36-39 – No one
knows when Christ will return
36 "No one knows about that day or hour,
not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at
the coming of the Son of Man.
38 For in the days before the flood, people were
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah
entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until
the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming
of the Son of Man. NIV
Matt 24:6-8 – Wars,
famine, earthquakes are the beginning
6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars,
but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is
still to come.
7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various
places.
8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.
NIV
Rev 6:1-2 – Anti-Christ is
released to deceive and conquer
1 I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the
seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like
thunder, "Come!"
2 I looked, and there before me was a white
horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out
as a conqueror bent on conquest. NIV
Many Saved
- The SEVEN
years tribulation begins; there is disturbing wonders and darkness in
the heavens and frightening signs of blood, fire and smoke happening in
the earth, and with the disappearance of millions of people; those
remaining are shaken to their bones.
- God
sends 144,000 Evangelists to the remaining tribulation people to
explain what has just happened and to share the good news of Jesus Christ.
- Tribulation
Saints
- Many will repent and call upon the name of the Lord and He will hear
them and they will be saved. - God will once again pour out His Spirit and
some will prophesy and have visions and dreams.
Rev 7:3-4 – God sends out
144,000 evangelists to preach
3 "Do not harm the land or the sea or the
trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God."
4 Then I heard the number of those who were
sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel
Acts 2:17 -21 – Multitudes saved during the Tribulations
17 "`In the last days, God says, I
will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your
young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I
will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
19 I will show wonders in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows
of smoke.
20 The sun will be turned to darkness and
the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of
the Lord.
21 And everyone who calls on the name of the
Lord will be saved.'
NIV
13 Then one of the elders asked me, "These in
white robes-who are they, and where did they come from?"
14 I answered, "Sir, you know." And he
said, "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation;
they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb NIV
Satan gets on the defensive
- Satan gets hacked off
that the 144,000 Evangelist have gotten many of the tribulation people
saved and he takes off to make war against them.
- Satan hardens the
heart of the rest of mankind that did not repent and they become worse and
involved in demon activity; thefts, murder, magic arts and sexual
immorality.
- During the first 3 ½
years of the tribulation, multitudes of the new believers will be killed
and beheaded by these hardened people.
17 Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went
off to make war against the rest of her offspring - those who obey God's
commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus. NIV
Rev 20:4 - Tribulation
Saints beheaded
4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had
been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been
beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of
God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not
received his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and
reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Rev 9:20-21 – The rest of
mankind; murders, sexual immorality
20 The rest of mankind that were not killed
by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they
did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone
and wood-idols that cannot see or hear or walk.
21 Nor did they repent of their murders,
their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.
NIV
The Day of the Lord
- NOTE; God is in
control. – The raptured believers
are long gone from the earth and it is God that gathers the remaining
evil nations of the world to come together against
- Twilight - This will be a
special day; “The Day of the Lord”
– Unique because it will be something like twilight; not morning, not
night; when night comes it will not get dark.
- Then
it starts
– All the nations gather to fight against Jerusalem – There is an
earthquake; the city is split into three parts; seven thousand people are
killed – The city is captured - The houses looted – The women raped – and
Half of the city goes into exile.
- There is great
distress unequaled from the beginning of the world.
Zech 14:6-7 – Twilight
6 On that day there will be no light, no
cold or frost.
7 It will be a unique day, without daytime or
nighttime-a day known to the LORD. When evening comes, there will be light.
NIV
Joel 3:2 – God will gather
the nations and judge them
2 I will gather all nations and bring them
down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat Israel
Matt 24:15-21 – Flee
immediately as fast as possible
15 "So when you see standing in the holy
place `the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the
prophet Daniel - let the reader understand -
16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
17 Let no one on the roof of his house go down to
take anything out of the house.
18 Let no one in the field go back to get his
cloak.
20 Pray that your flight will not take
place in winter or on the Sabbath.
21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled
from the beginning of the world until now-and never to be equaled again. NIV
18 Then there came flashes of lightning,
rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No earthquake like
it has ever occurred since man has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake.
19 The great city split into three parts,
and the cities of the nations collapsed. NIV
Ezek 38:11-12 – Israel
11 You will say, "I
will invade a land of un-walled villages; (Israel
12 I will plunder
and loot and turn my hand against the resettled ruins and the people
gathered from the nations, rich in livestock and goods, living at the center of
the land NIV
Zech 14:1-2 – Jerusalem
1 A day of the LORD is coming when your
plunder will be divided among you.
2 I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem
Rev 11:13 – 7,000 people
killed.
13 At that very hour there was a severe
earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were
killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory
to the God of heaven. NIV
Matt 24:21 – There will be great distress
21 For then there will
be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now-and
never to be equaled again. NIV
Two Battles
- NOTE: There are actually
two battles or wars that are to take place on the Hill of Megiddo; or I
could say there is just one battle, but in two phases; it starts, then is
put on hold for 1,000 years and then picks up again for the final
conclusion.
- The first battle aided by
- The second and final
battle
is between Satan and Jesus Christ and lasts for less than one day. This battle is about souls. We will not cover this battle
here. See
NYOBS 22 Armageddon
Ezek 38:15-16 – Mighty Armies
from the Far North -
15 You will come from your place in the far
north, you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great
horde, a mighty army.
16 You will advance against my people Israel
Ezek 38:2-5 – Russia
2 "Son of man, set your face against Gog (Russia land of Magog
3 and say: `This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
I am against you, O Gog (Russia
4 I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws
and bring you out with your whole army-your horses, your horsemen fully armed,
and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their
swords.
5 Persia Cush Ethiopia
When – Second
Advent
- Here’s
where we are
- Half way into the seven year tribulation period the Antichrist goes into
the temple and erects an image of himself known as the abomination
of desolation - 3 ½ years after
that, the tribulations period is
about to end; Armageddon has already begun - Jerusalem is surrounded by armies and
half the city is already taken. – SUDDENLY without warning, Jesus
returns and destruction begins; this event ends the tribulation
period.
- Jesus is NOT coming
back as a suffering servant riding on a donkey, He is coming back
with His army as a conquer on a white stallion in vengeance and in
wrath.
- The
final and great sign of the return of Christ will be an AUDABLE trumpet blast and Christ VISIBLY appears in
majestic “clouds” of glory, riding on a white horse. He is wearing many
crowns and His white robe has been dipped in blood. – EVERYBODY WILL
- He will be seen in a blazing fire everywhere all
at once as lightning is seen
from the East to the West. – THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF
- He will
be surrounded by;
(A) innumerable angels. (B)
His saints of old; (C) those
previously raptured; (D) the
resurrected righteous from the tribulation period; (E) and the armies of heaven that follow
Him. – WOW – WHAT AN ENTRANCE !
- An EARTHQUAKE takes
place when Christ’s feet touches the
- As the mountain
splits, it creates a valley for half of them to escape toward the
- While this frightening
earthquake shakes the nation of
- Then Christ swings
his sickle over the earth, and the earth is harvested and the unjust are thrown
into the winepress of God’s wrath.
Matt 24:15 – Image of the
Anti-Christ
15 "So when you see standing in the holy
place `the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through
the prophet Daniel - let the reader understand - NIV
Matt 24:29-30 – He comes
at the end of the Tribulation days
29 "Immediately after the distress of
those days "`the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its
light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be
shaken.'
30 "At that time the sign of the Son of
Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn NIV
1 Thess 5:2-3 – It will be
SUDDENLY like a thief in the night.
2 the day of the Lord will come like a
thief in the night.
3 While people are saying, "Peace and
safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor
pains on a pregnant woman. NIV.
Matt 24:30-31 – A great
trumpet blast
30 At that time the sign of the Son of Man will
appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will
see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and
great glory.
31 And he will send his angels with a
loud trumpet call…. NIV
Matt 24:27 – It will be
visible as lightning
27 For as lightning that comes from the
east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man
NIV
2 Thess 1:7 – Revealed in
a blazing fire
7 This will happen when the Lord Jesus is
revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. NIV
Jude 14-15 – Christ is
coming with countless saints to judge
14 See, the Lord is coming with thousands
upon thousands of his holy ones
15 to judge everyone, and to convict
all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and
of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him. NIV
Heb 12:1 – Cloud of
witnesses – the Redeemed – the Saints
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by
such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that
hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance
the race marked out for us. NIV
Rev 20:4 –Tribulation
saints are resurrected and reign with Him
4 I saw the souls of those who had been
beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of
God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his
mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with
Christ a thousand years.
NIV
11 I saw heaven standing open; before me was a white
horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he
judges and makes war.
12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head
are many crowns.
13 dressed in a robe dipped in blood; his
name is the Word of God.
14 The armies of heaven were following him,
riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which
to strike down the nations. "He will rule them with an iron scepter."
He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty
Zech 14:3-5 – Mount of Olives splits and
forms a valley.
3 Then the LORD will go out and fight against
those nations, as he fights in the day of battle.
4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives , east of Jerusalem Mount of Olives will be split in two
from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain
moving north and half moving south.
5 You will flee by my mountain valley, for
it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the
days of Uzziah king of Judah
Isa 54:10 – God’s Love and
Peace for Israel
10 Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be
removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant
of peace be remove.
NIV
Matt 25:31 – He will sit
on His throne
31 "When the Son of Man comes in his
glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in
heavenly glory. NIV
19 The angel swung his sickle on the earth,
gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God's wrath.
NIV
The Battle Jerusalem
- The Kings take
counsel among themselves against God’s anointed and God just laughs at them and sets them in derision and
vexes them.
- The nature of forces
unleashed on the armies sounds much like that of a NUCLEAR BOMB which produces an
earthquake that swallows up masses of the enemy; fire and brimstone rain
down; the radiation melts the flesh off their bodies; confusion abounds
and the armies start killing off each other.
- Only one sixth of the
Russian army survives – It’s all over except burring the dead.
- The Lord seizes Satan
and throws him into the Abyss for 1,000 years
- This starts the
millennium reign of Christ. – God calls and holds out his hands one last
time.
Ps 2:1-5 - They make plans
for destruction and God Laughs.
1 Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a
vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the
rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his
anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away
their cords from us.
4 He that sits in the heavens shall laugh:
the Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex
them in his sore displeasure. KJV
Num 16:30 – Earthquakes are triggered
30 and the earth opens its mouth and
swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive
into the grave, NIV
Ezek 38:22 – Rain, Hailstones, Burning Sulfur
22 I will pour down
torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him and on his
troops and on the many nations with him. NIV
Zech 14:12 -13 – Flesh
melts off the bodies while still standing
12 This is the plague
with which the LORD will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem
13 On that day men
will be stricken by the LORD with great panic. Each man will seize the hand of
another, and they will attack each other. NIV
Judg 7:22 – Men turn
on each other
22 When the three hundred
trumpets sounded, the LORD caused the men throughout the camp to turn on
each other with their swords.
Ezek 39:2 – Only one sixth of the army survives
2 And I will turn thee
back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up
from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel
Rev 20:1-3 – Satan thrown
into the abyss for 1,000 years
1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven,
having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain.
2 He seized the dragon, that ancient
serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a
thousand years.
3 He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and
sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the
thousand years were ended. NIV
Purposes for the 2nd coming
- For some reason, at “the end of time” we
only concentrate on the battle of Armageddon
and ignore the main purpose for the second coming of Christ - The
2nd coming is really about the 1,000 year PROBATION which is the LAST TIME man and angels
get an opportunity to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ and CHOOSE. – After that it’s all over.
- The reasons and purposes of Christ’s
return are the believer’s promised
PROMISES, REASONS AND PURPOSES of the second coming
a)
To
fight the battle of Armageddon; Throw the Anti-Christ; False Prophet in the lake
of fire
b)
To
seize, bind, lock and seal Satan; the dragon; ancient serpent; the devil, for
1,000 years.
c)
To
remove the curse from the earth and liberate creation itself from bondage.
d)
To
restore all things as He has promised. – To provide peace among man and animals.
e)
To
judge the remaining nations.
f)
To
separate the sheep from the goats – Reward - Condemn –To punish people for
their sins
g)
To
hand over the kingdom of the earth to God.
h)
To
receive back the kingdoms of the earth – To posses ALL the earth.
i)
To
establish His throne and build the temple of the Lord.
j)
To
display the SHEKINAH Glory of God over mount Zion
k)
To
fight and deliver Israel
l)
To
end the time of the Gentile oppression that has in part blinded Israel
m) To reclaim and gather the
Nation of Israel to Himself – To Breathe life back into Israel
n)
To
set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed and to reign over all the other
nations.
o)
To
establishes a civil government – To provide righteous justice for all
p)
To
install the resurrected saints as rulers and judges.
q)
To
judge and settle civil disputes.
r)
To
punish those who do not obey the Gospel
s)
To
imparts Knowledge, Wisdom, Understanding and Communication.
t)
To
give relief to those that are troubled.
u)
To
bring Peace, Joy and Gladness
v)
To
establish a One World Religion, from the rising to the setting sun.
w) To evangelize the
world – To bring salvation to the ends
of the earth and teach His ways
x)
To
reveal Himself and hold out His hands. – To give mankind one more chance to
CHOOSE
y)
To
purge the earth of all possibilities of future rebellion and to let All Creation
be witness.
z)
To
make all things new. SELAH
19 I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and
their armies gathered together to make war against the rider on the
horse and his army.
20 But the beast was captured, and with him
the false prophet who had performed the miraculous signs on his behalf.
With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast
and worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery
lake of burning sulfur. NIV
Rev 20:1-3 - Seize, bind,
lock and seal Satan
1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven,
having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain.
2 He seized the dragon, that ancient
serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for
a thousand years.
3 He threw him into the Abyss, and locked
and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore
until the thousand years were ended. NIV
Rom 8:21- Creation will be
liberated from bondage
21 that the creation itself will be liberated
from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children
of God.
NIV
Acts 3:21 – To restore all things as He promised
21 He must remain in heaven until the time comes
for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through
his holy prophets. NIV
Isa 11:6-9 – There will be
peace among the animals and man
6 The wolf will live with the lamb, the
leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion
and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will feed with the bear, their
young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 The infant will play near the hole of the
cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest.
9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all
my holy mountain NIV
1 Cor 15:24 – Hands over the kingdom of earth to God
24 Then the end will come, when he hands over
the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion,
authority and power.
NIV
15 "The kingdom of the world has become
the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and
ever." NIV
Ezek 43:7 – Establishes
His throne
7 He said: "Son of man, this is the place
of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I
will live among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel
Zech 6:12 -13 – Will build the temple of the Lord
12 Tell him this is what the LORD Almighty says:
`Here is the man whose name is the Branch, and he will branch out from his
place and build the temple of the LORD.
13 It is he who will build the temple of
the LORD, and he will be clothed with majesty and will sit and rule on his
throne. NIV
Isa 4:5 – Show the
SHEKINAH Glory of God
5 Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion
Matt 25:31-46 – To judge
the remaining nations.
31 "When the Son of Man comes in his glory,
and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory.
32 All the nations will be gathered before him,
and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the
sheep from the goats
46 "Then they will go away to eternal
punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." NIV
Isa 26:21 – Punish the
people of earth for their sins
21 See, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling to punish
the people of the earth for their sins. NIV
Zech 14:3 – To deliver Israel
3 Then the LORD will go out and fight against
those nations, as he fights in the day of battle. NIV
Rom 11:25 -26 – End the time of the Gentile oppression.
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be
ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness
in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be
come in.
26 And so ALL Israel
Ps 102:16 - Build up Zion
16 When the LORD shall build up Zion
Ezek 37:3-5 – Breathes
life into Israel
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these
bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these
bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold,
I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: KJV
Rev 19:11-21 – To destroy
the enemies
11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me
was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he
judges and makes war .
15 He treads the winepress of the fury of the
wrath of God Almighty.
21 The rest of them were killed with the sword that
came out of the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged
themselves on their flesh. NIV
Isa 11:10 -11 – Reclaim and Gather the Nation of Israel
10 In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a
banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of
rest will be glorious.
11 In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a
second time to reclaim the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria , from Lower Egypt , from Upper Egypt , from Cush Elam Babylonia , from Hamath and from the
islands of the sea. NIV
Dan 2:44 – Set up a kingdom and reign over all nations
44 "In the time of those kings, the God of
heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it
be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring
them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. NIV
Isa 2:2-4 – To establish a
civil government
2 In the last days the mountain of the LORD's
temple will be established as chief among the mountains; It will be raised
above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
4 He will judge between the nations and will
settle disputes for many peoples. NIV
Matt 19:28 – Make resurrected saints rulers and judges
28 Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth,
at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious
throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel
Isa 35:5-7 – Remove the
curse from the earth
5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart,
and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters
break out, and streams in the desert.
7 And the parched ground shall become a pool,
and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons,
where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Isa 32:3-4 – Brings
knowledge, understand and communication
3 Then the eyes of those who see will no
longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 The mind of the rash will know and
understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.
NIV
2 Thess 1:7-9 – Give
relief - Punish those the disobedient
7 and give relief to you who are troubled,
and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven
in blazing fire with his powerful angels.
8 He will punish those who do not know God
and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
9 They will be punished with everlasting
destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of
his power NIV
Isa 35:10 – Bring Peace –
Joy and Gladness
10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return,
and come to Zion
KJV
Mal 1:11 – To establish a one world religion
11 My name will be great among the nations,
from the rising to the setting of the sun. In every place incense and
pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great
among the nations," says the LORD Almighty. NIV
Isa 49:6 – Bring salvation
to the ends of the earth
6 To restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back
those of Israel
NIV
Isa 11:4 – Provide
righteous justice for all
4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy;
with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. NIV
Isa 2:3 – He will teach
His ways – Evangelize the World
3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and
let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and
he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out
of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Isa 65:1-12 – I called
you, but you did not answer
1 "I revealed myself to those who did not
ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation
that did not call on my name, I said, `Here am I, here am I.'
2 All day long I have held out my hands to
an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own
imaginations--
3 a people who continually provoke me to my very
face,
5 who say, `Keep away; don't come near me,
12 I will destine you for the sword, and you will
all bend down for the slaughter; for I called but you did not answer, I
spoke but you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what
displeases me."
15 If anyone's name was not found written in the
book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Rev 21:5 – Makes all
things new
5 He who was seated on the throne said, "I
am making everything new!"
Rev 21:3 – God will dwell
with men and they will be His people
3 "Now the dwelling of God is with men,
and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God
himself will be with them and be their God. NIV
The
Millennium Begins
- The
Millennium is a transition period that is somewhat like how the earth had been
in the Garden of Eden and the coming new earth and eternity. Better than it was, but not as good as
its going to be. – Christ purges the earth – gives the earth to God – Then
receives it back.
- Christ rules from
“the throne of David” with the Saints for a thousand years
- Those born during the
1,000 years will have borne witness to the love and peace of God.
- Many embraced God
because it is politically correct, but they have no relationship.
- This proves mans
heart is inherently evil and is doomed without the Holy Spirit’s
drawing
- Many succumb and follow
Satan when he is released from the abyss after the 1,000 years.
Luke 1:32 -33 – God will give the throne of David to Jesus
32 He will be great and will be called the Son of
the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,
33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob
forever; his kingdom will never end." NIV
Isa 9:6-7 – Christ takes
the throne of David over Israel
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and peace
there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his
kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from
that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish
this. NIV
Two Nations
- What is so often
missed is in the end God will unite
Ezek 36:24-28 – God will
gather his people from the nations
24 "`For I will take you out of the nations; I
will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your
own land.
25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you
will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all
your idols.
26 I will give you a new heart and put a
new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give
you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move
you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
28 You will live in the land I gave your
forefathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God. NIV
Hos 3:5 – Israel
5 Afterward the Israelites will return and seek
the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the
LORD and to his blessings in the last days. NIV
Ezek 37:16-22 – God will
unite the two kingdoms into one.
16 "Son of man, take a stick of wood and
write on it, `Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with
him.' Then take another stick of wood, and write on it, `Ephraim's stick, belonging
to Joseph and all the house of Israel
17 Join them together into one stick so
that they will become one in your hand.
21 I will take the Israelites out of the nations
where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back to
their own land.
22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the
mountains of Israel
- LISTEN: Today the nation of
- The
Vine is Jesus Christ and the branches are Jewish Israel - When
you as a Gentile are grafted into the vine, you become part of Jewish
Israel. Your roots become Jewish.
- All
Israel
is therefore; the natural branches of the vine; (A) the believing Jews – Plus the un-natural wild branches that were grated in; (B) the Gentiles – Plus the broken off branches that were grafted back
into the vine; (C) the
returning believing Jews.
- SO, when you see
- There will be remnants
of Jewish Believers from
Rom 11:25-26 – All Israel
25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this
mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel
26 And so ALL Israel will be saved, as it is
written: NIV
Rom 11:17 – Gentiles are
part of All Israel
17 If some of the branches have been broken off,
and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the
others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,
John 10:16 – We are part of the Shepard’s fold
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of
this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there
shall be one fold, and one shepherd. KJV
Eph 3:3-6 – The mystery of
the Gentiles
3 that is, the mystery made known to me by
revelation, as I have already written briefly.
4 In reading this, then, you will be able to
understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,
5 which was not made known to men in other
generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles
and prophets.
6 This mystery is that through the gospel the
Gentiles are heirs together with Israel
WHY?
You
might just ask the question, “Why is
God going to all this trouble,
Why
didn’t He just trash the earth in the very beginning”?
The
answer is not about what’s going on earth, but what’s going on in heaven.
For millions of years, all the
remaining principalities, powers and Angels
have
been witness to the patience and love of God as He waits for Satan to
repent.
With
all the time that was given to Satan it has shown that he has no power
to
CREATE; only to CORRUPT.
When
Armageddon finishes, none will doubt that God
is God and there is no other.
There
will never ever be another rebellion in heaven,
and
the story of Satan and Adam and Jesus will be told and retold.
God’s
word will not return to Him empty,
but
will accomplish the purpose for which it was sent.
God now has a chosen people, a royal
priesthood and a holy nation.
Isa 55:11 – God’s word
will not return to Him empty.
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It
will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve
the purpose for which I sent it.
NIV
1 Peter 2:9 – A chosen people,
a royal priesthood, a holy nation
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may
declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful
light. NIV
The Bible in three
minutes – the Three Earth Ages
- First Earth Age - This is eternity past See
NYOBS 17.16 - The Other Flood
- In the beginning God
creates the Heavens and the Earth. He sees that it is good - Gen 1:1
- Man and animals are
created with free will – They
are good
- The angels are
created with free will,
including Satan – They are good
- There is NOT a Law: If
you sin, you die.
- Satan is given
dominion over all of the Earth – But he wants to be worshiped as God
- Time did not exist - but probably
millions of years as we know it would pass by.
- Satan rebels – so
does 50,000,000 angels and they leave their assigned post to follow Satan
- Man’s heart becomes
filled with evil and violence and man wants to do his own thing.
- All of Heaven sees what’s happening and
waits to see if Satan will succeed.
- God gives eons of
time for Satan and man to come around, but they don’t
- God floods the earth
wiping out everything.
- The earth becomes
without form and void – Gen 1:2
- Heaven watches to see what Satan
will do about it.
- Second Earth Age – This is the present age – but before
Jesus Christ is born.
- The earth is still
void and the spirits of the dead are still alive, but they have no bodies.
- They become Satan’s
demonic followers. – See NYOBS 7
Eschatology
- Time as we know it Begins - Satan is unable to
give life or create anything.
- God starts over – All
of Heaven is watching to see what Satan will do next.
- The plan
of salvation of man is put into effect. “The
law of sin and death”.
- A mystery is also put into
effect. A new ruler of the earth will
come and defeat Satan.
- Everything is recreated
or “brought forth” starting in Genesis 1:3 – Man has free will.
- God put Adam and Eve
in the Garden
– Everything is put under Adam’s authority.
- Satan is determined he will not report to a man made lower than him, made out of dirt.
- God tells Adam “don’t
eat of the fruit of the tree of good and evil”, or you will die.
- Satan tricks Adam
into eating the fruit – God knew he would – Adam is now a sinner.
- Adam now has Kids –
Satan thinks Able will be the new ruler – gets Cain to kill Able.
- Now everybody is a
sinner – Satan is home free – He is king and worthy of praise.
- About 2,000 years passes – Man is hopelessly
evil – Heaven is wondering what’s next.
- God gets Noah and his
family to build an ark – fills it with pairs of God’s creation.
- God Floods the earth
for over a year. Only 8 people are saved.
This is God’s remnant.
- Noah’s family and the
animals and creatures start over populating the earth.
- About 1,000 more years pass – Satan hears the
Prophets talk about a hidden mystery.
- A messiah is
prophesied to come from the Jewish nation to rule the earth.
- Satan gets Pharaoh to
kill all the male children – Moses is saved – Moses must be the one.
- Satan gets Moses to
kill an Egyptian – Now Moses is a sinner – Satan thinks he is home free.
- The Church age begins – Jesus the Messiah prophesied. NYOBS 7
- Another 1,000 years pass – Satan hears more
talk about a “mystery that’s been hidden”.
- A Messiah is coming -
a new ruler of earth – Now all creation is watching what will happen.
- Satan gets the king
to kill all the babies two years old and under – But, Jesus is saved.
- Jesus is found at age
12 in the temple,
but does not start His ministry till He is about 30.
- Satan tries to tempt
Jesus into sinning – but is unsuccessful – Satan needs another plan.
- The Jews are excited
– They are looking for a reigning
Messiah to set up a kingdom.
- Jews are disappointed
– Jesus comes as a suffering
Messiah – with a message of salvation.
- Jews don’t understand
and reject Jesus as the Messiah – Satan is ecstatic.
- The prophets say
everyone that hangs on a tree is a sinner
- Satan enters Judas
and tricks him into forcing Jesus to take action as a reigning Messiah.
- It didn’t work – This
was not the Plan – Judas sees he made a mistake – kills himself.
- Jesus is crucified on
a tree–
Sinless Jesus takes all of man’s sins– Satan is dumbfounded.
- All Heaven, Hell, demons and angels both good and evil
are watching to see what happens.
- The
Church age continues – More
prophecy revealed
- Jesus goes to a
compartment of hell know as paradise or Abrahams Bosom.
- Jesus preaches to the
good guys and takes them to heaven with the keys of death and hell.
- Jesus spends time
with His disciples and about 500 others.
- Jesus is translated
to Heaven and sits at the right hand of God
- The prophets tell
that the Messiah is coming back - This time to be a reigning Messiah.
- Satan is upset –
knows his time is short. All Creation is watching and giving witness.
- Time is given to Satan and all in
the earth to hear Christ’s message of salvation and repent.
- John is thrown into
the prison on the
- God gives a vision to
John – John cryptically writes it down – sneaks it out to the believers.
- Last
of the Church Age – John is given a Vision; the Rapture - the Tribulation – the Future
- Warnings are given to
the Church’s of all ages; the body of Christ, about the end times.
- 2000 more
years pass; time enough for Satan and all living
to respond to Christ’s message.
- All Creation is
watching as a witness of God’s patience and Satan’s total rebellion
- Satan enters into a
man and he becomes his false
prophet – The Anti-spirit.
- Satan enters into
another man and he become the
Antichrist
- Satan still sees
himself as God – he now has a trinity
– This will fool many, he is like God.
- The Antichrist is
shot in the head and appears dead – is resurrected – similar to Christ
- Many think he is the
Messiah and follow and worship him.
Satan is ecstatic.
- Jesus comes back and
raptures the believing church – It happens faster than you can blink.
- Great confusion
exists – Satan, the fallen angels, demons and the wicked
are all that’s left.
- This is the first
part of Christ’s second coming – Some get saved because of this
event.
- God
seals and marks 144,000 Jews to preach the gospel of salvation one more
time
- All creation sees
God’s love
for His creation and they are a witness to his patience.
- Seven
years of tribulation begins – The Antichrist makes a peace treaty with
- Wars, famine,
pestilence, boils, sickness, hail, earthquakes & natural disasters are
prevalent.
- The
Antichrist seals his followers with a mark on their forehead like God
did.
- They can now buy food
and sell stuff - They worship the Antichrist as the Messiah.
- They are doomed
forever – this is the unpardonable sin. They cannot change their mind.
- Some do not take the
mark, many are killed. Heaven takes
note – The angels ponder it.
- Antichrist breaks the
Peace agreement with
- Antichrist stops the
sacrifices in the
- Antichrist sets up an
image of Satan in the temple – it can talk – it is worshiped.
- There is war in
heaven. Michael; God’s
- Satan and one third
of the angels are thrown out of heaven.
- God
sends two witnesses to preach one more time – They do miracles –
many are saved
- The two witnesses
might be Elijah and Enoch, both previously raptured or translated.
- They preach the
Gospel for the last 3 ½ years of the tribulation
- They are
supernaturally protected during their mission
- They perform great
miracles; call down fire from Heaven, and cause droughts
- When their mission is
complete, God allows the Antichrist to
kill them
- They lie in the
streets of
- People are happy and
give each other gifts… Might be at Christmas time.
- The Heavens thunder -
The Two Witnesses are resurrected and raptured or translated
- The process is slow
enough for everybody on earth to see it via satellite.
- A great earthquake
hits - A tenth of
- Seven Thousand men
are killed. - Survivors recognize the power of God
- God has everybody’s
attention and they see His invitation to salvation.- All creation sees.
- The
Third Earth Age preamble – war
of Gog and Magog; the millennium reign -
NYOBS 22
- During the entire
tribulation period, one half of the world’s population is killed.
- Birds are summoned to
eat the dead. - It takes seven months to bury the dead remains.
- Antichrist and the
false prophet are thrown into the lake of fire.
- Satan is bound in
chains for 1,000 years so he cannot deceive the nations.
- Christ
returns and reigns - there is peace and an abundance of everything for
1,000 years.
- Those born during the
1,000 years have borne witnessed to the love and peace of God.
- Many embraced God
because it was politically correct, but have no relationship.
- This proves mans
heart is inherently evil and is doomed without the Holy Spirit’s drawing.
- Satan is released after
the 1,000 years for a short time and starts the deception again.
- There are a bunch of
people just ripe for the picking by Satan.
- All Creation sees that God has let
man’s spirit freely choose whom he will serve
- There is another war
– The war of Armageddon – 200 million fight against the Antichrist
- All are defeated –
There are no survivors
- The unsaved are
judged and with Satan are thrown into the lake of fire forever.
- All creation now
knows
the awesomeness of God and tells the story of Satan’s rebellion.
- There is now no
doubt, only the pure and faithful are in the presence of Jehovah God.
- The
Third Earth Age– begins
- There’s a “whole lot
of shakin’ goin’ on”. - God does Urban Renewal
- A New Heaven
and Earth are created
- The New
Jerusalem
comes down from Heaven already constructed.
- The
- Living water flows
out of the throne room both east and west.
There is no more sea.
- The walls are
transparent with its twelve gates, each made out of a single pearl.
- The redeemed of the
earth live here. We the redeemed
rule and reign with Him forever.
- The remaining Nations
of the earth make annual pilgrimages to
- There is no sin – no
tears, no trouble. Just peace and
abundance of everything.
- The fruit of the
Spirit for the healing of the nations is in everyone. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
- The
story of Satan and fallen man is told over and over again– It will never
happen again
- Time no
longer exists –
Just eternity.
In the multitude of counselors,
there is wisdom.
Prov 11:14
I am grateful for those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical information, and scripture verses. Because of them I can stand on their shoulders and see further than I otherwise ever could have.
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Harper’s Bible Dictionary – Harper and Row
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Matthew Henry’s Commentary – Matthew Henry
New International Dictionary of the Bible; The – Douglas ; Tenney
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Victor Journey through the Bible; The – V. Gilbert Beers
Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible; The – Tenney
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