Transcript Prophecy Series

Minor Prophets,
Major Message
Part VI – “Last Days”
© 2008 Brett Peterson
Our Winter Series at Living Water
Pastor Brett Peterson
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• Week One – Get Zealous for the things of God!
• Week Two – Be used by God!
• Week Three –Courage, Faith, and Covenant
Relationship
• Week 4:Faithfulness and Forgiveness
• Week 5– Thank Him for the red lights
• Walk with Jesus – pray always!
• Today – The Last Days – laying a foundation for
the rest of the Minor Prophets.
• Next week – End Times & the ‘Day of the Lord’
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Before we get into Joel, we need to lay a
foundation for a Biblical view of the ‘Last Days’
and the ‘Day of the Lord’
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Joe 1:14 Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a solemn assembly; Gather the
elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the LORD
your God, And cry out to the LORD.
Joe 1:15 Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, And it
will come as destruction from the Almighty.
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Joe 2:1 Blow a trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm
on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the
land tremble, For the day of the LORD is coming;
Surely it is near,
Joe 2:2 A day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds
and thick darkness. As the dawn is spread over the
mountains, So there is a great and mighty people; There
has never been anything like it, Nor will there be again
after it To the years of many generations.
Much of the next 10 Minor Prophets is about the end times.
Times, it appears, in which we live.
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Dan 12:3 "Those who have insight will shine brightly like
the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who
lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and
ever. 4 "But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and
seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back
and forth, and knowledge will increase."
Time, for us to get right with God and walk close to Him!
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Joe 2:12 "Yet even now," declares the LORD, "Return to
Me with all your heart, And with fasting, weeping and
mourning;
Joe 2:13 And rend your heart and not your garments."
Now return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious
and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in
lovingkindness And relenting of evil.
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Joe 2:28 "It will come about after this That I will pour out
My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters
will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your
young men will see visions.
Joe 2:29 "Even on the male and female servants I will
pour out My Spirit in those days.
Joe 2:30 "I will display wonders in the sky and on the
earth, Blood, fire and columns of smoke.
Joe 2:31 "The sun will be turned into darkness And the
moon into blood Before the great and awesome day of the
LORD comes.
• Does this mean old men can’t have visions, and young men can’t dream
dreams?
• This passage is an example of Hebrew poetic form. Can you see it?
A n d it w ill co m e a b o u t a fte r th is (2 :2 8 ).
I w ill p o u r o u t M y S p irit o n a ll m a n kin d (2 :2 8 ).
Y o u r so n s a n d d a u g h te rs w ill p ro p h e sy (2 :2 8 ).
Y o u r o ld m e n w ill d re a m d re a m s (2 :2 8 ).
Y o u r yo u n g m e n w ill se e visio n s (2 :2 8 ).
A n d e ve n o n th e m a le a n d fe m a le se rva n ts
(2 :2 9 ).
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I w ill p o u r o u t M y S p irit (2 :2 9 ).
In th o se d a ys (2 :2 9 ).
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Are we living in the ‘Last Days’?
Timeline
Overlapping Dates Suggest Coregencies
Years of the Minor Prophets
798-782 B.C.
Jehoash
910-909 B.C.
Nadab
931-910 B.C.
Jeroboam
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931-913 B.C.
Rehoboam
874-853 B.C. 852-841 B.C.
885 B.C.
793-753 B.C.
Ahab
Joram
909-886 B.C. Zimri
Jeroboam II
Baasha
885-874 B.C. 853-852 B.C.
841-814 B.C.
753 B.C.
886-885 B.C.
Omri
Ahaziah
Jehu
814-798 B.C.
Zechariah
Elah
Jehoahaz
911-870 B.C.
Asa
873-848 B.C.
Jehoshaphat
835-796 B.C.
Joash
848-841 B.C.
Jehoram
841 B.C.
Ahaziah
913-911 B.C.
Abijah
841-835 B.C.
Athaliah
Overlapping Dates Suggest Coregencies
Divided Monarchy – Judah
792-740 B.C.
Uzziah
796-767 B.C.
Amaziah
Timeline
Overlapping Dates Suggest Coregencies
752-742 B.C.
Menahem,
752-732 B.C.
Pekah
722 B.C.
Fall of Israel
Years of the Minor Prophets
The Northern
Kingdom
732-722 B.C.
752 B.C.
Hoshea
Shallum
742-740 B.C.
Pekahiah
Years in Exile
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750-731 B.C.
Jotham
729-686 B.C.
Hezekiah
735-715 B.C.
Ahaz
642-640 B.C.
Amon
696-642 B.C.
Manasseh
609 B.C.
Jehoahaz
640-609 B.C.
Josiah
598-597 B.C.
Jehoiachin
608-598 B.C.
Jehoiakim
586 B.C.
597-586 B.C. Fall of Judah
Zedekiah
Overlapping Dates Suggest Coregencies
Divided Monarchy – Israel
The Southern Kingdom
Returns and Restoration
Approximately
515 B.C.
539 B.C. Completion of
Fall of
New Temple
Babylon
Around 474 B.C.
Time of Esther
458 B.C.
Ezra’s
Pilgrimage
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538 B.C.
Cyrus Liberates
the Israelites
536 B.C.
Foundations
Laid for
New Temple
458 B.C.
Nehemiah’s
Pilgrimage
536 -515 B.C.
Construction of
New Temple
425 B.C.
End of Old Testament Israel
425 B.C. – 5 B.C.
Silent Transitional
Period
5 B.C.
Birth of Christ
New Testament Begins
Signs of the Last Days
Resurection
33 A.D.
Jesus Conquers!
70 A.D.
Diaspora
•Russia aligns with Syria
and other Arab nations.
•World becomes a global
community
1917 A.D.
•Economic distress
Jews called
•Men calling bad good
home
and good bad.
1917 - Present. •Moral decline
End Times
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33 A.D. - Present.
Church Age
33 A.D.
Pentecost,
Birth of the
Church
1948 A.D.
Israel
Reborn
Let us glimpse into the
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1917 – The ‘Last Days’ truly begin….
The British gain control of Palestine (Israel)
The Balfour Declaration, November 2, 1917
U.S. Congress Endorses
The Balfour Declaration
(September 21, 1922)
””...the LORD will...assemble the dispersed
of Israel, and gather together the scattered of
Judah from the four corners of the
earth.”Isaiah 11:11-12
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(Ezekiel 11:17) “Therefore say, ‘Thus says the
Lord GOD, “I will gather you from the peoples
and assemble you out of the countries among
which you have been scattered, and I will give you
the land of Israel.”’
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(Ezekiel 37:21) “Say to them, ‘Thus says
the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will take the
sons of Israel from among the nations
where they have gone, and I will gather
them from every side and bring them into
their own land;
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1947 AD
The UN voted to end British control of Palestine and
to divide/partition the country into a Jewish and
Arab state.
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In Joel 3:2, the prophet said that the nations of the
world will be judged for having scattered the people
of Israel and for having “divided up” (or “parted” or
“partitioned”) the land of Israel. On November 29,
1947, when the United Nations General Assembly
approved a motion to partition the land, which at
that time was called “Palestine.” The partition plan
divided the land into two separate states, one for
Jewish people and another for Arab people.
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In this initial
declaration,
Jerusalem would
be an
international city,
belonging to no
one country or
people.
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1948, May 14
Jews declare independence
On May 14, 1948, the Jews declare independence
for Israel. This is the first time in 2900 years that
Israel is both independent and united.
At this time, many more Jews from all over the
world came to Israel, as prophesied…
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(Isaiah 56:8) The Lord GOD, who gathers the
dispersed of Israel, declares, “Yet others I will
gather to them, to those already gathered.”
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The US
recognized
the new
Jewish state
immediately;
1948, May 15
(The next day) Surrounding countries invade Israel
Within hours of Israel’s declaration of independence, the surrounding
Arab countries launch an invasion of Israel. 5 Countries against
Israel!
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1949
Israel prevails in first Arab-Israeli war
Israel prevails in the Arab-Israeli war of 1948-9. Israeli forces
recapture more of the ancient Jewish homeland, expanding the size of
Israel by about 50 percent.
1967
Six-Day War: Jews capture holy city of Jerusalem
During the Six-Day War of 1967, Israel takes control of Jerusalem and
other ancient-Jewish territories.
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1917- Current Jew began to buy property from the
Palestinians
- This was prophesied in scripture!!!
Jeremiah 32:44
Fields will be bought for silver, and deeds will be
signed, sealed and witnessed in the territory of
Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem, in the
towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill country,
of the western foothills and of the Negev, because I
will restore their fortunes, declares the Lord.”
Syria is also threatening Israel and supporting the terrorists
who are waging Jihad on them.
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Amos 1:3-5 States that Syria will come against Israel four
times, and then will be made desolate.
These occurred in:
1948 (1st) 1967(2nd) 1973(3rd) and the
4th appears that it could happen at any time!
Damascus is the capital of Syria. It is the oldest perpetual
city in the world! It is over 5000 years old!
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Is. 17:1 States that Damascus will be taken
away from being a city and become a ruinous
heap - this has not happened yet,
but will very soon!!
Isa 17:1 The oracle concerning Damascus.
"Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from
being a city And will become a fallen ruin.
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In 1973, Israel came with 20 kilometers of
Damascus - Russia stepped in and informed the
world that if they continue, it will
be world war three. If Israel had destroyed
Damascus then, this prophecy could not have been
fulfilled!
Additionally, Russia is backing Damascus - when
Damascus attacks Israel again, it will be destroyed,
and it will cause the
prophecies in Ez. 38 and 39 to be fulfilled - Russia,
the bear of the north along with Muslim nations will
be forced to attack Israel, but God will intervene!
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Timeline of the ‘Last days’
70 AD
1917
1948
1967
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Damascus(Syria) could be the catalyst for it all to happen!
Eze 38:3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you,
O Gog, prince of Rosh( Russia), Meshech and Tubal.
Eze 38:4 "I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will
bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them
splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them
wielding swords;
Gog, Magog
Is. 17:1
Ez. 38:15
Ez.39
Daniel 9:27
(prior to the 70th week of Daniel – see Ez. 39:9)
This will be a world crisis! Zech. 12:1+ - (next slide)
Eze 39:9 "Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will go out
and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both shields and
bucklers, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears, and for seven
years they will make fires of them.
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Zec 12:2 "Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes
reeling to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against
Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah.
Zec 12:3 "It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem
a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely
injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.
• Even the USA is attempting to partition the land. Joel said those who do this
are against Israel: Joe 3:2 I will gather all the nations And bring them down to
the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there On
behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have scattered
among the nations; And they have divided up My land
Mat 24:3 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the
disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when
will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your
coming, and of the end of the age?
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Let’s list the signs Jesus gives….
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1. False teachers, false prophets, false christ’s, truth compromised
2. Wars and Rumors of wars (World war I – 1914)
Nation against nation, Kingdom against kingdom
3. Famines and earthquakes in diverse places
4. Famine, drought, earthquakes, wild animals, sword(terrorism)
5. Persecution of the Church – Christians will be hated by all
nations - martyrs
6. Apostasy – the falling away from truth
7. Agape love will grow cold, people will love themselves &
pleasure instead of Jesus and His Bride, the Church
8. Fulfillment of the great commission…
• Mat 24:13 "But the one who endures to the end, he will
be saved. 14 "This gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the
nations, and then the end will come.
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Matt: 24:33So,
you too, when you see all
these things, recognize that He is near,
right at the door. 34“Truly I say to you,
this generation will not pass away until
all these things take place.
All of this takes place in the first half of the 70th week of Daniel.
False Christ,
1st
White Horseman
Mt. 24:5
Rev. 6:1-2
Ten nations give AntiMessiah powers.
Anti-Messiah makes his
7 year covenant with
Israel. 70th week begins.
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Rev. 13
Rev. 11
Israel Rebuilds their
temple
Rev. 11:2-6
War,
Famines
2nd
3rd
Red Horseman
Black Horseman
Mt. 24:6-7a
Rev. 6:3-4
Mt. 24:7b
Rev. 6:5-6
3 of the 10 nations refuse
to give Anti-Messiah power,
he comes against them with
a sword and ‘uproots’ them.
Anti-Messiah conquers.
Famine - This may lead
to the implementation
of the mark of the beast.
Rev. 13
Rev. 13:15-18
Terrorism
4th
Pale Horseman
Mt. 24:7c-10
Rev. 6:7-8
Death by terrorism,
hunger, & beasts of
the earth.
Rev. 13:15 This will
be when those who
refuse to receive the
mark will starve and
be killed by the
anti-christ.
Rev. 13:7-10
Lk. 21:16
Martyrs
5th
Martyrs
Matt. 24:9-13
Rev. 6:9-11
Martyrs asking
when the earth
will be judged.
II Peter 4:16-18
II Thess.chpt. 1&2
7
‘s
‘s
Judgments
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2
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Seals 1-5
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th
70
2nd Coming of Christ
Rev. 6, Matt. 24
Wrath
week
Antichrist Reigns
Antichrist Runs
2nd Coming of
Christ
10 Kings –
Rev. 17:12+
3
uprooted
1 seal
5 seal
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Israel follows false messiah--------
7 seal
Israel protected & sealed--------
1000
Year
The
th
70
week
reign
Believers (the Church) will be here until the
great commission is completed.
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It is a command to the believers and the final
sign of Christ’s return for His Church – the
Rapture…
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1Co 15:19 If we have hoped in Messiah in this life only, we
are of all men most to be pitied.
1Co 15:20 But now Messiah has been raised from the
dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep.
1Co 15:21 For since by a man came death, by a man also
came the resurrection of the dead.
1Co 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Messiah all will
be made alive.
1Co 15:23 But each in his own order: Messiah the first
fruits, after that those who are Christ's at His coming,
(Rapture)
1Co 15:24 then comes the end
• Mat 24:14 "This gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached in the whole world as a testimony to all
the nations, and then the end will come.
Note that the ‘end’ is the end of the
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1Co 15:19 If we have hoped in Messiah in this life only, we
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1Co 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Messiah all will
be made alive.
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job…
fruits, after that those who are Christ's at His coming,
1Co 15:24 then comes the end
• Mat 24:14 "This gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached in the whole world as a testimony to all
the nations, and then the end will come.
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Act 1:6 So when they had come together, they were
asking Him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time You are
restoring the kingdom to Israel?"
Act 1:7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or
epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority;
Act 1:8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in
Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the
remotest part of the earth."
• Mar 16:15 And He said to them, "Go into all the
world and preach the gospel to all creation.
• Mar 16:16 "He who has believed and has been
baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved
shall be condemned.
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Next week – end times,
th
70 week of Daniel,
and the Day of the Lord
A day spoke of often in the Minor
Prophets, and one that the Church
will see…
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1Th 5:2 For you yourselves know full well that the
day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the
night.
1Th 5:3 While they are saying, "Peace and
safety!" then destruction will come upon them
suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with
child, and they will not escape.
1Th 5:4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness,
that the day would overtake you like a thief;
1Th 5:5 for you are all sons of light and sons of
day. We are not of night nor of darkness;
1Th 5:6 so then let us not sleep as others do, but
let us be alert and sober.
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