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THE STUDY OF THE END TIMES
OCTOBER 9, 2011
“WE STUDY THE END TIMES SO THAT WE WILL LIVE
EACH DAY AS IF IT IS OUR LAST”
Howard Buck
(Luke 12:35-40)
CHRIS TOMLIN
I LIFT MY HANDS
AS THE LYRICS SAY:
“YOU ARE FAITHFUL GOD
FOREVER”
BECAUSE HE IS
FAITHFUL AND
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE,
HE WILL RETURN!!!!!!
REMEMBER..
Non-Biblical books used for the study:
The Second Coming
John MacArthur
What in the World is Going On
David Jeremiah
A Guide to Biblical Prophecy
Carl Armerding & W. Ward Gasque
Editors
Luke 12:35 “Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit.
36 “Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns
from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the
door to him when he comes and knocks.
37 “Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the
alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird
himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will
come up and wait on them.
38 “Whether he comes in the second watch, or even in the third,
and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.
39 “But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at
what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his
house to be broken into.
40 “You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour
that you do not expect.”
Jesus is coming soon:
Phil. 4:5 ... “The Lord is near”
Romans 13:11 Do this, knowing the time, that it is
already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for
now salvation is nearer to us than when we
believed.
12 The night is almost gone, and the day is near
1Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near; …
Rev. 1:1 …the things which must soon take place;
Rev. 1:3 …for the time is near
Matt 24. The Olivet Discourse is the basis or
main text of our end times teaching..
Matt. 24:3
…“Tell us” they said, “when will this happen,
and what will be the sign of your coming
and the end of the age?”
A VISUAL OVERVIEW OF OUR SERIES
The Cross ushered
in the Church Age
where we are today
END TIME CHARTS ARE WONDERFUL!!!
There is confusion about His return
Jesus will actually come back twice
First, for His bride, the church He comes in the
clouds only (1Thess. 4:16)
This return is called the rapture
Second, His return with the saints (church) at the
end of the tribulation to judge and rule over the
earth..
There are NO signs to be fulfilled before
the Rapture
Although, some believe that the “birth
pangs” will begin before the Rapture,
increasing in intensity through the
Tribulation until the birth (judgment)
That is the belief of mainstream Evangelicals..
Current things that point to the immanent rapture:
The Karadashians’ are considered celebrities
Snookie is a household name
Real housewives are considered entertainment
Tattoos are called body art
Peyton Manning missed a start
Actually, per the Bible:
Here is a list in the order we think they will (have)
happen:
1st KEY event:
The ingathering of the Jews back to the promise
land
May 14, 1948
(Luke 21:29-33)
5/14/1948
ISRAEL BECOMES A STATE!!!
Second KEY event:
The Jews begin to regain control of
Jerusalem
June 7, 1967
(Luke 21:24)
The Jews begin to regain control of Jerusalem
June 7, 1967
(Luke 21:24)
As mentioned, our teaching will be primarily
based on Matthew 24, the Olivet Discourse
The following is a list of the signs Jesus tells his
disciples will be evident just before His return to
the earth on the Mount of Olives at the end of
the Tribulation period..
Matthew 24:
5: False Christ's
6: Wars and rumors of wars
7: Nation against nation,
Kingdom against kingdom,
famines,
Earthquakes..
Matthew 24 Continued:
8: ALL KNOWN AS THE “BEGINNING OF BIRTH
PANGS”
9: spiritual persecution or tribulation unto hatred and
death
10: False Christians falling away – hating each other
11: False prophets
12: Increase in lawlessness – love growing cold
14: Gospel preached to all the world
Luke 21 adds:
11 “great earthquakes”
“fearful sights”
“great signs from heaven”
Joel, 2:10, 31, 3:15
Isaiah 3:10
John Rev. 6:12
add that the sun and moon will be darkened
(speaking of signs from heaven)
"IT'S PRETTY EXCITING," SAID CLIFFORD CLIFT, THE
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR OF MUFON
(The Mutual UFO Network). "WHEN YOU AVERAGE
500 A MONTH [NATIONWIDE] AND GO TO 1,013 IN
ONE MONTH, THAT'S AN INTERESTING SPIKE IN
SIGHTING REPORTS."
Clouds over Moscow
Signs continued:
2Timothy 3:1-4:
Men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, unholy,
proud, boasters, blasphemers, unloving, disobedient
to parents, unforgiving, slanderers, without selfcontrol, brutal, traitors, headstrong, lovers of
pleasure rather than lovers of God and unthankful.
While all of these “birth pangs” have been present for
centuries, at the end of the age, they will increase in
frequency and intensity
This is only the beginning of sorrows for then comes
tribulation..
When the time is fulfilled Jesus will return for His church,
those saved by faith through Christ (for all ages)
His 1st return is called the “Rapture of the Church”
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven
with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and
with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will
rise first.
17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught
up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord
in the air. And thus we shall always be with the
Lord..
After the rapture there are two major events
taking place at the same time:
One is in heaven and is called the
* “Presentation feast”
(after the Bema Seat Judgment)
While the other takes place on the earth and is
called the
“Great Tribulation”
* Resolving the debate…
Some say that during the tribulation on earth, the
“marriage supper of the lamb” will take place in
heaven
Others say that event will happen on the earth after the
tribulation
If the supper doesn’t take place in heaven, the
alternative is the “presentation feast” as mentioned in
the previous slide..
This belief is supported based on the guest list:
Rev. 19:9 Then he said to me, “Write: Blessed are
those who are called to the marriage supper of the
lamb”…
Since the bride is the church, the guests must be those
who were saved before the cross, during the
tribulation and the Nation of Israel
Based on this, the celebration supper takes place after
the tribulation, on the earth..
(This will be covered in more detail in later teaching)
Some words you may hear:
Antichrist = against Christ
Apocalypse = unveiling
Birth pangs = Agony
Day of the Lord = God’s judgment on Israel and the world
Eschatology = histories direction as it moves to the future
Imminence = Jesus will return at any moment
His Eminence = Howard Buck
Last days = Christian era, church age
Parousia = Presence, Christ will return and be present
Rapture = the church is “caught up” to be with Christ
Tribulation = unprecedented period of global suffering..
The following is a compilation of 12 prophecies
that must be fulfilled before Christ’s return to
earth, the second coming
Again, there are
NO SIGNS TO BE FULFILLED BEFORE THE
RAPTURE
TWELVE FULFILLMENTS OF BIBLE PROPHECY
REQUIRED FOR THE END OF THE AGE
1. EXISTENCE OF A 200,000,000 MAN ARMY IN THE
EAST
Revelation 9:16 "And the number of the armies of
the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the
number of them."
An army of that size had never existed until China's
army reached that number in the 1960's.
2. REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Daniel 2:32-33 …its feet partly of iron and partly of
clay."
Daniel 2:40-43 "Then there will be a fourth kingdom
as strong as iron;…
The fourth kingdom of iron is the Roman empire
according to Daniel's interpretation of King
Nebuchadnezzar's dream.
The nations of Europe since the Roman empire
dissolved have never adhered or formed one empire
but continue as separate nations, however, the
European Union now has 15 Member States and is
preparing for the accession of 13 eastern and
southern European countries.
3. RETURN OF THE ONE PURE LANGUAGE,
HEBREW, TO ISRAEL
Zephaniah 3:9 "For then I will return to the
people a pure language, that they may all
call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him
with one consent."
Prior to the restoration of Israel in 1948, Hebrew
was a dead language. Now Hebrew is spoken
throughout Israel.
4. REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE, RESTORATION OF
TEMPLE WORSHIP AND ANIMAL SACRIFICES IN
JERUSALEM
For several end time prophecies to be fulfilled, the
temple will have to be rebuilt.
Revelation 11:2 "Leave out the court which is
outside the temple and do not measure it, for it
has been given to the nations; and they will tread
under foot the holy city for forty-two months.“
Daniel 9:27 "And he will make a firm covenant with
the many for one week, but in the middle of the
week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain
offering; and on the wing of abominations will
come one who makes desolation, even until a
complete destruction, one that is decreed, is
poured out on the one who makes desolate."
Some archeologists believe that the temple mount is
actually 340 feet south of the Dome of the Rock site,
putting the Dome of the Rock within the Court of the
Gentiles. This may be the court outside the temple
that is left out.
5. APPEARANCE OF THE RED HEIFER AFTER 2000
YEARS
Numbers 19:2-7 "This is the statute of the law which the Lord
has commanded, saying, "Speak to the sons of Israel that
they bring you an unblemished red heifer in which is no
defect and on which a yoke has never been placed" …
April 8, 2002 - A one month old red
heifer, born in Israel, has been
validated by rabbis to be kosher.
The Temple Mount Institute says,
This heifer could indeed be a
candidate to be used in the
process of purification described
in the book of Numbers, chapter
19. This is an important
development towards the
rebuilding of the Holy Temple.
6. INCREASE IN KNOWLEDGE AND TRAVEL
Daniel 12:4 "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."
Billy Graham was quoted as saying, "ninety percent of
all the engineers and scientists who have ever lived
are alive today." Air travel, space travel, DNA
research and human cloning are all examples of the
rapid increase in knowledge in our generation..
7. RETURN OF THE ETHIOPIAN JEWS TO ISRAEL
Zephaniah 3:10-11 "From beyond the rivers of
Ethiopia My worshipers, My dispersed ones, will
bring My offerings. In that day you will feel no
shame because of all your deeds by which you
have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove
from your midst your proud, exulting ones, and
you will never again be haughty on My holy
mountain."
In 1984, Operation Moses saw the airlift of 15,000 Jews
who had already fled to refugee camps in Sudan to
escape starvation. In 1991, Operation Solomon flew
20,000 Jews to Israel from Ethiopia itself. A further
airlift began in June of 1999, aimed at transporting the
last 3,000 members of the Quara Jewish community
from northeastern Ethiopia to Israel.
8. THE RISE OF RUSSIA
Ezekiel 38:2,4,8 "Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the
land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and
prophesy against him. 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. After many days you will be summoned; in the
latter years you will come into the land that is restored
from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered
from many nations to the mountains of Israel which had
been a continual waste; but its people were brought out
from the nations, and they are living securely, all of them."
In order for some end time events to occur Russia will
have to be a strong nation with a strong military..
9. RETURN OF RUSSIAN JEWS TO ISRAEL
Jeremiah 23:7-8 "Therefore behold, the days are coming
declares the Lord, when they will no longer say, as the
Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land
of Egypt, but as the Lord lives, who brought up and led
back the descendants of the household of Israel from the
north land and from all the countries where I have driven
them. Then they will live on their own soil."
In the 1970's and 1980's there was a mass exodus of
Russian Jews out of Communist Russia. In 1999 the
Associated Press reported a dramatic increase in the
number of Jewish immigrants from Russia, bringing
the largest number of Russian Jews to Israel since the
early 1990's..
10. TECHNOLOGY FOR THE MARK OF THE BEAST
Revelation 13:16-17 "And he causes all, the small and the
great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the
slaves to be given a mark on their right hand or on their
forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or
to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name
of the beast or the number of his name."
On May 10, three members of a family in Florida became the first
people to receive the biochip implant. Each device, made of
silicon and called a VeriChip, is a small radio transmitter about
the size of a piece of rice that is injected under a person's skin.
It transmits a unique personal ID number whenever it is within a
few feet of a special receiver unit. VeriChip's maker describes it
as "a miniaturized, implantable, radio frequency identification
device (RFID) that can be used in a variety of security,
emergency and healthcare applications."
Is the biochip the mark of the beast to be used by the
antichrist? We can't really know.
What is significant is that people are being softened to
the idea of a mark or an implant as a means of
maintaining security, providing medical information,
and regulating a more interdependent world.
As attitudes change, fears subside, and people are
convinced of the need for such a mark, the true mark
of the beast will be easily introduced to the world by
the antichrist.
11. PLANS FOR THE ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT
The United Nations, World Trade Organization,
International Criminal Court, UN peacekeeping/police
force, numerous UN NGO's, and other agencies are
preliminary steps to the formation of a one world
government. We now have the communications
technology, transportation, and the pro-globalization
media necessary to usher in the one world
government headed by the antichrist. The increasing
terrorist threat and the middle east conflict will only
speed up the formation of this governing body as fear
and promises of better security make more people
willing to give up their national sovereignty for global
governance..
12. INSTANT COMMUNICATION AROUND THE
WORLD
Revelation 11:9 Then those from the peoples, tribes,
tongues and nations will see their dead bodies
three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead
bodies to be put into graves.
Television and the 24-hour news networks make it
possible for people around the world to see the dead
prophets and rejoice at their deaths..
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Summary:
We study the end times so that we will live
each day as if it is our last
The rapture is Christ coming to receive the
church
There are no signs to be fulfilled before the
rapture
The “birth pangs” have started and will
grow in intensity
Jesus will return to the earth at the end of
the tribulation period