Transcript Document

SERIES
WEEK MESSAGES
• 1. Earth Birth pangs/Preparation for the end times.
• 2. The Rapture of The church.
• 3. The rise of the Antichrist.
• 4. The tribulation period
• 5. The battle of Armageddon / The Millennial reign
The Rapture of The Church
WHAT IS THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH
• 1 Thess 4:17-18 (NASB95)17 Then we who are alive and
remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to
meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the
Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
• 1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the
dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
WHEN WILL IT HAPPEN
NO ONE KNOWS
• Mark 13:32-37 “But concerning that day or that hour, no one
knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only
the Father. Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know
when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey,
when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each
with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to stay awake.
Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master
of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or
when the rooster crows, or in the morning— lest he come
suddenly and find you asleep.
• Matt 24:36-42 (NASB95)
• 36 "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of
heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. 37 "For the coming of the
Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. 38 "For as in those days
before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in
marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and they did not
understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the
coming of the Son of Man be. 40 "Then there will be two men in the
field; one will be taken and one will be left. 41 "Two women will be
grinding at the mill ; one will be taken and one will be left.
• The Church is not mentioned from Revelation 4 until Revelation 19.
• Rev 3:10 (NASB95) 10 'Because you have kept the word of My perseverance , I
also will keep you from the hour of testing , that hour which is about to come
upon the whole world , to test those who dwell on the earth.
• The word from not through in Rev 3.
• There is no instruction for the Church during this period.
THE SEASONS / SIGNS
1. Nature Signs
"...and there will be great earthquakes, and in various
places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and
great signs from heaven."(Luke 21:11)
October of 1991 and November of 2004 (US Only)
9 of the 10 largest insurance natural disasters in history.
9 of the 10 greatest disasters as ranked by FEMA relief costs.
5 of its costliest hurricanes in history.
3 of its 4 largest tornado swarms in history.
Does not include
Hurricane Katrina, U.S. (2005)
Sichuan earthquake, China (2008)
Earthquake and tsunami, Japan (2011)
2. Signs in Society
• "Realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men
will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers,
disobedient to parents, ungrateful, irreconcilable, malicious gossips,
without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless,
conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God..." (2 Timothy
3:1-4)
3. The Spiritual Signs
• 1 Timothy 4:3-34
3."The time will come when they [professing Christians] will not
endure sound doctrine, but wanting to have their ears tickled,
they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to
their own desires; and will turn away their ears from the truth,
and will turn aside to myths.
4) The Signs of World Politics
•Matt 24:6-7 (a) (NASB95)
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• "You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars.
See that you are not frightened, for those things
must take place, but that is not yet the end. 7 "For
nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom, ……
5) The Signs of Technology
• (Luke 21:26)
26. "Men will faint from fear over the expectation of the things
which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens
will be shaken."
• Zechariah 14:12 And this shall be the plague with which
the Lord will strike all the peoples that wage war against
Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on
their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues
will rot in their mouths.
6) The Signs of Israel
(Zechariah 12:3)
3."And it shall 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.“
A. They will be dispersed
• Luke 21:24 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and
shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall
be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles
be fulfilled.
B. They will be regathered. Isaiah 11:11-12 (NASB95)
• 11 Then it will happen on that day that the Lord
Will again recover the second time with His hand
The remnant of His people, who will remain,
From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath,
And from the islands of the sea. 12 And He will lift up a standard
for the nations And assemble the banished ones of Israel,
And will gather the dispersed of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.
• Israel will become a nation
• Isaiah 66:7–8
7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; Before her
pain came, she was delivered of a man child. 8 Who
hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such
things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one
day? Or shall a nation be born at once?
What to do if your left behind
1/3
• Trust no one
• Gather supplies/ Run to Mountains
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Bible
Several large garbage bags
Knife, knife sharpener, survival cord
Medicine, antibiotics, aspirin/ Ibuprofen, pain killers
Water filter / Bleach
Dry foods: Oatmeal packs, Rice, beans.
Some type of screen netting:
Skin protection