Chapter 14.7
The Return of
Christ
The Return; Pre, Mid, Post
Tribulation – Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse –
Anti-Christ – Abomination of Desolation – The Last Trumpet – The Tribulations –
The Great Tribulations – Tribulation Saints – The Second Chance – Olivet
Discourse – The Return – The Date – Rapture Doctrine – Selective Rapture –
Partial Rapture – Old Testament Raptures – Translated Saints – Escapism – Fly
Away Doctrine - Left Behind – Gnosticism – Gospel of Judas – Gospel of Mary –
Wrath of God - Two Scrolls – Two Reaping’s – Tares and Wheat – The Fig Tree -
Israel
First Word- A mind is like a parachute; it
must be OPEN to be of any value.[1]
If
you are a Christian, then you already believe that Christ will return
for His Believers. The big debate is WHEN will He return? Today
this phenomena is linked to what is known as “The Rapture”, or the “Fly Away
Doctrine;” can this doctrine even be found in the Bible? This study covers both sides of this fate
debate. There are THREE Belief Systems on WHEN THE RAPTURE WILL HAPPEN; and to further
complicate it, there are THREE Belief Systems on WHEN CHRIST
WILL RETURN;
1) before the millenarian reign, 2) Mid
or 3 ½ years into the millenarian and 3) at the End of
the millenarian reign.
THE DATE: No one knows
when Christ will return, but it will be 360 days times 7 years or 2,520 days
from the beginning of the tribulation period to his appearing. God said it, not me.
NOTE: A prophetical year was 360 days
not 365. So, if you use the 360 days the prophets
used, the dates and times will work out perfectly.
The concurrent
signs of the second coming
ü
The preaching of the gospel in the whole world as
a testimony to all the nations:[2]
ü
There will always be scoffers concerning the
return of Christ, saying, “Where is He?”[3]
Just remember The Lord is not slack in keeping His promise, to Him a day is
like a thousand years and a thousand years are but a day.[4]
ü
Many turning away from the faith because of false
prophets.[5]
ü
Great Tribulations more intense and extensive
such as the world has ever seen since the beginning, all occurring about the
same time; GREAT earthquakes; increased
frequency of Wars,[6]
terrorism, famines and pestilence.[7]
ü
Jerusalem completely surrounded by the enemy.[8]
The final and great sign of the return of Christ will be a trumpet blast
when Christ visibly appears in
clouds of glory and majesty surrounded by innumerable angels.[9]
The Book of Revelation seems to address only the Jewish nation Israel,
His chosen seed.[10] But, as we move through the scriptures, we
find that the prophet Isaiah reported that there would be a COVENANT for the Gentiles also, that Christ “has sheep in
another pasture”. [11]
What good
news for us! The Apostle Paul
said the MYSTERY OF THE GENTILES was made know to
him by the Holy
Spirit.[12] As sons of the light, we are not ignorant of the
coming of Christ, He has told us to be watchful. It is different however for those in darkness,
the message is veiled to them.[13]
Does
Christ return BEFORE, in the MIDDLE or at the END of the Tribulations?
The Tribulations
The Return of Christ is synonymous
with the Tribulations and the Rapture of the Believer, so we can’t talk
about Christ’s return without talking about the Tribulations and the Rapture of
the Saints. The Tribulation Period
is the period of time when God completes His plan
for Israel; when He tests, purges and purifies them and establishes His
promised kingdom. Tribulation is derived from Daniel's 70th Week.
THE PROPHETIC CLOCK stopped at the Cross: Sixty
nine weeks of years have already passed [14] and time is on hold with one
week of years
remaining, or to say it another way; SEVEN
YEARS of Tribulations. The tribulation is typically divided into two periods of 3 ½ years each.
At this 3
½ year halfway point of the
tribulation, the
Antichrist will erect a image of
himself to be worshipped in the Holy of Holies of the Temple that is yet to be built on what is
called the Temple Mount; this is called the "Abomination of Desolation". This is a marker in time; a place holder.
And at this same time 3 ½
years into the tribulations, there is a war in heaven and Satan is cast down to
earth with his rebelling angels which is probably what set the Anti-Christ in motion.
This is called
the “Great
Tribulation” which occurs 3 ½
years into the 7 year Tribulation
period, with wars, famine, pestilence and earthquakes; with this being only the
beginning of the sorrows.[15]
Revelation
12:7-9 – Satan Cast out of heaven during the Millenarian
7 WAR
BROKE OUT IN HEAVEN.
Michael and his Angels fought the Dragon. The Dragon and his Angels fought
back,
8 but were no match for
Michael. They were cleared out of Heaven, not a sign of them left.
9 The great Dragon—ancient Serpent,
the one called Devil
and Satan,
the one who led the whole earth astray—thrown out, and all his Angels thrown out with him, thrown down to
earth.
MSG
THE FATE DEBATE; will Christ
return and remove the Believer before the tribulations begin or in the middle of it all or at
the end... Is there really “a Great Escape”? Note: Just to get your pants all in a wad; the phrase “Seven Year Tribulation”, “Rapture” and “Tribulation Saints” is NOT
found anywhere in scripture although many commentaries use these terms. To mess with you even further; God said, that
in this world we would have TRIBULATIONS, that our days would be full of trouble;[16]
Not just Seven Years.
Time Out
As you study the Three Doctrines on the
return of Christ; look for a running theme called “The
Wrath of God”[17]
that is woven throughout the tapestry of each position. It’s the Key to understanding the reasons for
the three different Belief System views.
POST – MID –
PRE
The following is the different Belief
Systems on the Return
of Christ
Post-Tribulation Return - The Return after
the tribulation Belief
System
Post-Tribulationists Belief System is that Christians will undergo the entire Seven Year Tribulation period,[18]
but are spared the wrath of God. The
Rapture of the Believers will occur at the end of the last of the three and a
half years which is known as “The Great Tribulations”. Understand that there is a difference between The Tribulations and The Wrath of God. The great tribulations are the result of sin
and the curses it brings, along with the troubles that are cut loose by the
Anti-Christ.
We will be delivered up and go through the tribulations and
many put to death, but the ones who endure to the end will be saved.[19]
Nowhere in scripture does it say that we
will be raptured before things get bad in the Tribulations. The wrath of God comes
AFTER the Tribulations and we are raptured just before it begins
Jesus prayed, I do NOT
ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil
one”.[20] His intention was the preserving of the
Believers during the WRATH. Jesus says that when we see the Abomination of Desolation;[21] which is when the Anti-Christ sets up an image of himself in the Holy of Holies to
be worshiped, we should all FLEE to the mountains This introduces the next 3 ½ years called the Great Tribulations. Christ will shorten these days for the
sake of the Believers that are still on the earth;[22]
the Elect.
The Return of Christ is in the AIR when the LOUD LAST TRUMPET[23]
sounds at the end of
the seven years of Tribulations.[24]
This is the Seventh Last Trumpet of
Revelation known as the LAST TRUMP. It’s not SECRET; Jews and Gentile alike will hear the loud trumpet blast and
will see Him as the lightning flashes from the East to the West.[25]
God's Elect from all ages will be translated from mortal bodies into
immortal glorified bodies at the end of the 70th Week of Daniel, the final
seven years of this present age.[26]
U-TURN BACK: After the Battle of Armageddon is finished, Christ returns ON the EARTH with the raptured Believers and ushers in the new
Millennium; the thousand year reign of Christ on earth. In essence, the second coming of Christ and
the rapture are combined and occur simultaneously. The Believers will meet him
in the air and will then will accompany him as He returns to Earth. Only the Battle of
Armageddon separates the
rapture and Christ’s return.
The "Counsel of Scripture" seems to
teach that the resurrection and rapture of the Church will be the result of the
VISIBLE and PHYSICAL Second Coming of Jesus Christ to EARTH and that Christians are to look and watch for this
event. A Two Phase coming of Christ is
not mentioned explicitly in scripture. There is NO third return as held by the Mid and Pre-Tribulation doctrines.
Warning – Post Tribulation Return BS
Warning:
Jesus said to take heed that no one deceives you[27]...
Could it be that the Pre
and Mid-Tribulation teachings are deceiving the nations? Does God send a
strong delusion to those who chose to NOT receive His truth?[28]
(Something in the Book to just ponder)
When Christ does
not come back BEFORE the Tribulations begin, many will lose their faith and fall
away because they expected to be rescued.[29]
Lawlessness will increase because of the
false teachings of well-meaning Christians and Pastors. Scripture holds that the falling away is a rebellion against Christ and it happens in the
first 3 ½ years just before the
Anti-Christ is revealed at the middle point of the Tribulations. Understand that only “ONCE” believing Christians can rebel. Christ WILL NOT RETURN until
there is a rebellion and the Anti-Christ is revealed.[30]
The Holy Spirit; the restraining force of the
Anti-Christ, IS NOT removed
from the earth before the tribulations, as embraced by the Pre –Tribulationist.
If the Holy Spirit has been removed from the earth, then how can
the Tribulation Saints be saved? There will be Believers that scripture calls “Brethren” that will come out of the Tribulations.[31]
There is NO
SECOND CHANCE as the Pre-Tribers teach... When Christ
returns, He will separate the wheat from the weeds, the Believing Sheep from the unbelieving Goats; who will weep and gnash their teeth as they are cut into
pieces and cast into the fiery furnace.[32]
The Date – Post
Tribulation Return BS
The Date: Christ said we would NOT know the day nor the hour, but we can know the
season. Scripture says we will see His sign in the heavens, so the teaching
that His return could be today at any moment is in ERROR; we will see
His sign first.
ü Non-believers are of the night; they are not ready, and
if they do not wake up; He will come unexpectedly as a thief in the night to
steal, kill and destroy them.[33]
ü Believers do not live in darkness,[34]
there will be NO SURPRISE;[35]
there will be NO SECRET Rapture.
The four horsemen of the Apocalypse have already
been let out. The Anti-Christ on the White horse is already at work...The Red horse has taken peace for the last 100 years... The Black horse of economic distress
already exists; look around... The Pale horse of suffering, famine and plagues has already
taken its toll over ¼ of the earth...
Just look around
and reason.
Mid-Tribulation Return - The Return in
the middle of the tribulation Belief System
There are two scrolls mentioned in Revelation; the “first scroll” describes the first half of the tribulations as the SIGNS of the end;[36]
and the second or “the little scroll” describes the second half of the
tribulation period; the EVENTS of the end.[37]
Note; the Bible seems to use the word "tribulation"
to refer only to the second half of Daniel's 70th week. The Mid-Tribulationist BS holds that the FIRST 3
½ years is only the “Travail” or the “Beginning of Sorrows”.
The LAST 3 ½ years is the Great Tribulations when “the wicked shall be given into his hand”.
The tribulation is divided into TWO periods of 3 ½ years each.
1) The first half
is the wrath
of the Anti-Christ and 2) the second
half is reserved for the Wrath of God.
Scripture draws a clear distinction between the “Tribulations Trouble” and the “Wrath of God”.
The
Second coming is also referred to as “Pre Wrath”, the snatching away before the final Wrath of
God is released. The Word Wrath is not mentioned in the first half of
the tribulations, but is reserved only for the second half. In scripture it occurs just after the sixth
seal of revelation is opened; with the seventh seal unfolding the last 3 ½ years of the “great” tribulations.
Mid-Trib BS is based on three verses in scripture about WHEN the LAST trumpet of God
is sounded; it’s about the Last Trumpet and
God’s Wrath.
The Sixth Seal is
opened and there is an EARTHQUAKE; every Island
and Mountain is displaced, the sun is darkened, the moon turns red, the stars
do not give light. This releases; Darkness...
Blackness... Fire... Billows of Smoke... Roaring Seas... Famine... Blood...
Gloom... Anguish and Perplexity... The ATMOSPHERE rolls back like a scroll. (This sure sounds NUCLEAR to my BS) [38] We should Watch and Pray to escape all these
things and endure to the end.[39]
The opening of the Seventh Seal of revelation releases the sounding of the six
trumpets that takes place during the first 3
½ years; then beginning with the SEVENTH
TRUMPET the
second half of the tribulations commences and the Believers are now in heaven.[40]
The Mid-Tribulation view holds that the
Believers will go through the first 3 ½ years of “TRAVAIL”,[41] but will be raptured into Heaven before
the severe outpouring of God's WRATH during the
second half known as the “Great” Tribulation. The days of the tribulation are cut short for the
Believer by 3 ½ years.[42]
DID YOU SEE IT?
This is how they apply the scripture: the days will be cut short for the Elect. In
my BS, this is the logical application... because the
5 month Tribulation Locust theory fence
posts do NOT seem to line up with other fence
post in scripture... I will
present the five month tribulation theory later.
The Rapture of the Saints is a logical necessity as well as a scriptural promise. God has promised to keep the Believer from the
hour of trial.[43] The saints are pictured as Raptured; coming out of the Great Tribulation and washing their robes in the blood of
the Lamb.
When the Anti-Christ SIGNS the Peace
Treaty with Israel, then the Rapture will come 3 ½ years later when he BREAKS the treaty. This is proof that the Pre-Trib people who
believe that Christ can come at any moment is FALSE; the anti-Christ MUST BE
REVEALED FIRST and break the peace treaty.
It’s the last 3 ½
years; the middle of the Tribulations that the Anti-Christ is
revealed,[44]
setting the stage for the final return of Christ. It begins with the Anti-Christ setting up an image of himself to be worshipped in the Holy of Holies of
the Temple; this is known as the Abomination of Desolation.[45]
Christ returns for the last time after the Great Tribulation to perform His final judgments; establish His millennial reign and
usher in the eternal destinies of people to heaven or hell.
There is 3 ½ years between the two stages of
Christ’s second coming, there are two reaping’s;
One for the saved and
One for those bound for wrath.
Daniel
7:25 – Time, Times & Half time; 1 + 2 + ½ = 3.5 years
25 He (Anti-Christ) shall speak words
against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the
Most High, and shall think to change the times and
the law; and THEY SHALL BE GIVEN INTO HIS HAND
for a time, times, and
half a time.
(ESV)
1 - 1 Thessalonians 4:15-16 – God descends
with sound of a Trumpet
15 This we declare to you by a word
from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the
Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep (Dead). (We will hear ONE
sound described in THREE ways.)
16 For THE
LORD HIMSELF WILL DESCEND from heaven with a
1) CRY of command, with the
2) VOICE of an
archangel, and with the
3) sound of the TRUMPET of God; the dead in Christ will rise
first.
(ESV)
2 - 1 Corinthians 15:50-52 – We will all be
changed at the LAST Trumpet
50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh
and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit
the imperishable.
51 Behold! I tell you a MYSTERY.
We shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed, in a moment,
in the twinkling of an eye, at the LAST TRUMPET. For the
TRUMPET will sound, and
the (believing) dead will be raised imperishable, and we (the believing living) shall be changed.
(ESV)
3 - Revelation 10:7 – The Seventh Trumpet of the Seventh Angel
7 but that in the days of the trumpet
call to be sounded by the seventh angel,
the MYSTERY of God would be FULFILLED,
just as he announced to his servants the prophets.
(ESV)
Pre-Tribulation Return – The Return of
Christ before the tribulations Belief System
The Pre-Tribulation Belief System advocates that
the second return of Christ is in two stages, the first stage is the Secret rapture which will occur before the beginning of
the seven-year tribulation period; and the second stage will occur at
the end of the seven-year tribulation period; just before the WRATH of God and the battle of Armageddon.
Pre-tribulationists BS embraces
the Pre-Wrath view that is often described as Jesus coming back FOR the
church in the 1st stage of the rapture and then coming back WITH the
church in the 2nd stage, after the rapture. This BS is that the ENTIRE
TRIBULATION
is the “Wrath of
God”; not just “half” as the Mid-Tribers believe nor “none”
as the Post-Tribers believe.
The Judgment Seals of Revelation are opened by Jesus Christ, the Lamb
of God. This is the beginning of The Wrath of
God being poured out. Jesus Christ is
the one who gives the power of this wrath to the Anti-Christ. The Wrath of God
flows the entire period of the Tribulation period all the way through
Armageddon.
Scripture supports the BS that those who love the lord will be delivered
from “His Holy
Judgments”. Lot was delivered from the extermination of
Sodom and Gomorrah and “Noah” and his family was snatched away during
the flood. These examples are of God’s loving extraction before His judgment
begins.
Jesus clearly states He is coming back for us and will meet us in the
air and we will receive a crown
of glory. Christians refer to this as
the catching
away or rapture of the Saints.
The Disciple John states that he was in the Spirit in Heaven and sees
Jesus Christ on the Throne. John’s body
was not yet glorified, so only his spirit was allowed before the throne. Sounds like he was raptured to me; Just saying.
Beginning with the fourth chapter of Revelation; the Church is not mentioned again
until chapter nineteen when we are at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
The Return – Pre-trib Belief System
When Christ returns things
will seem normal, we will be marrying, eating and
drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, just like in the
times of Noah
and Lot.[46]
ü
He will come as the showers, as the spring rains
water the earth.[47]
ü
He will come back the same way He left. He will come down in the clouds on The Mount
of Olives[48]...
There will be Thunder, Lightning and a loud Trumpet Blast
NOTE: (Pre-Trib) At the Rapture, the Believers will hear “a
single sound”, described three
different ways.[49]
A Shout... the Voice of an Archangel... a Trumpet.[50] Only
the Believers will hear this sound.
Timing of Christ’s Return – THE DATE
Concerning that day and hour no one
knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only;[51]
He
will come like a thief in the night to the UNBELIEVER; totally UNEXPECTED.[52]
Israel is
referred to as a FIG TREE in scripture or figs.[53]
(The Olivet
Discourse.) The parable of the FIG TREE is proposed as the
key that unlocks the understanding of
the general timing of the Rapture, the Tribulations
and the Return
as well as the surrounding prophecies.[54]
The Timing is known as “THE SEASON” of the Fig
Tree... Could we now be in that
season? In
1948 Israel (The fig Tree) became a Nation Scripture says
that when the “FIG TREE” branches
become tender and puts out its leaves (becomes
mature) you can know that Jesus Christ is
near and one full GENERATION will NOT
pass away until He returns.[55]
A Generation is counted by most to
be 50 years not counting those under 20 as noted in the Bible. This year 2015, subtract 1948 would equal 67
years; so with me being in my 70’s, I “might”
just be a part of witnessing Christ’s return. If you consider yourself a Pre-Triber; then nothing else has to happen
before Christ returns. I may
not even get to finish this Word
Study SELAH
The Take Away
During
the tribulations, all Hell will
break loose and will last for seven years.
God will select 144,000 Jews and they will preach
to those that are “Left Behind”.
All that’s left on earth will be the wicked
unsaved, demons, fallen angels and Satan.
Not much love is left behind except for the
144,000 Evangelist and the two witnesses.
We return with Christ to rule and reign with Him
for one thousand years,
Then we get a new heaven and a new earth and then
eternity begins.
ü Pre-Trib – The “Wrath of
God” is poured out during the entire
7 years of the Tribulations.
ü Mid-Trib – The “Wrath of
God” is poured out during the last 3 ½ years of the Tribulations.
ü Post-Trib – The “Wrath of
God” is poured out at the end; after the 7 years of Tribulations.
It’s not of very much importance to your SALAVATION whether or not you embrace the Pre,
Mid
or Post
return of Jesus Christ as the Messiah; the main point is to embrace HIM.[56]
Life is Choice Driven.
The Blood of Jesus
Christ will either blot out your SINS or blot out your NAME.
Everyone will spend
eternity somewhere and that decision is made by you before you die.
[1] Acts 17:11 - The people of Berea were more OPEN-MINDED and searched the Scriptures day after day to see if
Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.
[2] Matthew 24:14 - This
gospel will be preached in the whole world and then the end will come
[3] 2 Peter 3:3-4 - In the
last day’s scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
[4] 2 Peter 3:8-9 - The Lord
is not slow in keeping his promise.
With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are
like a day.
[5] Matthew 24:10-13 - At
that time many will turn away from the faith and many false
prophets will appear
[6] Matthew 24:6-8 - You will
hear of wars and rumors
of wars, famines and earthquakes; all these are the beginning of birth
pains --
Matthew 24:21-22 - For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the
world until now; never to be equaled again
[7] Luke 21:9-11 - Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom, earthquake, pestilences and fearful sights; for these things must first come to
pass; but the end is not come right away.
[8] Luke 21:20 - And when ye
shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then
know that the desolation thereof is nigh
[9] Matthew 24:30-31 - They
will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great
glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call…
[11] John 10:16 - And other
sheep (Gentiles) I have, which are not of
this fold (Jews); there shall be one fold, and one shepherd -- Ephesians 1:11 –
The Gentiles were also chosen, having been
predestined according to the plan -- Romans 11:1 - Some of the branches were
broken off, and you Gentiles, being a wild
olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a partaker of the root --
Romans 11:24 - The Gentiles were cut out of
the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature
into a cultivated olive tree
[12] Ephesians 3:3-6 - This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel,
members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ
Jesus
[13] 1 Thessalonians 5:1-7- For
you yourselves know perfectly that the day of THE LORD SO COMES AS A THIEF IN
THE NIGHT, But you, brethren, are not in darkness You are all sons of light and sons of the day
[14] Daniel 9:24-27 – (490 –49 –434) = 1 week of
years, or 7 years remaining
[15] Matthew 24:5-8 – Wars, Famines,
Pestilences, Earth Quakes All these are the beginning of sorrows; For many shall come
in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
[16] John 16:33 - In the world you will have
tribulation -- Job 14:1 -
Man’s days are few and full of TROUBLE.
[17] Romans 1:18 - The wrath of God is
revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men -- Colossians 3:5-6 – The
Wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience
[18] Matthew 24:6-9 – Believers will be delivered TO
the Tribulations
[19] Matthew 24:13 - The one who endures to
the end will be saved.
[20] John 17:15 – I do not ask that you take them out of the World but that you keep them from the evil one
[21] Matthew 24:14-20 – When you see
the Abomination of Desolation Flee to mountains
[22] Matthew 24:21-22 - GREAT tribulations; the Days will be cut short
[23] 1 Corinthians 15:51-52- At the end, at the LAST TRUMPET; the Rapture -- 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 – The Lord
returns at the LAST TRUMPET sound and the dead in Christ
will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up
together with them
[24] Matthew 24:29-31 – Christ returns IMMEDIATELY
after the Tribulations with a GREAT SOUND of
a TRUMPET, and shall gather
together his elect from the four corners of the earth
[25] Matthew 24:28-29 – The un-righteous weeds are gathered first;
wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather -- Matthew 24:30-31 – Then the Elect are gathered N-E-S-W
[26] Revelation 20:4-6 - First Resurrection just before the Millennium
[27] Matthew 24:4-5 - Take heed that no one
deceives you. -- Matthew
24:23-27 – Don’t believe about a SECRET Rapture; everyone will
witness it.
[28] 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 – Is a Pre-Trib return of Christ a strong
delusion from God?
[29] Matthew 24:10-12 – When Christ doesn’t return BEFORE
the Tribulations many will LOSE THEIR FAITH and fall away
[30] 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 – First there will be a Rebellion
then the Anti-Christ is revealed
[31] Revelation 6:10-11 – Tribulation Saints those LEFT BEHIND called the Brethren
[32] Matthew 25:31-46 – Christ returns and separates
the sheep from goats -- Matthew 13:37-43 – The weeds; the unbelievers are TAKEN
first and burned -- Matthew 24:50-51 – The unbelievers will be cut to
pieces, there will be weeping and
gnashing of teeth
[33] Revelation 3:3 – If you do not wake up, I
will come against you like a
thief in the night -- John 10:10
- The thief comes only to steal and kill and
destroy
[34] 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 - Believers do not live in darkness; there is NO
Surprise they
are FULLY AWARE.
For GOD HAS NOT DESTINED US FOR WRATH, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus
Christ
[35] 2 Peter 3:10-14 – The Wicked Spiritually are
unprepared for Christ’s return and are SURPRISED
[36] Revelation
5:9 – The Scroll... SIGNS of the End Times
[37] Revelation
10:1-7 -
The Little Scroll... EVENTS of the
End Times
[38] Revelation 6:12-14 -
Sixth Seal, Earthquake, Sun Black, Moon Red; the sky receded like a scroll,
rolling up, (NUCLEAR?) and every mountain and
island was removed from its place
[39] Luke 21:35-36 – Watch and pray to ESCAPE all
these things
[40] Revelation 7:14 – Believers Raptured
out of the great Tribulation -- Mark
13:13 - He that endures unto the end will be
saved
[41] 1 Thessalonians 5:3 –Tribulation First Half...Travai
l-- Matthew 24:7-8 – Tribulation First Half... Beginning of Sorrows
[42] Matthew 24:22 - TRIBULATION DAYS
WILL BE SHORTENED FOR THE BELIEVER SAKE
[43] Revelation 3:10 - I
will keep you from the hour of trial -- Zephaniah 2:3 - Humble yourself perhaps
God will hide you from HIS wrath
[44] 2 Thessalonians 2:3 - Don’t let anyone
deceive you; Christ DOES NOT COME until the Anti-Christ is
revealed
[45] Daniel 9:27 – Abomination of Desolation is
3 ½ years or middle of the 7 year tribulation.
[46] Matthew 24:37 - As it was in the days of Noah, so the coming of
Christ will be -- Luke 17:27-30 -
Things will be running normal when He returns;
eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting, harvesting and building
[47] Hosea 6:1-3 – He comes as spring rain; revive,
heal, raise us up
[48] Matthew 24:30 – He will come in the clouds of heaven with power and great
glory
[49] 1 Thessalonians 4:17 – We will be caught up together in the air to meet the Lord in the clouds
[50] 1 Thessalonians 4:16 - The Lord himself will descend from heaven
with a Shout... Voice Archangel...
Trumpet
[51] Matthew 25:13 – We know neither the day nor the
hour of His return -- Matthew 24:36 - His return; no
one knows the day or hour
[52] 2 Peter 3:10 – The Day of the Return of Christ will
be totally unexpected -- 1 Thessalonians 4:16 - The
Lord himself will descend from heaven with a Shout... Voice Archangel... Trumpet
[53] Hosea 9:10 – Israel is like figs on a fig tree, the first fruit on
the FIG TREE in its first season
[54] Revelation 19:11 – Jesus comes back to
judge and make war on Evil.
[55] Matthew 24:32-34 - These things will take place in the generation
that sees the Fig Tree.
[56] Revelation 3:5 - He who overcomes shall be
clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of
Life; but I will confess his name before My Father
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