ENDTIME BIBLE PROPHECY New American Standard Bible

Bible Prophecy Study Outline: Restoration of Israel and Jerusalem Prophetic Signs That We Are Near The End (2000) Rapture Seven-Year Period of Daniel Great Tribulation Day Of The Lord Armageddon Second Coming And The Millennium Great White Throne Judgment

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PROPHETIC SIGNS THAT WE ARE IN THE END TIMES IN 2000

• Six signs are given by Jesus
• Two characteristics are given by Paul
• Eleven other occurences given by the prophets to occur prior to or soon after the end of the age.

SIX SIGNS GIVEN BY JESUS TO INDICATE HIS COMING AND THE END OF THE AGE

Matthew 24:3 "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"

• Jesus told his apostles to look for the following signs prior to his second coming and the end of the age. 

1) FALSE PROPHETS AND CHRISTS

Matthew 24:5 "For many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and will misled many."
Matthew 24:11 "And many false prophets will arise, and will mislead many."

• In the last several years many people have claimed to be the Messiah like Jim Jones, David Koresh and countless others who are not as newsworthy. These false prophets are a prelude to the ultimate false Christ, the Antichrist.

2) WARS

Matthew 24:6 "And 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."

• Rumors of wars now occur frequently thanks to instant coverage by the television news media.

Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."

• More people been killed in warfare in the this century than at any other time in history.
• Devastating weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, chemical, and biological) are now available. For the first time in human history we now have the capacity to destroy ourselves.

3) FAMINES

Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."

• Famine is a constant finding in Africa, especially in Ethiopia and Sudan. A large portion of the world's 5 billion people are undernourished.

4) EARTHQUAKES

Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."

• The number and intensity of earthquakes this century are at a level higher than any other time in history.
• Current Earthquake Seismic Monitor (IRIS) - Link to Web site on major earthquakes in the last year. All yellow and red circles are earthquakes in the last fifteen days.
• Current Seismic Events
• By contrast in the years 1890-1900 there was only one major earthquake in the world.

5) TRIBULATIONS

Matthew 24:8-9 ⁸"But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. ⁹Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name."

• At this time the Church is under attack throughout the world (China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Korea, Sudan). During the Tribulation the persecution of Christians will intensify even to the point of martyrdom.

Matthew 24:8 ⁸"But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs."

• Unfortunately, these 5 signs will increase in intensity and severity as the tribulation approaches as the birthpangs or contractions of a pregnant woman worsen as the delivery time approaches.

6) GOSPEL PREACHED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD:

Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come.

• This has been accomplished by TV, radio, missionaries, and bible offerings and translations in most languages of the world.
  

TWO CHARACTERISTICS OF THE END OF THE AGE BY THE APOSTLE PAUL

1) GODLESSNESS IN THE LAST DAYS

2 Timothy 3:1-5,7 ¹But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. ²For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, ³unloving, unforgiving, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, ⁴treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; ⁵holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; ⁷always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

2) APOSTASY (FALLING AWAY FROM THE FAITH)

1 Timothy 4:1-3 ¹But the spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons. ²by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, ³men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth.

• The rising popularity of the new age movement, eastern religions, meditation, and belief in past lives and reincarnation.
• Christian denominations departing from the original teachings of the Bible.
  

ELEVEN FULLFILLMENTS 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.

• At no time in history had such a large army existed until the Chinese army reached that figure in the 1960's.

2) REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (EUROPEAN COMMUNITY):

Daniel 2:32-33,40-43 ³²"The head of that statue was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, ³³its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. ⁴⁰Then there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; inasmuch as iron crushes and shatters all things, so like iron that breaks in pieces, it will crush and break all these in pieces. ⁴¹And in that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have the toughness of iron, inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with common clay. ⁴²And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle. ⁴³And in that you saw the iron mixed with clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery.

• The fourth kingdom of iron is the Roman empire according to Daniel's interpretation of King Nebuchadnezzar's dream. The two legs are the division of the Roman empire into an eastern portion called the Byzantine empire which ended in the 1400's and a western portion based in Rome which ended in the 400's. The toes of iron may be the 10 member nations of the European Economic Community formed in the 1970's while the clay is the second tier of member nations. The nations of Europe since the Roman empire dissolved have never adhered or formed one empire but continue as separate nations.
• See the Kingdoms in Daniel chapters 2 and 7 for more information.

3) RETURN OF THE ONE PURE LANGUAGE, HEBREW, TO ISRAEL:

Zephaniah 3:9 For then I will I turn 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 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:

• The temple and restarting the animal sacrifices are required for several of the endtime prophecies to be fulfilled:

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."

Daniel 9:26 Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary.

• Building blueprints for the temple are ready. All that is delaying building now is the presence of the 3rd holiest site in Islam, the Dome of the Rock which lies over the old temple site.
• The rebuilding of the temple is therefore unlikely at the present time.

Four possible scenarios for the rebuilding of the temple:

• 1) The persuasion and performing of miracles by the Antichrist and False Prophet convinces the Islamic world to approve the rebuilding
• 2) Approval is given during the confusion and bewilderment of the Rapture
• 3) Some archeologists believe that the temple mount is actually 340 feet south of the Dome of the Rock site. If this proven true the building will begin. The court that is left out may refer to the building of the temple around the Dome of the Rock. Click for more information here.
  • 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.
• 4) After God's supernatural destruction of the Russian army. This scenario assumes that this Russian attack on Israel is not the battle of Armageddon as some biblical students feel and that this attack occurs before the rapture or tribulation period begins. This destruction of the Russian and Islamic armed forces by God, will cause a outpouring of Christian worship and zeal amongst the Jewish people who will reconstruct the temple.
• A group in Israel called the Temple Mount Faithful have obtained most of the clothing, instruments and other equipment required for temple worship. Click here for more information on their current attempts to lay the cornerstone of the Temple in Jerusalem.

5) APPEARANCE OF THE RED HEIFER AFTER 2000 YEARS:

Numbers 19:2-7 ²"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. ³"You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence. ⁴"Next Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times. ⁵"Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight; its hide and its flesh and its blood, with its refuse, shall be burned. ⁷"The priest shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward come into the camp, but the priest shall be unclean until evening.

• A Red Hiefer is required for the waters of purification. In May 1997 the first Red Heifer was born in 2000 years.

Ezekiel 36:24-25 ²⁴"For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands and bring you into your own land. ²⁵"Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.

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."

• More knowledge has been discovered in the last century than in all of history combined. 90% of all the engineers or scientists who have ever lived are alive today (quoted from Billy Graham).

7) RETURN OF THE ETHIOPIAN JEWS TO ISRAEL:

Zephaniah 3:10-11 ¹⁰"From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia My worshipers, My dispersed ones, Will bring My offerings. ¹¹"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.

• 1984 and 1991 U.S. airlifts of Ethiopian Jews to Israel.

8) RISE OF RUSSIA:

Ezekiel 38:2,4,8 ²"Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him 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; ⁸"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.

• Prior to the 20th century Magog or Russia was not a economic or military world power. In order for some end time events to occur Russia has to be a strong nation.

9) RETURN OF THE RUSSIAN JEWS TO ISRAEL:

Jeremiah 23:7-8 ⁷Therefore 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, ⁸but, 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 had driven them. Then they will live on their own soil.

• 1970's and 80's exodus of Russian Jews out of Communist Russia.

10) TECHNOLOGY FOR THE MARK OF THE BEAST:

Revelation 13:16-17 ¹⁶And 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, ¹⁷and 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.

• Assuming the Mark is an under the skin implanted computer device, the technology is now available and patented at the U.S. Patent Office.
• Click here to access the patent. Enter 5638832 for the access number.

11) PLANS FOR THE ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT:

• The United Nations, World Trade Organization, Peacekeeping actions and other agencies are preliminary steps to the formation of a one world government.
• This generation is the first in history that has the communications and transportation needed to form a one world government which the Antichrist will establish.

12) INSTANT COMMUNICATION AROUND THE WORLD:

Revelation 11:3,7-10 ³"And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth." ⁷When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them and kill them. ⁸And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which mystically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. ⁹Those from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. ¹⁰And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

• Television must be present for the world to see the dead prophets and rejoice at their deaths.

Luke 21:28 But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.

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