ENDTIME BIBLE PROPHECY North American Standard Bible

The return of the Jews to Israel is the key to bible prophecy. Most other endtime prophecies depend on the Jewish people living in Israel and not scattered amongst the Gentiles. Israel has not existed as a nation since hundreds of years before the birth of Christ. Israel was established on May 15, 1948.

Deuteronomy 4:27-28,30-31 ²⁷The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive and the nations to which God will drive you. ²⁸But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find him if you search for him with all your heart and all your soul. ³⁰When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in latter days you will return to the LORD your God and obey him. ³¹For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant (the land of Israel) with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them all.

• Moses predicted that the Jews would be scattered throughout the world and persecuted as has occurred for the last three thousand years and that one day the Jews would return to God and to the land of Israel which he promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Jeremiah 30:3 'For behold, days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah.' The LORD says, 'I will also bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers and they shall possess it."

Isaiah 11:11 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.

Joel 3:1-2 ¹"For behold, in those days and at that time, When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, ²I 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,

Amos 9:11 "In that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David, And wall up its breaches; I will also raise up its ruins And rebuild it as in the days of old;

• Foresaw the restoration of Israel in one day (May 15, 1948).

Ezekiel 36:24,33-35 ²⁴"For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands and bring you into your own land. ³³"Thus says the Lord GOD, "On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places will be rebuilt. ³⁴"The desolate land will be cultivated instead of being a desolation in the sight of everyone who passes by. ³⁵"They will say, 'This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste, desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.'

• Israel is restored in one day and becomes a land of milk and honey in this current time.

Hosea 9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season. But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame, And they became as detestable as that which they loved.

Jeremiah 24:2-4 ²One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, and the other basket had very bad figs which could not be eaten due to rottenness. ³Then the LORD said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" And I said, "Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad figs, very bad, which cannot be eaten due to rottenness." ⁴Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ⁵"Thus says the LORD God of Israel, "Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans.

• The fig tree is used by Hosea and Jeremiah to refer to Jewish people.

Matthew 24:32-33 ³²Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; ³³even so you too, when you see all these things, recognize that he is near, right at the door.

• Israel the fig tree has put forth its leaves and been reborn as a nation therefore the the coming of Christ draws near.

Luke 21:24 And they will fall by the edge of the sword and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

• This passage was fulfilled in 1967 after Israel took over all of Jerusalem in the six-day war.
• The times of the Gentiles began with the Apostle Paul's missionary work in the first century. Prior to this time God's ministry was preached mainly to the Jewish people.

We are the last generation of this earth.

Luke 21:32 Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place.

• This reading from Luke occurs after the signs and warnings Jesus gave of the end of the age and the prophecy of Jerusalem's return to Jewish control. Therefore the generation that will not pass away would seem to refer to the generation in place in 1967.
• How long is a generation? Based on other bible passages it could be:

40 years - Numbers 32:13 "So the LORD'S anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the entire generation of those who had done evil in the sight of the LORD was destroyed.

70 years - Psalm 90:10 As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, or if due to strength, eighty years, yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; for soon it is gone and we fly away.

120 years - Genesis 6:3 Then the Lord said, "My spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he is also flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.

• This would put the end of this generation in the year 2007, 2037, or 2087.
• Some biblical scholars feel that the generation that Jesus referred to was present when Israel became a nation. Therefore the end of this generation in this viewpoint could be 1988, 2018, or 2068. 

• Matthew 24:36-37 ³⁶But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. ³⁷For the coming of the Son Of Man will be just like the days of Noah.
• Remember know one except our father in heaven knows the exact date or hour of the rapture or tribulation. However, he allows us to see the signs and indications that his return is near. We must always be ready.

SIX SIGNS GIVEN BY JESUS TO INDICATE 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.

11 REQUIREMENTS OF BIBLE PROPHECY 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.

The phrase rapture (in Greek-harpazo, in Latin-rapere) means to be caught up or taken away suddenly. The rapture refers to the sudden removal of God's people on the earth. In the twinkling of a eye born again Christians will suddenly be transformed out of our human bodies and will rise up into the air to join Jesus Christ. In the bible others have been taken away from the Earth like Enoch, Elijah, and Jesus when he left the Earth after his first coming.

Many biblical scholars feel that the rapture will occur prior to the Tribulation Period or Pre-Tribulation. Thus God will spare his Church from the persecutions of the Antichrist and the wrath of God which follows upon the wicked people of the earth. Other views of the timing of the rapture can be found in the links at the end of the page.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 ¹³But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve, as do the rest who have no hope. ¹⁴For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. ¹⁵For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, and remain until the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:50-53 ⁵⁰Now I say this brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. ⁵¹Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, ⁵²in 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 all be changed. ⁵³For this perishable must put on the

imperishable, and this mortal must put on immorality.

Matthew 24:40-41 ⁴⁰Then there shall be two men in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left. ⁴¹Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and one will be left.

• Billions of people will be left behind on this earth full of surprise and terror at the disappearances of their loved ones and friends. Who knows what kind of explanations the Antichrist will invent to explain the vanishings.

John 14:1-3 ¹"Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me. ²In my father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also."

2 Thessalonians 2:3,6-7 ³Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the Day of the Lord) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction. ⁶And you know what restrains him now, so that in this time he may be revealed. ⁷For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.

• The word apostasy may have 2 different meanings.
• The first is to fall away from the faith. During our present time many Christian values and commandments are virtually ignored. Many have fallen away from Christ. Many more will fall away during the endtimes.
• The second meaning is to depart. This may be a reference to the rapture. The Antichrist is restrained on Earth until the Holy Spirit (he) which dwells within God's church and people is removed by the rapture.
• After the rapture the Antichrist is revealed. The Antichrist is probably on the world scene now.

Acts 1:9-11 ⁹And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. ¹⁰And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was departing, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them; ¹¹and they also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.

• Jesus will return to the Earth the same way he left by the clouds

Promise of Delivery From the Wrath of God to Come

• God promised that he would deliver his Church from the persecutions of the Antichrist and the wrath of God which follows upon the wicked people of the earth. The rapture is the fulfillment of that promise.

1 Thessalonians 5:4,9-10 ⁵For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. ⁹For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁰who died for us, that whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.

Romans 5:9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.

Colossians 3:6 For it is on account of these things that the wrath of God will come

1 Thessalonians 1:10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

Luke 21:34-36 ^34"Be on guard, that your heart may not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day come on you suddenly like a trap; ³⁵for it will come upon the face of the earth. ³⁶But keep on the alert at all times, praying in order that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man."

• Be ready for the rapture. Escape the wrath!

Isaiah 26:19-21 ¹⁹Your dead will live; Their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy. For your dew is as the dew of the dawn, And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits. ²⁰Come, my people, enter into your rooms, And close your doors behind you; Hide for a little while, Until indignation runs its course. ²¹For behold, the Lord is about to come out from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; and the earth will reveal her bloodshed, and will no longer cover her slain.

• The rapture of the dead followed by his people. After the rapture the indignation or tribulation will fall upon the Earth.

Revelation 3:10-11 ¹⁰Because 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 upon the earth. ¹¹I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, in order that no one take your crown.

• The Lord will keep his people and church out of the Tribulation.

Zephaniah 2:2-3 ²Before the decree takes effect-- The day passes like the chaff-- Before the burning anger of the Lord comes upon you, Before the day of the Lord's anger comes upon you. ³Seek the Lord, All you humble of the earth Who have carried out His ordinances; Seek righteousness, seek humility. Perhaps you will be hidden In the day of the Lord's anger.

Imminency of the Rapture

• The Rapture and the coming of Christ can occur at any time. We must always be ready.

Matthew 24:42 Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.

Matthew 24:44 For the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.

Matthew 24:36 But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

Matthew 25:13 Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.

• The belief in an imminent or at any time rapture has two beneficial effects on the church

1. It encourages us to live righteously as Christ may return at any time

2. It encourages soul winning believers and missionaries to win over friends, family and the lost of the world before he return

 

The tribulation period of seven years is also known as Daniel's 70^th week or the time of Jacob's trouble. The tribulation period begins after the Antichrist signs a peace treaty or covenant with Israel guaranteeing its security. As we read the daily news Israel is getting closer and closer to signing a final peace treaty that may begin the tribulation period and bring the Antichrist onto the world stage.

The tribulation should begin soon after the rapture as soon as the Antichrist is revealed after signing the peace agreement with Israel. During this 7-year period many multitudes of people will find Christ. Unfortunately most of these new Christians will be persecuted, imprisoned, and tortured by the Antichrist and his new world government. In addition, those that escape this persecution may perish during God's wrath which is unleashed during the second half of the Tribulation period also known as the Great Tribulation.

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."

• One week equals seven years in bible prophecy.
• Genesis 29:27-28 ²⁷"Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me for another seven years." ²⁸Jacob did so and completed her week, and he gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.

SEVEN SEALS

• These are the fulfillment of the signs of the end times given by Jesus.

First Seal - White Horseman of the Antichrist

• Other names in the Bible for the Antichrist: Beast, Little horn, Man of Sin, Prince who is to come, Wicked

Revelation 6:1-2 ¹Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, "Come." ²I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

• This is the Antichrist who impersonates Christ by riding a white horse as Jesus does at the second coming.

2 Thessalonians 2:3,6-8 ³Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the Day of the Lord) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction. ⁶And you know what restrains him now, so that in this time he may be revealed. ⁷For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. ⁸And then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;

• The Antichrist is revealed after the church, in which dwells the Holy Spirit, has been removed by the rapture.

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. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.

• The people of the Roman empire under general Titus destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in AD 70. Therefore, the Antichrist will come from the reborn Roman empire (probably the European Community or some other nation that was part of the Roman empire).

Daniel 11:36 "Then the king will do as he pleases, and he will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will speak monstrous things against the God of gods; and he will prosper until the indignation is finished, for that which is decreed will be done.

• The Antichrist claims he is God/Messiah and will persecute Christians until the Day of the Lord

How Does the Antichrist Rise to Power

Daniel 7:7-8, 23-24 ⁷After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns. ⁸I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words. ²³"Thus he said: 'The fourth beast shall be A fourth kingdom on earth, Which shall be different from all other kingdoms, And shall devour the whole earth, Trample it and break it in pieces. ²⁴The ten horns are ten kings Who shall arise from this kingdom. And another shall rise after them; He shall be different from the first ones, And shall subdue three kings.

• The fourth beast is the confederacy of former Roman empire countries. It consists of 10 nations led by kings or horns. After the 10 kings are in place the Antichrist or little horn takes over 3 of those nations and will lead the new Roman empire or fourth beast.
• The initial European Economic Community consisted of 10 nations.

False Prophet is Revealed

Revelation 11:11-15 ¹¹Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke as a dragon. ¹²He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And he makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. ¹³He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. ¹⁴And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the wound of the sword and has come to life. ¹⁵And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even speak and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

• The false prophet performs great signs and miracles in the presence of the Antichrist causing the unbelieving people to further worship the beast and his idol. The false prophet also has great economic power and establishes the mark of the beast.

Second Seal - Red Horseman of War

Revelation 6:3-4 ³When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come." ⁴And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.

• Peace is removed from the earth.
  

MARK OF THE BEAST (666)

Revelation 11:16-18 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. ¹⁸Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.

• To buy or sell (food, housing, car, job) the False Prophect will require each person to receive a mark on his forehead or right hand. No one knows what this mark may be. It is speculated that this could be a computer chip embedded under the skin that would contain a person's financial and personal records.

Third Seal - Black Horseman of Famine

Revelation 6:5-6 ⁵When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come." I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. ⁶And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine."

• Food represented by wheat and barley cost more than a day's wages. While luxury goods such as oil and wine are still available to the rich.

Two Witnesses of God

Revelation 11:3-6 ³"And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth." ⁴These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. ⁵And if anyone wants to harm them, fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way. ⁶These have the power to shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

• God's prophets speak against the wicked people of the earth and the Antichrist.
• The ministries of the two witnesses must begin in the first 3 and 1/2 years because they are killed 1260 days later during the second 3 and 1/2 years by the Antichrist.
• Most bible scholars feel that the two witnesses are Moses and Elijah as Moses also smited the Earth with plagues and Elijah had the power to shut heaven or cause a drought. Elijah was also predicted by Malachi before the Day of the Lord. Malachi 4:5-6 ⁵Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. ⁶And he will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers lest I come and smite the land with a curse.

Abomination of Desolation 

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."

• 3 and 1/2 years after the peace covenant with Israel the persecutions of the Antichrist begin.
• At the midpoint of the tribulation period the Antichrist will cause the temple sacrifices to stop implying that temple was rebuilt and that sacrifices are occurring at the temple in Jerusalem.

Matthew 24:15-18 ¹⁵"Therefore when you see the Abomination of Desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand) ¹⁶then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains; ¹⁷let him who is on the housetop not go down to get things out that are in his house; ¹⁸and let him who is in the field not turn back to get his cloak.

• The abomination of desolation in the temple is the living image of the beast. It is also a sign for the Jews to flee into the mountains before the great tribulation begins.

Daniel 11:31 And forces of him will arise, desecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the abomination of desolation.

2 Thessalonians 2:4 Who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.

Persecution of Christians Begins

Fourth Seal - Pale Horseman of Death

Revelation 6:7-8 ⁷When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come." ⁸I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

• Death from starvation, disease, and and the forces of the Antichrist. The wild beast of the earth is the Antichrist and his minions. Starvation and disease result from the many new Christians unable to purchase food and work because thy do not take the mark of the beast.

Matthew 24:15-22 ¹⁹But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babes in those days! ²⁰But pray that your flight may not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath; ²¹for then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall. ²²And unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days shall be cut short.

• Jerusalem and Israel will become desolate as the Antichrist begins his reign of terror.

Zechariah 13:8-9 ⁸And it shall come to pass in all the land," Says the Lord, "That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, But one-third shall be left in it: ⁹I will bring the one-third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, 'This is My people'; And each one will say, 'The Lord is my God.' "

• Two-thirds of the Jewish people will perish in the tribulation.

Matthew 24:23-26 ²³Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There!' do not believe it. ²⁴For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. ²⁵See, I have told you beforehand. ²⁶Therefore if they say to you, 'Look, He is in the desert!' do not go out; or 'Look, He is in the inner rooms!' do not believe it.

• The Antichrist and False Prophet will deceive many Christians into believing he is the Messiah. Others will be tricked into coming out of hiding because they think Christ is here and then captured and persecuted by the one world government of the Beast.

Fifth Seal - Martyrs of the Tribulation period

Revelation 6:9-11 ⁹When he broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained; ¹⁰and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" ¹¹And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed also.

2 Timothy 3:12 And indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Daniel 7:25 "He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time.

Jeremiah 30:5-7 ⁵For thus says the LORD, I have heard a sound of terror, Of dread, there is no peace. ⁶Ask and see: If a male can give birth. Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins as a woman in childbirth, why have all faces turned pale? ⁷Alas! for that day is great, There is none like it; and it is the time of Jacob's distress, But he will be saved from it.

Joel 2:11 And the Lord utters His voice before His army; Surely His camp is very great, For strong is he who carries out His word. The day of the Lord is indeed great and very awesome, And who can endure it?

Zephaniah 1:15-18 ¹⁵A day of wrath is that day, A day of trouble and distress, A day of destruction and desolation, A day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness, ¹⁶A day of trumpet and battle cry, Against the fortified cities And the high corner towers. ¹⁷And I will bring distress on men, So that they will walk like the blind, Because they have sinned against the Lord; And their blood will be poured out like dust, And their flesh like dung. ¹⁸Neither their silver nor their gold Will be able to deliver them On the day of the Lord's wrath; And all the earth will be devoured In the fire of His jealousy, For He will make a complete end, Indeed a terrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Isaiah 2:19 They shall go into the holes of the rocks, And into the caves of the earth, From the terror of the Lord And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

Sixth Seal - Cosmic Terrors (Great Earthquake, Bloody Moon, Darkened Sun, Meteors falling, Mountains and Islands moving, Sky splits apart)

• The signs in the earth and heavens signal the beginning of the Day of the Lord.

Revelation 6:12-14 ¹²I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; ¹³and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. ¹⁴The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

Joel 2:10, 30-31 ¹⁰Before them the earth quakes, The heavens tremble, The sun and the moon grow dark, And the stars lose their brightness. ³⁰And I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth, Blood, fire, and columns of smoke. ³¹The sun will be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.

Joel 3:14-15 ¹⁴Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.¹⁵The sun and moon grow dark, And the stars lose their brightness.

Revelation 6:17 For the great day of their wrath has come; and who is able to stand?

Isaiah 13:9-10,13 ⁹Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, Cruel, with fury and burning anger, To make the land a desolation; And He will exterminate its sinners from it. ¹⁰For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light; The sun will be dark when it rises, And the moon will not shed its light. ¹³Therefore I will shake the heavens, And the earth will move out of her place, In the wrath of the Lord of hosts And in the day of His fierce anger.

Sealing (Ownership) of the 144,000 of Israel

Revelation 7:2-4 ²And I saw another angel; ascending from the rising of the sun having the seal of the living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, ³saying, "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the bond-servents of our God on their foreheads." ⁴And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel.

Martyrs of the Great Tribulation Stand Before God

Revelation 7:14-15 ¹⁴And I said to him, "Sir, you know." So he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb^{. 15}Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them.

Day of the Lord Begins

Seventh Seal - Consists of Seven trumpet judgments on mankind

Revelation 8:1,6 ¹When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. ⁶And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.

First Trumpet - Hail and Fire Destruction of all the grass and 1/3 of trees

Revelation 8:7 ⁷The first sounded, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

• May represent an after effect of nuclear weapons as fire and hail occur in atmosphere following an atomic explosion as in Japan at the end of World War II.

Second Trumpet - Meteor falls into the Ocean destroying 1/3 of ships and sea life

Revelation 8:8-9 ⁸The second angel sounded, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and a third of the sea became blood, ⁹and a third of the creatures which were in the sea and had life, died; and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Third Trumpet - Wormwood falls from the Heavens causing fresh water to become bitter

Revelation 8:10-11 ¹⁰The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters. ¹¹The name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

• Wormwood is a bitter plant that can paralyze or kill.

Fourth Trumpet - Darkening of a third of the sun, moon, and stars

Revelation 8:12 The fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way.

• After many nuclear explosions the atmosphere fills with dust and debris blocking the light from filtering through. (Nuclear winter hypothesis)

Fifth Trumpet - (Woe #1) Locusts from the Bottomless Pit

Revelation 9:1-10 ¹Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him. ²He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. ³Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. ⁴They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. ⁵And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man. ⁶And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them. ⁷The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. ⁸They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions. ⁹They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle. ¹⁰They have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months.

• Theory #1- This may be an actual plague of tormenting locusts.
• Theory #2- The locusts may be a first century description of helicopters. The wings sounding like chariots could be the sound of helicopter blades spinning.

Sixth Trumpet - (Woe #2) Eastern army of 200,000,000 men kill 1/3 of mankind

Revelation 9:13-19 ¹³Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, ¹⁴one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." ¹⁵And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they would kill a third of mankind. ¹⁶The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. ¹⁷And this is how I saw in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone. ¹⁸A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths. ¹⁹For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they do harm.

• Reported number of men in the Chinese armed forces and militia in 1964 was 200 million. The population of China has increased significantly since then.

Death of the Two Witnesses

Revelation 11:7-12 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. ¹¹But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell upon those who were watching them. ¹²And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." Then they went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.

• God's 2 witnesses are killed, resurrected from the dead, and then taken up to heaven in front of the eyes of the whole world (Television).

Seventh Trumpet - Consist of seven bowls of the Final Judgment of God

First Bowl of the Wrath of God - Sores on men with the Mark of the Beast

Revelation 16:2 So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth; and it became a loathsome and malignant sore on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

Second Bowl of the Wrath of God - All creatures in the sea die

Revelation 16:3 The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man; and every living thing in the sea died.

Third Bowl of the Wrath of God - Rivers and Springs become blood

Revelation 16:4 Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of waters; and they became blood.

• The wicked must drink the blood of the martyrs.

Fourth Bowl of the Wrath of God - Sun scorches the earth

Revelation 16:8-9 ⁸The fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun, and it was given to it to scorch men with fire. ⁹Men were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent so as to give Him glory.

Isaiah 13:13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, And the earth will move out of her place, In the wrath of the Lord of hosts And in the day of His fierce anger.

• The earth may move out of its orbit closer to the sun.

Fifth Bowl of the Wrath of God - Kingdom of the Antichrist/Beast becomes darkened

• Revelation 16:10-11 ¹⁰Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, ¹¹and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they did not repent of their deeds.

Sixth Bowl of the Wrath of God - Euphrates river dries up allowing the Chinese army to move to Armageddon

Revelation 16:12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates; and its water was dried up, so that the way would be prepared for the kings from the east.

Seventh Bowl of the Wrath of God - Greatest earthquake ever, Babylon/Rome is destroyed

Revelation 16:17-19 ¹⁷Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, "It is done." ¹⁸And there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. ¹⁹The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of His fierce wrath.

• Babylon can refer to:
• 1)The actual city of Babylon which is being restored in Iraq 50 miles south of Bagdad
• 2)The false worldwide religion of the antichrist which began with the mystery religions of Babylon thousands of years ago
• 3) or Rome, city of seven hills, which may be the headquarters of the false worldwide religion. Revelation 17:9 "Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
• 4) Some Christians feel that Babylon is America -See Link America the Babylon

Isaiah 13:1,4,6 ¹The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw. ⁴A sound of tumult on the mountains, Like that of many people! A sound of the uproar of kingdoms, Of nations gathered together! The LORD of hosts is mustering the army for battle. ⁶Wail, for the day of the LORD is near! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Jeremiah 51:24,26 ²⁴But I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes," declares the Lord. ²⁶"and they will not take from you even a stone for a corner Nor a stone for foundations, but you will be desolate forever.

• Babylon will be destroyed forever.

Zechariah 14:2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the house plundered, the women ravished, and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.

Zechariah 14:5 For you will flee by the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel you will flee just as you fled before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord will come, and all the holy ones with him.

• The holy ones are the raptured saints.

Revelation 16:13-14,16 ¹³And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs; ¹⁴for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty. ¹⁶And they gathered them together to the place which in Hebrew is called Har-Magedon.

Revelation 19:19 And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, assembled to make war against him who sat upon the horse, and against his army.

• The beast leading the revived Roman empire plus the armies of the king of the east are gathered into the valley of Meggido in Israel for the last battle.

Daniel 11:40-45 ⁴⁰"At the end time the king of the South will collide with him, and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, with horsemen and with many ships; and he will enter countries, overflow them and pass through. ⁴¹"He will also enter the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, Moab and the foremost of the sons of Ammon. ⁴²"Then he will stretch out his hand against other countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape. ⁴³"But he will gain control over the hidden treasures of gold and silver and over all the precious things of Egypt; and Libyans and Ethiopians will follow at his heels. ⁴⁴"But rumors from the East and from the North will disturb him, and he will go forth with great wrath to destroy and annihilate many. ⁴⁵"He will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful Holy Mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.

• The king of the north is the Antichrist or Beast.

Joel 3:1-2 ¹For Behold, in those days and at that time, When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem. ²I 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;

Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he who sat upon it is called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he judges and wages war.

• The real Christ returns on his white horse.

Revelation 19:20-21 ²⁰And the beast was seized; and with him the false prophet who performed the miracles in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake which burns with brimstone. ²¹And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of him who sat upon the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.

• The sword which comes from Christ's mouth is the word of God.

Judgment Of Nations

Matthew 26:31-34, 41 ³¹But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. ³²And all the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; ³³and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. ³⁴Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ⁴¹Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;

Joel 3:12-13 ¹²Let the nations be aroused And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge All the surrounding nations. ¹³Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the wine press is full; The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.

Millennial Kingdom of Christ

Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

• One thousand year period of peace led by Jesus Christ. The raptured saints will be the priests of God.

Isaiah 11:6-9 ⁶"The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them. ⁷The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. ⁸The nursing child shall play by the cobra's hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper's den. ⁹They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord As the waters cover the sea.

• Peace shall cover the earth as the earth will be full of the knowledge of God. Even the animals will live in peace.

Isaiah 11:11-12 ¹¹It shall come to pass in that day That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time To recover the remnant of His people who are left, From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush, From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands of the sea. ¹²He will set up a banner for the nations, And will assemble the outcasts of Israel, And gather together the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth.

• The Jewish people shall be gathered from across the earth back into the promised land.

Satan Bound For One Thousand Years

Revelation 20:2-3 ²And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, ³and threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he should not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.

Satan Released

Revelation 20:7-9 ⁷When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison, ⁸and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore. ⁹And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.

Satan Cast Into The Lake Of Fire Forever

Revelation 20:10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Revelation 20:11-15 ¹¹Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. ¹²And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. ¹³And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. ¹⁴Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

• Resurrection of the wicked and unjust.

Revelation 21:1-2,12-14 ¹Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. ²And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. ¹²It had a great and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. ¹³There were three gates on the east and three gates on the north and three gates on the south and three gates on the west. ¹⁴And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Isaiah 35:1-2 ¹The desert will rejoice, and flowers will bloom in the wastelands. ²The desert will sing and shout for joy; it will be as beautiful as the Lebanon Mountains and as fertile as the fields of Carmel and Sharon. Everyone will see the Lord's splendor, see his greatness and power.

DO YOU WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND AFTER THE RAPTURE?

1) MANY WILL BE FOOLED BY THE MIRACLES OF THE ANTICHRIST AND FALSE PROPHET

• Matthew 24:24 "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, as to as to mislead, if possible, even the elect."
• After the Rapture many people, including Christians, will be deceived by the miracles and wonders that the Antichrist performs. Many may will actually believe he is the Messiah.

2) MANY WILL BE DECEIVED BY GOD'S INFLUENCE INTO BELIEVING THE ANTICHRIST

• 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 ⁹that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,¹⁰and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. ¹¹And for this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they might believe what is false, ¹²in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.
• If you miss Christ before the rapture you are taking a big chance. God has foretold of a deception that he will place upon the people of the earth to not believe the truth. You will suffer the wrath of God here on earth and then have to endure the LAKE OF FIRE for eternity.
• Even if you are lucky and find Jesus after the Tribulation you will have to endure the horrors of the Tribulation. Why risk it?

THE RAPTURE IS COMING SOON!

DON'T TAKE A CHANCE IN THE TRIBULATION!

RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST THE MESSIAH NOW AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR!

Please don't delay, as you can see we are getting closer to the end as each minute ticks by.

Romans 10:9-10 ⁹If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰For with the heart one believes to righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made to salvation.

Romans 10:13 for WHOEVER WILL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.