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CHRIST'S PROPHECY OF THE END-TIME
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CHRIST’S SECOND COMING
Matthew 24:27-42
Christ’s Second Coming :
Cataclysmic events precedes Christ’s return: Matthew 24:27-29; Joel 2:1-2, 30
Not a secret event since every eye will see it and hear it — Jesus coming on the clouds: 1 Thess. 4:16; Matthew 24:30; Daniel 7:13; Rev. 14:14
Foretold by:
Jesus — Matthew 16:27; Mark 8:38; Matt. 25:31
Angels — Acts 1:11
Paul — Titus 2:13
The Rapture :
When does it occur? Matthew 24:29-31; Rev. 14:14-15; 2 Thess. 2:1-3
How does it occur? Matthew 24:31; 1 Thess. 4:16-17; 1 Cor. 15:51-53
Why does it occur? 1 Thess. 1:10; Hebrew 9:28; 1 Thess. 5:9; Romans 5:9; Luke 3:7
God’s Wrath :
The winepress of the wrath of God — Revelation 14:18-20
Jesus Christ executes the wrath of God — Isaiah 63:1-6; Rev. 19:15b
Foretold by the prophets of the OT:
Zephaniah 1:14-18
Isaiah 66:15-16
Psalm 110:5-6; 96:13; 97:3-6
Foretold by the prophets of the NT:
Jude 1:14-15
2 Peter 3:10-12
2 Thessalonians 1:7-10
The 7 Bowls of God’s Wrath :
Rev. 16:1-2 — foul and loathsome sore come upon the men who have the mark of the beast and those who worship his image.
Rev. 16:3 — The sea become blood as of a dead man; and every living creature in the sea die.
Rev. 16:4 — The rivers and springs of water become blood.
Rev. 16:8-9 — The sun was given power to him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues;
and they did not repent and give Him glory.
Rev. 16:10-11 — Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain. They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores,
and did not repent of their deeds.
Rev. 16:12-16 — The preparation for the Battle of Armageddon.
Rev. 16:17-21 — It is done!
The Fall of Babylon : Rev. 18
The kingdom of darkness which controls all aspects of the world will be destroyed.
The whole world has been enticed to follow Satan’s kingdom.
God warns His people to come out of the system of Babylon because it is condemned.
The destruction of Babylon will be in one day, in one hour.
Christ will execute the final wrath against Babylon and then, HE establishes His kingdom.
The Marriage Supper of the Lamb :
Christ and the Church — Ephesians 5:22-30
The Church, no longer the Body of Christ, but the Bride of Christ — Rev. 19:6-9
The Bride follows King Jesus to the Battle of Armageddon — Rev. 19:14; Zech. 14:5c
The Battle of Armageddon :
The Day of the Lord — Joel 3:12-16; Zechariah 14:1-9
The antichrist and the armies of the nations ready to battle King Jesus — Rev. 16:14, 16; Rev. 17:12-14; Rev. 19:19
The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords—Rev. 19:11-16
A short battle :
The antichrist and the false prophet — Rev. 19:20
The armies of the nations — Rev. 19:21
The dragon — Rev. 20:1-3
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