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OTHER NEW TESTAMENT

PROPHECIES

E. MICHAEL RUSTEN 2009ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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OBJECTIVES FOR SESSION 8

BY THE END OF THIS SESSION YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

1) EXPLAIN HOW OTHER NEW TESTAMENT PROPHECIES

RELATE TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION.

2) INTERPRET THE PROPHECIES MENTIONED.

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BELIEVERS KEPT FROM HOUR OF TESTING

REVELATION 3:10

“BECAUSE YOU HAVE KEPT THE WORD OF MY PERSEVERANCE, I ALSOWILL 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.”

THOSE WHO DWELL UPON THE EARTH ARE _____________________.

THE HOUR OF TESTING THAT IS COMING UPON THE WICKED IS THE

__________________________________ OF GOD.

THE CHURCH WILL BE KEPT FROM THE WRATH OF GOD.

WRATH

UNBELIEVERS

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THE SECOND COMING

MATTHEW 24:29‑31

“BUT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS THESUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL FROM THE SKY, AND THE POWERS OF THE HEAVENS WILL BE SHAKEN,” (MATT 24:29 NASV)

“AND THEN SHALL APPEAR THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN IN HEAVEN: AND THEN SHALL ALL THE TRIBES OF THE EARTH MOURN, AND THEYSHALL SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING IN THE CLOUDS OF HEAVENWITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY.” ( MATT 24:30 KJV)

“AND HE WILL SEND FORTH HIS ANGELS WITH A GREAT TRUMPETAND THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER HIS ELECT FROM THE FOURWINDS, FROM ONE END OF THE SKY TO THE OTHER.” (MATT 24:31 NASV)

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THE PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE

MATTHEW 24:32‑44

“NOW 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;” (24:32)

THIS IS A __________________ NOT A _________________________.

CHRIST IS USING AN ILLUSTRATION FROM _____________________.

“EVEN SO YOU TOO, WHEN YOU SEE ALL THESE THINGS, RECOGNIZE THAT HE IS NEAR, RIGHT AT THE DOOR.” (24:33)

“THESE THINGS YOU SEE” ARE ALL THE ______________________

LEADING UP TO THE SECOND COMING RECORDED IN MATTHEW

24:4‑30A. THESE THINGS (___________________) WOULD NOT REFER

TO THE BUDDING OF THE FIG TREE.

“TRULY I SAY TO YOU, THIS GENERATION WILL NOT PASS AWAY UNTIL ALL THESE THINGS TAKE PLACE.” (24:34)

IN OTHER WORDS, THE “ GENERATION ” THAT WOULD

“SEE ALL THESE THINGS” (MATT. 24:33) “WILL NOT PASS AWAY UNTIL

ALL THESE THINGS TAKE PLACE.” (24:34)

PARABLE PROPHECY

NATURE

EVENTS

PLURAL

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THE PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE(CONTINUED)

“HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL PASS AWAY, BUT MY WORDS SHALL

NOT PASS AWAY, BUT OF THAT DAY AND HOUR NO ONE KNOWS,

NOT EVEN THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN, NOR THE SON, BUT THE

FATHER ALONE.” (24:35‑36)

THERE ARE TWO SENSES IN WHICH A PERSON CAN EITHER KNOW OR

NOT KNOW THE DAY NOR THE HOUR:

1) FROM THE LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE, NOT EVEN JESUS KNEW

THE _________________________ OF THE SECOND COMING.

2) HOWEVER, IN THE _______________ TERM PERSPECTIVE, THE

"GENERATION" (MATT. 24:34) THAT WILL “SEE ALL THESE

THINGS” WILL “RECOGNIZE THAT HE IS NEAR, RIGHT AT

THE DOOR” (MATT. 24:33)

DATE

SHORT

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“FOR THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN WILL BE JUST LIKE THEDAYS OF NOAH, FOR AS IN THOSE DAYS WHICH WERE BEFORE THE FLOOD THEY WERE EATING AND DRINKING, THEY WERE MARRYINGAND GIVING IN MARRIAGE, UNTIL THE DAY THAT NOAH ENTERED THE ARK, AND THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND UNTIL THE FLOOD CAME AND TOOK (GREEK = AIRO) THEM ALL AWAY, SO SHALL THECOMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE. THEN THERE SHALL BE TWO MEN IN THE FIELD; ONE WILL BE TAKEN (GREEK = PARALAMBANO), AND ONE WILL BE LEFT.” (MATT. 24:37‑40)

TWO DIFFERENT GREEK WORDS ARE USED FOR “TAKEN” HERE: AIRO

MEANS TO “TAKE AWAY, REMOVE,” AND PARALAMBANO MEANS TO

“TAKE TO ONESELF.” THUS THE WICKED ARE TAKEN AWAY

INTO THE WRATH OF GOD WHEREAS CHRIST WILL TAKE BELIEVERS

TO HIMSELF AT THE RAPTURE.


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“TWO WOMEN WILL BE GRINDING AT THE MILL; ONE WILL BE TAKEN, AND ONE WILL BE LEFT. THEREFORE BE ON THE ALERT FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW WHICHDAY YOUR LORD IS COMING. BUT BE SURE OF THIS, THAT IF THE HEAD OF THEHOUSE HAD KNOWN AT WHAT TIME OF THE NIGHT THE THIEF WAS COMING, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE ALERT AND WOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED HIS HOUSE TO BE BROKEN INTO. FOR THIS REASON YOU BE READY TOO; FOR THE SON OF MAN IS COMING AT AN HOUR WHEN YOU DO NOT THINK HE WILL.” (MATT. 24:41‑44)

THE COMING BEING DISCUSSED IS THE ____________________ AFTER

THE GREAT TRIBULATION (MATT. 24:30‑31). THIS IS THE ONLY

RETURN OF CHRIST MENTIONED IN THE CONTEXT.


2ND COMING

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THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS

MATTHEW 25:1‑13

“THEN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN WILL BE COMPARABLE TO TEN VIRGINS, WHO TOOKTHEIR LAMPS, AND WENT OUT TO MEET THE BRIDEGROOM. AND FIVE OF THEM WERE FOOLISH, AND FIVE WERE PRUDENT. FOR WHEN THE FOOLISH TOOK THEIR LAMPS, THEY TOOK NO OIL WITH THEM, BUT THE PRUDENT TOOK OIL IN FLASKS ALONG WITH THEIR LAMPS. NOW WHILE THE BRIDEGROOM WAS DELAYING, THEY ALL GOT DROWSY AND BEGAN TO SLEEP. BUT AT MIDNIGHT THERE WAS A SHOUT, ‘'BEHOLD, THE BRIDEGROOM! COME OUT TO MEET HIM.’ THEN ALL THOSE VIRGINS AROSE AND TRIMMED THEIR LAMPS. AND THE FOOLISH SAID TO THE PRUDENT, ‘GIVE US SOME OF YOUR OIL FOR OUR LAMPS ARE GOING OUT.’ BUT THE PRUDENT ANSWERED, SAYING, ‘NO, THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGHFOR US AND YOU TOO; GO INSTEAD TO THE DEALERS AND BUY SOME FOR YOURSELVES.’ AND WHILE THEY WERE GOING AWAY TO MAKE THE PURCHASE, THE BRIDEGROOM CAME, AND THOSE WHO WERE READY WENT IN WITH HIM TO THE WEDDING FEAST; AND THE DOORWAS SHUT. AND LATER THE OTHER VIRGINS ALSO CAME, SAYING, ‘LORD, LORD, OPEN UP FOR US.’' BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID, ‘TRULY I SAY TO YOU, I DO NOT KNOW YOU.’ BE ON THE ALERT THEN, FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW THE DAY NOR THE HOUR.” (MATT. 25:1‑13)

THE COMING BEING DISCUSSED IS THE SECOND COMING AFTER THE _____________________. THE CHURCHES TO WHICH MATTHEW WASWRITING WERE SIMILAR TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATION(2:5,11,17;3:6,13,22; 16:15). MANY IN THESE CHURCHES WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE BELIEVERS BUT NEEDED TO REPENT AND BE CONVERTED.

GREAT TRIBULATION

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THE PARABLE OF THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS

MATTHEW 25:31‑46

“BUT WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMES IN HIS GLORY, AND ALL THE ANGELS WITH HIM, THEN HE WILL SIT ON HIS GLORIOUS THRONE. AND ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE GATHERED BEFORE HIM; AND HE WILL SEPARATE THEM FROM ONE ANOTHER, ASTHE SHEPHERD SEPARATES THE SHEEP FROM THE GOATS; AND HE WILL PUT THE SHEEP ON HIS RIGHT, AND THE GOATS ON THE LEFT, THEN 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. ‘FOR I WAS HUNGRY, AND YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING TO EAT; I WAS THIRSTY, AND YOUGAVE ME DRINK; I WAS A STRANGER, AND YOU INVITED ME IN; NAKED, AND YOU CLOTHED.’' THEN THE RIGHTEOUS WILL ANSWER HIM, SAYING, ‘'LORD, WHEN DID WE SEE YOU HUNGRY, AND FEED YOU, OR THIRSTY, AND GIVE YOU DRINK? AND WHEN DID WE SEE YOU A STRANGER, AND INVITE YOU IN, OR NAKED, AND CLOTHE YOU? AND WHEN DID WE SEE YOU SICK, OR IN PRISON AND COME TO YOU?’ AND THE KING WILL ANSWER AND SAY TO THEM, ‘TRULY I SAY TO YOU, TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU DID IT TO ONE OF THESE BROTHERS OF MINE, EVEN THE LEAST OF THEM, YOU DID IT TO ME.’

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THE PARABLE OF THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS (CONT)

MATTHEW 25:31‑46

‘THEN 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; FOR I WAS HUNGRY, AND YOU GAVE ME NOTHING TO EAT; I WAS THIRSTY, AND YOU GAVE ME NOTHING TO DRINK; I WAS A STRANGER, AND YOU DID NOT INVITE ME IN; NAKED, AND YOU DID NOT CLOTHE ME; SICK, ANDIN PRISON, AND YOU DID NOT VISIT ME.’ THEN THEY THEMSELVES ALSO WILL ANSWER, SAYING, ‘LORD, WHEN DID WE SEE YOU HUNGRY, OR THIRSTY, OR A STRANGER, ORNAKED, OR SICK, OR IN PRISON, AND DID NOT TAKE CARE OF YOU?’ THEN HE WILL ANSWER THEM, SAYING, ‘'TRULY I SAY TO YOU, TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU DID NOTDO IT TO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE, YOU DID NOT DO IT TO ME.’ AND THESE WILL GO AWAY INTO ETERNAL PUNISHMENT, BUT THE RIGHTEOUS INTO ETERNAL LIFE.”

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TWO OTHER NEW TESTAMENT PASSAGES HAVE A SIMILAR TEACHING:

“FOR THE SON OF MAN IS GOING TO COME IN THE GLORY OF HIS FATHER WITH HIS ANGELS; AND WILL THEN RECOMPENSE EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS." (MATT. 16:27)

“WHO WILL RENDER TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS: TO THOSE WHO BY PERSEVERANCE IN DOING GOOD SEEK FOR GLORY AND HONOR AND IMMORTALITY, ETERNAL LIFE; BUT TO THOSE WHO ARE SELFISHLY AMBITIOUSAND DO NOT OBEY THE TRUTH, BUT OBEY UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, WRATH AND INDIGNATION.” (ROM. 2:6‑8).

MATTHEW 25:31‑46 IS A PARABLE PICTURING HOW AT THE SECOND

COMING CHRIST “WILL RECOMPENSE EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO

HIS DEEDS.” (MATT. 16:27)

THE SAINTS WILL INHERIT THE ____________________.

THE WICKED WILL EXPERIENCE GOD’S WRATH AND THE LAKE OF FIRE.

KINGDOM

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THE OLIVET DISCOURSE

LUKE 21, MATTHEW 24, AND MARK 13 RECORD JESUS’ ANSWER TOA QUESTION OF THE DISCIPLES' AFTER THEY HAD BEEN DISCUSSING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE:

“AND JESUS CAME OUT FROM THE TEMPLE AND WAS GOING AWAY WHEN HIS DISCIPLES CAME UP TO POINT OUT THE TEMPLE BUILDINGS TO HIM, AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID TO THEM, “DO YOU NOT SEE ALL THESE THINGS? TRULY I SAY TO YOU, NOT ONE STONE HERE SHALL BE LEFT UPON ANOTHER, WHICH WILLNOT BE TORN DOWN.” AND AS HE WAS SITTING ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, THE DISCIPLES CAME TO HIM PRIVATELY, SAYING, “TELL US, WHEN WILL THESE THINGSBE, AND WHAT WILL BE THE SIGN OF YOUR COMING, AND OF THE END OF THE AGE?” (MATT. 24:1‑3)

THUS THEY WERE ASKING TWO THINGS:

1) THE TIME OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ___________________.

2) THE TIME OF THE SECOND COMING.

TEMPLE

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THE OLIVET DISCOURSE(CONTINUED)

MATTHEW 24 AND MARK 13 RECORD JESUS’ ANSWER AS IT PERTAINS

TO THE ________________________________________________.

LUKE 21 RECORDS JESUS’ ANSWER AS IT PERTAINS TO THE

DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE IN _______________________.

JESUS COULD ANSWER BOTH QUESTIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY BECAUSE

AT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE AND AT THE SECOND COMING

SIMILAR EVENTS OCCUR.

2ND COMING

AD 70

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LUKE 21: 8‑28

AND HE SAID, “TAKE HEED THAT YOU BE NOT MISLED; FOR MANY WILL COME IN MY NAME, SAYING, ‘I AM HE,’ AND, ‘THE TIME IS AT HAND;’ DO NOT GO AFTER THEM. AND WHEN YOU HEAR OF WARS AND DISTURBANCES, DO NOT BE TERRIFIED; FOR THESE THINGS MUST TAKE PLACE FIRST, BUT THE END DOES NOT FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY.” THEN HE CONTINUED BY SAYING TO THEM, “NATION WILL RISE AGAINST NATION, AND KINGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM, AND THERE WILL BE GREATEARTHQUAKES, AND IN VARIOUS PLACES PLAGUES AND FAMINES; AND THERE WILL BE TERRORS AND GREAT SIGNS FROM HEAVEN. BUT BEFORE ALL THESE THINGS THEY WILL LAY THEIR HANDS ON YOU AND WILL PERSECUTE YOU, DELIVERING YOU TO THE SYNAGOGUES AND PRISONS, BRINGING YOU BEFORE KINGS AND GOVERNORS FOR MY NAME'S SAKE. IT WILL LEAD TO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. SO MAKE UP YOUR MINDS NOT TO PREPARE BEFOREHAND TO DEFEND YOURSELVES;FOR I WILL GIVE YOU UTTERANCE AND WISDOM WHICH NONE OF YOUR OPPONENTS WILL BE ABLE TO RESIST OR REFUTE. BUT YOU WILL BE BETRAYED EVEN BY PARENTS AND BROTHERS AND RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, AND THEY WILL PUT SOME OF YOU TO DEATH. AND YOU WILL BE HATED BY ALL ON ACCOUNT OF MYNAME. YET NOT A HAIR OF YOUR HEAD WILL PERISH. BY YOUR PERSEVERANCE YOU WILL WIN YOUR SOULS. BUT WHEN YOU SEE JERUSALEM SURROUNDED BY ARMIES, THEN RECOGNIZE THAT HER DESOLATION IS AT HAND.” (21:8‑20)

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Dissimilarities Between Luke 21 and Matthew 24/Mark 13

MATTHEW 24 MARK 13 LUKE 21

Vs 8 But all these are merely

the beginning of birth pangs

Vs 8 These are merely

the beginnings of birth pangs

Vs 13 But the one who endures

to the end, he shall be saved.

Vs 13 … but the one who endures

to the end, he shall be saved.

Vs 19 By your endurance

you will gain your lives

Vs 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.

Vs 10 And the gospel

must first be preached

to all the nations.

Vs 13 It will lead to an

opportunity for your

testimony.

Vs 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).

Vs 14 But when you see

the abomination

of desolation

standing where it should not be

(let the reader understand)…

Vs 20 But when you see Jerusalem

surrounded by armies

then realize that her desolation

is at hand.

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Vs 21 for there will be

a great tribulation,

such as has not occurred

since the beginning of the world

until now, nor ever shall.

Vs 19 For those days will be

a time of tribulation

such as has not occurred

since the creation which God

created,

until now, and never shall.

Vs 23 There will be

great distress upon the land

and wrath to this people.

Vs 22 And 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.

Vs 20 And unless the Lord

had shortened those days

no life would have been saved;

but for the sake of the elect

whom He chose,

He shortened the days.

Vs 23 Then if anyone says to you,

“Behold, here is the Christ,”

or “There He is,”

do not believe him.

Vs 21 And then if anyone says to you,

“Behold, here is the Christ,”

or “Behold He is there,”

do not believe him;

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Vs 24 For false Christs

and false prophets will arise

and will show

great signs and wonders

so as to mislead, if possible

even the elect.

Vs 22 For false Christs

and false prophets will arise,

and will show

great signs and wonders,

in order, if possible, to lead

the elect astray.

Vs 29 But

immediately after the

tribulation

of those days

the sun will be darkened …

moon…

and the stars…

Vs 24a But

Vs 24c immediately after that

tribulation,

Vs 24b in those days,

the sun will be darkened…

moon…

Vs 25 and the stars…

Vs 24 and they will fall by the edge of

the sword, and will be led

captive into all the nations …

until the times of the Gentiles

be fulfilled.

Vs 25 And there will be signs in the

sun,

moon,

and stars…

Vs 30 …they will see the Son of Man

coming on the clouds…

Vs 26 …they will see the Son of Man

coming on the clouds…

Vs 27 … they will see the Son of Man

coming on a cloud …

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HERE THERE IS NO REFERENCE TO “THE ABOMINATION OF

DESOLATION … STANDING IN THE HOLY PLACE” (MATT. 24:15, cf. MK.

13:14). INSTEAD THERE IS A REFERENCE TO JERUSALEM BEING

SURROUNDED BY ARMIES AS HAPPENED IN _______________ WHEN

THE __________________________ ARMIES SURROUNDED THE CITY.

“THEN LET THOSE WHO ARE IN JUDEA FLEE TO THE MOUNTAINS, AND LET THOSE WHO ARE IN THE MIDST OF THE CITY DEPART, AND LET NOT THOSE WHO ARE IN THE COUNTRY ENTER THE CITY;” (21:21)

THE HISTORIAN EUSEBIUS TELLS US (ECCLES. HIS. 3:5) THAT THE

CHRISTIANS IN JERUSALEM IN A.D. 68 RECEIVED A DIVINE REVELATION

TELLING THEM TO _____________________________.

AS A RESULT THEY ALL FLED JERUSALEM BEFORE IT WAS

________________________. THE DIVINE REVELATION WAS NO DOUBT

THE BOOK OF LUKE.

LUKE 21: 8‑28(CONTINUED)

SURROUNDED

FLEE

ROMAN

AD 68

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“BECAUSE THESE ARE DAYS OF VENGEANCE, IN ORDER THAT ALL THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN MAY BE FULFILLED.” (21:22)

“ALL THE THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN” REFERS TO PASSAGES SUCH

AS DEUT. 28:15‑68 WHERE THE ___________________ARE RECORDED

THAT WILL COME UPON THE JEWS IF THEY ARE DISOBEDIENT TO

GOD’S COVENANT.

“WOE TO THOSE WHO ARE WITH CHILD AND TO THOSE WHO NURSE BABES IN THOSE DAYS; FOR THERE WILL BE GREAT DISTRESS UPON THE LAND, AND WRATH TO THIS PEOPLE.” (21:23)

THE WORD ________________ IS USED THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE FOR

GOD'S JUDGMENT ON THOSE WHO BREAK HIS COVENANT. THUS SINCE

A.D. 68 THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN UNDER GOD'S WRATH.


CURSES

WRATH

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“AND THEY WILL FALL BY THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, AND WILL BE LED CAPTIVEINTO ALL THE NATIONS; AND JERUSALEM WILL BE TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT BY THE THE GENTILES UNTIL THE TIMES OF THE GENTILES BE FULFILLED.” (21:24)

IN OTHER WORDS, ISRAEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNDER GOD'S WRATH

UNTIL THE END OF THE ______________ AGE AT THE SECOND COMING.

THE GENTILE AGE ENDS WITH THE GENTILES UNDER THE ANTICHRIST

TREADING DOWN JERUSALEM DURING THE FINAL 3 ½ YEARS (REV.11:2)

“AND THERE WILL BE SIGNS IN SUN AND MOON AND STARS, AND UPON THE EARTH DISMAY AMONG NATIONS, IN PERPLEXITY AT THE ROARING OF THE SEA AND THE WAVES,” (21:25)

IN LUKE'S ACCOUNT THE GENTILE AGE ENDS WITH THE ______________SIGNS THAT PRECEDE THE SECOND COMING.

“MEN FAINTING FROM FEAR AND THE EXPECTATION OF THE THINGS WHICH ARE COMING UPON THE WORLD; FOR THE POWERS OF THE HEAVENS WILL BE SHAKEN.” (21:26)

THIS IS A REFERENCE TO MEN'S REACTION WHEN THE HEAVENS

SPLIT APART AND ROLL UP LIKE A SCROLL.


GENTILE

CELESTIAL

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“AND THEN WILL THEY SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING IN A CLOUD WITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY. BUT WHEN THESE THINGS BEGIN TO TAKE PLACE, STRAIGHTEN UPAND LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, BECAUSE YOUR REDEMPTION IS DRAWING NEAR.” (21:27‑28)

VERSES 8‑19 DESCRIBE THE SITUATION BEFORE __________________.

VERSES 20‑24 DESCRIBE THE AGE FROM _______________ UP TO THE

________________________. LUKE CALLS THIS PERIOD “THE TIMES OF

THE GENTILES” (LUKE 21:24). VERSES 25‑28 DESCRIBE THE

_____________________________________.

THE “THESE THINGS” WHICH INDICATE THAT “YOUR REDEMPTION ISDRAWING NEAR” (VS 28) ARE THE CELESTIAL SIGNS OF VERSES 25‑26BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE HAPPENED CENTURIES EARLIER.


A.D. 68-70Vs 20

SECONDCOMING

Vs 27

AD 70

AD 70

2ND COMING

2ND COMING

Vss 8-19 Vss 21-24

CELESTIALSIGNS

Vss 25-26

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CHRISTIANS IN TRIBULATION

II THESSALONIANS 1: 4-10

“WE OURSELVES SPEAK PROUDLY OF YOU AMONG THE CHURCHES OF GOD FOR YOUR PERSEVERANCE AND FAITH IN THE MIDST OF ALL YOUR PERSECUTIONS AND AFFLICTIONS (GREEK = THLIPSIS) WHICH YOU ENDURE. THIS IS A PLAIN INDICATIONOF GOD'S RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT SO THAT YOU MAY BE CONSIDERED WORTHY OFTHE KINGDOM OF GOD, FOR WHICH INDEED YOU ARE SUFFERING. FOR AFTER ALL IT IS ONLY JUST FOR GOD TO REPAY WITH AFFLICTION (GREEK = THLIPSIS) THOSE WHOAFFLICT YOU, AND TO GIVE RELIEF TO YOU WHO ARE AFFLICTED (GREEK = THLIBO)AND TO US AS WELL WHEN THE LORD JESUS SHALL BE REVEALED FROM HEAVENWITH HIS MIGHTY ANGELS IN FLAMING FIRE, DEALING OUT RETRIBUTION TO THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW GOD AND TO THOSE WHO DO NOT OBEY THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS. AND THESE WILL PAY THE PENALTY OF ETERNAL DESTRUCTION, AWAYFROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD AND FROM THE GLORY OF HIS POWER, WHEN HE COMES TO BE GLORIFIED IN HIS SAINTS ON THAT DAY, AND TO BE MARVELED AT AMONG ALL WHO HAVE BELIEVED … FOR OUR TESTIMONY TO YOU WAS BELIEVED.”

THE WORD “AFFLICTION” (VSS 4, 6) IS THE GREEK WORD THLIPSIS

ELSEWHERE TRANSLATED ___________________________________.

THE VERB “AFFLICT” (VSS 6, 7) IS THE GREEK WORD THLIBO, THE

VERBAL FORM OF TRIBULATION.

TRIBULATION

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CHRISTIANS IN TRIBULATION(CONTINUED)

THUS, “WHEN THE LORD JESUS SHALL BE REVEALED FROM HEAVEN

WITH HIS MIGHTY ANGELS IN FLAMING FIRE” (VS. 7) GOD WILL “GIVE

RELIEF TO YOU (___________________) WHO ARE AFFLICTED (OR ARE

IN ____________________) (VS. 7) AND WILL “REPAY WITH AFFLICTION

(_______________) THOSE WHO AFFLICT (______________) YOU" (VS. 6).

THUS VERY CLEARLY AT THE TIME OF THE SECOND COMING

CHRISTIANS ARE IN TRIBULATION.

CHRISTIANS

TRIBULATION

TRIBULATION TRIBULATE

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EVENTS PRECEDING THE DAY OF THE LORD

II THESSALONIANS 2:1‑4

“NOW WE REQUEST YOU, BRETHREN, WITH REGARD TO THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND OUR GATHERING TOGETHER TO HIM, THAT YOU MAY NOT BE QUICKLY SHAKEN FROM YOUR COMPOSURE OR BE DISTURBED EITHER BY A SPIRIT OR A MESSAGE OR A LETTER AS IF FROM US, TO THE EFFECT THAT THE DAY OF THE LORD HAS COME. LET NO ONE IN ANY WAY DECEIVE YOU, FOR IT WILL NOT COME UNLESS THE APOSTASY COMES FIRST, AND THE MAN OF LAWLESSNESS IS REVEALED, THE SON OF DESTRUCTION, 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.” (II THESS. 2:1‑4)

TWO THINGS MUST PRECEDE THE DAY OF THE LORD:

I . APOSTASY

2. REVELATION OF THE ANTICHRIST

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THE RAPTURE AND THE DAY OF THE LORD

I THESSALONIANS 4:16‑5:2

“FOR 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 SHALL RISE FIRST, THEN WE WHO ARE ALIVE AND REMAINSHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS TO MEET THELORD IN THE AIR, AND THUS WE SHALL ALWAYS BE WITH THE LORD. THEREFORECOMFORT ONE ANOTHER WITH THESE WORDS. NOW AS TO THE TIMES AND THEEPOCHS, BRETHREN, YOU HAVE NO NEED OF ANYTHING TO BE WRITTEN TO YOU,FOR YOU YOURSELVES KNOW FULL WELL THAT THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME JUST LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT.” (I THESS 4:16‑5:2)

IN THESE VERSES PAUL FIRST DESCRIBES THE RAPTURE

(I THESS. 4:16‑18).

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THE RAPTURE AND THE DAY OF THE LORD(CONTINUED)

THEN IN THE NEXT VERSE HE SAYS, “NOW AS TO THE TIMES AND

EPOCHS, BRETHREN, YOU HAVE NO NEED OF ANYTHING TO BE

WRITTEN TO YOU.” (I THESS. 5:1)

TO WHAT DO “THE TIMES AND EPOCHS” REFER?

THEY ARE “THE TIMES AND EPOCHS” OF THE _____________________

HE HAD JUST DESCRIBED IN THE PRECEDING VERSES.

THE NEXT VERSE CONTINUES, “FOR YOU YOURSELVES KNOW FULL

WELL THAT THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME LIKE A THIEF IN THE

NIGHT.” (I THESS. 5:2)

IN OTHER WORDS, ACCORDING TO I THESSALONIANS 4:16‑5:2. THE

RAPTURE BEGINS THE DAY OF THE LORD.

RAPTURE

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THE EXPRESSION COMING “LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT” IS USED

TWICE OF THE _________OF THE LORD (I THESS. 5:2, 14; II PETER 3:10)

AND TWICE FOR THE __________________________ (REV. 3:3; 16:15).

THERE ARE TWO POSSIBILITIES FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY OF

THE LORD SINCE ACCORDING TO I THESSALONIANS 4:16‑5:2, THE

RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH BEGINS THE DAY OF THE LORD.


DAY

2ND COMING

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IF THE RAPTURE OF I THESSALONIANS 4:16 IS PRETRIBULATIONAL, THE

RAPTURE AND DAY OF THE LORD WILL PRECEDE THE SECOND COMING BY 7 YEARS AND, ACCORDING TO II THESSALONIANS 2:3, WILL

THEMSELVES BE PRECEDED BY THE __________________ AND THE

______________________________________.

APOSTASY

ANTICHRIST

7 YEARSAPOSTASY &ANTI-CHRIST

RAPTURE DAY OF

LORD BEGINSSECONDCOMING

HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE PRETRIBULATIONAL VIEW, NO

EVENTS PRECEDE THE RAPTURE.

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IF THE RAPTURE OF I THESSALONIANS 4:16 IS POSTTRIBULATIONAL,

THEN THE APOSTASY AND THE REVELATION OF THE ANTICHRIST

APPEAR DURING THE FINAL ____________________AS TAUGHT

ELSEWHERE IN SCRIPTURE.

7 YEARS

7 YEARS

THEREFORE, THE DAY OF THE LORD BEGINS AT THE SECOND COMING.

APOSTASY & ANTICHRIST

RAPTURESECOND COMINGDAY OF THE LORD

BEGINS

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“FOR YOU YOURSELVES KNOW FULL WELL THAT THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME JUST LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT. WHILE THEY AR SAYING, “PEACE AND SAFETY!” THEN DESTRUCTION WILL COME UPON THEM SUDDENLY LIKE BIRTHPANGS UPON A WOMAN WITH CHILD; AND THEY SHALL NOT ESCAPE. (I THESS. 5:2‑3)

THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME AS A THIEF UPON

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“BUT YOU, BRETHREN, ARE NOT IN DARKNESS, THAT THE DAY SHOULD OVERTAKE YOU LIKE A THIEF” (I THESS. 5:4)

THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL NOT COME AS A THIEF UPON

CHRISTIANS BECAUSE GOD HAS REVEALED THE EVENTS WHICH

PRECEDE THE SECOND COMING AND THE DAY OF THE LORD.


UNBELIEVERS

1 OTHER NEW TESTAMENT PROPHECIES E. MICHAEL RUSTEN 2009 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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