Hour-5 WRATH-When God Pours His Wrath Upon

Earth in Great Tribulation (13,24-27)

ISAIAH OUTLINED: God’s Expectations of His People & God’s Future Plans for His People

I. Our Mighty God Chastening His People 1-39 A. God, Sin, Culture & Consecration (1-6) B. The Messiah Promised (7-12) C. The Nations Judged (13-23) D. The Tribulation Foretold (24-27) E. The Woes against Judah (28-35) F. God’s Powerful Hand Shown to Hezekiah (36-39) II. Our Merciful God Comforting His People 40-66 A. God Promises Restoration (40-48) B. God Offers Salvation through the Messiah (49-57) C. God Describes the Millennium (58-66)

KEY CHAPTERS

1. The Throne of God 6 2. The Messiah: His Incarnation 7, 9 3. The Doom of Babylon & Lucifer 13-14 4. The Tribulation 24-27 5. Greatest Prophecy: Letter to Cyrus 45 6. The Messiah: His Atonement 53 7. Second Coming (63) & Millennium (65-66)

Chapter 13: Babylon

Chapter 13 Babylon1] [Chapters 13 & 14. Cf. Jer 50 & 51.] [100yearsbeforetheBabylonianEmpire!]Babylon’s rise is revealed in Chapter 39; 2 Kgs 20:12-19. Symbol of the Enemy of God: Gen 11:9 - Rev 14:8. “Burden” (massa): a prophecy of impending judgment. Since it describes a plurality of kingdoms (v.4) attacking Babylon, including the Medes (v.17), many assume it refers to fulfilled history (539 B.C., etc.); however, careful analysis of the passage implies that this predicted destruction is yet to happen. [See The Mystery of Babylon for fuller treatment.]4] Note kingdoms (plural).5] Includes the Medes (v.17). The scope of the language seems to go far beyond the conquest of the Medes and Persians in 539 B.C. (which occurred without a battle and does not fit the detail).6] “Day of the Lord”: final judgment upon the earth (Cf. v.9).Almighty (Shaddai): rare use by prophets: Joel 1:15-2:1; Ezek 1:24; 10:5; here.8] “Woman that travaileth”: Isa 21:3; Jer 31:8; Ps 48:6; 1Thess 5:3.9] Land desolate: cf. v.5.10] Isa24:21-23;Ezek32:7;Joel2:10,31;3:15;Mt24:39;Mk13:24;Lk21:25.Constellations, (“orions”) et al., worshipped by Nimrod and his tower to the heavens (Bab-El). (Cf. Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 5:8.)11] Punish the world: scope broader than just 539B.C.Pride of Assyria: Isa 10:7-11; of Moab: Isa 16:6; Ultimate: Isa 14:12ff.13] Isa24:18-20;Jer4:24;Joel3:16;Hag2:6,7;Mt24:29;Heb12:25-29;Zech 14:4,5; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 6:9-17; 20:11. Every man for himself. Jer 50:16; 51:9.14] [Rapture?]16] Cruelty: Hos 13:13; Nah 3:10. Wives: Deut 28:32; Zech 14:2 (Cf. Ps 137:9).17] Medes: in Isaiah’s day, were allies of Babylon against Assyria! They, allied with the Persians were to conquer Babylon in 539 B.C. They are known as the Kurds,

presently hostile towards Iraq. Also mentioned in Jer 51;11; 2 Kgs 17:6.18] Bowwaschiefweapon.Herodotus:“Everyyouthwastolearntoride, draw a bow, and speak the truth.” [“Bows” to dash in pieces? Key-sheth refer to “launchers?”]19] Chaldeans = southern part of the country. Like Sodom and Gomorrah? Hasn’t happened yet.20] Isa 47:1; Rev 18:7. When Koldewey, the German archaeologist, excavated in the 19th century, he was able to hire local residents. Saddam Hussein has spent hundreds of millions over the past 20 years rebuilding the key buildings. [Shown on aeronautical charts as “numerous large buildings” 14 miles SE of Al Hillah, about 62 miles S of Baghdad. Not a military target in the Persian Gulf War.]21] hao‘oach,dolefulcreatures:howlinganimal;jackal;hyena.hn:[}y ya‘anah: an unclean bird; owl, ostrich, literally translated as “daughters of the owl”; perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown. ry[vI ,: sa’iyr: 59X:kid28, goat24, devil2, satyr2,hairy2,rough1. Hairy; he-goat, buck; as sacrificial animal; satyr, may refer to a demon pos- sessed goat like the swine of Gadara (Mt 8:30-32). Terms also used of demons (Lev 17:7; 2 Chr 11:15).22] Wildbeasts:howlingcreatures. Coastlands: islands.Cry: shriek.Dragons: jackals.Cf Jer 51:33.

The Day of the Lord

Isaiah 13:6-22

Revelation 6-8 Is only the

Movie Trailer

Each of these disasters is only a preview, we understand, of the devastating fire of God, when He will consume everything left at the end of the thousand years, before

He sets up the new heaven and the new earth. While all the implications of that horrible scene is being digested by our minds, note the 5th trumpet in Rev. 9:1.

John sees an angelic creature falling like a burning meteor to earth with a key. What a key he holds.

This is probably Lucifer, the Devil who is allowed to let out all the imprisoned terrorist-like demons, locked up by God over thousands of years. All the bound up, out-of-control demons that have been imprisoned down there for centuries gush out of the prison pit in verse 2, like: "Smoke out of the pit, like the

smoke of a furnace and the sun and the air darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit."

Isaiah 24-27: The Little

Apocalypse

Isaiah’s “Little Apocalypse”: Chapters 24 - 27 Cf. Jer 4:23-31; Isa 45:18

Chapter 245] Everlasting covenant? 16X on OT.“Broken” = frustrated.Not Sinai: nowhere declared “everlasting.”Contrast Galatians...Abraham: unilateral; can’t be broken; God is only party to it. David: Messiah rejected; cut off (Dan 9:26).Israel rejected (“frustrated”) Everlasting Covenant....will make a “covenant with sheol” (28:15) Noah!? “Human government” under God.Failure: “except those days be shortened...” Call for nations?

6] Deut 28:15; 29:19; Lev 26:14; Rom 1:18-3:20. Zech 5:3; Isa 1:31; 5:24; 9:18; 10:16, 17; 29:6; 30:27.13] Isa17:5,6.16] Isa21:2.Leanness=misery17] Rev9?18] Gen7:11.20] Amos 5:2. (See also, Don Patten Catastrophism and the Old Testament). 21] [Spookystuff...]Eph6:12;John12:31;Col2:15.Kingsoftheearthwagewar! Ps 2; Acts 4:26, 27; Rev 17:14.

22] 2Pet2:1;Jude6;Mt8:29.23] Sun“ashamed”?Delayed,dry...

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So those are the “extras” that Paul gives us to fit into the seven-part grid of Revelation. So a map of God’s plans for Earth, us in the Church, all lost people, and the Jews His chosen people of promise looks just like that.

Most dispensational Bible teachers, who interpret the Bible primarily as literal so they see a clear difference between Israel and the Church: would hold to something like these seven simple events in Revelation.

Creator Redeemer JudgeGenesis 1-2 Genesis 3-Revelation 5 Revelation 6-22

“the world were framed by the Word of God” (Heb. 11:3)

“Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the

world” (Jn. 1:29)

“and I saw the dead, small and great,

standing before the Throne…” (Rev. 20:15)

Isaiah 25-26: A Song Praising God’s Salvation

Chapter 25 Song - Praise of God’s Salvation25:5= Rev 19.25:7 = Eph 4:18.25:8 = 1Cor.15:54-55;Rev21:4.25:10 Moab=falseprofession?

Chapter 26:Chapter 26:2 Restored and converted IsraelChapter 26:3 Phil4:5,6.4] LordGod=YHWH;IAM.Rom5:1;8:28.12] Ezek36:25,26. 17] Rev12? Remarkable Passage: Isa 26:19-21.19] Eliminatesuppliedwords,“men”,“togetherwith.”Bodyisintheplural: bodies. 1 Thess 4:16, 17: the dead first, then we... Ezek 36, 37; Rom 11:25.20] “Come”:Cf.Rev4:1. “Chambers”: John 14:2. “Until” ...what? The indignation is past! Rev 3:10. Also, Zeph 2:3.

Chapter 27: Restored Israel

Chapter 27 Restored Israel1] “hard,” “great,” “strong”: 3 qualities=> 3 enemies? Deut 32:41, 42; Isa 34:5, 6; 66:16.Leviathan = “piercing serpent?!” The Red Dragon (Rev 12:9) at the cross? Ps 74:14: “heads” of Leviathan? Serpent with seven heads (Babylonian mythology); sea monster: Ps 74:14; 104:20; Job 3:8 (vs. 40:25).2] Cf. Song of the Vineyard, Chapter 5.3] Ps 121:4.4] “fury” = wrath.5] Psalm 2.6] Israel is now the 4th largest exporter of fruit. (Only 1/3 the size of San Bernardino County in California.)8] East wind: sirocco.9] Amos3:2;Isa17:8.

God Gives the Specific Details on the

End of the World Isaiah 13:6-22; Matthew 24:8, 33-34

expanded into Revelation 6-1913

Please open with me to Matthew 24.The disciples ask Jesus a question that interests all of us, I’m so glad they did. Follow along as they ask in Matthew 24:3, and as Jesus answers them in verse 8 and 33.This week I was examining just how much God has left for us to know about the future. I hold in my hand the ONE Book that God wrote—the Bible.This one book, made up of 66 books has a total of 31,103 verses.Of all the verses in the Bible 8,352 verse are prophetic or spoke to future events. All Biblical predictions about the future in these thousands verses can be grouped into 737 different predictions. Of these 8,352 verses, 6,312 (or 522 different predictions) have already happened to the letter, JUST LIKE God’s Word said they would.That leaves just about 2,040 verses with 215 specific predictions from God about the end of the world that are in process of being fulfilled. So, the Bible contains many specific events that would signal the end of days for life on planet earth as it has been for the past several thousand years. Each of the prophetic signs Christ and His apostles gave are specific and not vague. Jesus explained to us in Matthew 24, verses 8 and 33-34—that these events would begin at the same time, run concurrently, and crescendo like the pains of a woman giving birth—the closer we get to His Second coming.

Matthew 24:8, 33-34 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 33 So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors!

34 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.

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The list of Biblical Signs of Christ's Return will not actually be full blown until the Tribulation time. Each of the signs of Christ's Return He said--are trends.

These trends are speeding up—the last seconds of the countdown clock of Christ's return are clicking down. Each day the prophetic picture Christ painted grows clearer. Each of these signs were captured by the apostles and prophets between 2,000 and 3,500 years ago. Now they are happening in our lifetime!But, in all of history--ONLY our generation has seen EVERY ONE of these events starting to unfold. All of the yet to be completed prophecies fit within these seven major events. Probably the most exciting of all are the signs of Christ's Second Coming. There are dozens of them. Jesus described many of them in incredible detail. But here is what I want you to see—Jesus said these signs would not suddenly appear. He said that they would rather become a trend that amplified and strengthened until it became overwhelming like “birth pangs”.

Let me give you just a handful of the precise, clear, specific predictions that Christ's Words in this Book give us. You may be startled. Every one of the signs Christ gave are present in your world today. You are the first generation in all of history to experience these trends, these signs—all at once!What are some of them? We will actually in the days ahead look at these in detail, but here they are in summary.

The Sign of Global Telecommunication & Television

Revelation 11:9-10 Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-

half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves. 10 And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over

them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

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God's Word explicitly declares that mankind will be able to see and hear globally. When the world fastest know means of travel was the speed of a horse—God says the whole world will see an event and all at the same time, celebrate that event! Truly global communication was foreseen. This past summer I was standing in the Med on the foundation of Herod’s Palace. I pulled out my phone, poked a button and began narrating what I was seeing. Instantly via FB Live the bubbles of dozens of people began to cross my screen. They were watching and listening instantly across the world what I was seeing. That is common.Revelation 17:8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. The Bible predicts that the entire world will "see" certain events unfold. The invention of the television and the deployment of global satellite networks during the 20th century allow news to travel the world at the speed of light for the first time ever. Remember that in the Apostle John's day, news traveled at the speed of horseback.

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The Sign of Global Evangelism

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

Mark 13:10 And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.

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Never before our generation was it possible to even know how many people are on this planet. Never was it possible to see the entire planet, let alone reach it all. Today we can send an email anywhere, bounce a radio or television wave anywhere, travel anywhere and most of all—get the Gospel anywhere on this planet. My little website alone has visitors from over 100 different nations on earth. The Christian gospel would be preached as a warning to all nations. Remember what Jesus said? Today, portions or the entire Bible have been translated into over 2,300 languages and dialects covering over 90% of the world's population.

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The Growing Trend of:• Global Travel (Daniel 12:4a)• Global Explosion of Knowledge (Daniel 12:4a) • Global Weather gone wild (Luke 21:25-26)• Global Telecommunication and Television (Rev. 11:9-10; 17:8) • Global Evangelism (Mt. 24:14)

The Sign of Global Pestilences

Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences,

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Despite an increase in scientific knowledge, deadly diseases (which the Bible calls "pestilences") would be prevalent. Last month in Michigan at GR’s Butterfield Hospital, a man with strep throat barely survived after multiple amputations because the strep traveled into his abdominal cavity. That was not even one of the dreaded, looming, circling ominously close “super-pathogens” waiting on the edges of civilization.Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. Luke 21.11 has pestilences

The Sign of Global Travel

Daniel 12:4a “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many

shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”

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Daniel was overwhelmed when he caught a glimpse of the number and speed at which people were moving about the planet. Daniel 12:4 “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” The Bible says that there would be many involved in travel, and today the transportation industry is one of the largest segments of the global economy. Prior to the industrial revolution, few individuals traveled beyond their community. Until recently, horse, foot, and boat were the only modes of transportation. Yet, in our day hundreds of millions travel to and fro great distances every year.

“run to and fro…”(Daniel 12:4a)

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Running to and fro speaks of traveling. How has travel changed on this planet? Unless you take a long view, someone living today has no idea how close we are to the end. The pace of change is staggering. Think how much the world remained the same from Daniel’s day to your great grandfather’s day, consider this.

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• 3,000 years ago David hired wooden boats, powered by wind to help bring special wood for the Temple. His son Solomon actually built and operated a fleet of wooden ships that sailed by wind power to carry on extensive trade with Africa, Europe, and parts of Asia. Jonah walked by foot to a port in Israel 2800 years ago and bought a ticket to sail to what is today Spain.• 2,000 years ago, the Apostle Paul traveled around the Roman World on mapped out highways by foot, by horse and chariot, or aboard a wooden ship moved along by wind power caught in the sails. • 500 years ago, Christopher Columbus embarked for a journey across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a sea route to China. He also probably went to the dock on foot, and boarded a wooden ship not unlike that of David, Solomon, Jonah, and Paul’s. • 200 years ago, Benjamin Franklin walked to a dock in America to board a wooden sailing vessel for his trip to France. • Just over 100 years ago things began to change abruptly. With the advent of steam man was no longer tied to man power and wind power. With the steamship, the locomotive, the automobile, the airplane and so on—in just one generation the entire world changed! • Today there are routine, scheduled flights of airliners that make the trip from continent to continent in a few hours. Many shall run to and fro, and so we do without hardly a thought. No one in the history of this planet ever traveled like we who are alive today can travel. This is the time of the end of the world!

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The Growing Trend of:Global Travel (Daniel 12:4a)

The Sign of a Global Explosion of Knowledge Daniel 12:4b “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many

shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”

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Knowledge would increase. We have gone from kilobyte, the megabyte, to gigabyte, to terabytes, to petabytes, to exabytes, to zettabytes, and soon to yottabytes…

Daniel 12:4 “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase

Specifically, this is referring to an understanding of Bible prophecy, but also an increase in scientific knowledge is implied.

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Today, we sit atop a database containing what is arguably the sum total of the world’s accumulated knowledge every time we sit down to browse the internet.

From wooden boats with sails to MP3’s and DVD’s that I can watch or create on the personal computer that can also be my phone, television, radio, stereo, workstation, word processor, electronic document file, movie studio, sound studio, telephone answering service, fax machine, copy machine and printer. And a million other things.

The Sign of Global Weather Gone Wild

Luke 21:25-26 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves

roaring; 26 men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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Jesus foresaw the time when weather would be so bad that not just a few, but the whole world would be troubled, fearful, and killed by the fear of chaotic weather that would become prevalent. Jesus foresaw those seas and the waves roaring in the last days, and compared these trends to birth pangs. Matthew 24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. The Greek word odin, often translated as sorrows in Matthew 24:8, literally means birth pangs. Paul explains to us that all of creation is under the curse of sin. Romans 8:21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. While creation awaits the coming of the Liberator Himself, Christ the Lord—just as when delivery draws near, birth pangs always increase in both intensity and frequency--so the universe itself will travail as the time of delivery draws near. Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Of course chaotic weather has always existed, but there are indications that we are witnessing an increase in strange weather.

The Sign of Digital Money, Global Tracking & Positioning

Revelation 13:16-17 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that

no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

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• Global Travel (Daniel 12:4a)• Global Explosion of Knowledge (Daniel 12:4a) • Global Weather gone wild (Luke 21:25-26)• Global Telecommunication and Television (Rev. 11:9-10; 17:8) • Global Evangelism (Mt. 24:14) • Global Pestilences (Mt. 24:7)There would be technology capable of tracking the world's population and commerce. Revelation 13:16-17 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. With ApplePay, ePay, PayPal, Venmo, and on it goes we can have instant electronic access to payments, and each one is tagged exactly when and where it took place.

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The Growing Trend of:• Global Travel (Daniel 12:4a)• Global Explosion of Knowledge (Daniel 12:4a) • Global Weather gone wild (Luke 21:25-26)• Global Telecommunication and Television (Rev. 11:9-10; 17:8) • Global Evangelism (Mt. 24:14) • Global Pestilences (Mt. 24:7) • Digital Money, Global Tracking & Positioning (Rev. 13:16-17)

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“…on their right hand or on their foreheads”

Rev. 13.16

The Sign of Weapons of Global Destruction

Matthew 24:21-22 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the

beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.

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We all have started saying a word these days—and have no idea how sobering it should be. God says that at the end of the world--Mankind would be capable of destroying all life. Matthew 24:21-22 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened. Consider that when Jesus made this prediction the armaments of His day were swords and spears. But today, with nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, it is possible to wipe out all flesh on planet earth.

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Consider that when Jesus made this prediction the armaments of His day were swords and spears. But today, with nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, it is possible to wipe out all flesh on planet earth. The Growing Trend of:• Global Travel (Daniel 12:4a)• Global Explosion of Knowledge (Daniel 12:4a) • Global Weather gone wild (Luke 21:25-26)• Global Telecommunication and Television (Rev. 11:9-10; 17:8) • Global Evangelism (Mt. 24:14) • Global Pestilences (Mt. 24:7) • Digital Money, Global Tracking & Positioning (Rev. 13:16-17) • Weapons of Mass Destruction (Mt. 24:21-22)

The Sign of a Global Desire for Peace, Prosperity &

Materialism 1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they say, “Peace and

safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And

they shall not escape.37

Jesus said that it would be just like the days of Noah. Matthew 24:37-39 New King James Version (NKJV)37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

FIRST GLOBAL PEACE THEN GLOBAL HOLOCAUST

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The Growing Trend of:• Global Travel (Daniel 12:4a)• Global Explosion of Knowledge (Daniel 12:4a) • Global Weather gone wild (Luke 21:25-26)• Global Telecommunication and Television (Rev. 11:9-10; 17:8) • Global Evangelism (Mt. 24:14) • Global Pestilences (Mt. 24:7) • Digital Money, Global Tracking & Positioning (Rev. 13:16-17) • Weapons of Mass Destruction (Mt. 24:21-22) • Global Desire for Peace, Prosperity & Materialism. 1 th 5.3

The Sign of Global Hatred of the Jews in the Promised Land

Zechariah 12:3 (ESV)  On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the

nations of the earth will gather against it.40

God promised over 26 centuries ago that at the end of the world--Jews would begin to regather in Israel. Jeremiah 31:7-10 For thus says the Lord: “Sing with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the chief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise, and say, ‘O Lord, save Your people, The remnant of Israel!’ 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, And gather them from the ends of the earth, Among them the blind and the lame, The woman with child And the one who labors with child, together; A great throng shall return there. 9 They shall come with weeping, And with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters, In a straight way in which they shall not stumble; For I am a Father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn. 10 “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, And declare it in the isles afar off, and say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.’

Ezekiel 37:21-22 “Then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again.

Ezekiel 38:8 After many days you will be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land of those brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell safely.

Zechariah 12:3 English Standard Version (ESV)3 On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it.

THE FINAL GENERATION ?

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Zechariah 12:3 English Standard Version (ESV) On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it. The Growing Trend of:• Global Travel (Daniel 12:4a)• Global Explosion of Knowledge (Daniel 12:4a) • Global Weather gone wild (Luke 21:25-26)• Global Telecommunication and Television (Rev. 11:9-10; 17:8) • Global Evangelism (Mt. 24:14) • Global Pestilences (Mt. 24:7) • Digital Money, Global Tracking & Positioning (Rev. 13:16-17) • Weapons of Mass Destruction (Mt. 24:21-22) • Global Desire for Peace, Prosperity & Materialism. 1 th 5.3• Global Hatred of the Jews in the Promised Land Zechariah 12:3 

The ONLY Thing we can Take with us to Heaven: PEOPLE! Share the Gospel as often as

possible.

“I have but two days in my calendar—Today & the Day I stand before Christ.”

In other words he lived each day like he was on his way to explain what he did with his life to the One who gave him life – Jesus Christ.Jonathan Edwards, one of the greatest minds ever produced in an American had this as his constant plan:“Resolved, never to do anything I would not want to be found doing—by Christ, when He returns.”Are you ready this moment, to appear before Christ's Throne? That Throne we will each someday stand before was described by the Apostle Paul in several places, none is clearer than 2nd Corinthians 5:10. Open there with me next.

2 Corinthians 5:10

Are you Getting Ready for the

GREATEST Day of Your Life? 2 Cor. 5:10

Each year we get to start a new fresh page.This year that page is named 2019, and it contains 365 1/4 days, 8766 hours, 1/2 million minutes, and 31 1/2 million seconds. But more than anything else, this new year is a new opportunity for each of us to invest as much of that time as we want with God in Heaven.The one thing EVERYONE has in common is time. No one has more than anyone else. We each get one day at a time.

What Motivated the Early Church?

Hebrews 10:24-25

Are you Living Like Jesus was

Coming to Get You Today?