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Apostasy and Antichrist’s arrival
- Paul reassures them and gives them two signs that must appear before Jesus’ return—the apostasy and Antichrist’s arrival, the man of lawlessness.
bffbible.org/new-testament/view/the-timing-of-antichrists-appearing-1-2-thessaloniansThe Timing of Antichrist’s Appearing ( 1-2 Thessalonians), Part 4
Jan 1, 2008 · The Second Coming of Christ is preceded by a number of world-shaking events that must occur before Christ can return. This is in contrast to the rapture of the church, which is always presented in Scripture as an imminent event.
- Stephanie Hertzenberg
- A Jewish homeland will be established in Israel. Before Christ returns, the Jews will be truly settled in their ancestral homeland. Jerusalem will once again be in Jewish hands.
- The Gospel will be preached to the entire world. Christ will not return until after the Gospel has been preached to the entire world. Many people see this prophecy as being nearly fulfilled, but there is potential that this has already come to pass.
- Worldwide communications will exist before the final two witnesses. One of the better known tales of the end times is that God will send two final witnesses to preach the Gospel.
- Natural disasters will be widespread. The end times are going to be disastrous. There is a reason why the words “apocalypse” and “Armageddon” are associated with catastrophic destruction.
- Christ Is Coming
- Coming Rebellion
- Finishing The Great Commission Is Hard to Recognize
- What Will Happen Before Christ comes?
- No Warrant to Assume He Is Not Near
Does the New Testament teach that Jesus may come at any moment? The apostle Paul shows us quite explicitly that it is right to discern what events must precede the Lord’s coming. When confronted with the apparent hysteria about the day of the Lord being already present, he responded, “Let no one deceive you in any way.1For that day will not come, u...
The “rebellion” (or apostasy) is also still in the future. This event is less definite than the appearance of a man who proclaims himself to be God, but it can’t be reduced to a centuries-long process of seasons of apostasy. Paul believed that it would be discernible enough that he could use the absence of it as evidence that the day of the Lord wa...
What about the promise that “this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come” (Matt. 24:14)? Does that enable us to know the time of Jesus’s coming? I have tried in other publications to define the nature and extent of “all nations” in Matthew 24:14 and Matthew 28:19...
Of all the events leading up to the second coming, two are more precise than the others: the appearance of the man of lawlessness (2 Thess. 2:3) and the cosmic events described in Matthew 24:29–30.5Jesus describes the cosmic events like this: I understand these cosmic events as real cosmological events, just as the coming of Christ is a real bodily...
We do not know how much time must elapse before Jesus comes. Let that be clear. We do not know. We err to say otherwise. But we may err in the other direction as well—presuming to think that he must not be near. You may remember that I made the statement earlier that we have no warrant to be sure that Christ’s coming is ever more than a few years a...
- Knowledge will dramatically increase. We read in Daniel 12:4: 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.”
- Instant transportation will be available. Returning to the words of Daniel 12:4, the prophecy unfolds once more: “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.”
- Humans will have the ability to destroy itself. Throughout human history, the pages of time bear witness to numerous wars and conflicts, marking a journey marred by violence.
- The Nation of Israel must be established. Imagine living in a time before 1948 when the notion of a re-established Jewish homeland in the Middle East seemed improbable.
Nov 10, 2023 · Here are six critical signs contained in Jesus’ Olivet Discourse: 1. Deception by false Christs (vv. 4–5). 2. Disputes and warfare among nations (vv. 6–7). 3. Disease and famine worldwide (vv. 7–8). 4. Deliverance of believers to tribulation (v. 9). 5. Defection of false believers (vv. 10–13). 6.
Jesus describes the conditions immediately preceding His return as a time of great conflict and tribulation (see Matthew 24 and Luke 21). The good news is those who seek to destroy Israel will fail. Israel, with Jerusalem as her capital, is here to stay.
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Signs of Christ’s Return. 24 Jesus left the temple area and was going on His way when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him. 2 But He responded and said to them, “Do you not see all these things?
