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appear a lil strange and even a bit ominous.
But, so are the events of the
"END
TIMES"
Let Us Begin Our Journey ...
Many of you are concerned
about the events that are taking place, at this time, in our world. The events
in the Middle East especially where Israel is involved ... Wars ...
Terrorist threats ... New diseases ... Violent crimes ... Wicked Weather
... Increase of natural disasters such as hurricanes which have now
actually destroyed large areas and even devastated entire communities
along the coasts of America and other nations ... Even the divisions in
family such as the divorce rate, which is skyrocketing and is a definite sign
of
love waxing cold
which Jesus foretold as being a sign of the
End Times.
These events and circumstances
surrounding us may appear to be the End Times Signs ... But, are they?
It very well may be. The Bible is clear as to which End Times signs we are to watch for, so
let us seek the TRUTH together.
God made it clear that
He is the one and only TRUE God and that He is the God of prophecy.
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Isaiah
46:9-10
Remember the former things
of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is
none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient
times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall
stand, and I will do all my pleasure: |
The term "END
TIMES" is used to define
Bible prophecy of the last days. This time period is also called Apocalypse and
Doomsday by many. We will study these prophecies from the
books of Revelation, Daniel and also from the Olivet
Discourse (Located in the Gospels)
The
"END
TIMES" is a phrase used
to describe a time of great tribulation like never before.
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Matthew
24:21
For then shall be great
tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to
this time, no, nor ever shall be. |
And, it very well may be YOUR future. But, I want you to
know that It is clearly written in the Bible, that nobody knows the day
or the hour of the "END TIMES"
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Matthew 24:36
But of that day and
hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father
only. |
And that day,
comes as a thief in the night.
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2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord
will come as a thief in
the night; in the which
the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements
shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that
are therein shall be burned up. |
We are ALSO
told to WATCH and BE PREPARED, so that day does NOT come upon us as
a thief in the night.
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Matthew
24:42-44
Watch therefore:
for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
But know this,
that if the goodman of the house
had known in what watch the thief
would come, he would have watched,
and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Therefore be ye also ready:
for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. |
The number one question that EVERYBODY wants to know is ...
Will the
"END TIMES"
occur in our lifetime ??? They also
wonder WHY it is that if nobody is to know what day and hour the END
TIMES will happen ... WHY they should even worry about it?
There is
another scripture that answers these questions.
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1 Thessalonians 5:1-6
But of the times and the
seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
For yourselves know
perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the
night. For when they shall
say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them,
as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
But ye, brethren, are not
in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of
light, and the children of
the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let
us not sleep, as do others;
but let us watch
and be sober. |
It says that, even though that day will come as a "thief in the night"
upon many souls, that
the children of the light will not have that day overtake them as a
thief. A child of the light, is a child that is enlightened ... One that
knows what is to be and is prepared at any given hour.
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Revelation 3:3
Remember therefore how thou hast
received and heard, and hold fast, and repent.
IF therefore thou shalt
not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not
know what hour I will come upon thee. |
So the answer
to the question of "Why we should even worry about it" is ... It could
come at any time and we need to be prepared. This leaves us with three
simple questions ... We will look into all three of these questions and
seek the answers together ...
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What happens during the End Times?
What signs do we watch for?
How do we prepare for End Times ?
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WHAT HAPPENS
DURING THE "END TIMES"
There are many books in the
Bible that foretell of the events that will occur during the
"END TIMES",
but there are three books that really sum it up well and these three
books will be where we will focus our search. These books are
Revelation, Matthew and Daniel. The books of Mark and Luke also speak of
this time period.
Luke 17:22-37
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Luke 21:7-36
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Mark 13:1-29
We will begin with Matthew
Chapter 24, the Apostles asked Jesus, exactly what we are asking ... In
verse 3, they asked, WHAT shall be the signs of the End Times?
Jesus answered their questions in what is known as the "Olivet
Discourse", which simply means that His response to their questions, was
given upon the Mount of Olives.
Chapter 24 of the book of Matthew,
starting with Verse 4, is His response ...
FALSE
CHRISTS
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Matthew 24:5
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall
deceive many. |
This means that
many will show up and claim to be Christ. We have seen many false
christs and false prophets as of late. Many had their followers
die for them and their cause, only to find out that they were not
Christ as they pretended to be.
This left many families and loved ones broken hearted. It also
left many afraid to hear the Word of God from those who are truly sent
to share it. So, how do we know if someone who claims to be Christ, is
the REAL Christ?
Jesus, Himself told us the answer. Jesus will not come
back and be in a secret place with some sect or group of people. He will
come from the Heavens, and ALL eyes shall see Him.
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Acts 1:11
Which also said, Ye men of
Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into Heaven? This same Jesus, which is
taken up from you into Heaven,
shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into Heaven. |
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Revelation 1:7
Behold,
He cometh with
clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced
Him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him. Even
so, Amen. |
esus then spoke of
another sign to watch for ...
WARS AND RUMORS OF WAR
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Matthew 24:6
And ye shall hear
of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all
these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. |
This means that
there will be wars and constant talk of war.
Just look around you to see if that is occurring.
It used to be that
if two or more countries were at war, it was something MAJOR. These
days, there is a war going on somewhere, every day. There are so many
wars, that we have become immune to the news reports about them.
But, Jesus said that these are just signs that tell us that the
End is near, not here.
Jesus then
spoke of another sign to watch for ...
FAMINES
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Matthew 24:7
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be famines. |
I often wonder if
He is referring to the millions of Americans that are homeless, or the
starving children from other countries that we see on television. This
may just be a prelude to a worldwide famine, that we are to expect.
Jesus then spoke
of another sign to watch for ...
PESTILENCES
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Matthew 24:7
And pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. |
Pestilences
are Diseases. Well, now let's see ... We have everything from mad cow
disease to S.A.R.S. to A.I.D.S.. We even have a new one called the H591 bird
flu. Millions of people are infected with the deadly A.I.D.S. virus and as
popular as sex is, we ought to have that number multiplied many fold as
the years pass. Not to mention the thousands of other diseases killing
off our society every day. With the new
threat of terrorist's using chemical weapons to fight ... It is very
conceivable that pestilence could be a major factor in the "END
TIMES" ...
And what of the
Earthquakes that Jesus prophesied would come? Are the Earthquakes not
becoming more frequent just as He predicted?
THEN JESUS SAID ...
Wow ... That is
just the BEGINNING of the horrible events ahead.
Jesus then spoke
of another sign to watch for ...
CHRISTIANS
KILLED
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Matthew 24:9-14
Then
shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and
ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall
many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one
another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. |
Many Christians
will be killed for their beliefs ...
Jesus also shares with
us that a sign of the End Times beginning is that Love shall wax cold.
People go from hello to "I do" without
considering what lies ahead. People get married for all the wrong
reasons. Then, after months and even years of pain, arguing and hatred,
they do what has to be done ... They divorce. This division of family
leaves our children angry, hurt and lost.
The children then
make poor choices and some even become extremely violent. With this type of
behavior being exercised and taught to our children, it has become a
vicious cycle that has become a trend of disobedience and hatred, which
are signs of the "END TIMES"
Betrayal and hatred rule.
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2 Timothy 3:1-7
This know also, that in the
last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of
their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural
affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce,
despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded,
lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of
godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For
of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive
silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever
learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the TRUTH. |
This causes
division, even between family members and those who are not Christians
will seek out those who are Christians and the Christians will be
killed. But those that keep their Faith, will be saved.
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Matthew 24:13
But he that shall endure
unto the end, the same shall be saved. |
Jesus then spoke of another sign to watch for ...
GREAT TRIBULATION
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Matthew 24:15-29
When ye
therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by
Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him
understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the
mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take
any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field
return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with
child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that
your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: For
then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning
of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those
days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for
the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. |
Jesus says, at the
time we see the "abomination of desolation" set up in Israel, that the
"END TIMES"
are upon us. The abomination of desolation is where someone defiles the
holy place in Jerusalem as prophesied in the book of Daniel.
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Daniel 9:26-27
And after threescore and
two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the
people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the
sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the
end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the
covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he
shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the
overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until
the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the
desolate. |
Keep in mind that Jesus referred us to the book of Daniel. Therefore ...
We should keep an eye on Israel and this
abomination of
desolation
... The Bible
also says that when you see Jerusalem
surrounded by armies ... It is time for the
"END TIMES" ...
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Luke 21:20
And when ye shall see
Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation
thereof is nigh (near) ... |
A nd that we should expect the
worst tribulation the world has
ever seen.
Now, I do not know about you, but I would think that the World Wars,
Plagues that killed hundreds of thousands of people, the Holocaust and
even as far back as the Great Flood of Noah's time could be considered
as being VERY bad tribulation, but, according to the Bible, these events
will pale in comparison to what happens during the
"END TIMES"
JESUS CONTINUES ...
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Matthew 24:23-29
Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there;
believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false
prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if
it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have
told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, He is
in the desert; go not forth: behold, He is in the secret chambers;
believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be
gathered together. Immediately after the tribulation of those days
shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens
shall be shaken.
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WHEN YOU SEE
ALL THESE THINGS HAPPEN ... BEWARE
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Matthew 21:29
After the tribulation of those days, the sun and moon become dark,
the stars fall from Heaven and the Earth is shaken.
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Let us continue down the path of
the ...
"END TIMES"
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