By Dr. N. J. PaulBy Dr. N. J. Paul

Source of this book…The last book of the Bible contains a lot of

information about the end times. It was a series of visions or prophecies made to John a dear disciple of Jesus.

Prophecies are hard to understand as they are figurative and don’t follow a time plan. So people don’t read them saying it is confusing

What Jesus said about end timesEven during His last days on earth the

disciples asked Jesus about end times. Jesus told them about signs that may occur before the real end comes. He told about wars and famines and disasters and earth quakes and raging waves (Tsunamis) before the end. At the time when Jesus lived these things were unimaginable as people were enjoying safety under Pax Romana

Dr. N. J .Paul is a scientist by profession. While he was working as Material Science Specialist in the Middle East, he established many Bible study groups some of which have grown up as full fledged churches. His favored topics are from the books of prophecies and he has been teaching the book Revelation with multimedia techniques in several countries. This book has been specially designed for children & published in 1999.

Note on how to get the best use of this presentation.

This was published as a book with colour pictures in the year 1999.And was presented in many countries from Australia to Bahrain.

Children enjoy reading this book which is hardly preached in any church these days. Use this for projection in study groups. Give to children copied in pen drive.

Our Word Doc. on the Book of Revelation presented many times will be having many science data about fulfillment of prophecies. Down load that when we will post it soon after editing. On each slide you will see two numbers. The one on right top refers to the chapter and one on the bottom left refers to verse (if you like to refer to your Bible)

There is no limit to the number of books written about end times. Some of them are said to be prophetic and claim fulfillment of a part of it.

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Everyone agrees that everything in this world must come to a grinding halt. The disappearance of Dinosaurs all of sudden and all of them is a science mystery. Some call it the ice age event. Others say it was meteorite crash that caused it. But what waits for this world?

John in prisonThe last book of the Bible was written by the disciple of Jesus by name John. At the time writing he was about 90 years old and was held a Roman prisoner in an island called Patmos which was about 5o miles west of Turkey main land

OOnce upon a time long long nce upon a time long long

ago ago

there lived a man called Johnthere lived a man called John

He was one of theHe was one of the

Disciples of Jesus Disciples of Jesus

Though he was very old, the Romans put him in a prison

Because he was a Because he was a church leader. church leader.

The Romans hated The Romans hated Christians and killed Christians and killed them. them.

One day while he was One day while he was out, he heard the voice out, he heard the voice of trumpetsof trumpets

John worried thinking the John worried thinking the Roman army may be on the Roman army may be on the march. Are they coming to march. Are they coming to take away the prisoners and take away the prisoners and

kill themkill them??

What would What would happen to happen to his church his church when he is when he is also dead also dead and gone?and gone?

Suddenly he saw a Suddenly he saw a a dazzling light a dazzling light and he heard a and he heard a human voicehuman voice

It was the It was the voice of voice of Jesus and Jesus and He told He told John not John not to be to be worried.worried.

Number on right top ref. to Number on right top ref. to chapter & and the one on chapter & and the one on left bottom is for the verse left bottom is for the verse in the book of Revelation. in the book of Revelation.

He knows the He knows the beginning and end beginning and end of all matters. He is of all matters. He is Alpha and Omega- Alpha and Omega- the beginning and the beginning and end. end.

John saw John saw Jesus Jesus carrying carrying seven stars seven stars in His right in His right hand and hand and walking walking among among seven lamp seven lamp standsstands

The seven stars are the saints who died in the past and the seven lamps are the living saints of the church.

In ancient times travelers looked for finding direction by position of stars in darkest nights. We also look to the life and examples of elders in our difficulties and get encouraged

Jesus told Jesus told him to write him to write letters letters immediately immediately to the seven to the seven churches and churches and warn them of warn them of dangerdanger

John wrote his John wrote his first letter to first letter to his beloved his beloved church at church at Ephesus. The Ephesus. The name name Ephesus Ephesus implies implies belovedbeloved..

The church The church was working was working hard and hard and faithful to faithful to God. But it God. But it lost the lost the original love original love it hadit had. .

Building big churches or extending the ministries without growing in holiness is of no use. All other things are for building one’s own reputation. The Bible calls it works.

Faith and not works is acceptable before God.

Jesus promised the fruit of the tree of life to any one who overcomes.

But today we see the church of Ephesus in ruins. why?

They did not heed to the warning of Jesus but were given to callousness and sins.

It was not the enemy from without- the Roman Empire- but sins in their lives

To church at To church at Smyrna Smyrna (Izmir) (Izmir) John wrote John wrote the second the second letter. Izmir letter. Izmir means means perfume.perfume.

But it was But it was like a dead like a dead church and church and it would it would undergo a undergo a lot of lot of persecutiopersecution soon. n soon.

What was the problem with that church? There were many who were given to pagan worships and may be even to Satanic worship.

Yet there were some who were faithful who would be persecuted for Christ sake

The third church to receive the letter was at Pergamum known as Bergama these days. It was known to have developed papers equivalent to papyrus of Egypt and there was big library and books in the Acropolis. But what was the problem of that church?

It was also given to the worship of the Roman emperor for whom a great altar was built and sacrifices made to the devil.

Jesus gave time to repent failing which He would destroy them by the sword of word of God.

But to the one who over comes Jesus promised to give the hidden manna and an invitation to the banquet of God.

Those days such invitations were marked in white stones with the name of the guest on it.

The fourth letter was to Thyatira which was on the Roman high way from Ephesus to the other cities. The church permitted many false prophets and the teachings of Jezebel the aduletress. Jesus gave time for repentance.

To one who overcomes Jesus promised victory over the nations and they would rule them with a rod of iron and he would break then p to pieces like mud pots.

The fifth letter was to church in Sardis known as Sart these days. It was known for coin minting and banking and trade even for many centuries. Sart means stone which could be hurled at a thief or would remain helpless when he comes. Jesus therefore told the church to be watchful

The sixth letter was to the church in Philadelphia. Though there were not many bad things about this church Jesus warned them of the deceivers who would come and try to take way the crown.

To one who overcomes he would make him the pillar in his church.

The last letter was to the church in Laodica.

That means lay preachers. That was a trade center known for black wool trade and there as a medical school.

There were many scholars . But the eastern religion slowly corrupted them and they were blind

Even as John was worried and wondering about it, he saw a door in Heaven open and he heard a voice calling him to come up.

John saw an open door in Heaven some one shouted “come up and see”.

Immediately John was in a trance. And what did he see there.

John saw a see of glass and there was the throne of God seated in glory.

Surrounding the throne were four and twenty elders on thrones.

There were four beasts one having the face of an eagle.

The second had the face of a bull the third had the face of a lion and the last one that of a man.

As John was lost in this this awesome presence of God John saw Jesus standing in all glory like a High priest. He was the lamb of God that took away the sins of the world.

And there were tens and thousands of angels praising God singing Hallelujah and all Glory to the father of all creation and to Jesus the lamb of God.

Jesus the book with seven seals from the hand of God and began opening one after another. It contained the secrets about end times.

Thy worshipped a song praising God the Father of all creation and said they were all made for Him and His pleasure.

As Jesus opened the first seal john saw in his vision, a white horse with a rider on it. He held a bow and he was given a crown and he was told to go out and conquer.

Did john know that white stands for peace and righteousness but bow is a weapon that is short from a hiding..Do we see people killing one another in the name of religion or bringing peace and prosperity to the world.?

Then came a man riding on a red horse. He was holding a sword and he was given power to remove peace from the earth so that people should kill one another.

Roman empire promised peace and prosperity under the slogan PAX ROMANA. But it did not last even two centuries and from then on the world is seeing wars and wars

John saw in his vision a third horse on which sat one who had the scales in his hand. He was told to weigh out food and oil carefully meaning thereby days of great famine was ahead .

Following came one on a brown horse who signified that lots of people would die of famine, war and wild animal

When Jesus opened the sixth seal there was great earth quake. The sun became darkened and the moon red and the stars fell down like figs.

The sky was rolled away like a carpet.

The islands and mountains moved from their places.

Do we hear about the tectonic plate movements causing such changes?

At this the kings and the war lords of the earth became panicked.

They told the mountains to cover them up as they could not hide in the caves. They cried who can stand in the day of the wrath of a great God?

After this a great and mighty angel came and ordered other angels to hold on until he would put the seal of God on the fore heads of the chosen men of God. They were wearing white robes to signify they came from great persecution and washed their robes in the blood of Jesus

They were numbered from the twelve tribes of Israel to show the Jews who suffered martyrdom even during Roman empire

There were also a great multitude from all nations of the world found to be accepted before God.

Even recently in world war II the Jews were gathered in labour camps by Hitler and millions of them including innocent women and children were killed in gas chambers.

Why Jews?

The angel told John there would no more sorrow there nor hunger or thirst in God’s presence .For all the troubles they endure in this world they would enjoy and have rest.

Even Jesus would take care of them in Heaven and lead them as a shepherd.

What is your idea of heaven?

When this was taking place up what was happening on the earth to those who persecuted and tortured and troubled others?

When Jesus opened the seventh seal seven angels came out to blow their horns. Another mighty angel took fire from the altar and poured it on the earth.

And there was thunder and lightning and great rumbling on earth as seven angels got ready to blow their trumpets.

First God opened His secret plans about end times . Now He openly declares war against Satan and wicked people who persecuted the godly.

AS the first trumpet was sounded a fire and hail came from heaven and fell on all the trees and a third of all vegetation was burnt.

Why forest fires take place?

People have their own reasons.

But we know how ecology is affected

When the second angel sounded his trumpet something big like a burning mountain was hurled into the sea and by this one third of the fishes and a third of ships were destroyed.

Could this be a crashing planet or star or the nuclear wastes dumped in the. Or a volcano?

What an ecological disaster

A falling star on rivers and fresh water sources causes death .

Pollution by industrial wastes common these days

God uses natural forces to punish people. But does isolate wicked from the good or all types of the people will die?

When the fourth angel sounded a third of the sun darkened and a third of the stars as well.

Does it mean a solar burst clouding its own light?

The consequences will be intense heat followed by freezing cold.

Atomic explosion also produces similar result

When the fifth angel sounded a star fell from the sky. He was given the key to the bottomless pit or Abyss. His name was destroyer or Satan. He released a smoke and millions of locusts which stung the people like scorpions and tortured them for 5 months

The locusts had crowns of gold, hair like that of a woman, and teeth like that of a lion. With their tails they stung the people like scorpions and people wanted to die but could not. The leader of this army was Appollyon, the destroyer or Satan

Then John saw a mighty angel coming down from heaven and he shouted like the roaring of a lion. He said the time of judgment is come for the earth and there will be no more delay.

He was holding a scroll in his hand which contained information of all disasters that would come on the earth. John heard a loud voice which said “go take the scroll from his hand and eat it. When john ate it, he felt bitter in his stomach. John was told to go and preach to all nations and people

God also planned to send two great prophets to give the final warning to all the people of the world.

They will preach for 42 months

They will do miracles even bring fire from heaven and stop the rain for 42 months and no one can hurt them

But the beast from the Abyss will fight and kill them.

Their bodies will be thrown in the streets for 3 ½ days . It was Sodom where our lord was crucified. The people of the world rejoiced over their death and sent gifts to one another.

Do people like or hate corrective messages?

After 3 ½ days they came back alive and a voice from heaven said come up here. And as they went up a great earth quake shook the whole earth and 7000 people died in the great city

John saw a great wonder in heaven. A woman was travailing with birth pains. She wore sun and the moon was at her feet. (universal).

A red dragon was waiting to devour the male child.

The child was taken up to heaven and the woman fled to the desert where God hid her for 42 months.

The dragon became angry and went to fight with the woman.

There was a war in heaven. Michael the chief angel and his army of angels fought with the great serpent the devil who has been deceiving the world. He was defeated and thrown down on earth. Great peril was awaiting the people of the world

But Michael the great angel fought with the dragon and his followers and threw them down on the earth.

There was a shout in heaven saying ‘Danger to all those on earth. The dragon is coming with great anger,’

Being cast down, the Devil decided to take control of the world. So he influenced the world rulers. John saw it as a beast with seven heads (seven empires) which tried to wipe out the entire Jewish community, Christians and the believers. Hitler tried to destroy the Jews and communism , all religious activities.Why?

John saw the strange beast like a leopard,

with seven heads and feet of a bear. He was given power to fight with saints and overcome them(kill and destroy). He is Satan’s agent. The word beast signifies something unruly and does not obey any rule or order. That is what we see even in our civilized world.

An angel showed this was going on for a long time in history.Even long before John, another saint or prophet by name Daniel had similar visions about end times. An angel showed him how three empires would rise in history to destroy the Jewish nation. So he fore- saw something upto the rise of Greek Empire. And John saw something after that.

John saw a beast ordering all the people to receive a mark on their forehead or their right hand- a number 666-without which no one can buy or sell anything. In Roman rule all slaves were having an ID so that they could be tracked. Rome controlled everything-trade, taxes and even food for slave nations. what it is- credit card or ID card systems or biometrics doing to us? Can we do anything without cards?

We are told it is to simplify matters in handling cash, products or any transaction with simplicity and safety. But do we know that privacy is lost and people are dependant on State for everything. Do people decide issues or the state?. Food, travel, health – everything is controlled by cards- our movements watched?.

After this John saw in his vision a great multitude of people on mount Zion (rejoicing). Obviously these were the souls of people who were destroyed or killed by the enemy either by persecution or by social crimes or poverty. Good people are eliminated under some pretext.

Then John saw a mighty angel proclaiming the eternal gospel for the last time before God would destroy everything. God decided to begin an open war on earth against Satan and the wicked people. Then another came and shouted that the great city of Babylon is destroyed. That showed God’ first step against the Enemy

Before that, God wanted to gather the saints. John saw a mighty angel coming down and announcedannounced the time of harvest has come. Then one who was seated on the clouds swung the sickle in his hand and the earth was harvested.

Harvest signifies the mass death of people at the end time of the world. First the good people will be taken up. We will see later why and how it will take place

Then another angel and another who came to harvest the bunch of grapes. Grapes look nice and tasty to eat. But they perish soon. It represents all wicked people. We see God takes all the good people first. In the Bible times the grapes would be harvested and dumped in a stone pit

There the people will stamp over it with their foot .(see picture)

The juice will flow down a hole or a spout.

But in this case blood was flowing down like a river which was two meters high and 300 meters long.

That was the end of all wicked people. When would it take place?

We may wonder how all the people could die in a short time. Even world war could not kill so many people. But John saw it as natural disasters like earth quake, storm Tsunami against which man has no protection. The disasters were the ones declared by God as we saw earlier and fulfilledfulfilled. now.People took God’s warnings light but were caught unawares

John saw the disasters and destruction of earth coming one after another when seven angels were pouring the wrath of God from golden bowls. The people suffered with sores and skin burns and all calamities. They were angry with God. Scientists are predicting such things could take place soon. That could result in loss of life and everything on earth and sea. God did what He announced earlier

Why did God decide to bring the end soon? We saw how the Devil restricted the people’s activities by his numbering system. He brought a NEW WORLD order and policy so that Jews and Arabs could live in peace. He even made ways for re construction of Jerusalem Temple. So the Jews were happy and so all the people of the world praised him

But John saw this as a deceptive scheme just as an harlot deceiving people. John saw this as a woman sitting on the seven headed beast. We saw this beast represented the slave nations ruled by the 7 heads. But now a woman called Babylon was allowed to ride over it. She was representing Babylon the capital city of Devil and the policy issued from it

She held a golden cup in which was the blood of the saints. She made a league with nations to destroy all God’s people. Do we see innocent people killed by terrorism and unwanted war? Why are women and children abused and killed? The recent wars and uprising have no valid reason. How long can God tolerate it?

A mighty angel explained to John that everything looked fine in the beginning and Babylon flourished by all kinds of trade including souls of people.( acting without conscience). But the new policy destroyed good people and social crimes were high up. This is what we see today. .

But God could not tolerate it any more. An angel told that God is striking Babylon and it is destroyed.

Why did God do that? i) all the saints were

massacred by Babylon ii) The Leader of New world

order- satan’s agent would move to the temple and compel the Jews to worship him as God The Jews finding they are betrayed would revolt and the beast would try to destroy them totally

The war has gained momentum. So God destroyed Babylon first as angel announced earlier.

All the rich people and business men were lamenting at the great loss. So the beast would gather all the nations to fight against God and Jerusalem his capital. The Jesus would appear and destroy the enemy and his forces. The beast is captured

The beast was cast in hell fire and so Satan became aggressive to find his agent on earth defeated. The Devil was also caught and cast in a bottomless pit and chained for 1000 years when the saints would will rule on earth with Christ- as a reward for their loyalty and the losses they suffered on earth

We saw in the earlier passages about harvest announced by angel. But it took place on earth only now along with the destruction of Babylon. We know wars are long drawn and takes place in several fronts and places. God uses natural forces as his weapons against which man is helpless. God did as told

All these thousand years Satan was held a prisoner. Finally he would be released from the bottomless pit and he gathers all the nations to fight against God. But he and his allies would be defeated and Satan also will be cast in hell.

Then the judgment of the living and the dead begins

It is natural that people who suffered injustice in this world should get their reward in judgment. The poor people who suffer for no mistake of their own, the women and children sold for a price, the people who are killed by terrorism and wars, poverty and injustice- God will be considerate

So also those who exploit others for their own well being and those who are un-concerned about the sufferings of others will have to face the punishment. The so called pleasures of drunkenness and adultery are hurtful to others lives and those who indulge in them cannot plead ignorance

John saw a display board at the gates of Heaven

No entry

To all those who are cowardly, unbelieving, abominable

murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, They have to go to hell fire and be tormented for ever.

At the same time John saw that God created a new earth a new heaven and a new Jerusalem for the saints who will be resurrected. As the wicked people were sent to hell along with satan to suffer there for ever. They are the ungodly people who rejected good advice on earth.

Heaven became a free space for the good people to move around and enjoy God’s creation while the Hell is a tight deep dungeon from where no one could escape.

The punishment is for ever !

When will the world end?Many of the things which Jesus said and what John saw

have come to pass already. So it was not a day dreamIt is also the law of nature that those who suffered for no

reason must be compensated here on earth or in futureScientists agree that there is life after death and also

correlate the prophecies with world events One clear sign Jesus foretold was that the Jewish nation will

rebuild there temple and begin worship before end times.All other natural disasters which Jesus fore told are

happening in quick succession than last century or decadePeople make mistakes knowingly or unknowingly. But they

must get pardon and forgiveness of God.Jesus and the Bible pointed the way to that