revelation, the final frontier - part 2
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The Gospels
Acts of the Apostles
Letters
Revelation: The Final Frontier
A New Testament Journey
Lesson 29: End Times
Timeline
Times of the Gentiles
Israel Regathered
Signs of the end of the age
Jacob’s trouble
Millenium
Judgment
New Heaven and Earth
The 7
Churc
hes
The Church
age (Rev 1-
3)
Wors
hip
in h
eaven
God on the
Throne (Rev
4)
Who is w
ort
hy
Only the
Lamb (Rev
5)
Last days (7 seals)- Rev
6,7
Start of Great Tribulation
(Jacob’s trouble)
First half of Great
Tribulation (7th seal – 6
trumpets) – Rev 8-11
Last half of Great
Tribulation– 7th seal, 7th
trumpet, 7 disasters –
Rev 11b-18
• Cosmic signs
• Martyr’s cry
• 144000 sealed
• Raptured (dead in Christ)
worship
• 1260 days (Rev 11,12,
Daniel)
• Trouble on earth
• 42 months- beast in
power
• 144K in Zion – new
song
• 7 disasters
Second Coming -
Jesus (rider in
white horse)
descends to rule
earth with a rod
of iron
Anitichrist (beast)
and armies (of
the earth)
destroyed
Battle of
Armageddon
Marriage Supper
of Lamb – Rev 19
Satan bound for 1000
years
Feast of Tabernacles
Israel 100% compliant
Israel evangelises
nations
Ruled by martyrs
Lion and lamb sleep
together
Dead rise
Judgment
Satan destroyed
Millenial Rule,
Judgment – Rev
20
Old heaven and
earth destroyed
Saints reign with
Christ
New Heaven and
Earth – Rev 21
6
Babylonian captivity – 600 BC ->
Silent years – 445 BC ->
Church age – AD 30 ->
Rapture/Tribulation/Second Coming [4]
Millennium
Church Age Great Tribulation Millennium Heaven
Cross RaptureSecond Coming
Great WhiteThrone
Not to scale
Millenium and
Eternity – Rule
of Christ – The
Final Frontier
Global
Church
(till
Jesus’2nd
Coming)
Israelites
(till Jesus
1st
coming)-
30 AD
Patriarchs
(till
Moses) –
1525 BC
Individual
s (till
Noah) –
2500 BC
Each cycle reached complete spiritual degeneration.Can we assume the sameabout the church? Will that signal the end?
Past
Present
Future
As the church continues to degenerate, God brings out the final phase of his plan – to regather Israel and rule from the Holy City, Jerusalem.
This will trigger the final series of events leading to Christ’s second coming
2 Timothy 3:1-4 ESV - in the last days.. people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive…, …lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,Matthew 24:14 ESV - And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 ESV - Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed..,, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god..proclaiming himself to be God.
Matthew 24:29-32 ESV - “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man….,
"He will raise a flag among the nations.. He will
gather the scattered people of Judah from the ends of the earth." Isaiah 11:12 (NLT)
“The time is coming when my people will take
root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill
the whole earth with her fruit!" Isaiah 27:6 (NLT)
“.. Has a nation ever been born in a single day?.. by the time Jerusalem's birth
pains begin, the baby will be born; the nation will come forth." Isaiah 66:8 (NLT)
"‘.. I will appoint responsible shepherds to care
for them, and they will never be afraid again. Not a single one of them will be lost or missing,' says the Lord….
‘..I will place a righteous Branch on King David's throne. He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just and right
throughout the land. And this is his name: 'The Lord Is Our Righteousness.' In that day Judah will
be saved, and Israel will live in safety.
Jeremiah 23:3-6 (NLT)
Activity in heaven and earth in the last days:
4 seals – The riders on horses
5th seal – Martyrs souls
6th seal:◦ sun to darkness, moon to blood
◦ 144 K sealed - Israel
◦ Countless from every tribe every nation coming from “Great tribulation” (biblical terminology) –appears to be dead in christ
Also referred to as the great tribulation (first half), the timeline is:
1260 days (Rev 12:6)
3.5 years – Rev 12:14 (time, times and half a time)
Forty two months – rev 13:5
During which time:
There is destruction on earth
Two witnesses die and rise
Also called the second half of the great tribulation, it covers another 3.5 years approx:
1290 days 11 And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days. 12 Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days. Daniel 12
The following also happens in heaven and earth:
144 K on mount Zion
Saved singing on sea of glass
Beast in control (for 42 months)
Israel purified
2nd coming of Christ
The worst part of the Great Tribulation is left to the last from which the righteous appear to be saved as rapture has occurred:
7 disasters
Fall of Babylon
Assembling of kings for battle of Armaggedon
Celebration in heaven
Jesus (rider in white horse) descends to rule earth with a rod of iron
Antichrist (beast) and armies (of the earth) destroyed at the final battle of Armageddon.
The millenial rule where Christ rules the earth with his saints is kicked off with a grand celebration. The final phase of the “first resurrection” occurs - Rev 20and features:
Marriage supper of lamb – Rev 20
Satan bound for 1000 years – Rev 20
Feast of tabernacles - Zechariah 14:16,17
Israel 100% compliant - Jer 31:33
Long lives – Isaiah 11
Israel evangelizes nations – Isaiah 49:6, 42:6
Ruled by martyrs and saints – Rev. 20:5
Lion and lamb sleep together – Isaiah 11
The final judgment occurs. It is only then that God declares who has eternal life and who, eternal death.
Satan destroyed forever in lake of fire
Remaining (unsaved) dead rise (second resurrection)
Rewards given (according to deeds, but generous and more than what the righteous deserve) -Matthew 16:27; 25:31-46; Revelation 20:12
Second death
Permanently rotting and burning bodies of unsaved (Isaiah 56)
The grand and final destination is opened up only to those who’s names are not blotted from the book of life:
New heaven and earth
Saints reign with Christ…
1. Before He rides the victory horse,
Christ had to die on the cross.
What message do we get for our lives here?
2. Why do you think the great tribulation targeted at the Jews (Jacob’s trouble)?
3. While Christ’s rule brings on the perfect governance, what can we do to emulate that environment in this world?
The Gospels
Acts of the Apostles
Letters
Revelation: The Final Frontier
A Walkthru’ of the New Testament
Lesson 30: Concepts and Terminology
Clarification of concepts, terms such as: The Great Tribulation New Jerusalem Blood Moon Antichrist Rapture The 144000 Armegeddon Millenial Rule of Christ Feast for Believers Fate of Unbelievers Eternal Death
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Babylonian captivity – 600 BC ->
Silent years – 445 BC ->
Church age – AD 30 ->
Rapture/Tribulation/Second Coming [4]
Millennium
Church Age 7 yr. Tribulation Millennium Heaven
Cross RaptureSecond Coming
Great WhiteThrone
Not to scale
The 7 year period of rapture, second coming, destructive events on earth etc.
Referred to by Jesus, John, the prophets/ apostles in different ways
Jesus in Mt 24 uses “tribulation” in v 9 differently to “Great Tribulation” in v. 21
The latter is the one under discussion
In Revelation John refers to it (in some translations) as: ◦ Wrath or
◦ Disaster
In the prophetic books and apostolic letters:◦ Trouble as never before
◦ Jacob’s trouble
◦ Day of wrath
◦ Day of the Lord
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been …and never will be. Matthew 24:21 ESV
..after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,Mark 13:24 ESV
“.. there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been .. at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book. Daniel 12:1 ESV
Also ref Mark 13:19 ESV and Matthew 24:29 ESV
- ..behold, a great multitude ..from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages,…. 14 ..
“These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.Revelation 7:9-17 ESV
"How awful that day will be! None will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.“ Jeremiah 30:7
2/3 Israel will die – “In the whole land," declares the LORD, "two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it”. Zechariah 13:8
“Blood moons” are much talked about in Christian circles in recent times as the colorations resulting from eclipses, etc.
These supposedly have occurred at certain rare intervals
The bible associates it NOT as STANDALONE but with a number of other events like sun dark, sky being folded up, stars falling from sky, etc. - Mt 24
Referred to as[2]: Little Horn - Daniel 7:8 (NLT) Fierce King, Master of Intrigue - Daniel
8:23 (NLT) Prince who is to come - Daniel 9:26 (NLT) Worthless Shepherd - Zechariah 11:17 (NLT) Man of Lawlessness - 2 Thessalonians
2:3 (NLT) One Who Brings Destruction - 2
Thessalonians 2:3 (NLT) Beast - Revelation 13:11 (NLT)
..And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. Revelation 13:5 ESV
..so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. Mark 13:1-37 ESV
The bible talks of three separate events [3] when the righteous rise collectively called “The First Resurrection”
1. At the time of Jesus’ death (Matt 27:51-520)
2. When saints (dead then living) are snatched up in the twinkling of an eye (1 Cor 15:52, 1 Thess4:16,17) –(towards the beginning of the “Great Tribulation)
3. The remaining saints who have stuck through, or came to Christ during tribulation (towards end of the Great Tribulation) – Rev 20:4
I have referred to the second (of the first resurrection) as rapture, though the term may be differently used by some.For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout… And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. I Thessalonians 4:16-17
This occurs soon after (what I term) the Second Coming (Rev 14:1), when Christ comes to win and rule.
And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded… They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on
their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand
years. Revelation 20:4
Clearly stated as from Israel and the tribes as opposed to “people from every tribe an nation” earlier.
.. ..saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel…... Revelation 7:1-8 ESV
The place of the final battle between God and Satan:
And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses…. ... Revelation 19:11-21 ESV
14 For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty…. 16 And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. Revelation 16:14-16 ESV
This rule occurs on the earth for a thousand years.……the same horn was making war against the saints… and the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom. (Dan. 7:21-22)9 They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain,For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD
As the waters cover the sea. Isaiah 11
.
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. Psalms 37:20 - KJV
People who have wealth but lack understanding are like the beasts that perish. Psalm 49:20 –NIV
Fire and worm never dies of “bodies” - Isaiah 66
“For ever and ever” in Rev 20:10 in Greek eistous aeonas ton aionon, 'to the ages of the ages'.
“And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and false prophet were. And shall be tormented day and night until the age of ages.”
Satan and his followers will not endure everlasting punishing; he will have their existence terminated; [1]
The Lake of Fire [1] is a :
Physical place that burns with
Physical fire (Matt.25:40-41; Rev.20:7-10) and turned to
Physical ashes that will be trodden under the feet of the righteous (Mal.4:1-3),
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart
from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. – Matt 25
Then I saw a heaven and a new earth; for the
first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from
God, made ready as a bride adorned for her
husband. Rev 21
Why does the “new heaven” require to “heal the nations”?
Will there still be sin?
Other open questions..
1. http://www.bibleresearch.org/articles/a9pws.htm
2. http://www.end-times-bible-prophecy.com/the-antichrist.html
3. Bible.org
4. @ Dr. Heinz Lycklama