The End Times and the Second Coming
This is paraphrasing, so go read the verses for yourself!
Isaiah 2:3 A time will come when no one trains for war
Isaiah 11:6-9 Animals will not eat each other.
Isaiah 65:17-25 New Heaven and Earth. No more crying. People will live a long time, 100 will be young. Animals will no longer eat each other.
Daniel 9:26 The Anointe One
(Jesus) will be killed, Temple will be destroyed, war will continue
until the end, a ruler will make a treaty for 3.5 years, then end
sacrifice and offerings, he will set up a sacrilegious object, end
comes 3.5 years later. 12
knowledge will increase, a time of anguish like no other, all people
who's names are in the book of life will be rescued, dead will rise
Micah 4:3 Will not train for war
Zephaniah 1,2,3,; Everyting
will be swept of the face of the Earth, even strong men will cry out,
terrible distress and anguish, a terifying end to all the people of the
earth, gather nations before the judgement, no more time to repent,
many nations there are no survivors, lowly and humble will remain, the
Lord, the King will live among you,
Zachariah 9:10 His rule will extend across the whole world.
Zachariah 14; The nations fight
against Jerusalem, the Lord (King, Jesus) sets foot on the mount of
Olives and create a valley, the sun and moon will no longer shine but
there will still be light, water will flow toward the Mediteranian and
the Red Sea, he will be King over all the Earth, a plague will strike
all the nations fighting Jerusalem, they will all go to Jerusalem to worhip God and Jesus.
Matt 16:27 When Jesus returns he will reward each person.
Matt 24:4-25 Signs of Jesus's return. Many false Messiahs
performing signs, wars among nations, famines, earthquakes. The
beginnings of birth pains. Persecution of Christians in all nations
(This is a key point. Christians can't be persecuted in all nations if
the Gospel didn't spread to all. I use China and Japan as examples, the
Christian church didn't come there for centuries). Many abandon the
faith, and lose love. Gospel preached to all nations, then the
end. Distress that will never be equalled again.
Matt 24:26-30 Coming of Jesus
will be visible across the entire sky, like lightning. It will not be
secret. Also, the Son of Man will come while some Apostles are
alive. (Judas died. The Kingdom of God is the Church, it started
on the day of Pentecost; Acts 2. Two different things are being talked
about here. Start of Kingdom and Second Coming. Because
Pentecost was local, but Jesus' coming will be visible like lightning
across the entire sky.)
Matt 24:30-31 After the distress of those days, the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven and all people will mourn.
Matt 24:31 Loud trumpet call. Angels will gather his elect.
Matt 24:34 This generation (the
one that sees all the above signs) will not pass away until these
things take place. (Some say "this" refers to the generation living
after Jesus. But, since many of the events talked about, including the
Gospel being preached to the entire word, did not happen within that
generation, "this" either has to mean the generation that sees all the
signs, or Jesus is talking about the signs, not the events which did
happen in AD70 ).
Mark 13:24-27 Following the great distress the heavens and stars will be shaken.
Luke 17:24-24 The Kingdom is
not visible, it is among us (spiritual kingdom). But a day will come
when Jesus will come like lightning (visible to all).
Luke 21:7-28 Lot going on here,
but 7-11 is end times, 12-24 is Jerusalem, and 25 -28 is back to end
times. In 12 Jesus says, "before all this"(7-11). Notice
that his return (27) comes afer the Jews have been scattered to the
nations, during the times of the Gentiles. Fact is Jerusalem has been
tramppled on ever since then. And part of the dispersion took place after a revolt in AD132-136.
Romans 10:16-18 The message has
gone out to the entire earth (doesn't say it has spread across the
entire earth; Japan China are perfect examples, first churches there
didn't come until hundreds of years after Christ.)
1 Cor 15:24 The end will come
when he has destroyed all authority and power. (One can say clearly that has not
happened yet, WW1 and 2 showed that the worldly powers are still here,
and wars are still continuing today.)
1 Cor 15:42-49 The resurrected
body will be imperishable and powerful. We were like Adam (mortal
flesh), we will be like Christ (Christ was seen after the resurrection,
he ate, drank, could be touched, but he could also appear and disappear).
1 Cor 15:52 At the last trumpet, dead are raised, we will be changed.
1 Thes 3:13 Jesus will come with all his holy ones.
2 Thes 1:6-7 Payback when Jesus comes with blazing fire with the angels
2 Thes 2:8 Lawless one will be revealed and Jesus will overthrow him
2 Peter 3:3-7 In the last days,
people will scoff at the Second Coming. The heavens and Earth are
reserved for destruction by fire, on the day of judgment. God is not
slow, a thousand years is like a day.
2 Peter 3:13 We look forward to a new heaven and a new earth.
Col 1:5-6,23 Gospel is bearing
fruit and growing through the whole world (doesn't say the whole world
has heard it. Some use this passage to argue it spread throughout
the world. It didn't at that time. That took centuries.)
1 Thes 4:15-17 Those who are
asleep will rise first and then those who are still alive will will be
caught up with them. Jesus will come with a trumpet. (this all
happens at the same time)
2 Thes 2:1 We will be gathered to Jesus when he returns
2 Tim 4:3 Time will come when people reject sound doctrine and surround themselves with many teachers
Hebrews 9:28 He will appear a second time to bring salvation
Philipians 3:21 Our bodies will be tranformed into glorious one's
Jude 14-15 Jesus is coming with thousands of his holy one's to judge.
Rev 1:1-3 Soon to take place.
(This is confusing. Jesus said before, only the Father knew
when. Also, soon could mean anything. It makes sense if
Revelation includes the AD70 destruction of Jerusalem, in addition to
future events.)
Rev 1:7 All people will see him, even those who pierced him (the Jews). All people will mourn.
Rev 2:26 To those who continue to do his will, he will give authority over the nations
Rev 3:10 The tribulation is coming to test the inhabitants of the Earth
Rev 5:10 We will reign on the earth.
Rev 11:15 At the seventh trumpet, the last one, the world becomes the Kingdom of God and Jesus, and reign will be forever.
Rev 14:9-12 Resist the Beast and his mark. Requires patient endurance from the people of God. (during the time of tribulation)
Rev 16:14-20 Demonic spirits
will go out to gather the kings of the world for battle at Armageddon,
in Israel. In verse 15 Jesus says he's coming in the middle of
that. There will be a huge earthquake that will split the great
city (Jerusalem?) into three. Huge hailstones will fall.
Mountains will fall.
Rev 17:14 Kings yet to come will wage war against Christ but they will be defeated by him.
Rev 19:19-20 The Beast and kings wage war on Christ and his army. Beast and false prophet thrown into fire.
Rev 20:1-6 Satan bound
for 1000 year rule of Christ. Those that died for Christ
during the tribulation, did not worship the beast, came to life and
reigned with Christ. This is the first resurrection. (Note that we know
from other passages that the resurrection of the dead and the living
Christians
takes place at the same time. And this would have us believe that there
are two resurrections, one before the 1000 years and one after at
20:13. I'll talk about this more in a section below titled the
Millenieal Rule.)
Rev 20:7-10 After the 1000 years, Satan released, last war, Satan thrown into the fire.
Rev 20:11 Rest of the dead rise to judgment. Death and Hades are destroyed.
Rev 21:1-6 New heaven and new earth. New Jerusalem. God dwells with us. No more death. Everything is being made new.
Rev 21:9-27 Jerusalem is
brought down out of heaven. John measures it's dimensions. There's
gates, and angels at each gate. Only the saved will be there.
Rev 22:1-5 Eden is restored. God and Jesus will be in the city. God will give his servants light, and they will rule forever.