Signs of the End

Times
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SCRIPTURE INDEX
Introduction:
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

16 For the Lord The End Times is one of the most exciting and frightening teachings of the
Himself will descend from
heaven with a shout, with
Bible – depending on which side of the fence you’re sitting on!
the voice of an archangel,
and with the trumpet of
About 27% of the Bible is prophecy (2500 prophecies in total). About 2000
God. And the dead in Christ
will rise first. of these prophecies have already been fulfilled, which leaves about 500
17 Then we who are prophecies still awaiting their fulfillment.
alive and remain shall be
caught up together with
them in the clouds to meet Within our life time we have seen a number of these Biblical prophecies
the Lord in the air. And thus come true. The Bible has been 100% accurate in its predictions with the
we shall always be with the
Lord.
2000 fulfilled prophecies, which gives us confidence that the remaining 500
18 Therefore comfort prophecies will also be literally and accurately fulfilled.
one another with these
words.
For many, the end of the world is anticipated with
Es cha tol o gy derived
1 Thessalonians 5:4-6,9 fear and uncertainty, death and destruction. This from the Grk word eschatos;

4 But you, brethren,

is not the case for believers. We have a hope in farthest, final (of place or time):
used in the KJV-- ends of, last,
are not in darkness, so that Christ Jesus, revealed in His Scriptures that latter end, lowest, uttermost.
this Day should overtake
allows us to look forward to the end of this
you as a thief.
5 You are all sons world, even death. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18, 5:4-5,9)
of light and sons of the day.
We are not of the night nor
of darkness.
9 For God did not
appoint us to wrath, but to All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version (NKJ) of the
obtain salvation through our
Bible, unless otherwise stated.
Lord Jesus Christ,

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Daniel’s Vision
Daniel 2:31-35
King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream:
31 "You, O king,  God has given us a picture of all the world empires. This picture gives
were watching; and behold,
a great image! This great
us valuable insight into what is to take place in the end times
image, whose splendor was  This record is found in Daniel 2:31-45
excellent, stood before you;
and its form was awesome. Egyptian Empire Assyrian Empire
32 This image's
2400 BC – 1367 BC 1350 BC – 630 BC
head was of fine gold, its
chest and arms of silver, its
belly and thighs of bronze,
33 its legs of iron, its
feet partly of iron and partly
Head of GOLD
of clay.
Babylonian Empire
34 You watched
626 BC – 539 BC
while a stone was cut out
without hands, which struck
the image on its feet of iron
and clay, and broke them in
pieces.
Chest of SILVER
35 Then the iron, the
Medo-Persian Empire
clay, the bronze, the silver,
539 BC – 331 BC
and the gold were crushed
together, and became like
chaff from the summer
threshing floors; the wind Waist of BRONZE
carried them away so that Grecian Empire
no trace of them was found. 323 BC – 31 BC
And the stone that struck
the image became a great
mountain and filled the
whole earth.

Legs of IRON
Roman Empire
27 BC – 476 AD

Feet of IRON & CLAY

Revived Roman Empire
Notes: 1945 ??
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Global Signs
Luke 21:7,11

Signs of the end times:

7 …what sign will
there be when these things  Great earthquakes in diverse places. (Luke 21:7,11)
are about to take place?"
 Wars and rumours of wars. (Luke 21:7,11)
11 "For nation will
rise against nation, there
will be great earthquakes in Fulfillment
various places, and famines
and pestilences; and there
 Of the 13 worst earthquakes known in history, 10 occurred this century.
will be fearful sights and o Asian Tsunami 2004 (230 000 fatalities)
great signs from heaven.
o Pakistan Earthquake 2005 (80 000 fatalities)
Daniel 12:4 o Hurricane Katrina 2005 (2 000 fatalities - $90 Billion damages)
o Chile Earthquake 2010 (8.8 magnitude)
4 "But you, Daniel,
shut up the words, and seal
o Haiti Earthquake 2010 (230 000 fatalities)
the book until the time of the
end; many shall run to and
fro, and knowledge shall
increase."

Increase in natural disasters: 1900-2005

Signs of the end times:
 Daniel 12:4

Fulfillment:
Increase in knowledge:
 Internet users – 1,733,993,741
 80% percent of the world's total knowledge has been brought forth in
the last decade
 90% percent of all the scientists who have ever lived are alive today
Travel:
 For most of human history, man could only travel at a maximum of 80
km/h (~ 4000 BC – 20th Century)

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SCRIPTURE INDEX  Since 1900’s travel speeds have increased greatly

Revelation 13:16-18
 We can now circle the globe in 24hrs (plane), 80 minutes (spacecraft)

16 And he causes
Unity in Government, Religion and Economics
all, the small and the great,
and the rich and the poor, Signs of the end times:
and the free men and the
 A One World Government and one central place that will be the seat of
slaves, to be given a mark
on their right hand, or on power. (Revelation 13: 1,2)
their forehead,  A One World Monetary system where there will be no physical money.
17 and {he provides}
(Revelation 13: 16-18)
that no one should be able
to buy or to sell, except the  A one world religion where all will worship together. (Revelation 13:8)
one who has the mark,
{either} the name of the
beast or the number of his Fulfillment: ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT
name.  Rise of a ONE WORLD LEADER – the Antichrist:
18 ...Let him who
 United Nations influence
has understanding calculate
the number of the beast, for  European Union
the number is that of a man;
and his number is six
hundred and sixty-six. Fulfillment: ONE WORLD RELIGION:
(NAS)  Demise of current world religions:

Revelation 13:8  Christianity losing credibility through:

 Charismatic Chaos
8 All who dwell on
the earth will worship him,  Catholic Commotion
whose names have not  “Pope to Pray with Other Religions for World Peace.”
been written in the Book of
 Ecumenical movement
Life of the Lamb slain from
the foundation of the world.

Fulfillment: ONE WORLD CURRENCY:

 DEY (Dollar, Euro, Yen)
 Global economic recession and reform
 Call for “new economic order” - French President Sarkozy

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The Demise of America
Daniel 2:37-44
 There is no mention of America in end time Biblical prophecy. The main
37 You, O king, are
focus is Europe.
a king of kings...
38 ...you are this  How will America face its demise?
head of gold. o Economic collapse
39 But after you
o China and Japan hold a vast amount of US treasury bills
shall arise another kingdom
inferior to yours; then o America is fighting a number of wars at a serious cost
another, a third kingdom of
o America has the highest percentage of Christians in the world, if
bronze, which shall rule
over all the earth.
the rapture had to take place they would lose the largest number
40 And the fourth of people
kingdom shall be as strong
as iron, inasmuch as iron
breaks in pieces and
shatters everything; and like
The Rise of Europe
iron that crushes, that
Signs of the end times:
kingdom will break in pieces
and crush all the others.  Daniel 2
41 Whereas you saw
the feet and toes, partly of
Fulfillment:
potter's clay and partly of
iron, the kingdom shall be  Europe is rising to the take the place of America as the major
divided; yet the strength of
superpower in the world.
the iron shall be in it, just as
you saw the iron mixed with  Europe has many similarities to the old Roman Empire.
ceramic clay. o Passport- free travel
44 And in the days
o Post Christian
of these kings the God of
heaven will set up a o Economic power
kingdom which shall never o Currency
be destroyed; and the
kingdom shall not be left to
o Presidency like Caesar
other people; it shall break o 10 areas constitute the empire
in pieces and consume all
these kingdoms, and it shall
stand forever.

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The Nation of Israel
Zecheriah 12:2
Signs of the end times: The Temple Institute.
2 Behold, I will
 A trouble spot for the whole world. (Zech 12:2) www.templeinstitute.org
make Jerusalem a cup of
trembling unto all the people  Dispersed and then gathered together again “The major focus of the
Institute is its efforts towards
round about, when they (Ezekiel 36:24)
shall be in the siege both the beginning of the actual
 Prominent in fulfillment of end time prophecies rebuilding of the Holy
against Judah and against
Jerusalem. (KJV)  Desecration of Jewish Temple Temple. Towards this end, the

(Matthew 24:15-16) Institute has begun to restore

Ezekiel 36:24
and construct the sacred
vessels for the service of the
24 For I will take you Fulfillment:
from among the heathen,
Holy Temple.”
and gather you out of all
 From 70 AD (Nero’s conquer) the land of
countries, and will bring you Israel has passed from conqueror to conqueror: the main rulers being:
into your own land. (KJV)
o Romans
Matthew 24:15-16 o Turks
o British
15 "Therefore when
you see the 'abomination of  By 1800 the number of Jews living in Israel had dropped to 10 000
desolation,' spoken of by  In 1948 Israel was declared an independent state - Balfour Declaration
Daniel the prophet, standing
of Independence
in the holy place" (whoever
reads, let him understand),  There are currently approximately 5,634,300 Jews in Israel
16 "then let those
 Rebuilding of the Jewish Temple – plans are in place (see quote)
who are in Judea flee to the
mountains.  The birth of the Red Heifer
 Making of the Priestly Garments

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Russian Invasion
Daniel 2:37-44

37 You, O king, are Signs of the end times:

a king of kings...
38 ...you are this
 Ezekiel chapter 38 and 39
head of gold.  Attack on Israel by
39 But after you
o Russia
shall arise another kingdom
inferior to yours; then o Germany
another, a third kingdom of o Turkey
bronze, which shall rule
o Arab nations
over all the earth.
40 And the fourth  Israel will defeat them
kingdom shall be as strong
as iron, inasmuch as iron
breaks in pieces and If we look at this prophecy there are a few things that need to fall into place
shatters everything; and like before it can be fulfilled. Some of these have taken place within our lifetime.
iron that crushes, that
kingdom will break in pieces
and crush all the others. Fulfillment: (yet to be fulfilled)
41 Whereas you saw
 Israel has to be a nation – 1948
the feet and toes, partly of
potter's clay and partly of  Demise of Israel’s allies – specifically America
iron, the kingdom shall be  Russian / Arab alliance. Iran and Russia forging strong links
divided; yet the strength of
 Germany and maybe France need to align themselves with Russia
the iron shall be in it, just as
you saw the iron mixed with  Russia and Germany have financial motivation for attack, Arabs don’t
ceramic clay.
need a second invitation to attack Israel
44 And in the days
of these kings the God of  Turkey has serious interest in Israel as they occupied Israel in the early
heaven will set up a years known as the Ottoman Empire, also very interesting, Palestinians
kingdom which shall never
are not Arab but Turkish
be destroyed; and the
kingdom shall not be left to
other people; it shall break
Russia will attack with all these countries which Israel will destroy. Ezekiel 39:2
in pieces and consume all
1
these kingdoms, and it shall says that 6 of the attacking forces will remain.
stand forever.
The consequences of this will be devastating for these countries and Islam as
we know it will be no more.

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The Rapture
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

16 For the Lord

Signs of the end time:
Himself will descend from
heaven with a shout, with  The Lord Jesus Christ will return to fetch the Body of Christ (the
the voice of an archangel, Christians), to save us from what will happen in the Great Tribulation.
and with the trumpet of
 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
God. And the dead in Christ
will rise first.  1 Corinthians 15:51-58
17 Then we who are
alive and remain shall be
caught up together with Fulfillment: (yet to be fulfilled)
them in the clouds to meet  The signs that we have looked at are an indication that we are moving
the Lord in the air. And thus
closer toward this glorious day.
we shall always be with the
Lord.  The Bible says that no man knows the day or the hour, yet we are not
18 Therefore comfort
left in the dark that we should be caught unawares – 1 Thess 5:4-6,9
one another with these
words.  We can see the signs of the end times and that the Day of the Lord’s
return is drawing nearer.
1 Thessalonians 5:4-6,9
 Although we eagerly await the Lord’s return, like all previous
4 But you, brethren, generations, we must continue living our lives to the fullest and to the
are not in darkness, so that
Lords’ glory.
this Day should overtake
you as a thief.
5 You are all sons
of light and sons of the day.
We are not of the night nor
of darkness.
6 Therefore let us
not sleep, as others do, but
let us watch and be sober.
9 For God did not
appoint us to wrath, but to
obtain salvation through our
Lord Jesus Christ,

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Conclusion
1 Corinthians 15:51-57

51 Behold, I tell you 2 Peter 1:19-21

a mystery: We shall not all
sleep, but we shall all be
changed-- 19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to
52 in a moment, in
heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning
the twinkling of an eye, at
the last trumpet. For the star rises in your hearts;
trumpet will sound, and the 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private
dead will be raised
interpretation,
incorruptible, and we shall
be changed. 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke
53 For this as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal
must put on immortality. 2 Peter 3:7-9
54 So when this
corruptible has put on
incorruption, and this mortal 7 But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same
has put on immortality, then word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly
shall be brought to pass the
men.
saying that is written:
"DEATH IS SWALLOWED 8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is
UP IN VICTORY." as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
55 "O DEATH,
WHERE IS YOUR STING?
9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness,
O HADES, WHERE IS but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all
YOUR VICTORY?"
should come to repentance.
56 The sting of
death is sin, and the
strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to
God, who gives us the
Revelation 22:20
victory through our Lord
“He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming
Jesus Christ.

quickly." Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

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