End Times!

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November 14, 2021

Eschatology is a part of theology concerned with the final events of history, or the ultimate destiny of humanity. This concept is commonly referred to as “the end of the world” or “end times”.

  • The word means “last” and -logy meaning “the study of”.

Encompasses a variety of subjects

  • Timing of the rapture
  • Timing of the Millennium
  • What is meant by the 7 letters by Jesus in Revelation
  • Whether the seals are beginning to be opened
  • Who are the 144,000?

Therefore, we must be very clear, thorough, and ever-learning from the Word of God

Faith

Dear Heavenly Father, please give me a revelation of the power of the Gospel today. From this day forward, may Your grace be the foundation of my daily relationship with You.

I declare that I will be free from guilt, condemnation, and a performance mentality. I declare that I abide in faith, abound in hope, I keep myself in the love of God. I will overcome all trials, I will persevere, and develop Christ-like character by His power.

Open my heart to see the hope of my calling, to know the inheritance that I have in the saints, and to understand the depth of Your power at work in my life. Release upon me a Spirit of wisdom, revelation, and enlightenment today.

Lead me into an encounter with You that forever changes me and deepens my love for Jesus. Illuminate the truth of Your Word as You prepare my heart to receive it. Amen.

Timeline

  • Creation
  • Fall
  • Flood
  • Tower and City in Shinar
  • Call of Abraham
  • Law
  • Grace – fulfillment of the law through Jesus Christ’s first coming
  • Jesus Christ’s second coming
  • Millennium – 1000-year rule of Christ
  • Judgment
  • Renewal of all things
  • New Age

Ten Virgins

  • Matthew 25:1-13 NKJV [1] “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
    • The parable emphasizes the need for watchfulness in the event of a long delay in Christ’s coming
    • Jesus told the following parables to clarify further what it means to be ready for his return and how to live until he comes. We are taught that every person is responsible for his or her own spiritual condition.
  • [2] Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. [3] Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them,
    • 1 Timothy 6:9-10 (NKJV) 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and intomany foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10  For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
    • Galatians 3:3 (KJV) Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
  • [4] but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. [5] But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. [6] “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’ [7] Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. [8] And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ [9] But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ [10] And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. [11] “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ [12] But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ [13] “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
    • The bridesmaids, not the bide and the groom. They were responsible for preparing the bride to meet the bridegroom. The scene is apparently centered round the house of the bride to which the bridegroom is coming for the wedding festivities.
    • These 10 bridesmaids were waiting to join the procession, and they hoped to take part in the marriage feast. But when the groom didn’t come at the expected time, five of them were out of lamp oil. By the time they had purchased extra oil, it was too late to join the feast.
    • In the professing church, as we see it, there are many who appear to be Christians but have never been born again. As in Matt. 13, there are the tares among the wheat.
    • When Jesus returns to take his people to heaven, we must be ready. Spiritual preparation cannot be bought or borrowed at the last minute. Our relationship with God must be our own.
    • Lamp oil, not the Holy Spirit, for He cannot be bought and sold or divided between people at their request.

End-Time Expressions

  1. Last days — first coming (Heb. 1:1-2)
    • Hebrews 1:1-2 (NKJV) 1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
  2. Last times — first coming (1Pet. 1:20)
    • 1 Peter 1:20 (NKJV) He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you
  3. Last time — apostolic times and the whole church age (1Jn. 2:18)
    • 1 John 2:18 (NKJV) Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.
  4. Last time — second coming (1Pet. 1:5)
  • 1 Peter 1:5 (NKJV) who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  1. Latter times — last years ending this age before the Millennium (1Tim. 4:1)
    • 1 Timothy 4:1 (NKJV) Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving   heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,
  2. Latter years — Armageddon and the end of this age (Ezek. 38:8,16)
    • Ezekiel 38:16 (NKJV) You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me, when I am hallowed in you, O Gog, before their eyes.”
  3. Latter days — the future tribulation (Num. 24:14; Dt. 4:30; 31:29; Jer. 23:20; 30:24; 48:47; 49:39; Dan. 2:28; 10:14)
    • Numbers 24:14 (NKJV) And now, indeed, I am going to my people. Come, I will advise you what this people will do to your people in the latter days.”
    • Daniel 10:14 (NKJV) Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come.”
  4. Latter day — Millennium (Job 19:25)
    • Job 19:25 (NKJV) For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth;
  5. Latter days — Millennium (Hos. 3:5)
    • Hosea 3:5 (NKJV) Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They shall fear the LORD and His goodness in the latter days.
  6. Last days — end of this age preceding the Millennium (Dan. 8:19; 2Tim. 3:1; Jas. 5:3; 2Pet. 3:3; Jude 1:18)
    • Daniel 8:19 (NKJV) And he said, “Look, I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignation; for at the appointed time the end shall be.
    • 2 Timothy 3:1 (NKJV) But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:
  7. Last day — the resurrection, before the Millennium (Jn. 6:39,40,44,54; 11:24.)
    • John 11:24 (NKJV) Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
  8. Last days — the tribulation period or last seven years of this age (Acts 2:16-21)
    • Acts 2:16-21 (NKJV) 16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 17 ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. 18  And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall prophesy. 19  I will show wonders in heaven above And signs in the earth beneath: Blood and fire and vapor of smoke. 20  The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD. 21  And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved.’
  9. Last days — Millennium (Gen. 49:1; Isa. 2:1; Mic. 4:1)
    • Micah 4:1 (NKJV) Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the LORD’S house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And peoples shall flow to it.
  10. Last day — Judgment (Jn. 12:48; cp. Rev. 20:7-15)
    • John 12:48 (NKJV) He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him–the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.

We must be very clear, thorough, and ever-learning from the Word of God.

  • John 14:18 NKJV I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

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