THE ENDTIME

1. The last days;
signs of the times:

A. We should
discern the signs of the times:

Mat.16:3b              Can
ye not discern the signs of the times?

Mat.24:3 What shall be the sign of Thy coming, & of
the end of the world?

Mat.24:39               (Unbelievers)
knew not until the flood came

1Thes.5:2,4            Ye,
brethren, are not (to be) in darkness

2Pet.3:3-4               Scoffers
saying, "Where is His coming? All things continue as they were..."

B. Greatly
increased learning:

Dan.12:4 Time of the end: Many shall run to & fro,
& knowledge shall be increased

2Tim.3:1,7              [Modern
education:] Ever learning & never able to come to the knowledge of the
truth

Mat.24:14               Gospel
preached in all the world [now possible by radio, TV, world travel,
etc.]...then the end

C. Greatly
increased natural disasters:

Mat.24:7 There shall be famines, & pestilences &
earthquakes [Increasing in number & severity; famines worsened by world
economic troubles]

Lk.21:26  Men's hearts failing them for fear
[unprecedented rate of heart attacks today]

D. Greatly
increased wickedness & wars:

2Tim.3:1,13            In
the last days...evil men shall wax worse & worse

Mat.24:6 Wars & rumours of wars...nation against
nation

Mat.24:37,38          As
the days of Noah were (corrupt & violent) so shall

Lk.21:25b               Upon
earth distress of nations [civil unrest]

E. Rampant
homosexuality in the end time:

Lk.17:28-30            As
it was in the days of Lot [rampant sodomy]...even  thus shall it be in the day when (Jesus
returns)

Rom.1:24,26-28      Uncleanness...lusts...dishonour
their bodies...vile affections...against nature...working that which is
unseemly

2Tim.3:1-3a            In
the last days...men shall be without natural affection

(See
also Gen.9:20-27; 13:12,13; 18:18-33; 19:1-30; 2Pet.2:6-8.)

F. Great falling
away from true faith:

2Thes.2:2,3            The
day of Christ shall not come except there come a falling away (apostasy) first

Mat.24:12               Iniquity
shall abound...the love of many shall wax cold

Mat.24:5,11,24       Arise false
Christs, & false prophets...deceive many

1Tim.4:1 In latter times some shall depart from the
faith... giving heed to doctrines of devils

G. Increased
persecution of true Christians:

Mat.24:9,10            Ye
shall be hated of all nations...many be offended

Lk.21:16,17             Ye
shall be betrayed...& some of you...put to death

H. What all these
fulfilled signs mean:

Mat.24:33               When
ye see all these things...(Jesus' coming) near

Lk.21:28  When these things begin to come to
pass

Lk.21:31,32             This
generation not pass till all be fulfilled

2. How to recognise
the Antichrist world government:

Dan.8:25 By peace (he) shall destroy many

Dan.11:21               Come
in peaceably, & obtain the kingdom by flatteries [lying propaganda]

Dan.11:23               Work
deceitfully...become strong with (deceive & use) a small people (the
poor)

Dan.11:24               Enter
peaceably even upon the fattest (nations)

Dan.11:24               He
shall scatter among them (the poor)...the riches

Dan.11:24               He
shall forecast his devices against the strongholds

Dan.11:39b            He
shall divide the land for gain (popularity)

Dan.11:36,37          Exalt
himself...speak things against the God of gods

3. The Antichrist
& his rise:

1Jn.2:18  It is the last time: (the) Antichrist
shall come

2Thes.2:1-4            That
day (of Jesus' coming) shall not come except... that man of sin be revealed

2Thes.2:9               Whose
coming is after (according to) working of Satan

2Thes.2:10-12        God
shall send them strong delusion (the Antichrist)... who believed not the truth

Dan.8:23 In the latter time...a king of fierce
countenance...shall stand up

Rev.13:4 The dragon (Satan) which gave power unto the
beast

Rev.13:7 Power was given him over...all nations

Dan.11:37               Neither
shall he regard God of his fathers

Dan.11:37               Neither...regard...desire
of women

Dan.11:37               Neither
shall he regard...any god

4. Signing of the
covenant:

Dan.9:27a               He
shall confirm the covenant for one week (7 years)

Dan.11:30b            The
holy covenant [It's a religious pact]

5. Breaking of the
covenant & daily sacrifice (Jewish worship) stopped:

Dan.8:11,12            By
him (the Antichrist) daily sacrifice was taken away

Dan.9:27b              In
midst of the week [after 3-1/2 years of the 7-year covenant] shall he cause the
sacrifice to cease

Dan.11:31               Take
away the daily sacrifice; place the abomination that maketh desolate

2Thes.2:4               He
(the Antichrist) as God sitteth in the temple of God

6. Great
tribulation:

A. A time of
intense trouble & persecution:

Dan.12:1b              There
shall be a time of trouble such as never was

Mat.24:15,21          When
ye see the abomination of desolation...then shall be great tribulation

Mat.24:22               Except
those days be shortened (cut off), there should no flesh be saved

B. Antichrist
blasphemes, says he is God:

Dan.7:25a               (Antichrist)
speaks great words against the most High

2Thes.2:3b,4          (Antichrist)
exalteth himself above all that is called God

Rev.13:6 (Antichrist) opened mouth in blasphemy against
God

C. Much of the
world worships him:

Rev.13:8 All that dwell upon the earth worship him,
whose names are not written in the book of life

Rev.13:13,14          (Antichrist)
doeth great wonders...& deceiveth them that dwell on the earth

D. The mark, the
image & enforced worship of the beast:

Rev.13:15               Image
of the beast...speak & cause that as many as would not worship (it)...be
killed

Rev.13:16,17          No
man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark or the number of his name

Rev.13:18               The
number of the beast...is 666

Rev.14:9-11            If
any man receive his mark...shall be tormented

E. The false
prophet:

Rev.13:11-16          He
causeth the earth to worship the (Antichrist)... deceiveth them

Rev.19:20               False
prophet wrought miracles...he deceived them

F. The Antichrist's
persecution of Christians:

Rev.13:7 To make war with the saints, & to
overcome them, & power given him over...all nations

Dan.7:21 Made war with the saints, & prevailed
against them

Dan.7:25 He shall...wear out the saints of the most High
(God)

Dan.8:24 He shall...destroy the mighty & the holy
people

Dan.11:33               They
that understand...shall fall by the sword

Dan.11:35               Some
of them of understanding (teachers) shall fall

Dan.12:7b              He
shall...scatter the power of the holy people

G. Why God allows
us to suffer tribulation:

Dan.11:35               To
try them, & to purge, & to make them white

Dan.12:10               Many
shall be purified, & made white, & tried

Isa.48:10 I have refined thee...in the furnace of
affliction (See also Pro.17:3; Eph.5:27.)

H. Future Heavenly
reward for enduring tribulation:

Rev.7:9,13-17         These...came
out of great tribulation...therefore are they before the throne of God day
& night

Rev.20:4 Them...which had not worshipped the
beast...lived & reigned with Christ

I. Christians
overcome & survive despite persecution:

Rev.12:11               They
overcame him (Antichrist) by blood of the Lamb & by the word of their
testimony

Dan.11:32b            People
that know God shall be strong & do exploits

Rom.8:35-37           In
all these things we are more than conquerors

1Cor.15:51,52         We
shall not all sleep (die)...we shall be changed

1Thes.4:16,17        We
which are alive and remain [Many Christians still  alive at Jesus' 2nd coming]

J. Protection &
provision during tribulation:

Rev.9:3,4                [The
wicked will be tormented, but we will be spared]

Rev.11:3,5-7           Two
witnesses have power to smite earth with plagues

Rev.12:6 Fled into the wilderness, where she hath a
place prepared of God, that they should feed her there

Rev.12:14               Fly
into the wilderness...where she is nourished

K. Witnessing
during the tribulation:

Dan.11:33a             They
that understand...shall instruct many

L. Length of the
great tribulation:

Dan.7:25;12:7        A
time, times, and a half (3-1/2 years)

Rev.12:14               A
time, & times & half a time (3-1/2 years)

Rev.11:2;
13:5        Forty
two months (= 3-1/2 years)

Rev.11:3;12:6         1,260
days

7. The second
coming of Jesus Christ:

A. After the
great tribulation (but before the wrath):

Mat.24:29-30         Immediately
after the tribulation...they shall see the Son of man coming in the
clouds

2Thes.2:1-3            That
day (of Jesus' coming) shall not come, except... first...that man of sin (the
Antichrist) be revealed

B. Jesus' coming
will not be a secret event:

1Thes.5:1-4            Ye...are
not in darkness, that that day...[We will be expecting Jesus, but world
will be surprised] (See also Mat.24:38,39)

Mat.24:23-26         If
any say unto you, Here is Christ, or there...He is in the secret chambers;
believe it not

Mat.24:30               The
tribes of the earth shall mourn, & see the Son of man coming...with power
& great glory

Acts
1:9-11            Jesus...shall
so come in like manner (in the clouds)

Rev.1:7   He cometh with clouds, & every
eye shall see Him

C. The tremendous
signs of His coming:

Mat.24:27               As
the lightning shineth from east to west...so shall the coming...be
[Jesus lights up entire sky]

Mat.24:29               Sun
be darkened...moon not give light [Jesus shines]

1Thes.4:16             Lord
shall shout...voice of archangel...trump of God [Lots of
noise & commotion]

8. The resurrection
& rapture:

A. The living
raptured, the dead resurrected:

1Thes.4:14             Them
which sleep in Jesus (departed saints) will God bring with Him

Isa.26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead
body shall they arise

1Thes.4:15,16        The
dead in Christ (their bodies) shall rise first

1Thes.4:17             Then
we which are alive shall be caught up (raptured)

Mat.24:31               Sound
of a trumpet...gather together [rapture] elect

1Cor.15:51              We
shall not all (die), but we shall all be changed

1Cor.15:52              At
last trump, dead shall be raised incorruptible, & we shall be
changed (transformed)

Job
19:25-27          In
my flesh shall I see God...though (I) be consumed [Resurrected in bodies
long dead]

Rev.20:6a               Blessed
& holy...hath part in first resurrection

(See
also 1Cor.15:53,54; 2Cor.5:1-4.)

B. Our powerful,
immortal resurrection bodies:

Lk.20:36  Neither can they die any more...equal
unto angels; being the children of the resurrection

Phi.3:20,21             Jesus...change
our bodies...like His glorious body

1Jn.3:2    When He shall appear, we
shall be like Him

Lk.24:36-40            A
spirit hath not flesh & bones, as ye see Me have

Jn.20:19,26             The
doors were shut...Jesus...stood in the midst

Lk.24:30,31             As
He sat at meat...He vanished out of their sight

Lk.24:42,43             He
took it (fish & an honeycomb) & did eat

Acts
10:40,41        We
did eat & drink with Him after He rose from dead

1Cor.6:14                God
hath raised up (Jesus), & will also raise us up

(See
1Cor.15:19-55--"The Resurrection Chapter")

9. The marriage
supper of the Lamb:

Rev.7:9,13-17         Great
multitude (of Christians)...which came out of great tribulation...stood before
the throne

Rev.19:1,6-9           Much
people in Heaven...marriage of the Lamb is come

Rom.7:4  [The church, all true Christians, marry
Jesus]

Hos.2:19,20            I
(God) will betroth thee unto Me for ever       (See
also Isa.62:5; 2Cor.11:2.)

10. The judgement
seat of Christ:

A. Christians
rewarded or punished for their works:

Rom.14:10-12         Judgement
seat...every one give account of himself

2Cor.5:10                We
(Christians) must appear before the judgement seat of Christ...receive (rewards
for) things done

Rev.22:12               My
reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be

B. Jesus praises
& rewards some, is ashamed of others:

Dan.12:3 They that turn many to righteousness...shine
as stars

Mat.25:21               Well
done, thou good & faithful...enter joy of Lord

1Cor.3:11-14          If
any man's works abide, he shall receive a reward

1Cor.3:15                If
any man's work burned...suffer loss...be saved

Mk.8:38  Of him (some Christians) shall the
Son...be ashamed

Dan.12:2 Many shall awake...some to shame &
contempt

C. The crown of
life--A reward for faithful service:

Rev.2:10b               Be
thou faithful...I will give thee a crown of life

Jam.1:12 Crown of life...Lord promised to them that love
Him

2Tim.4:7,8              I
have kept the faith...a crown of righteousness

11. The wrath of
God upon the earth:

A. God's wrath upon
the remaining unsaved:

Isa.26:19-21           Dead
men shall live [resurrection of saved]...(then) the Lord cometh to punish
inhabitants of the earth

Isa.13:9-11             The
day of the Lord cometh with wrath & anger...He shall destroy the
sinners...punish the world

Rev.14:9,10            If
any man worship the beast...the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of
God

Rev.16:1-21            [Description
of the plagues of God's wrath]

B. The utter
destruction of Babylon by fire:

Rev.17:1,5,18         The
great whore...Babylon the great...that great city which reigneth over the kings
of the earth

Rev.18:2,3,11         [Babylon
is the world merchant/commercial system]

Rev.18:8 In one day...she shall be utterly
burned with fire

Rev.18:17               In
one hour so great riches is come to nought

Rev.17:16               10
horns (nations) shall...make her desolate & burn her with fire

12. The battle of
Armageddon:

A. The Antichrist,
his allies & eastern kings gather to fight:

Rev.16:12               Euphrates...water
thereof dried...the way of the kings of the east prepared

Rev.16:13,14          Devils...go
forth unto (Antichrist's) kings of the whole  world, to gather them to the battle

Rev.16:16               He
gathered them into a place called...Armageddon

Rev.19:19               Kings
of the earth gathered to make war against Him Rev.17:12-14 Ten kings...these
shall make war with the Lamb

Ezk.38:1-9               Magog
(Russia)...in the latter years thou shalt come into Israel...many people
(allies) with thee

B. The Lord &
His armies destroy the Antichrist's forces:

Deut.32:41-43        Rejoice...for
He will avenge blood of His servants

2Thes.1:7-9            Jesus
shall be revealed from Heaven...taking vengeance on (the wicked)

Jude
14,15              The
Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints to execute judgement upon all

Rev.19:11               [Jesus
comes riding on a white horse to make war]

Rev.19:14,15          Armies
in Heaven (saints) followed Him on white horses

Rev.19:19,21          The
remnant (of the Antichrist's armies) were slain

Isa.11:4   With the breath of His lips shall
He slay wicked

Rev.19:20               The
beast was taken...& the false prophet...these both were cast alive into a
lake of fire

C. The cleanup
after the battle:

Isa.66:15,16            The
slain of the Lord shall be many

Rev.19:17,18          Saying
to fowls, Come...that ye may eat (corpses)

Ezk.39:17-20           (Birds
of carrion) filled...with men of war

Ezk.39:11,12           7
months shall (Jews) be burying them...in Israel

13. The millennium:

A. One thousand
years of peace:

Rev.20:1-3              Satan...bound
1,000 years...cast into bottomless pit

B. The saints rule
with Jesus over all the earth:

Dan.2:44 In days of these kings shall...God set
up a Kingdom

Dan.7:13,14            Son
of man...there was given Him a Kingdom, that all  peoples, nations & tongues should
serve Him

Dan.7:18,22,27       The
Kingdom...given to the people of the saints [true Christians]

Rev.20:4,6              They
lived and reigned with Christ a 1,000 years

Rev.2:26 I will give (overcomers) power over the nations

Rev.2:27 He shall rule them with a rod of iron
(authority)

Rev.5:10 Made us kings & priests...we shall reign on
earth

(See
also 2Tim.2:12a; 1Cor.6:2; 15:24,25; Psa.22:27,28; 47:2,3,7,8; 72:6-8,11,19.)

C. His rule will be
just & righteous:

Psa.67:4  Let nations be glad...Thou shalt
judge...righteously

Psa.72:3,4               He
shall judge the poor...He shall save the needy

Psa.98:8,9               With
righteousness shall He judge the world

(See
Psa.45:6; Isa.14:5,7.)

D. Heavenly
conditions of the millennium:

Isa.11:6-8               [Peace
with animals & nature during the millennium] The wolf shall dwell with the
lamb...calf & the lion

Isa.11:9   Shall not hurt nor destroy in all
My holy mountain

Isa.65:25 The wolf & lamb shall feed together...lion
eat straw

Hos.2:18 In that day will I make a covenant with the
beasts...& I will...break the sword out of the earth

E. Men will live
for centuries, like before the flood:

Isa.65:20 For the child shall die an hundred years old

F. Peace on earth:

Isa.14:5-7               The
whole earth is at rest, & is quiet

Isa.2:4     They shall learn war no
more [true disarmament] (See also Mic.4:3)

Psa.46:9  He maketh wars to cease [weapons are
destroyed]

G. Everyone on
earth will know about the Lord:

Isa.2:2,3  All nations flow unto [Kingdom to learn
God's Word]

Jer.31:34 They shall teach no more...know the Lord: for
they shall all know Me

Hab.2:14 Earth shall be filled with the knowledge
of...the Lord

Psa.22:27                All
the kindreds of the nations shall worship Thee

H. Some will
disobey & be punished:

Zech.14:16,17        Whoso
will not come...upon them shall be no rain

Psa.2:8-10              Shalt
break them with a rod of iron [rule by force]

Isa.26:10 The wicked...will not learn righteousness; in
the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly

14. The battle of
Gog & Magog:

Psa.2:1-5                The
heathen rage [& rebel against Jesus' rule]

Rev.20:7 When the thousand years are expired...Satan
loosed

Rev.20:8,9a            He
shall deceive the nations...gather them to battle

Rev.20:9b               Fire
came down from Heaven & devoured them [rebels]

2Pet.3:10-13           Elements
melt with fervent heat...earth burned up... (atmospheric) heavens on fire shall
be dissolved

Psa.78:69b             The
earth which He hath established forever [Only earth's crust
melts; globe is permanent]

Isa.40:4   Every valley shall be exalted,
every mountain low [Earth's surface melted down evenly]

15. Great white
throne judgement:

Rev.20:10               The
devil was cast (directly) into the lake of fire

Rev.20:11               And
I saw a great white throne (in Heaven)

Jn.5:29    And they shall come
forth...unto the resurrection of
damnation (judgement)

Rev.20:5a               Rest
of the dead live not again until the 1,000 years finished [this
resurrection at end of Millennium]

Rev.20:12,13          The
(unsaved) dead judged...according to their works

Lk.12:47,48             He
that knew not...shall be beaten with few stripes [Differences of
punishment] (See also Rom.2:12,14)

Job
34:10,11           For
the work of a man shall He render unto him

Rev.20:15,21:8       (Those) not
written in book of life cast into lake of fire...the second death

16. New heaven
& new earth:

A. The Heavenly
city comes down to earth:

Rev.21:1 I saw a new (atmospheric) heaven & a
new earth...& there was no more sea [3-4 times more land area]

Rev.21:10               Holy
Jerusalem, descending out of heaven (space)

Rev.21:2 I saw...New Jerusalem, coming down (to earth)

Rev.21:3 (City) of God is with men, & He will dwell
(on earth)

B. Description of
the Heavenly city:

Heb.11:10               A
city, whose builder & maker is God

Rev.21:16               [The
city is 1,500 miles high, wide & broad]

Rev.21:12,17          [The
wall around base of the city is 214 feet high]

Rev.21:14,18-20     [The wall is made of 12
layers of precious stones]

Rev.21:12,21          The
12 gates were 12 (gigantic) pearls

Rev.21:18               The
city was pure gold, like unto clear glass

Rev.21:21b             The
street...was pure gold, as...transparent glass

Rev.21:23,25          The
city had no need of the sun...for the glory of God did lighten it...no night
there

Rev.22:1 A pure river of life [flows through city]

Rev.22:2 On either side of the river, was...the tree of
life

Jn.14:2-3 In My Father's house (city) are many mansions

C. Only saved live
in the city; unsaved nations outside:

Rev.21:24,27          Only
they which are written in the book of life

Rev.22:2 Leaves of the tree for healing of the (sick)
nations

Heb.11:13-16         Pilgrims
& strangers...God prepared for them a city

D. Eternal life
& happiness in Heaven forever:

Rev.21:5 Behold, I make all things new

Rev.22:3a               And
there shall be no more curse

Rev.7:17 God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes

Rev.21:4 Shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor
crying... former things are passed away

Rev.21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things

Psa.36:7-9              Make
them drink of the river of Thy pleasures

Heb.13:14               Here
we have no...city, but we seek one to come