Jesus' Teachings on Last Day Events PDF

Eschatology Jesus’ Teachings on Last Day Events  Jesus’ Teachings on Last Day Events Two main chapters in the Gospels that give detail about the end time events. Matt 24:1-44 Luke 21:7-28 The Eschatological Question. Matt 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto h...

Eschatology Jesus’ Teachings on Last Day Events  Jesus’ Teachings on Last Day Events Two main chapters in the Gospels that give detail about the end time events. Matt 24:1-44 Luke 21:7-28 The Eschatological Question. Matt 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?  WHAT SHALL BE? 1: The sign of thy coming. 2: The end of the world. NB: The second coming of Jesus synonyms with the end of the world  Promise Of The Second Coming John 14:2-3 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.  EARTHLY SIGNS Matt: 24: 4-7 1.FALSE CHRISTS 2.WARS & RUMORS OF WARS 3.FAMINES 4.PESTILENCES (SICKNESSES) 5.EARTHQUAKES  THREE HEAVENLY SIGNS Matt: 24:29: 1. the sun be darkened, 2. the moon shall not give her light, 3. the stars shall fall from heaven, Prophecy contained in three texts.  OT PROPHECY Joel 2:30-31 30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.  BOOK OF REVELATION Rev 6:12-13 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.  1.The sun be darkened, May 19, 1780 Between 10 and 11AM until midnight 2.The moon shall not give her light, May 19, 1780 3.The stars shall fall from heaven, Nov 13,1833 On the day following its appearance, Henry Dana Ward wrote thus of the wonderful phenomenon: "No philosopher or scholar has told or recorded an event, I suppose, like that of yesterday morning. A prophet eighteen hundred years ago foretold it exactly..."  SOCIAL SIGNS Luke 17:28-30 As it was in the days of Lot… So shall it be in the end… Gen 19:5-9 Same-sex relations  GLOBAL SIGN Matt 24:14 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. THE NATURE OF THE COMING OF JESUS FAILED PREDICTIONS OF THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS The misinterpretation of the coming of Jesus is not unique to any one denomination –1000-JAN-1: Many Christians in Europe had predicted the end of the world on this date…, some Christians had given their possessions to the Church in anticipation of the end. -- 1284: Pope Innocent III computed this date by adding 666 years onto the date the Islam was founded. –1689: Benjamin Keach, a 17th century Baptist, predicted the end of the world for this year. –1792: This was the date of the end of the world calculated by some believers in the Shaker movement. –1843-MAR-21: William Miller, founder of the Millerite movement, predicted that Jesus would come on this date. –1891 or before: On 1835-FEB-14, Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon church, announced that Jesus would return within 56 years. –1914 Jehovah’s Witnesses. They gave 1914 as the target date. When 1914 passed, they changed their prediction; 1914 became the year that Jesus invisibly began his rule. –1936: Herbert W Armstrong, founder of the Worldwide Church of God, predicted that the Day of the Lord would happen sometime in 1936. –1982: Pat Robertson predicted a few years in advance that the world would end in the fall of 1982. The failure of this prophecy did not seem to adversely affect his reputation. –1988: Hal Lindsey had predicted in his book “The Late, Great Planet Earth” that the Rapture was coming in 1988 – one generation or 40 years after the creation of the state of Israel. – 2011: Harold Egbert Camping American Christian radio broadcaster. He predicted that Jesus Christ would return to Earth on May 21, 2011. The Second Coming of Jesus- Non-Christian Views The belief in the second coming of Jesus is not exclusive to Christians The Second Coming of Jesus- Non-Christian Views Hinduism- In modern times some traditional Indian religious leaders have moved to embrace Jesus as an Avatar, or incarnation, of God. The Indian guru Paramahansa Yogananda, wrote an extensive commentary on the Gospels published in the two- volume set entitled- The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You. The Second Coming of Jesus- Non-Christian Views Baha'i Faith- Bahá'u'lláh (the founder of the Bahá'í Faith) claimed to be the Christ returned. Followers of the Bahá'í Faith believe that he is the fulfillment of the prophecies of the second coming of Jesus, as well as …many other religious prophecies. The Second Coming of Jesus- Non-Christian Views Islam- In Islam, Jesus is considered to be a Messenger of God and the Masih who was sent to guide the Children of Israel with a new scripture. The Qur'anic verse alluded to as an indicator to Jesus's future return is as follows “And he (Jesus) shall be a Sign (for the coming of) the Hour (of Judgment): therefore have no doubt about the (Hour), but follow ye Me: this is a Straight Way.” [Quran 43:61] THE NATURE OF THE COMING OF JESUS THE NATURE OF THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST 1. It will be instantaneous and worldwide. Matt 24:27; For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be." Rev 1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him… THE NATURE OF THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST 2. It will be visible to all. Matt 24:30 "Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." THE NATURE OF THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST 3. It will be audible. Matt 24:31 "And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." 1 Tess 4:16..with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God THE EFFECTS OF THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST 1.The righteous dead will be raised. "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first." —1 Thess 4:16 2.The righteous living will be translated. “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” — 1 Cor 15:51-52  REWARDS GIVEN TO ALL Rev 22:12 12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.