Last Days
{END OF THE AGE}
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- The Season is Here! - {PDF Copy} - (In Revelation, the period known as the Last Days began following the death, resurrection, and enthronement of Jesus)
- Discerning Times & Seasons - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus did not command his disciples to know all the signs and seasons of his return - It is not for them to know times and seasons – Acts 1:7)
- The Last Days - {PDF Copy} - (In his epistles, Paul coordinates the commencement of the Last Days with the death and resurrection of Jesus)
- The Ends of the Ages - {PDF Copy} - (The Last Days, the time of fulfillment, began with the death, resurrection, and exaltation of Jesus of Nazareth)
- An End Time People - {PDF Copy} - (The church is the battlefield where the final war is waged between the Lamb and the “Ancient Serpent,” Satan)
- In the Last Days... - {PDF Copy} - (The outpouring of the Spirit on Pentecost signaled the arrival of the last days, just as prophesied by the Prophet Joel – Acts 2:17-21)
- Pentecost and the Last Days - {PDF Copy} - (The outpouring of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost signaled the arrival of the last days, the era of salvation and fulfillment)
- Fulfillment of the Feast - {PDF Copy} - (The outpouring of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost fulfilled what the feast symbolized - Acts 2:1-4)
- Rescued From This Evil Age - {PDF Copy} - (Paul anchors all that God has done in the death and resurrection of Jesus, the event that inaugurated the messianic age – Galatians 1:1-5)
{SIGNS AND SEASONS}
- The Sign of the End - {PDF Copy} - (According to Jesus. the End will not come until this Gospel of the Kingdom of God has been proclaimed to all nations – Matthew 24:14)
- Days of Noah - {PDF Copy} - (Just as unprepared men were destroyed by the Flood, so unrepentant men and apostates will be overtaken by destruction when Jesus arrives)
- Rumors of War - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus warned of coming deceivers who will mislead many and disseminate false information about the future and his return)
- Rumors and Lies - {PDF Copy} - (Disinformation about the day of the Lord caused alarm in the congregation at Thessalonica – 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2)
- The Coming Apostasy - {PDF Copy} - (Paul warned the Thessalonians of a future apostasy and linked it to the unveiling of the Man of Lawlessness, the Son of Destruction)
- Seated in the Sanctuary- {PDF Copy} - (The Lawlessness One, the Son of Destruction, will be unveiled when he seats himself in the Sanctuary of God - 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4)
- Times, Signs and Seasons - {PDF Copy} - (Paul does not detail the times and seasons since the Thessalonians understand that the Lord will come like a thief in the night – 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)
- The Last Enemy - {PDF Copy} - (The arrival of Jesus at the end of the age will mean the termination of the Last Enemy, namely, Death)
- His Repeated Warning - {PDF Copy} - (On the Mount of Olives, Jesus reiterated critical information that is vital for his disciples if they are to avoid deception by false prophets)
{COMING OF JESUS}
- That Son of Man - (The one like a Son of Man in Daniel’s vision is the source of Christ’s self-designation as the Son of Man authorized to rule the Kingdom) - {PDF Copy}
- On the Clouds - (Portions of Daniel’s vision of the Fourth Beast and the Little Horn are applied to Jesus and his saints in the New Testament) - {PDF Copy}
- The Final Day - {PDF Copy} - (The arrival of Jesus will mark the end of the present order and the commencement of the age to come, the resurrection of the dead, and the New Creation)
- The Just Judgment of God - {PDF Copy} - (The arrival of Jesus will mean vindication and rest for the righteous, but everlasting loss for the wicked)
- Wrath of God - {PDF Copy} - (In Revelation, wrath refers to the final judicial sentence of God on His enemies. Tribulation is what the church endures)
- The Gathering of the Elect - (Jesus will arrive to gather his people on the Day of the Lord, and in the New Testament, this event becomes the “Day of Christ”) - {PDF Copy}
- Jesus is not Late! - (The apparent delay in Christ’s coming is due to God’s mercy as He waits patiently for the Gospel of His Kingdom to reach all men) - {PDF Copy}
- Coming on Clouds - {PDF Copy} - (The whole earth will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds when he gathers his elect to himself)
- The Revelation of Jesus - (At the revelation of Jesus from Heaven, the saints will experience glory, but the wicked receive everlasting destruction) - {PDF Copy}