What to Expect… When the World is Ending

What to Expect… When the World is Ending

An Increase in Deception

Jewish Messiah Claimants:• Simon of Peraea – 4 BC• Athronges – 3 AD• Menahem ben Judah – 1st C.“Some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and about 400 men rallied to him. He was killed, all his followers dispersed, and it all came to nothing.” Acts 5:36

What to Expect…

An Increase in Deception

Jewish Messiah Claimants:• Simon bar Kokhba – 135 AD• Moses of Crete – 470 AD• David Alroy – 1160 AD• Moses Botarel – 1413 AD• Sabbatai Zevi – 1676 AD• Jacob Joseph Frank – 1791 AD• Menachem Mendel Schneerson – 1994 AD

What to Expect…

An Increase in Deception

Christian Messiah Claimants:• Simon Magus – 1st C.• Tanchelm of Antwerp – 1110 AD• Ann Lee – 1784 AD – the “Shakers”• Bernhard Muller – 1834 AD• Baha’u’llah – 1864 AD• Ahn Sahng-hong – 1985 AD• Jung Myung Seok – present

What to Expect…

Growth of World Religions1970-1985 1990-2000 2000-2005

3.65% Baha’i 2.65% Zoroastrianism 1.84% Islam

2.74% Islam 2.28% Baha’i 1.7% Baha’i

2.34% Hinduism 2.13% Islam 1.62% Sikhism

1.67% Buddhism 1.87% Sikhism 1.57% Hinduism

1.64% Christianity 1.69% Hinduism 1.32% Christianity

1.09% Judaism 1.36% Christianity

1.09% Buddhism

2008 World Christian Encyclopedia – World Pop. Growth = 1.41%

“Fastest Growing”

• Deists grew at a rate of 717% from 1990-2001 but only totaled 49,000 people

• Wicca grew at 143%/year from 1990-2001, from 8,000 – 134,000 people and now totals an estimated 1 million worldwide

• The “LDS Church” (Mormons) grew at nearly 5% from 1950-1990 and continued at 2.5% annually from 1990-2005 but still total less than 14 Million worldwide

“Fastest Growing”

• Deists 717% 49,000• Wicca 143% 1,000,000• Mormons 2.5% 13,600,000• Islam 2.0% 935,000,000 (1990)

1,600,000,000 (2010)

“Fastest Growing”

• Deists 717% 49,000 (2001)• Wicca 143% 1,000,000 (2010)• Mormons 2.5% 13,600,000 (2010)• Islam 2.0% 935,000,000 (1990)

1,600,000,000 (2010)• Christianity 1.36% 1,700,000,000 (1990)

2,100,000,000 (2010)

The Spread of Christianity

1910 – 600,000,000 / 1,800,000,000 = 35%• 66% Europe • 27% the Americas

2010 – 2,100,000,000 / 6,900,000,000 = 32%• 37% the Americas• 26% Europe • 24% Sub-Saharan Africa• 13% Asia / Pacific

An Increase in Devastation

• 20th C. Deaths from war and conflict: 231,000,000• Natural disasters in the ‘80s – 120/year• Natural disasters in the ‘00s – 500/year

(NaturalNews.com – 400% increase)

What to Expect…

An Increase in Devastation

Epic Disasters.com

Year Storms Hurricanes2005 22 121995 19 111969 18 121936 16 151931 21 10

What to Expect…

An Increase in Devastation

“Then you will be handed over to persecution and to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.” Matthew 24:9

“Then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now…” Matthew 24:21

“Immediately after the distress of those days…” Matthew 24:29

What to Expect…

An Increase in Devastation

“He will speak against the Most High and oppress his saints… The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time.” Daniel 7:25

“It will be for a time, times and half a time. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.” Daniel 12:7

What to Expect…

An Increase in Devastation

• More Christians were killed in the 20th Century than the 1,900 years before combined.

• 75 / 100 religion based killings are Christians• 100,000,000 Christians are currently being

persecuted in more than 45 countriesPersecution.com and UCG.org

What to Expect…

An Increase in Declaration

• 6,900 Unreached People Groups• 3,000,000,000 Unreached People

(Definition: less than 2% Evangelical)

– 86% live in the 10/40 Window– only 2.4% of missionaries go there

The Joshua Project

What to Expect…

An Increase in DeclarationWorld Population:

World A – 1.6 B (28%)

World B – 2.4 B (40%)

World C – 2.0 B (32%)

What to Expect…

Missionaries:World A – 10,200

(2.4%)World B – 103,000

(24.5%)World C – 306,000

(73.1%)Global Frontier Missions: State of the World 2011

Distribution of Missionaries

World A World B World C

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%

% World Population

% Missionaries

(Least Reached) (Less Reached)(Most Reached)

73%

25%2%

40%28% 32%1.6

B pe

ople

Bible Translation

2,000+ No Scripture

1,500+ Works in Progress

1,223 New Testament 471

Bible

Wycliffe.org

Of 6,800 Languages

Bible Translation Progress5% of the world has no Scripture – 350,000,000 people

Unreached, Unengaged People Groups

Dr. Alex Abraham

What to Expect When the World is Ending:

Increasing…

Deception(Distraction)

Devastation(Persecution)

Declaration(Demonstration)

Therefore,

Stay Alert

Stand Firm

Serve Faithfully

A Little Weekend Project…

Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani

Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani

“I need to remind my beloveds, though my trial has been so long, and as in the flesh I wish these days to end, yet I have surrendered

myself to God’s will.”

“This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” Matthew 24:14

Muslim

Protestant

Catholic

Orthodox

ChineseHindu

Buddhist

Matthew 24

“These are the beginning of birth pains…” (v. 9)

• Increasing Deception Stay Alert• Increasing Devastation Stand Firm• Increasing Declaration Serve Faithfully

“Learn this lesson from the fig tree…” (v. 32)

Matthew 24

“These are the beginning of birth pains…” (v. 9)

“You are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.”

1 Thessalonians 5:4

“Learn this lesson from the fig tree…” (v. 32)