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Luke 21Not One Stone Upon Another Jerusalem

Was Destroyed In AD 70 Times Of The

Gentiles or Fullness Of The Gentiles Nuclear

Weapons Is the kingdom of God now This Generation wars

and rumors of wars

Lets read Luke 211-7

Not One Stone Upon Another

bull NAU Luke 216 As for these things which you are looking at the days will come in which there will not be left one stone upon another which will not be torn downrdquo

bull [Luke 1944 Matthew 242 Mark 132]

Not One Stone Upon Anotherbull Jerusalem Daily Photo

Todayrsquos photo by Amos Gal evidences the Roman destruction of Jerusalem the huge stones were thrown down and have there remained to this day amongst a bustling city thriving with renewal

Luke 217 When

bull NAU Luke 217 They questioned Him saying Teacher when therefore will these things happen

bull Nathan Jones lists 10 signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull False christs (false messiahs and false teachers) increase of wars many earthquakes famines plagues [disease] fearful disasters [social] signs from the skies persecution of Christians world focused on Jerusalem

bull So keep looking up

Lets read Luke 218-19

Luke 219 Warsbull ldquoSince 3600 BC the world has known only 292 years of peace In that

period stretching more than 55 centuries there have been an incredible 14531 wars in which over 36 billion people have been killedrdquo John Ankerberg and John Weldon

bull NAU Isaiah 23 And many peoples will come and say Come let us go up to the mountain of the LORD To the house of the God of Jacob That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem 4 And He will judge between the nations And will render decisions for many peoples And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks Nation will not lift up sword against nation And never again will they learn war

bull This aint happened yet but it will in the future

Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated

bull NAU Luke 2116 But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends and they will put some of you to death 17 and you will be hated by all because of My name 18 Yet not a hair of your head will perish

Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated

bull NAU Luke 2116hellipbetrayedparents and brothers and relatives and friendsput some of you to death

bull Mark 1312 Now brother will betray brother to death and a father his child and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death 13 And you will be hated by all for My names sake But he who endures to the end shall be saved

bull Micah 76 For son treats father contemptuously Daughter rises up against her mother Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law A mans enemies are the men of his own household 7 But as for me I will watch expectantly for the LORD I will wait for the God of my salvation My God will hear me 8 Do not rejoice over me O my enemy Though I fall I will rise Though I dwell in darkness the LORD is a light for me

Lets read Luke 2120-28

Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 2120 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies then recognize that her desolation is near

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 ADbull Coins Celebrating the Great

Revolt Against the Romans Unearthed near Jerusalem

bull Bible and archaeology news Robin Ngo 08052014

Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE)

Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

bull During excavations along the main highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists discovered a ceramic moneybox containing 114 bronze coins Each of the coins features a chalice and the Hebrew inscription ldquoTo the Redemption of Zionrdquo on one side and on the other side a motif of palm branches and citron fruits with the Hebrew inscription ldquoYear Fourrdquomdasha reference to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) The revolt ended with the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple

bull ldquoThe hoard which appears to have been buried several

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull months prior to the fall of Jerusalem provides us with a glimpse into the lives of Jews living on the outskirts of Jerusalem at the end of the rebellionrdquosaid excavation directors Pablo Betzer and Eyal Marco in a press release issued by the IAA ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo

bull The hoard was excavated from a building constructed in the first century BCE The building was subsequently destroyed in 69 or 70 CE during the conclusion of the Great Revolt

bull Read the IAA press releasebull httpwwwbiblicalarchaeologyorgdailybiblical-sites-placesjerusalemcoins-celebrating-the-great-revolt-against-the-romans

-unearthed-near-jerusalemmqsc=E3777066amputm_source=WhatCountsEmailamputm_medium=BHD+Week20in20Review20Newsletteramputm_campaign=E4W809

Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 1944 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull ldquowill level you to the groundrdquo not one stone upon anotherbull Why ldquobecause you did not recognize the time of your

visitationrdquobull You mean Jesus held them accountable to know and

understand Bible prophecybull Absolutely

Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles

bull Q In Luke 2124 it mentions lsquothe times of the Gentilesrsquo In Romans 1125 it mentions lsquothe fullness of the Gentilesrsquo But according to Revelation 79 and 714 there will be Gentiles saved during the great tribulation I have difficulty to explain Romans 1125 together with Revelation 7914 Is the lsquotimes of the Gentilesrsquo and the lsquofullness of the Gentilesrsquo pointing to the same time

bull A The times of the Gentiles mentioned in Luke 2124 runs from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar which began about 608 BC and ends at the 2nd Coming The reason itrsquos plural is because there are four major kingdoms involved Babylon Persia Greece and Rome (twice)

bull The fullness of the Gentiles in Romans 1125 refers to the number of people who become believers during the Church age When this number is reached the Rapture will take place Gentiles saved after the Rapture (Rev 7914)are called Tribulation Saints and donrsquot belong to the Church

Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles

bull compassorg says ldquoThe context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)rdquo

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Lets read Luke 211-7

Not One Stone Upon Another

bull NAU Luke 216 As for these things which you are looking at the days will come in which there will not be left one stone upon another which will not be torn downrdquo

bull [Luke 1944 Matthew 242 Mark 132]

Not One Stone Upon Anotherbull Jerusalem Daily Photo

Todayrsquos photo by Amos Gal evidences the Roman destruction of Jerusalem the huge stones were thrown down and have there remained to this day amongst a bustling city thriving with renewal

Luke 217 When

bull NAU Luke 217 They questioned Him saying Teacher when therefore will these things happen

bull Nathan Jones lists 10 signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull False christs (false messiahs and false teachers) increase of wars many earthquakes famines plagues [disease] fearful disasters [social] signs from the skies persecution of Christians world focused on Jerusalem

bull So keep looking up

Lets read Luke 218-19

Luke 219 Warsbull ldquoSince 3600 BC the world has known only 292 years of peace In that

period stretching more than 55 centuries there have been an incredible 14531 wars in which over 36 billion people have been killedrdquo John Ankerberg and John Weldon

bull NAU Isaiah 23 And many peoples will come and say Come let us go up to the mountain of the LORD To the house of the God of Jacob That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem 4 And He will judge between the nations And will render decisions for many peoples And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks Nation will not lift up sword against nation And never again will they learn war

bull This aint happened yet but it will in the future

Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated

bull NAU Luke 2116 But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends and they will put some of you to death 17 and you will be hated by all because of My name 18 Yet not a hair of your head will perish

Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated

bull NAU Luke 2116hellipbetrayedparents and brothers and relatives and friendsput some of you to death

bull Mark 1312 Now brother will betray brother to death and a father his child and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death 13 And you will be hated by all for My names sake But he who endures to the end shall be saved

bull Micah 76 For son treats father contemptuously Daughter rises up against her mother Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law A mans enemies are the men of his own household 7 But as for me I will watch expectantly for the LORD I will wait for the God of my salvation My God will hear me 8 Do not rejoice over me O my enemy Though I fall I will rise Though I dwell in darkness the LORD is a light for me

Lets read Luke 2120-28

Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 2120 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies then recognize that her desolation is near

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 ADbull Coins Celebrating the Great

Revolt Against the Romans Unearthed near Jerusalem

bull Bible and archaeology news Robin Ngo 08052014

Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE)

Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

bull During excavations along the main highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists discovered a ceramic moneybox containing 114 bronze coins Each of the coins features a chalice and the Hebrew inscription ldquoTo the Redemption of Zionrdquo on one side and on the other side a motif of palm branches and citron fruits with the Hebrew inscription ldquoYear Fourrdquomdasha reference to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) The revolt ended with the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple

bull ldquoThe hoard which appears to have been buried several

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull months prior to the fall of Jerusalem provides us with a glimpse into the lives of Jews living on the outskirts of Jerusalem at the end of the rebellionrdquosaid excavation directors Pablo Betzer and Eyal Marco in a press release issued by the IAA ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo

bull The hoard was excavated from a building constructed in the first century BCE The building was subsequently destroyed in 69 or 70 CE during the conclusion of the Great Revolt

bull Read the IAA press releasebull httpwwwbiblicalarchaeologyorgdailybiblical-sites-placesjerusalemcoins-celebrating-the-great-revolt-against-the-romans

-unearthed-near-jerusalemmqsc=E3777066amputm_source=WhatCountsEmailamputm_medium=BHD+Week20in20Review20Newsletteramputm_campaign=E4W809

Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 1944 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull ldquowill level you to the groundrdquo not one stone upon anotherbull Why ldquobecause you did not recognize the time of your

visitationrdquobull You mean Jesus held them accountable to know and

understand Bible prophecybull Absolutely

Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles

bull Q In Luke 2124 it mentions lsquothe times of the Gentilesrsquo In Romans 1125 it mentions lsquothe fullness of the Gentilesrsquo But according to Revelation 79 and 714 there will be Gentiles saved during the great tribulation I have difficulty to explain Romans 1125 together with Revelation 7914 Is the lsquotimes of the Gentilesrsquo and the lsquofullness of the Gentilesrsquo pointing to the same time

bull A The times of the Gentiles mentioned in Luke 2124 runs from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar which began about 608 BC and ends at the 2nd Coming The reason itrsquos plural is because there are four major kingdoms involved Babylon Persia Greece and Rome (twice)

bull The fullness of the Gentiles in Romans 1125 refers to the number of people who become believers during the Church age When this number is reached the Rapture will take place Gentiles saved after the Rapture (Rev 7914)are called Tribulation Saints and donrsquot belong to the Church

Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles

bull compassorg says ldquoThe context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)rdquo

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Not One Stone Upon Another

bull NAU Luke 216 As for these things which you are looking at the days will come in which there will not be left one stone upon another which will not be torn downrdquo

bull [Luke 1944 Matthew 242 Mark 132]

Not One Stone Upon Anotherbull Jerusalem Daily Photo

Todayrsquos photo by Amos Gal evidences the Roman destruction of Jerusalem the huge stones were thrown down and have there remained to this day amongst a bustling city thriving with renewal

Luke 217 When

bull NAU Luke 217 They questioned Him saying Teacher when therefore will these things happen

bull Nathan Jones lists 10 signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull False christs (false messiahs and false teachers) increase of wars many earthquakes famines plagues [disease] fearful disasters [social] signs from the skies persecution of Christians world focused on Jerusalem

bull So keep looking up

Lets read Luke 218-19

Luke 219 Warsbull ldquoSince 3600 BC the world has known only 292 years of peace In that

period stretching more than 55 centuries there have been an incredible 14531 wars in which over 36 billion people have been killedrdquo John Ankerberg and John Weldon

bull NAU Isaiah 23 And many peoples will come and say Come let us go up to the mountain of the LORD To the house of the God of Jacob That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem 4 And He will judge between the nations And will render decisions for many peoples And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks Nation will not lift up sword against nation And never again will they learn war

bull This aint happened yet but it will in the future

Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated

bull NAU Luke 2116 But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends and they will put some of you to death 17 and you will be hated by all because of My name 18 Yet not a hair of your head will perish

Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated

bull NAU Luke 2116hellipbetrayedparents and brothers and relatives and friendsput some of you to death

bull Mark 1312 Now brother will betray brother to death and a father his child and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death 13 And you will be hated by all for My names sake But he who endures to the end shall be saved

bull Micah 76 For son treats father contemptuously Daughter rises up against her mother Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law A mans enemies are the men of his own household 7 But as for me I will watch expectantly for the LORD I will wait for the God of my salvation My God will hear me 8 Do not rejoice over me O my enemy Though I fall I will rise Though I dwell in darkness the LORD is a light for me

Lets read Luke 2120-28

Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 2120 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies then recognize that her desolation is near

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 ADbull Coins Celebrating the Great

Revolt Against the Romans Unearthed near Jerusalem

bull Bible and archaeology news Robin Ngo 08052014

Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE)

Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

bull During excavations along the main highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists discovered a ceramic moneybox containing 114 bronze coins Each of the coins features a chalice and the Hebrew inscription ldquoTo the Redemption of Zionrdquo on one side and on the other side a motif of palm branches and citron fruits with the Hebrew inscription ldquoYear Fourrdquomdasha reference to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) The revolt ended with the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple

bull ldquoThe hoard which appears to have been buried several

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull months prior to the fall of Jerusalem provides us with a glimpse into the lives of Jews living on the outskirts of Jerusalem at the end of the rebellionrdquosaid excavation directors Pablo Betzer and Eyal Marco in a press release issued by the IAA ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo

bull The hoard was excavated from a building constructed in the first century BCE The building was subsequently destroyed in 69 or 70 CE during the conclusion of the Great Revolt

bull Read the IAA press releasebull httpwwwbiblicalarchaeologyorgdailybiblical-sites-placesjerusalemcoins-celebrating-the-great-revolt-against-the-romans

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Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 1944 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull ldquowill level you to the groundrdquo not one stone upon anotherbull Why ldquobecause you did not recognize the time of your

visitationrdquobull You mean Jesus held them accountable to know and

understand Bible prophecybull Absolutely

Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles

bull Q In Luke 2124 it mentions lsquothe times of the Gentilesrsquo In Romans 1125 it mentions lsquothe fullness of the Gentilesrsquo But according to Revelation 79 and 714 there will be Gentiles saved during the great tribulation I have difficulty to explain Romans 1125 together with Revelation 7914 Is the lsquotimes of the Gentilesrsquo and the lsquofullness of the Gentilesrsquo pointing to the same time

bull A The times of the Gentiles mentioned in Luke 2124 runs from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar which began about 608 BC and ends at the 2nd Coming The reason itrsquos plural is because there are four major kingdoms involved Babylon Persia Greece and Rome (twice)

bull The fullness of the Gentiles in Romans 1125 refers to the number of people who become believers during the Church age When this number is reached the Rapture will take place Gentiles saved after the Rapture (Rev 7914)are called Tribulation Saints and donrsquot belong to the Church

Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles

bull compassorg says ldquoThe context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)rdquo

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Not One Stone Upon Anotherbull Jerusalem Daily Photo

Todayrsquos photo by Amos Gal evidences the Roman destruction of Jerusalem the huge stones were thrown down and have there remained to this day amongst a bustling city thriving with renewal

Luke 217 When

bull NAU Luke 217 They questioned Him saying Teacher when therefore will these things happen

bull Nathan Jones lists 10 signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull False christs (false messiahs and false teachers) increase of wars many earthquakes famines plagues [disease] fearful disasters [social] signs from the skies persecution of Christians world focused on Jerusalem

bull So keep looking up

Lets read Luke 218-19

Luke 219 Warsbull ldquoSince 3600 BC the world has known only 292 years of peace In that

period stretching more than 55 centuries there have been an incredible 14531 wars in which over 36 billion people have been killedrdquo John Ankerberg and John Weldon

bull NAU Isaiah 23 And many peoples will come and say Come let us go up to the mountain of the LORD To the house of the God of Jacob That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem 4 And He will judge between the nations And will render decisions for many peoples And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks Nation will not lift up sword against nation And never again will they learn war

bull This aint happened yet but it will in the future

Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated

bull NAU Luke 2116 But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends and they will put some of you to death 17 and you will be hated by all because of My name 18 Yet not a hair of your head will perish

Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated

bull NAU Luke 2116hellipbetrayedparents and brothers and relatives and friendsput some of you to death

bull Mark 1312 Now brother will betray brother to death and a father his child and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death 13 And you will be hated by all for My names sake But he who endures to the end shall be saved

bull Micah 76 For son treats father contemptuously Daughter rises up against her mother Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law A mans enemies are the men of his own household 7 But as for me I will watch expectantly for the LORD I will wait for the God of my salvation My God will hear me 8 Do not rejoice over me O my enemy Though I fall I will rise Though I dwell in darkness the LORD is a light for me

Lets read Luke 2120-28

Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 2120 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies then recognize that her desolation is near

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 ADbull Coins Celebrating the Great

Revolt Against the Romans Unearthed near Jerusalem

bull Bible and archaeology news Robin Ngo 08052014

Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE)

Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

bull During excavations along the main highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists discovered a ceramic moneybox containing 114 bronze coins Each of the coins features a chalice and the Hebrew inscription ldquoTo the Redemption of Zionrdquo on one side and on the other side a motif of palm branches and citron fruits with the Hebrew inscription ldquoYear Fourrdquomdasha reference to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) The revolt ended with the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple

bull ldquoThe hoard which appears to have been buried several

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull months prior to the fall of Jerusalem provides us with a glimpse into the lives of Jews living on the outskirts of Jerusalem at the end of the rebellionrdquosaid excavation directors Pablo Betzer and Eyal Marco in a press release issued by the IAA ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo

bull The hoard was excavated from a building constructed in the first century BCE The building was subsequently destroyed in 69 or 70 CE during the conclusion of the Great Revolt

bull Read the IAA press releasebull httpwwwbiblicalarchaeologyorgdailybiblical-sites-placesjerusalemcoins-celebrating-the-great-revolt-against-the-romans

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Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 1944 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull ldquowill level you to the groundrdquo not one stone upon anotherbull Why ldquobecause you did not recognize the time of your

visitationrdquobull You mean Jesus held them accountable to know and

understand Bible prophecybull Absolutely

Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles

bull Q In Luke 2124 it mentions lsquothe times of the Gentilesrsquo In Romans 1125 it mentions lsquothe fullness of the Gentilesrsquo But according to Revelation 79 and 714 there will be Gentiles saved during the great tribulation I have difficulty to explain Romans 1125 together with Revelation 7914 Is the lsquotimes of the Gentilesrsquo and the lsquofullness of the Gentilesrsquo pointing to the same time

bull A The times of the Gentiles mentioned in Luke 2124 runs from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar which began about 608 BC and ends at the 2nd Coming The reason itrsquos plural is because there are four major kingdoms involved Babylon Persia Greece and Rome (twice)

bull The fullness of the Gentiles in Romans 1125 refers to the number of people who become believers during the Church age When this number is reached the Rapture will take place Gentiles saved after the Rapture (Rev 7914)are called Tribulation Saints and donrsquot belong to the Church

Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles

bull compassorg says ldquoThe context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)rdquo

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

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70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 217 When

bull NAU Luke 217 They questioned Him saying Teacher when therefore will these things happen

bull Nathan Jones lists 10 signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull False christs (false messiahs and false teachers) increase of wars many earthquakes famines plagues [disease] fearful disasters [social] signs from the skies persecution of Christians world focused on Jerusalem

bull So keep looking up

Lets read Luke 218-19

Luke 219 Warsbull ldquoSince 3600 BC the world has known only 292 years of peace In that

period stretching more than 55 centuries there have been an incredible 14531 wars in which over 36 billion people have been killedrdquo John Ankerberg and John Weldon

bull NAU Isaiah 23 And many peoples will come and say Come let us go up to the mountain of the LORD To the house of the God of Jacob That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem 4 And He will judge between the nations And will render decisions for many peoples And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks Nation will not lift up sword against nation And never again will they learn war

bull This aint happened yet but it will in the future

Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated

bull NAU Luke 2116 But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends and they will put some of you to death 17 and you will be hated by all because of My name 18 Yet not a hair of your head will perish

Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated

bull NAU Luke 2116hellipbetrayedparents and brothers and relatives and friendsput some of you to death

bull Mark 1312 Now brother will betray brother to death and a father his child and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death 13 And you will be hated by all for My names sake But he who endures to the end shall be saved

bull Micah 76 For son treats father contemptuously Daughter rises up against her mother Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law A mans enemies are the men of his own household 7 But as for me I will watch expectantly for the LORD I will wait for the God of my salvation My God will hear me 8 Do not rejoice over me O my enemy Though I fall I will rise Though I dwell in darkness the LORD is a light for me

Lets read Luke 2120-28

Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 2120 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies then recognize that her desolation is near

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 ADbull Coins Celebrating the Great

Revolt Against the Romans Unearthed near Jerusalem

bull Bible and archaeology news Robin Ngo 08052014

Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE)

Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

bull During excavations along the main highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists discovered a ceramic moneybox containing 114 bronze coins Each of the coins features a chalice and the Hebrew inscription ldquoTo the Redemption of Zionrdquo on one side and on the other side a motif of palm branches and citron fruits with the Hebrew inscription ldquoYear Fourrdquomdasha reference to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) The revolt ended with the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple

bull ldquoThe hoard which appears to have been buried several

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull months prior to the fall of Jerusalem provides us with a glimpse into the lives of Jews living on the outskirts of Jerusalem at the end of the rebellionrdquosaid excavation directors Pablo Betzer and Eyal Marco in a press release issued by the IAA ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo

bull The hoard was excavated from a building constructed in the first century BCE The building was subsequently destroyed in 69 or 70 CE during the conclusion of the Great Revolt

bull Read the IAA press releasebull httpwwwbiblicalarchaeologyorgdailybiblical-sites-placesjerusalemcoins-celebrating-the-great-revolt-against-the-romans

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Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 1944 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull ldquowill level you to the groundrdquo not one stone upon anotherbull Why ldquobecause you did not recognize the time of your

visitationrdquobull You mean Jesus held them accountable to know and

understand Bible prophecybull Absolutely

Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles

bull Q In Luke 2124 it mentions lsquothe times of the Gentilesrsquo In Romans 1125 it mentions lsquothe fullness of the Gentilesrsquo But according to Revelation 79 and 714 there will be Gentiles saved during the great tribulation I have difficulty to explain Romans 1125 together with Revelation 7914 Is the lsquotimes of the Gentilesrsquo and the lsquofullness of the Gentilesrsquo pointing to the same time

bull A The times of the Gentiles mentioned in Luke 2124 runs from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar which began about 608 BC and ends at the 2nd Coming The reason itrsquos plural is because there are four major kingdoms involved Babylon Persia Greece and Rome (twice)

bull The fullness of the Gentiles in Romans 1125 refers to the number of people who become believers during the Church age When this number is reached the Rapture will take place Gentiles saved after the Rapture (Rev 7914)are called Tribulation Saints and donrsquot belong to the Church

Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles

bull compassorg says ldquoThe context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)rdquo

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Lets read Luke 218-19

Luke 219 Warsbull ldquoSince 3600 BC the world has known only 292 years of peace In that

period stretching more than 55 centuries there have been an incredible 14531 wars in which over 36 billion people have been killedrdquo John Ankerberg and John Weldon

bull NAU Isaiah 23 And many peoples will come and say Come let us go up to the mountain of the LORD To the house of the God of Jacob That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem 4 And He will judge between the nations And will render decisions for many peoples And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks Nation will not lift up sword against nation And never again will they learn war

bull This aint happened yet but it will in the future

Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated

bull NAU Luke 2116 But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends and they will put some of you to death 17 and you will be hated by all because of My name 18 Yet not a hair of your head will perish

Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated

bull NAU Luke 2116hellipbetrayedparents and brothers and relatives and friendsput some of you to death

bull Mark 1312 Now brother will betray brother to death and a father his child and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death 13 And you will be hated by all for My names sake But he who endures to the end shall be saved

bull Micah 76 For son treats father contemptuously Daughter rises up against her mother Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law A mans enemies are the men of his own household 7 But as for me I will watch expectantly for the LORD I will wait for the God of my salvation My God will hear me 8 Do not rejoice over me O my enemy Though I fall I will rise Though I dwell in darkness the LORD is a light for me

Lets read Luke 2120-28

Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 2120 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies then recognize that her desolation is near

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 ADbull Coins Celebrating the Great

Revolt Against the Romans Unearthed near Jerusalem

bull Bible and archaeology news Robin Ngo 08052014

Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE)

Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

bull During excavations along the main highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists discovered a ceramic moneybox containing 114 bronze coins Each of the coins features a chalice and the Hebrew inscription ldquoTo the Redemption of Zionrdquo on one side and on the other side a motif of palm branches and citron fruits with the Hebrew inscription ldquoYear Fourrdquomdasha reference to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) The revolt ended with the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple

bull ldquoThe hoard which appears to have been buried several

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull months prior to the fall of Jerusalem provides us with a glimpse into the lives of Jews living on the outskirts of Jerusalem at the end of the rebellionrdquosaid excavation directors Pablo Betzer and Eyal Marco in a press release issued by the IAA ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo

bull The hoard was excavated from a building constructed in the first century BCE The building was subsequently destroyed in 69 or 70 CE during the conclusion of the Great Revolt

bull Read the IAA press releasebull httpwwwbiblicalarchaeologyorgdailybiblical-sites-placesjerusalemcoins-celebrating-the-great-revolt-against-the-romans

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Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 1944 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull ldquowill level you to the groundrdquo not one stone upon anotherbull Why ldquobecause you did not recognize the time of your

visitationrdquobull You mean Jesus held them accountable to know and

understand Bible prophecybull Absolutely

Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles

bull Q In Luke 2124 it mentions lsquothe times of the Gentilesrsquo In Romans 1125 it mentions lsquothe fullness of the Gentilesrsquo But according to Revelation 79 and 714 there will be Gentiles saved during the great tribulation I have difficulty to explain Romans 1125 together with Revelation 7914 Is the lsquotimes of the Gentilesrsquo and the lsquofullness of the Gentilesrsquo pointing to the same time

bull A The times of the Gentiles mentioned in Luke 2124 runs from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar which began about 608 BC and ends at the 2nd Coming The reason itrsquos plural is because there are four major kingdoms involved Babylon Persia Greece and Rome (twice)

bull The fullness of the Gentiles in Romans 1125 refers to the number of people who become believers during the Church age When this number is reached the Rapture will take place Gentiles saved after the Rapture (Rev 7914)are called Tribulation Saints and donrsquot belong to the Church

Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles

bull compassorg says ldquoThe context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)rdquo

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 219 Warsbull ldquoSince 3600 BC the world has known only 292 years of peace In that

period stretching more than 55 centuries there have been an incredible 14531 wars in which over 36 billion people have been killedrdquo John Ankerberg and John Weldon

bull NAU Isaiah 23 And many peoples will come and say Come let us go up to the mountain of the LORD To the house of the God of Jacob That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem 4 And He will judge between the nations And will render decisions for many peoples And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks Nation will not lift up sword against nation And never again will they learn war

bull This aint happened yet but it will in the future

Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated

bull NAU Luke 2116 But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends and they will put some of you to death 17 and you will be hated by all because of My name 18 Yet not a hair of your head will perish

Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated

bull NAU Luke 2116hellipbetrayedparents and brothers and relatives and friendsput some of you to death

bull Mark 1312 Now brother will betray brother to death and a father his child and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death 13 And you will be hated by all for My names sake But he who endures to the end shall be saved

bull Micah 76 For son treats father contemptuously Daughter rises up against her mother Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law A mans enemies are the men of his own household 7 But as for me I will watch expectantly for the LORD I will wait for the God of my salvation My God will hear me 8 Do not rejoice over me O my enemy Though I fall I will rise Though I dwell in darkness the LORD is a light for me

Lets read Luke 2120-28

Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 2120 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies then recognize that her desolation is near

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 ADbull Coins Celebrating the Great

Revolt Against the Romans Unearthed near Jerusalem

bull Bible and archaeology news Robin Ngo 08052014

Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE)

Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

bull During excavations along the main highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists discovered a ceramic moneybox containing 114 bronze coins Each of the coins features a chalice and the Hebrew inscription ldquoTo the Redemption of Zionrdquo on one side and on the other side a motif of palm branches and citron fruits with the Hebrew inscription ldquoYear Fourrdquomdasha reference to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) The revolt ended with the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple

bull ldquoThe hoard which appears to have been buried several

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull months prior to the fall of Jerusalem provides us with a glimpse into the lives of Jews living on the outskirts of Jerusalem at the end of the rebellionrdquosaid excavation directors Pablo Betzer and Eyal Marco in a press release issued by the IAA ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo

bull The hoard was excavated from a building constructed in the first century BCE The building was subsequently destroyed in 69 or 70 CE during the conclusion of the Great Revolt

bull Read the IAA press releasebull httpwwwbiblicalarchaeologyorgdailybiblical-sites-placesjerusalemcoins-celebrating-the-great-revolt-against-the-romans

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Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 1944 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull ldquowill level you to the groundrdquo not one stone upon anotherbull Why ldquobecause you did not recognize the time of your

visitationrdquobull You mean Jesus held them accountable to know and

understand Bible prophecybull Absolutely

Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles

bull Q In Luke 2124 it mentions lsquothe times of the Gentilesrsquo In Romans 1125 it mentions lsquothe fullness of the Gentilesrsquo But according to Revelation 79 and 714 there will be Gentiles saved during the great tribulation I have difficulty to explain Romans 1125 together with Revelation 7914 Is the lsquotimes of the Gentilesrsquo and the lsquofullness of the Gentilesrsquo pointing to the same time

bull A The times of the Gentiles mentioned in Luke 2124 runs from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar which began about 608 BC and ends at the 2nd Coming The reason itrsquos plural is because there are four major kingdoms involved Babylon Persia Greece and Rome (twice)

bull The fullness of the Gentiles in Romans 1125 refers to the number of people who become believers during the Church age When this number is reached the Rapture will take place Gentiles saved after the Rapture (Rev 7914)are called Tribulation Saints and donrsquot belong to the Church

Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles

bull compassorg says ldquoThe context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)rdquo

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated

bull NAU Luke 2116 But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends and they will put some of you to death 17 and you will be hated by all because of My name 18 Yet not a hair of your head will perish

Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated

bull NAU Luke 2116hellipbetrayedparents and brothers and relatives and friendsput some of you to death

bull Mark 1312 Now brother will betray brother to death and a father his child and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death 13 And you will be hated by all for My names sake But he who endures to the end shall be saved

bull Micah 76 For son treats father contemptuously Daughter rises up against her mother Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law A mans enemies are the men of his own household 7 But as for me I will watch expectantly for the LORD I will wait for the God of my salvation My God will hear me 8 Do not rejoice over me O my enemy Though I fall I will rise Though I dwell in darkness the LORD is a light for me

Lets read Luke 2120-28

Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 2120 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies then recognize that her desolation is near

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 ADbull Coins Celebrating the Great

Revolt Against the Romans Unearthed near Jerusalem

bull Bible and archaeology news Robin Ngo 08052014

Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE)

Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

bull During excavations along the main highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists discovered a ceramic moneybox containing 114 bronze coins Each of the coins features a chalice and the Hebrew inscription ldquoTo the Redemption of Zionrdquo on one side and on the other side a motif of palm branches and citron fruits with the Hebrew inscription ldquoYear Fourrdquomdasha reference to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) The revolt ended with the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple

bull ldquoThe hoard which appears to have been buried several

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull months prior to the fall of Jerusalem provides us with a glimpse into the lives of Jews living on the outskirts of Jerusalem at the end of the rebellionrdquosaid excavation directors Pablo Betzer and Eyal Marco in a press release issued by the IAA ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo

bull The hoard was excavated from a building constructed in the first century BCE The building was subsequently destroyed in 69 or 70 CE during the conclusion of the Great Revolt

bull Read the IAA press releasebull httpwwwbiblicalarchaeologyorgdailybiblical-sites-placesjerusalemcoins-celebrating-the-great-revolt-against-the-romans

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Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 1944 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull ldquowill level you to the groundrdquo not one stone upon anotherbull Why ldquobecause you did not recognize the time of your

visitationrdquobull You mean Jesus held them accountable to know and

understand Bible prophecybull Absolutely

Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles

bull Q In Luke 2124 it mentions lsquothe times of the Gentilesrsquo In Romans 1125 it mentions lsquothe fullness of the Gentilesrsquo But according to Revelation 79 and 714 there will be Gentiles saved during the great tribulation I have difficulty to explain Romans 1125 together with Revelation 7914 Is the lsquotimes of the Gentilesrsquo and the lsquofullness of the Gentilesrsquo pointing to the same time

bull A The times of the Gentiles mentioned in Luke 2124 runs from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar which began about 608 BC and ends at the 2nd Coming The reason itrsquos plural is because there are four major kingdoms involved Babylon Persia Greece and Rome (twice)

bull The fullness of the Gentiles in Romans 1125 refers to the number of people who become believers during the Church age When this number is reached the Rapture will take place Gentiles saved after the Rapture (Rev 7914)are called Tribulation Saints and donrsquot belong to the Church

Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles

bull compassorg says ldquoThe context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)rdquo

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated

bull NAU Luke 2116hellipbetrayedparents and brothers and relatives and friendsput some of you to death

bull Mark 1312 Now brother will betray brother to death and a father his child and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death 13 And you will be hated by all for My names sake But he who endures to the end shall be saved

bull Micah 76 For son treats father contemptuously Daughter rises up against her mother Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law A mans enemies are the men of his own household 7 But as for me I will watch expectantly for the LORD I will wait for the God of my salvation My God will hear me 8 Do not rejoice over me O my enemy Though I fall I will rise Though I dwell in darkness the LORD is a light for me

Lets read Luke 2120-28

Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 2120 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies then recognize that her desolation is near

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 ADbull Coins Celebrating the Great

Revolt Against the Romans Unearthed near Jerusalem

bull Bible and archaeology news Robin Ngo 08052014

Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE)

Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

bull During excavations along the main highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists discovered a ceramic moneybox containing 114 bronze coins Each of the coins features a chalice and the Hebrew inscription ldquoTo the Redemption of Zionrdquo on one side and on the other side a motif of palm branches and citron fruits with the Hebrew inscription ldquoYear Fourrdquomdasha reference to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) The revolt ended with the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple

bull ldquoThe hoard which appears to have been buried several

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull months prior to the fall of Jerusalem provides us with a glimpse into the lives of Jews living on the outskirts of Jerusalem at the end of the rebellionrdquosaid excavation directors Pablo Betzer and Eyal Marco in a press release issued by the IAA ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo

bull The hoard was excavated from a building constructed in the first century BCE The building was subsequently destroyed in 69 or 70 CE during the conclusion of the Great Revolt

bull Read the IAA press releasebull httpwwwbiblicalarchaeologyorgdailybiblical-sites-placesjerusalemcoins-celebrating-the-great-revolt-against-the-romans

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Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 1944 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull ldquowill level you to the groundrdquo not one stone upon anotherbull Why ldquobecause you did not recognize the time of your

visitationrdquobull You mean Jesus held them accountable to know and

understand Bible prophecybull Absolutely

Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles

bull Q In Luke 2124 it mentions lsquothe times of the Gentilesrsquo In Romans 1125 it mentions lsquothe fullness of the Gentilesrsquo But according to Revelation 79 and 714 there will be Gentiles saved during the great tribulation I have difficulty to explain Romans 1125 together with Revelation 7914 Is the lsquotimes of the Gentilesrsquo and the lsquofullness of the Gentilesrsquo pointing to the same time

bull A The times of the Gentiles mentioned in Luke 2124 runs from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar which began about 608 BC and ends at the 2nd Coming The reason itrsquos plural is because there are four major kingdoms involved Babylon Persia Greece and Rome (twice)

bull The fullness of the Gentiles in Romans 1125 refers to the number of people who become believers during the Church age When this number is reached the Rapture will take place Gentiles saved after the Rapture (Rev 7914)are called Tribulation Saints and donrsquot belong to the Church

Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles

bull compassorg says ldquoThe context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)rdquo

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Lets read Luke 2120-28

Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 2120 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies then recognize that her desolation is near

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 ADbull Coins Celebrating the Great

Revolt Against the Romans Unearthed near Jerusalem

bull Bible and archaeology news Robin Ngo 08052014

Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE)

Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

bull During excavations along the main highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists discovered a ceramic moneybox containing 114 bronze coins Each of the coins features a chalice and the Hebrew inscription ldquoTo the Redemption of Zionrdquo on one side and on the other side a motif of palm branches and citron fruits with the Hebrew inscription ldquoYear Fourrdquomdasha reference to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) The revolt ended with the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple

bull ldquoThe hoard which appears to have been buried several

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull months prior to the fall of Jerusalem provides us with a glimpse into the lives of Jews living on the outskirts of Jerusalem at the end of the rebellionrdquosaid excavation directors Pablo Betzer and Eyal Marco in a press release issued by the IAA ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo

bull The hoard was excavated from a building constructed in the first century BCE The building was subsequently destroyed in 69 or 70 CE during the conclusion of the Great Revolt

bull Read the IAA press releasebull httpwwwbiblicalarchaeologyorgdailybiblical-sites-placesjerusalemcoins-celebrating-the-great-revolt-against-the-romans

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Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 1944 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull ldquowill level you to the groundrdquo not one stone upon anotherbull Why ldquobecause you did not recognize the time of your

visitationrdquobull You mean Jesus held them accountable to know and

understand Bible prophecybull Absolutely

Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles

bull Q In Luke 2124 it mentions lsquothe times of the Gentilesrsquo In Romans 1125 it mentions lsquothe fullness of the Gentilesrsquo But according to Revelation 79 and 714 there will be Gentiles saved during the great tribulation I have difficulty to explain Romans 1125 together with Revelation 7914 Is the lsquotimes of the Gentilesrsquo and the lsquofullness of the Gentilesrsquo pointing to the same time

bull A The times of the Gentiles mentioned in Luke 2124 runs from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar which began about 608 BC and ends at the 2nd Coming The reason itrsquos plural is because there are four major kingdoms involved Babylon Persia Greece and Rome (twice)

bull The fullness of the Gentiles in Romans 1125 refers to the number of people who become believers during the Church age When this number is reached the Rapture will take place Gentiles saved after the Rapture (Rev 7914)are called Tribulation Saints and donrsquot belong to the Church

Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles

bull compassorg says ldquoThe context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)rdquo

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

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bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 2120 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies then recognize that her desolation is near

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 ADbull Coins Celebrating the Great

Revolt Against the Romans Unearthed near Jerusalem

bull Bible and archaeology news Robin Ngo 08052014

Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE)

Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

bull During excavations along the main highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists discovered a ceramic moneybox containing 114 bronze coins Each of the coins features a chalice and the Hebrew inscription ldquoTo the Redemption of Zionrdquo on one side and on the other side a motif of palm branches and citron fruits with the Hebrew inscription ldquoYear Fourrdquomdasha reference to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) The revolt ended with the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple

bull ldquoThe hoard which appears to have been buried several

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull months prior to the fall of Jerusalem provides us with a glimpse into the lives of Jews living on the outskirts of Jerusalem at the end of the rebellionrdquosaid excavation directors Pablo Betzer and Eyal Marco in a press release issued by the IAA ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo

bull The hoard was excavated from a building constructed in the first century BCE The building was subsequently destroyed in 69 or 70 CE during the conclusion of the Great Revolt

bull Read the IAA press releasebull httpwwwbiblicalarchaeologyorgdailybiblical-sites-placesjerusalemcoins-celebrating-the-great-revolt-against-the-romans

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Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 1944 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull ldquowill level you to the groundrdquo not one stone upon anotherbull Why ldquobecause you did not recognize the time of your

visitationrdquobull You mean Jesus held them accountable to know and

understand Bible prophecybull Absolutely

Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles

bull Q In Luke 2124 it mentions lsquothe times of the Gentilesrsquo In Romans 1125 it mentions lsquothe fullness of the Gentilesrsquo But according to Revelation 79 and 714 there will be Gentiles saved during the great tribulation I have difficulty to explain Romans 1125 together with Revelation 7914 Is the lsquotimes of the Gentilesrsquo and the lsquofullness of the Gentilesrsquo pointing to the same time

bull A The times of the Gentiles mentioned in Luke 2124 runs from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar which began about 608 BC and ends at the 2nd Coming The reason itrsquos plural is because there are four major kingdoms involved Babylon Persia Greece and Rome (twice)

bull The fullness of the Gentiles in Romans 1125 refers to the number of people who become believers during the Church age When this number is reached the Rapture will take place Gentiles saved after the Rapture (Rev 7914)are called Tribulation Saints and donrsquot belong to the Church

Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles

bull compassorg says ldquoThe context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)rdquo

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherwithered-fig-tree-followutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=emailamputm_campaign=Feed3A+Gracethrufaith+28GraceThruFaith29

Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 ADbull Coins Celebrating the Great

Revolt Against the Romans Unearthed near Jerusalem

bull Bible and archaeology news Robin Ngo 08052014

Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE)

Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

bull During excavations along the main highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists discovered a ceramic moneybox containing 114 bronze coins Each of the coins features a chalice and the Hebrew inscription ldquoTo the Redemption of Zionrdquo on one side and on the other side a motif of palm branches and citron fruits with the Hebrew inscription ldquoYear Fourrdquomdasha reference to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) The revolt ended with the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple

bull ldquoThe hoard which appears to have been buried several

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull months prior to the fall of Jerusalem provides us with a glimpse into the lives of Jews living on the outskirts of Jerusalem at the end of the rebellionrdquosaid excavation directors Pablo Betzer and Eyal Marco in a press release issued by the IAA ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo

bull The hoard was excavated from a building constructed in the first century BCE The building was subsequently destroyed in 69 or 70 CE during the conclusion of the Great Revolt

bull Read the IAA press releasebull httpwwwbiblicalarchaeologyorgdailybiblical-sites-placesjerusalemcoins-celebrating-the-great-revolt-against-the-romans

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Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 1944 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull ldquowill level you to the groundrdquo not one stone upon anotherbull Why ldquobecause you did not recognize the time of your

visitationrdquobull You mean Jesus held them accountable to know and

understand Bible prophecybull Absolutely

Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles

bull Q In Luke 2124 it mentions lsquothe times of the Gentilesrsquo In Romans 1125 it mentions lsquothe fullness of the Gentilesrsquo But according to Revelation 79 and 714 there will be Gentiles saved during the great tribulation I have difficulty to explain Romans 1125 together with Revelation 7914 Is the lsquotimes of the Gentilesrsquo and the lsquofullness of the Gentilesrsquo pointing to the same time

bull A The times of the Gentiles mentioned in Luke 2124 runs from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar which began about 608 BC and ends at the 2nd Coming The reason itrsquos plural is because there are four major kingdoms involved Babylon Persia Greece and Rome (twice)

bull The fullness of the Gentiles in Romans 1125 refers to the number of people who become believers during the Church age When this number is reached the Rapture will take place Gentiles saved after the Rapture (Rev 7914)are called Tribulation Saints and donrsquot belong to the Church

Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles

bull compassorg says ldquoThe context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)rdquo

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull Excavations near Jerusalem uncovered a rare hoard of coins dating to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) Photo Vladimir Niihin courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

bull During excavations along the main highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists discovered a ceramic moneybox containing 114 bronze coins Each of the coins features a chalice and the Hebrew inscription ldquoTo the Redemption of Zionrdquo on one side and on the other side a motif of palm branches and citron fruits with the Hebrew inscription ldquoYear Fourrdquomdasha reference to the fourth year of the Great Revolt against the Romans (6970 CE) The revolt ended with the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple

bull ldquoThe hoard which appears to have been buried several

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull months prior to the fall of Jerusalem provides us with a glimpse into the lives of Jews living on the outskirts of Jerusalem at the end of the rebellionrdquosaid excavation directors Pablo Betzer and Eyal Marco in a press release issued by the IAA ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo

bull The hoard was excavated from a building constructed in the first century BCE The building was subsequently destroyed in 69 or 70 CE during the conclusion of the Great Revolt

bull Read the IAA press releasebull httpwwwbiblicalarchaeologyorgdailybiblical-sites-placesjerusalemcoins-celebrating-the-great-revolt-against-the-romans

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Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 1944 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull ldquowill level you to the groundrdquo not one stone upon anotherbull Why ldquobecause you did not recognize the time of your

visitationrdquobull You mean Jesus held them accountable to know and

understand Bible prophecybull Absolutely

Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles

bull Q In Luke 2124 it mentions lsquothe times of the Gentilesrsquo In Romans 1125 it mentions lsquothe fullness of the Gentilesrsquo But according to Revelation 79 and 714 there will be Gentiles saved during the great tribulation I have difficulty to explain Romans 1125 together with Revelation 7914 Is the lsquotimes of the Gentilesrsquo and the lsquofullness of the Gentilesrsquo pointing to the same time

bull A The times of the Gentiles mentioned in Luke 2124 runs from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar which began about 608 BC and ends at the 2nd Coming The reason itrsquos plural is because there are four major kingdoms involved Babylon Persia Greece and Rome (twice)

bull The fullness of the Gentiles in Romans 1125 refers to the number of people who become believers during the Church age When this number is reached the Rapture will take place Gentiles saved after the Rapture (Rev 7914)are called Tribulation Saints and donrsquot belong to the Church

Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles

bull compassorg says ldquoThe context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)rdquo

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD

bull months prior to the fall of Jerusalem provides us with a glimpse into the lives of Jews living on the outskirts of Jerusalem at the end of the rebellionrdquosaid excavation directors Pablo Betzer and Eyal Marco in a press release issued by the IAA ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo

bull The hoard was excavated from a building constructed in the first century BCE The building was subsequently destroyed in 69 or 70 CE during the conclusion of the Great Revolt

bull Read the IAA press releasebull httpwwwbiblicalarchaeologyorgdailybiblical-sites-placesjerusalemcoins-celebrating-the-great-revolt-against-the-romans

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Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 1944 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull ldquowill level you to the groundrdquo not one stone upon anotherbull Why ldquobecause you did not recognize the time of your

visitationrdquobull You mean Jesus held them accountable to know and

understand Bible prophecybull Absolutely

Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles

bull Q In Luke 2124 it mentions lsquothe times of the Gentilesrsquo In Romans 1125 it mentions lsquothe fullness of the Gentilesrsquo But according to Revelation 79 and 714 there will be Gentiles saved during the great tribulation I have difficulty to explain Romans 1125 together with Revelation 7914 Is the lsquotimes of the Gentilesrsquo and the lsquofullness of the Gentilesrsquo pointing to the same time

bull A The times of the Gentiles mentioned in Luke 2124 runs from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar which began about 608 BC and ends at the 2nd Coming The reason itrsquos plural is because there are four major kingdoms involved Babylon Persia Greece and Rome (twice)

bull The fullness of the Gentiles in Romans 1125 refers to the number of people who become believers during the Church age When this number is reached the Rapture will take place Gentiles saved after the Rapture (Rev 7914)are called Tribulation Saints and donrsquot belong to the Church

Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles

bull compassorg says ldquoThe context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)rdquo

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2120Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70

bull NAU Luke 1944 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull ldquowill level you to the groundrdquo not one stone upon anotherbull Why ldquobecause you did not recognize the time of your

visitationrdquobull You mean Jesus held them accountable to know and

understand Bible prophecybull Absolutely

Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles

bull Q In Luke 2124 it mentions lsquothe times of the Gentilesrsquo In Romans 1125 it mentions lsquothe fullness of the Gentilesrsquo But according to Revelation 79 and 714 there will be Gentiles saved during the great tribulation I have difficulty to explain Romans 1125 together with Revelation 7914 Is the lsquotimes of the Gentilesrsquo and the lsquofullness of the Gentilesrsquo pointing to the same time

bull A The times of the Gentiles mentioned in Luke 2124 runs from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar which began about 608 BC and ends at the 2nd Coming The reason itrsquos plural is because there are four major kingdoms involved Babylon Persia Greece and Rome (twice)

bull The fullness of the Gentiles in Romans 1125 refers to the number of people who become believers during the Church age When this number is reached the Rapture will take place Gentiles saved after the Rapture (Rev 7914)are called Tribulation Saints and donrsquot belong to the Church

Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles

bull compassorg says ldquoThe context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)rdquo

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles

bull Q In Luke 2124 it mentions lsquothe times of the Gentilesrsquo In Romans 1125 it mentions lsquothe fullness of the Gentilesrsquo But according to Revelation 79 and 714 there will be Gentiles saved during the great tribulation I have difficulty to explain Romans 1125 together with Revelation 7914 Is the lsquotimes of the Gentilesrsquo and the lsquofullness of the Gentilesrsquo pointing to the same time

bull A The times of the Gentiles mentioned in Luke 2124 runs from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar which began about 608 BC and ends at the 2nd Coming The reason itrsquos plural is because there are four major kingdoms involved Babylon Persia Greece and Rome (twice)

bull The fullness of the Gentiles in Romans 1125 refers to the number of people who become believers during the Church age When this number is reached the Rapture will take place Gentiles saved after the Rapture (Rev 7914)are called Tribulation Saints and donrsquot belong to the Church

Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles

bull compassorg says ldquoThe context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)rdquo

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles

bull compassorg says ldquoThe context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)rdquo

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 1610-11

bull NAU Luke 2125 There will be signs in sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves

bull Mark 1324 But in those days after that tribulation THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT

bull Isaiah 503 530 1310 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light

bull Joel 231 315 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull Revelation 1610-11 612 I looked when He broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair and the whole moon became like blood

bull Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Luke 2126 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things

which are coming upon the world for the powers of the heavens will be shaken

bull Nathan Jones ldquoMost people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone awayhellip There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weaponsrdquo

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU 2 Peter 310 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the

heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up

bull NAU Isaiah (1714 4714) 138 They will be terrified Pains and anguish will take hold of them They will writhe like a woman in labor They will look at one another in astonishment Their faces aflame

bull NAU Joel 210 Before them the earth quakes The heavens tremble The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness

bull NAU Zephaniah 117 I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind Because they have sinned against the LORD And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

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bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2126 Nuclear Weaponsbull NAU Malachi 41 For behold the day is coming burning like a

furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff and the day that is coming will set them ablaze says the LORD of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor branchrdquo

bull NAU Revelation 614 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

bull NAU Zechariah 1412 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in their mouth

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Lets read Luke 2129-38

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God

bull NAU Luke 2131 So you also when you see these things happening recognize that the kingdom of God is near

bull Did Jesus indicate that the kingdom of God would be in our hearts now

bull When did Jesus say the kingdom of God would be near He did not say that when we see these signs that it is ldquohererdquo but ldquonearrdquo After the second coming His kingdom will be established on earth in Jerusalem

bull NAU Luke 2230 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel

bull NAU John 1836 Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this worldhellip

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010

A Summary Of The Kingdombull ldquoI The kingdom of Earth was given to Adam (Gen 128)bull II Adam lost his dominion through the temptation of Satan and the Fall (Gen 3)bull III God chose Israel to be His earthly kingdom (Gen 12 Ex 19) and promised bull to send them a King to save them (2 Sam712)bull IV Israel rejected their King and His earthly kingdom (Mt 11-12)bull III But Christ officially defeated the Devil and won back the rights to Godrsquos

earthly kingdom (Col 2 Heb 2)bull VI Christ will return Israel will repent and Christ will reign as King over all

the earth (Rev 20) until He defeats the last enemy (death) and reverses Adamrsquos curse (1 Cor 1526)

bull VII Christ will give the the kingdom of this world back to God who will reign over all in His universal kingdom forever more (1 Cor 1528 Rev 21-22)

bull Hosanna to the King of Kingsrdquo

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2132 This Generation

bull NAU Luke 2132 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all things take place 33 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away

bull NAU Matthew 2336 Truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation

bull NAU Matthew 2434 Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo

bull We get the English word ldquogenealogyrdquo from genea

Mac dictionary ldquogenealogyhellipa line of descent traced continuously from an ancestorhellipbull the study and tracing of lines of descent or developmentbull a plants or animals line of evolutionary development from earlier forms

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

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bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX

bull Luke 2132hellipthis generation [genea] will certainly not pass awayhellip bull Gen 71-4 The Lord then said to Noah Go [come] into the ark you and

your whole family because I have found you righteous in this generation [genea lineage]

bull [GING] [genea] γενεάhellipclan racehellipgeneration contemporarieshellipage period of time

bull NT1074 genea generation lineage bull BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Of the 43 references to genea in the NT 33 are in the

Synoptics where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of Jesus 17 times in the expression this generation In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in Matt 117 and in the Magnificat in Luke 14850 genea means the generations to follow in Luke 168 it refers to membership in a particular class Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament copy 1990 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Company

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

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bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132

bull 1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah bull Meaning 1) fathered birth nativity 2) that which has been

begotten men of the same stock a family 2a) the several ranks of natural descent the successive members of a genealogy 2b) metaph a race of men very like each other in endowments pursuits character 2b1) esp in a bad sense a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (ie the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation) a space of 30 - 33 yearshellip

bull Usage AV - generation 37 time 2 age 2 nation 1 42hellip

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 1725 The KingRejected By This Generation genea

bull NAU Luke 1725 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation [genea]

bull Jesus was not rejected by everyone who lived at that time All the apostles thousands of disciples in the great multitudes of the triumphal entry did not reject Him

bull However the nation of Israel through their leaders rejected Him Exactly as prophesied

bull NAU John 111 He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him

bull NAU Isaiah 533 hellipwe did not esteem Himbull NAU Psalm 226 hellipdespised by the peoplebull NAU Isaiah 497 Thus says the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy

One To the despised One To the One abhorred by the nation To the Servant of rulers Kings will see and arise Princes will also bow down Because of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World

bull Luke 2134 Be on guard so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth

bull NAU Revelation 310 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance I also will keep you from [ek] the hour of testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth [earth dwellers]

bull Mark 419 but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word and it becomes unfruitful

bull NAU Matthew 1322hellipthe worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the wordhellip

bull Will Rogers said ldquoDonrsquot let yesterday use up too much of todayrdquo

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

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bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
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  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
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  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
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  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull Dr Reagan This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy

bull Dr Reagan Let me ask you another question This is a hotly debated one concerning the timing of the Rapture There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture many dont but many do They will debate the timing of the Rapture whether it is going to happen near the end of the Tribulation or before it begins or even in the middle Do you have any opinion about the timing of the Rapture We both know the Bible doesnt clearly say when the Rapture is going to occur You have to pretty much figure it out deducing when from what the Bible says So what is your opinion

bull Roberta Potts I believe we are going to escape Gods coming wrath One reason I believe that is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are going to be like the days of Noah and Lot Both these guys lived centuries apart The only thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and they both escaped

bull Certainly it would have been different if Jesus had said it is going to be just like the days of Jeremiah After all Jeremiah predicted a terrible terrible upheaval which he didnt escape He had to live through it

bull Or Jesus could have said the last days were going to be like the days of Daniel Well Daniel was taken captive during that same upheaval and he didnt escape

bull Jesus didnt say those days were going to be like the days of Jeremiah nor the days of Daniel No He saidhellip

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

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Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

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  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
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  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
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  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
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  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
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  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
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  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
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  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur

bull helliptheyrsquod be like the days of Noah and Lot both of who were removed from the coming destructionbull The proof thats kind of the capstone for me is when Jesus tells us to always be on the watch and pray that we

might be counted worthy to escape So Im going to do just that and be watching and praying because I want to escape

bull Dr Reagan Youve taken that right out of Luke 2136 There Jesus says we are to pray that we are to escape the coming Tribulation I have people attacking me all the time accusing Youre just an escapist I plead guilty Jesus tells us there in Luke 21 to be an escapist I pray to escape as others through time have prayed

bull People will also say You just dont want to suffer for the Lord I reply When you take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ you are going to suffer for the Lord The Bible says there is going to be tribulation for believers But Im talking about escaping the Great Tribulation Im not talking about the tribulation that were going to experience as a result of harassment and persecution Were certainly going to experience that No were talking about escaping the Great Tribulation as described in Luke 21

bull The most important point that I would make concerning the timing of the Rapture is imminence The Bible says that the Lord can return at any moment Were to watch for His return at any moment When you stop and think about what we call the Second Coming certainly that cant happen at any moment because there are too many prophecies that have to be fulfilled before the Second Coming occurs But theres not one that has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs Im never told to watch for the Antichrist Im told to watch for Jesus Christ

bull Roberta Potts Absolutely

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

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bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull ldquoWe must keep in mind that as the world falls apart around us Gods Word says that He sits in the heavens and laughs (Psalm 24) His laughter is not prompted by a lack of concern Rather He laughs because He has everything under control for He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of Man and Satan to the ultimate triumph of His Son He has also promised that He will walk with those who are Christians accompanying us through fire and high water (Isaiah 431-3) And He has promised us an escape before the world totally collapses into absolute chaos (Luke 2136) That escape is called the Rapture When Paul revealed this escape in detail in 1 Thessalonians 413-18 he concluded by saying Comfort one another with these wordsrdquo Additionally we have the promise of the Millennial reign of Jesus to look forward to What a day that will be Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords from Jerusalem David in his glorified body will reign as King of Israel We in our glorified bodies will be scattered across the earth to reign over those in the flesh And the earth will be flooded with peace righteousness and justice as the waters cover the seas (Isaiah 21-4 and Isaiah 113-9) Maranatha

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

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bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Keep looking up for the Blessed Hope

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

The End

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem

bull Luke 1942 saying If you had known in this day even you the things which make for peace But now they have been hidden from your eyes 43 For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you and hem you in on every side

bull 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you and they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitationrdquo

bull Daniel 924 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sin to make atonement for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

bull You are subscribed to email updates from The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117

Malachi 41 Revelation 614-15 Isaiah 1714 Luke 2126 Zechariah 1412 Nuclear Weapons

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journal

bull Amplified on the Battlefront The Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Posted 15 Feb 2013 0656 AM PSTbull By Nathan Jonesbull Does the Bible prophesy the use of nuclear weapons in the end timesbull On Sunday January 6 2013 at the Future Congress 2 Conference in DallasFort Worth Texas I was interviewed by host Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries on the Rapture Ready Radio Network before a live studio

audience During the 45-minute interview we discussed how the technology that we have today is proof positive that we are living in the end times and so can be expecting the soon return of Jesus Christbull

(Sound quality is very poor due to ambient mic issues)bull

Sign of Nuclear Weaponsbull Brian Thomas Lets talk about nuclear weapons I know there are theories that nuclear weapons are prophesied in Scripture Revelation speaks of a third of the earth being burned during the Tribulation Do you think nuclear

weapons could be one of the means by which that could happen Or do you think the destruction is going to be caused by some other phenomenon such as supernaturalbull Nathan Jones Since the 1940s humanity has only dropped two atomic bombs mdash the ones on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II And yet what people dont realize is that was just during war time for since WWII

there has been over 2500 nuclear detonations tested on this planet Nine countries over the last 70 years have been testing nuclear weapons Theres also a tremendous stockpile of nuclear weapons built up all around the world

bull Most people who grew up during the Cold War were terrified of getting nuked I remember as a kid we used to have nuclear bomb drills at school as if for some reason if you went out into the hall and put your head between your legs you were safe from a nuclear bomb I still dont quite get that But we use to have those drills Now our kids dont seem to worry about getting nuked even though theres still a massive nuclear stockpile Then there are madmen like in North Korea and now in Iran trying to get nuclear weapons The Soviet Union might have fallen but the nuclear threat has never gone away

bull There is no doubt in my mind that God has been holding back the release of nuclear weapons Weve got thousands and thousands of nuclear weapons all pointed at each other around the world and its gotten easier and easier for crazy people to get them even simpler ones like dirty bombs Weve got madmen trying to build them and amazingly the world isnt doing anything substantial about it God has been holding these weapons back until the time is right and that is for during the Tribulation

bull When we go to the Bible and read about certain end times events some of them clearly sound nuclear in nature Take for instance the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 1714 which goes In the evening sudden terror Before the morning they are gone Isaiah prophesies that one day the oldest city in the world mdash Damascus mdash will be destroyed in one day and we know from Isaiah 179 that it will be because of Israel a nuclear armed country Well how do you destroy an entire city in just one day Nuclear weapon There really isnt any other weapon out there that could annihilate a city so quickly

bull Another possible reference to the use of nuclear weapons in the end times is take for instance Zechariah 1412 which reads This is the plague in which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem This is in reference to Armageddon where were also told Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouth This is why in Luke 2126 Jesus said Men will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world The heavenly bodies will be shaken

bull Another possibility lets also take a look at the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation 614-15 The sky receded like a scroll rolling up and every mountain and island was removed from its place Then the kings of the earth the princes the generals the rich the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains Certainly that disaster could be supernatural in origin but each of these disasters was explained by a First Century man John explaining what he was seeing And all of these disasters are described as exactly what nuclear weapons would do

bull For the Antichrist to wipe out 15 billion people at the beginning at the Tribulation merely from conventional war he wouldnt need a lot of people with guns as nuclear weapons would do the job very quickly There isnt that much time to kill all those people with a conventional war

bull I could read other verses that hint at nuclear warfare as Revelation is ripe with verses which talk about the annihilation of the planet and the resulting effects that sound very nuclear radiation in origin As a matter of fact when you look at the people by the end of the Tribulation they are covered in sores and boils which is very much like radiation contamination Also the Earths ecosystem is almost all destroyed which couldnt be from conventional war but would have to be from nuclear war along with whatever natural God sends like asteroids and whatnot

bull We are told in 2 Thessalonians 23-7 that when the Church is removed so is the Restrainer The Holy Spirits work through the Church will be raptured out of this world so that mans inhibition can be let loose The restraint against mankind using nuclear warfare will no longer be there anymore so man will feel free to use them The world is facing a very definite nuclear holocaust

bull Brian Thomas In Revelation 614-15 that you shared to me that passage seems like the best Scripture describing nuclear warfare With the sky receding like a scroll that sounds like a mushroom cloud Amazing things are going to take place during the Tribulation and that I believe includes nuclear warfare

bullIn the eighth part of this series on the biblical signs of technology which prove were near to Jesus return well look at the Bibles next tech signs mdash the Sign of Space Science and the Sign of Technologys Limits

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth

will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

bull The spectacular view of the Galilee from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Israel Tour 2014 Day 5 on the Sea of Galileebull Posted 18 Mar 2014 1223 PM PDTbull By Nathan Jones

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

lk 16 19 songrich young ruler

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fig Tree Putteth Forth

bull For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away

bull bull Song of Songs 211-13

The King James Version

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this age

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The God Solution The End Tenbull Posted 31 Oct 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this agebull On Friday September 27 2013 I was interviewed on The God Solution Show with Nate Herbst which airs on KDUR 919 and 939 in Durango Colorado Nates show is special because hes the only Christian program on a totally secular station With such a fantastic

opportunity to share the Gospel with an unbelieving audience he focuses on apologetics which defend the Christian faith I came on to share one of the best defenses for why we can trust the Bible as Gods word and place our faith in it mdash fulfilled Bible prophecy

bull Luke 21 and the Ten Signs of Our Agebull Nate Herbst What are some of the end time signs that we should be looking forward to related to all the incredible interest in whats going on in Israel and the Middle East Sure we all know about whats going on in Syria We all know whats going on in Iran We

all know what is going on in all the different Palestinian areas with their struggle with the nation of Israel What kind of end times signs then should we be looking out for to occur in the near futurebull Nathan Jones I believe the best place in the Bible to answer that is in Luke 21 There are also parallel passages to this chapter in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 These chapters contain where Jesus gives us basically a nutshell version of all the things that will happen up

until His Second Comingbull Jesus in Luke 21 actually answers three questions His disciples ask of Him First they wanted to know when the Temple was going to fall and we know that occurred in 70 AD Second they wanted to know what the signs that indicated the end of the age were so

Jesus gave the signs of the end times Third they also wanted to know what would be the signs that would precede Jesus Second Comingbull We can read in Luke 21 that there are all sorts of different end times signs that are broken down into ten different categories with the tenth being Jesus actual returnbull False Teachers mdash The first category of end times signs would be that the times would be filled with false christs false messiahs and false teachers We can read for instance about Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith Its one of the biggest cults in the

world and clearly he was a false teacher Smith was a con-man who conned everybody into believing that he had the inside track on a second gospel of Jesus which he just made upbull Other false teachers include Charles Taze Russell who founded the Jehovahs Witnesses Jim Jones notoriously is known for killing his followers by making them drink poison in Kool-Aid Today weve got Jose Luis de Jesus who claims that he is Jesus and has all his

people tattoo 666 on their handsbull Jesus revealed that there would be an epidemic of false prophets teaching heresy just before Jesus returns to take His Church to Heaven This event is what is called the Rapture of the Churchbull War mdash The second sign of the end times would be an increase of wars The earth would be covered in wars and rumors of wars Did you know there are 38 wars going on right now In the Twentieth Century alone 160-187 million people were killed in wars We

have more wars now than we know what to do with The United States just seemingly escaped getting involved in the civil war in Syria Constantly the news reports on wars and rumors of warsbull The Bible says there will be more and more wars until we get to the time that Jesus returns This is not even referring to future wars but just the wars that are going on today that lead up to the Tribulation There are future-related prophecies that predict even more

wars during the Tribulation that reveal most of the earth being destroyed Truly horrific times lie aheadbull Earthquakes mdash The third sign would involve earthquakes Jesus said there would be many earthquakes that would shatter the earth They would point to the last days as they grew more frequent and intense True to prophecy the world has since 1985 seen a 70

increase in earthquakes The earth is shaking up The worst earthquake in recent history of course has been the one that hit Japan in 2011bull Famine mdash The fourth end times sign would be famine The world would see famines spread across the planet People all over are starving Weve lived to witness great famines across the world such as in Ethiopia and North Korea and other nationsbull Plagues mdash Jesus gave the fifth sign which would be plagues Disease and subsequent death would result from a growing amount of plagues It seems that just as our doctors figure out a cure for one another disease pops up its ugly head causing more and more

people to die The world has been covered with plagues for the last few hundred years especially since the Black Deathbull Fearful Events mdash Sign number six would involve fearful social disasters for example involving economic collapse People will have all sorts of fear about whats inevitably coming due to our out-of-control spending We see a great fear today among the people over

social disasters that are coming to the worldbull Events in the Sky mdash Sign seven involves fearful signs coming from the skies such as different solar and lunar events Its interesting that events that happen in the skies are kind of an untouched area of prophecy But those events include weather-related storms

such as tornados and hurricanes We have lived to bear witness to a great increase in weird weather and storms across the planetbull Persecution of Christians mdash The eighth sign covers the horror of the persecution of Christians Ironically said news doesnt make the mainstream news much right now Shockingly Christians are being persecuted more now than in any time in human history For

example they are being slaughtered by the Boko Haram in Nigeria They are being slaughtered by both sides of the civil war in Syria They are being slaughtered by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt They are being slaughtered in North Korea by the governmentbull Pakistan endured recently a chilling mall bombing where the terrorists targeted Christians for killing They were going around asking their hostages if they were Christian The thugs who had taken over the mall were shooting the Christians point blankbull Today theres tremendous persecution of Christians both physically and through the systems of law like we are finally seeing begin in the United States As Satan knows his defeat is near he will ramp up the persecution of the Body of Christ That would be a sign

that Jesus will be coming very soonbull Focus on Jerusalem mdash There is also a ninth sign and that would be that the whole world would be focused on Jerusalem Every political body wants control of Jerusalem We are living to see that today as wellbull I would advise everyone to look up Luke 21 This chapter has a tremendous amount of insight into the end times It provides a nutshell-style view of the end time signs which prove that we are living in the season of the Lords returnbull Nate Herbst Absolutely There are a couple of other parallel passages to Luke 21 such as Matthew 24 These signs that Jesus gave us I think are outstandingly accurate and relevant We are seeing these signs happen even today Like you said the accuracy of Jesus

predicting these end time events is just incrediblebull If Im not mistaken there is a martyr for Christ made about once every five minutes Thats about 100-plus thousand a year That Jesus foretold is just incredible Its exactly what you statedbull When you look at these signs that Jesus gave I think it would take more faith to believe that somehow this is all a coincidence than it would be to just accept the fact that Jesus hit the nail on the head These signs are happening in our day They are something that

we should be observing with a lot of respect realizing that God has the big picture view Jesus is giving some knowledge of the end times to us so that we can trust Him in the middle of it allbull

In the tenth part of the God Solution interview Nate and I will look at prophecies concerning wars yet to be fulfilled

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

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70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Haggai 217 Jonah 14 Jesus Rebuked Wind Why does God allow natural disasters

ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Question Why does God allow natural disasters ie earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamis

Answer Why does God allow earthquakes tornados hurricanes tsunamis typhoons cyclones mudslides wildfires and other natural disasters Tragedies cause many people to question Godrsquos goodness It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed ldquoacts of Godrdquo while no ldquocreditrdquo is given to God for years decades or even centuries of peaceful weather God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 11) Most natural disasters are a result of these laws at work Hurricanes typhoons and tornados are the results of divergent weather patterns colliding Earthquakes are the result of the earthrsquos plate structure shifting A tsunami is caused by an underwater earthquake

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 116-17) Could God prevent natural disasters Absolutely Does God sometimes influence the weather Yes as we see in Deuteronomy 1117 and James 517 Numbers 1630-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin The book of Revelation describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6 8 and 16) Is every natural disaster a punishment from God Absolutely not

In much the same way that God allows evil people to commit evil acts God allows the earth to reflect the consequences sin has had on creation Romans 819-21 tells us ldquoThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed For the creation was subjected to frustration not by its own choice but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Godrdquo The fall of humanity into sin had effects on everything including the world we inhabit Everything in creation is subject to ldquofrustrationrdquo and ldquodecayrdquo Sin is the ultimate cause of natural disasters just as it is the cause of death disease and suffering

We can understand why natural disasters occur What we do not understand is why God allows them to occur Why did God allow the tsunami to kill over 225000 people in Asia Why did God allow Hurricane Katrina to destroy the homes of thousands of people For one thing such events shake our confidence in this life and force us to think about eternity Churches are usually filled after disasters as people realize how tenuous their lives really are and how life can be taken away in an instant What we do know is this God is good Many amazing miracles occurred during the course of natural disasters that prevented even greater loss of life Natural disasters cause millions of people to reevaluate their priorities in life Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is sent to help the people who are suffering Christian ministries have the opportunity to help minister counsel pray and lead people to saving faith in Christ God can and does bring great good out of terrible tragedies (Romans 828)

Recommended Resources Where Was God Answers to Tough Questions About God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer and Logos Bible Software

bull natural disasters earthquakes hurricanes and tsunamisbull Mark 138 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom there will be earthquakes in various places there will also be famines

These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Must The Church Preach The Gospel In All Nationsbull Wednesday January 29th 2014Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Q I am curious about Matthew 24 vs 14 ldquoAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will comerdquo I was taught all my life that Jesus wouldnrsquot come back till every nation had heard the gospel After following your website now for sometime I believe that Jesus was talking to the nation of Israel in this chapter

bull Since I now believe that the rapture will happen when the fullness of the gentiles has come in this verse 14 must be talking about the period of the tribulation and not of the church reaching the whole world with the gospel So reaching the whole earth with the gospel is not a prerequisite of the rapture but of the second coming Am I correct

bull A You are correct in saying that Matt 24 and its companion passages Mark 13and Luke 21 were intended for Israel and not the Church Therefore it is not necessary for the Gospel to be preached to all nations before the rapture can take place However as Matt 2414 says it must happen before the 2nd Coming Rev 146 tells us that this requirement will be met just after the beginning of the Great Tribulation

bull Then I saw another angel flying in mid air and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth ndash to every nation tribe language and people

bull In Matt 2414 Jesus didnrsquot say how this prophecy would be fulfilled Rev 146tells us it will be God Himself who sees that it happens by sending His angel to proclaim it

Chosen Or Elect Or Whathttpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

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bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbull Chosen Or Elect Or Whatbull Saturday February 1st 2014Churchbull Daniels 70th Weekbull Israelbull Rapturebull Second Comingbull Q Irsquom having a difficult time separating Godrsquos chosen people from Godrsquos elect Irsquove always thought that Israel is Godrsquos ldquochosenrdquo people but when we get into verse like cutting short for the

Elects sake in Matt 24 I get a little confused Is Israel both the ldquoChosenrdquo and the ldquoElectrdquo and if so what is a Christian to identify with I ask this because I find it nearly impossible to convince post-trib believers that the verses in Matt 24 are only about Israel and the 2nd coming not the rapture of the church Is there a way to convince them with scripture that show clearly that Jesus is speaking of Israel and not the church

bull A In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated ldquoelectrdquo (8 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (4 times) and refers to both Israel and the Messiahbull In the New Testament the Greek word translated ldquoelectrdquo (16 times) is also translated ldquochosenrdquo (7 times) and can refer to believers on Earth believers in Heaven Israel the Church Jesus and

certain angelsbull This tells us the person or persons the Bible is referring to when using these words has to be determined by the context in which they appear In Matt2422 we see the word ldquoelectrdquo referring

to believers on Earth while in Matt 2431 the same word is used to describe believers in Heaven but in neither case can they be specifically identified as the Churchbull Showing that Matt 24 pertains to Israel can be done by pointing out that the Lord never mentioned the Church there but did mention the people in Judea (Israel) the Temple (Israel) travel

on the Sabbath (Israel) and a warning against being fooled by false Christs (Israel)bull Also His phrase ldquoHe who stands firm to the end will be savedrdquo in Matt 2413cannot apply to the Church because our salvation is guaranteed from the moment we believe (Ephesians 113-14)bull The entire chapter was devoted to the Lordrsquos answer to three questions of Matt 243 When will these things happen (the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem) what will be the sign of

your (2nd) coming and of the end of the age (completion of Danielrsquos 70 weeks prophecy) All these were of primary importance to Israelbull In all the gospels you wonrsquot find any direct mention of a Church Age or a rapture of the Church because Jesus never spoke of these things The few hints of we can see of them are only clear

to us because we already know about thembull Therefore it is not accurate to assume the inclusion of either the Church or the rapture in Matt 24 Even after His resurrection the disciples still expected Him to restore the Kingdom to Israel

at that time (Acts 16) and the doctrine of the rapture was unknown to the early Church until Paul introduced it 20 years after the resurrection in his letters to Corinth and Thessalonica The phrase ldquoListen I tell you a mysteryrdquo in 1 Cor 1551 means he was revealing a secret He was talking about the rapture

bull In short to place the Church in Matt 24 requires us to alter the context of the chapter and then assume Jesus was implying something He had never specifically taught about

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 1610-11 Ezekiel 327 Amos 89 Luke 2125 Mark 1324 Matt 2429 The

Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgmentbull Wednesday February 12th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Prophecybull Q When the 5th Bowl Judgment hits the Bible says darkness covers the throne of the

Beast How long will this last I canrsquot imagine it will last until the time Jesus comes in His 2nd coming because there is the assembling of the armies at Armageddon and theyrsquod need light to fight that battle Am I right or am I off base Or will the darkness last until the 2nd coming I did a search but couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers

bull A You couldnrsquot find any conclusive answers because the Bible doesnrsquot say how long this darkness will last But Matt 2429 tells us that immediately after the Great Tribulation ends the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light From this it appears that the sun and moon will have given their light again following the 5th Bowl judgment Therefore the period of darkness during the 5th bowl judgment (Rev 1610-11) must be a temporary one

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Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Resurrection Of Old Testament Believersbull Thursday May 29th 2014End Timesbull Great Tribulationbull Prophecybull Resurrectionbull Q I was reading a post ldquoWho Goes Where And Whenrdquo and you gave the reference (Daniel 121-2 Rev 204) to show that the Old Testament saints

would be resurrected at the 2nd coming It has been my understanding that all people before Christ will sleep through the thousand years and I did not see anything indicating differently What am I missing

bull A Daniel 121-2 says ldquoAt that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then But at that time your peoplemdasheveryone whose name is found written in the bookmdashwill be delivered Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo

bull The phrase ldquoat that timerdquo refers to the time of the anti-Christrsquos unsuccessful attempt to gain world dominance (Daniel 1136-45) Four things will happen then Michael will come to the aid of the Jewish people the believing remnant of Israel will be delivered there will be a time of distress such has never been seen before and there will be a resurrection of Jewish people

bull The phrase ldquoThere will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until thenrdquo was quoted by Jesus in Matt 2421 to describe the Great Tribulation This confirms the timing of these things

bull Then the angel told Daniel ldquoMultitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contemptrdquo This is the Biblersquos first reference to two resurrections the resurrection of believers which will take place at the time of the Great Tribulation and the resurrection of unbelievers that will take place at the end of the Millennium 1000 years later (Rev 2011-15)

bull The angel made two references to ldquoyour peoplerdquo indicating he was speaking of Danielrsquos people the Jewish nationbull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherresurrection-old-testament-believers

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false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

false teachersbull A False Teacherbull Wednesday May 28th 2014False Teachingbull Q Regarding the recent fall of a well known pastor why is there so much silence in the

Christian community It seems that wersquore ok covering for a pastor or leader who has been so deceptive who in one breath preaches the Gospel and the next willfully sins and covers it up Was he a false teacher all along

bull A A false teacher is one whose teachings donrsquot conform to the word of God I have never heard this said of the person you are referring to so I wouldnrsquot classify him as a false teacher

bull Itrsquos true that pastors are held to a higher standard than others so when this pastor failed to meet those standards he relinquished his position But that has nothing to do with whether his teaching was consistent with the Bible

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THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

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European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

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A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull TODAYS CREATION MOMENTbull HOW DEEP IS THE MOONrsquoS DUSTbull inGods Designbull Listenbull Genesis 116bull ldquoAnd God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars alsordquobull Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years

oldbull All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it it probably hasnrsquot been cleaned in a long time If something has very little dust on it it may have

just been cleaned ndash or it might be brand new Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner if our moon doesnrsquot have much dust on it it must be fairly new

bull Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon ndash so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust

bull But we all know what happened ndash there wasnrsquot even enough dust to plant the American flag The flagpole had to be supported with rocks This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years

bull Prayer bull Father I thank You for the beauty of the sky especially the moon which dominates the night sky Here I see Your power in the many objects You have

created Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth In Jesusrsquo Name Amen

bull Notes bull Diagram Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age

bull Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Agebull Saturday June 28th 2014Interpreting Versesbull New Testamentbull Prophecybull Q Irsquove been intrigued by the recent posts regarding the ldquoTimes of the Gentilesrdquo and whether or not that time continues through Danielrsquos 70th week I

am confused regarding the terminology of the Church Age and the Times of the Gentiles It seems like you are saying that they are different overlapping time periods ndash the Church Age started with Jesusrsquo resurrection and ends with the rapture but the Times of the Gentiles started with the destruction of the temple and continues through the 70th week right I guess Irsquom confused because I thought the 70th week was when God completed his plan for the Jewish people not the Gentiles

bull A I think the confusion is due to the fact that the Church is comprised mostly of people who were formerly Gentiles but the two terms are not synonymous Remember Paul said that once wersquore in Christ we are neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal 328) but are part of a new race of human (Ephes 214-16) called the Church (1 Cor 1032) The Church Age began at Pentecost and will end with the Rapture

bull The Times of the Gentiles began with King Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the 2nd Coming as symbolized in Nebuchadnezzarrsquos dream of Daniel 2 Remember how Danielrsquos interpretation of the dream indicated that Nebuchadnezzar had been given authority over all of mankind and even the animals (Daniel 236-38) Then he described 3 other gentile kingdoms (Persia Greece and Rome) that would rule the world after that until the Lord established a 5th Kingdom His own This will bring the Times of the Gentiles to a close In confirmation Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 2124) In Rev 111-2 the phrase is repeated almost exactly showing that the Gentiles would trample on the Holy City for 42 months the duration of the Great Tribulation

bull While Godrsquos focus will shift to Israel during the last 7 years His purpose is to prepare them for the coming of His Kingdom while at the same time bringing judgment upon the Gentiles (Jeremiah 301-11)

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The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

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Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

The Withered Fig Tree Follow Upbull Q Re The Withered Fig Tree My Question is If the cursed fig tree is

symbolic of Israel and Jesusrsquo words were that it would henceforth bear no fruit forever how do we reconcile that with national Israel being in the millennial Kingdom obviously bearing fruit to the Lord ldquoHenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo donrsquot leave any wiggle room for ldquoexcept in the millenniumrdquo

bull A This is a case where you have to be careful with literal vs symbolic interpretations The same Greek word that is translated ldquoforeverrdquo in the King James version of Mark 1114 can also mean for an age or a period of time The appropriate meaning comes from the context in which the word is used

bull In the literal interpretation the fig tree may never have borne fruit again In that case ldquohenceforthrdquo and ldquoforeverrdquo would convey the appropriate meaning But in the symbolic interpretation itrsquos also true that while Israel has borne no fruit in this age the nation will be fruitful in the next age the millennium So the alternate meaning ldquohenceforth in this agerdquo would be appropriate for the symbolic interpretation

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherwithered-fig-tree-followutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=emailamputm_campaign=Feed3A+Gracethrufaith+28GraceThruFaith29

Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Wars And Rumors Of Wars

bull NAU Matthew 246 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars See that you are not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end

bull Show videobull 1000 years has changed how animation-

European borders (Low)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull Do recently discovered buried coins shed light on the Parable of the T

alents in the Gospel of Matthewbull August 13 2014bull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the

JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeeping

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

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bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

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Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
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  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

70 AD Buried Coinsbull On this past Tuesday came news that archaeologists digging near the JerusalemndashTel Aviv Highway had uncovered a cache of ancient Jewish buried coins The inscription and images on the 114 bronze coins allow us to date them precisely to 70 CEmdashthe exact year that the

Romans conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple In the midst of this turbulent time a Jewish person saw fit to place the money in a small ceramic box and bury it for safekeepingbull ldquoEvidently someone here feared the end was approaching and hid his property perhaps in the hope of collecting it later when calm was restored to the regionrdquo said one of the archaeologists involved in the excavationsbull Readers of the Gospels will no doubt recall Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents in which a similar action occurs The story goes like thisbull ldquoFor it is as if a man going on a journey summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them to one he gave five talents to another two to another one to each according to his ability Then he went away The one who had received the five talents went off at once

and traded with them and made five more talents In the same way the one who had the two talents made two more talents But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his masterrsquos moneybull After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them Then the one who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more talents saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me five talents see I have made five more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull And the one with the two talents also came forward saying lsquoMaster you handed over to me two talents see I have made two more talentsrsquobull His master said to him lsquoWell done good and trustworthy slave you have been trustworthy in a few things I will put you in charge of many things enter into the joy of your masterrsquobull Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward saying lsquoMaster I knew that you were a harsh man reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed so I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground Here you have

what is yoursrsquobull But his master replied lsquoYou wicked and lazy slave You knew did you that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and on my return I would have received what was my own with interestbull So take the talent from him and give it to the one with the ten talents For to all those who have more will be given and they will have an abundance but from those who have nothing even what they have will be taken away As for this worthless slave throw him into the

outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teethrsquordquo (Matthew 2514-30 [NRSV])bull The third slave in the parable does basically the same thing the owner of these newly discovered bronze coins did bury them in the ground Evidently it must have been a reasonably common thing to dobull A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITYbull Whatrsquos interesting though is that the owner of the bronze coins buried them in the context of war He or she was living at a time when the Jewish nation was collapsing under the onslaught of Romersquos forces Judea was falling In the hope of surviving the calamity the owner

buried the coins in order to come back to them at a later timebull This action helps us understand Jesusrsquo Parable of the Talents a little better The dynamic at work in the parable is not merely economic investment but rather measures taken during a time of war Letrsquos unpack thisbull To begin with letrsquos notice the contextbull The parable comes near the tense culmination of Jesusrsquo ministry in Matthewrsquos Gospelbull On arriving in Jerusalem Jesus clears the moneychangers out of the temple (Matthew 2112ndash13)bull He tells the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 2133ndash46) in which he takes aim at the Jewish leaders who also happened to be wealthy landowners Jesus uses the way they would no doubt have treated recalcitrant tenants on their lands to describe what God would

do to them because they were rejecting Jesus and plotting to kill himbull Jesus also puts the leaders in their place when they try to trap him with the question of paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 2215ndash22) In Roman-occupied Judea the question of paying Roman taxes was an incendiary issue But using a coin with Caesarrsquos image on it Jesus

beats the leadership at their own game There are economic themes running throughout these incidents and in all cases they point to the villainy of the nationrsquos leaders They were sealing the fate of the nationbull Finally Jesus launches a verbal attack on the leaders before he laments over the future of Jerusalem (Matthew 23) Jesus unpacks this in Matthew 24 explaining that not one stone of the temple would remain upon another (Matthew 242) The nation was heading for

downfall and the people would find themselves in dire circumstances This was the result of their failuremdashchiefly on the part of the leadersmdashto acknowledge himbull The Parable of the Talents then comes after the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 251ndash13) Both parables have the theme of acting now in preparation for whatrsquos to come And what is to come The nationrsquos downfallbull It is not all dire news howeverbull Throughout the Gospel Jesus has been gathering a new people of God around himselfmdasha remnant whose faith in him will enable them to survive as the people of God beyond the downfall of the nation These are people who repent in the face of the coming Kingdom of

God (Matthew 417) They listen to Jesusrsquo words and as it were build their house on a rock rather than on sand (Matthew 724ndash27)bull When the future storm comes to pound the nation theirs is the house that will survive The storm was the catastrophe of 70 CE in which the nation fell and its ldquohouserdquo (ie the temple) was left desolate (Matthew 2338)bull In the Parable of the Talents we are not told the reason why the master departs and leaves his property in the keeping of his slaves If we removed the parable from its context we might suppose he went on a business trip But the whole surrounding context is one of doombull It is more in keeping with the tense atmosphere of this end of the Gospel if the master were actually heading away on affairs of state or a military endeavor Notice that as soon as Jesus finishes the parable he discusses the Son of Man coming in all his glory to judge the

nations (Matthew 2531ndash32) There is a clear parallel here just as the master comes to settle affairs with his slaves so the Son of Man comes to judge the nations In both cases the master figure returns in triumph By implication his absence is a time of tension and uncertainty

bull This helps explain the actions of the third slave in the Parable of the Talentsbull He buries the money allotted to him because this is what many did in a time of war This is just what the ancient owner of the bronze coins discovered under the highway in Israel did as Jerusalem was falling to the Romans in 70 CEmdashthe very event Jesus had in mindbull The slaversquos actions in the parable however are not just lazy but also evil (Matthew 2526) Why Because he evidently didnrsquot think his master would succeed in his endeavors and return If he had thought so he would have put the money allocated to him to good use for

the sake of his masterbull The other two slaves in the parable evidently had confidence in their masterrsquos returnmdashenough to risk the danger of flaunting money in wartime Civilians in the ancient world often hid their resources to prevent harassment and pillage by soldiers That these two slaves not

only put the money to good use but even made a return suggests not merely their economic savvy but also their bravery and loyalty in the face of adverse circumstancesbull The third slave however does no such thing By burying the money he tries to keep out of danger in the hope of riding out the current adversity surviving his master and then taking the money for himself The masterrsquos unexpected return however puts paid to this

servants plans exposing him as a faithless coward The master is not angry with this slave because he expected more money from the slave to feed his greed He is angry because the slave has been disloyal lacking faith in his master and seeking to take advantage of his absence for personal gain

bull In the larger context of the Gospel this parable is an indictment on the Jewish leadersmdashthose to whom much was given They are characterized as disloyal towards God They had turned the temple a house of prayer into a banditrsquos lair (Matthew 2112ndash13) They failed to show the fruit that was expected of them (Matthew 2118ndash22) They rejected Jesus the master figure in order to feather their own nests This would however be a profitless endeavor for it would end with their demise Only those who placed their confidence in Jesus would survive the coming adversity and live to share their masterrsquos joy

bull We have no way of knowing whether the person who buried the money found under the highway in Israel was a master or a slave Nonetheless the cache of coins demonstrates the currency (excuse the pun) of the imagery Jesus used to decry the leadership of his day and foretell the calamitous events of 70 CEmdashthe very events that led the person to bury that money in the hope of returning some day to collect it

bull Unfortunately that person never returned

bull mdash Bible Study and Christian Lifebull httpwwwbiblestudyandthechristianlifecomburied-coins

A HOARD OF BRONZE COINS DATING TO 70 CE DISCOVERED BY THE JERUSALEMndashTEL AVIV HIGHWAY copy VLADIMIR NIIHIN ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 2 of 4)bull Posted 15 Oct 2014 0600 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull Let us continue on with my fifth message which was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon We will survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Conventional War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 6

bull By the time you get to Revelation 6 the Tribulation has begun The Tribulation does not begin with the Rapture of the Church so there could be months or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation It will probably be several months to a year No the Tribulation begins when the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel that allows them to rebuild their templebull When the treaty is signed you can count down to the day when Jesus Christ is going to come at the Second Coming Thatrsquos one of the reasons I know theres a difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming for the Rapture could occur at any moment When the Bible says you cannot know when the Lords returning that refers to the Rapture because we know when the Lords Second Coming is going to occur Its

going to occur exactly seven years from the date that the treaty is signed It even tells us in the book of Revelation how many days that will be until the Lord comes So if you were here during the Tribulation you could calculate exactly seven years until the Lords going to comebull The Antichrist is going to come to power out of the European Union Daniel says he will get power through cunning deception and his charismatic personality I think hes going to use all those things to take over the European Unionbull But let me tell you something once he takes over it doesnt matter how much charisma he has hes not going to turn to the world quite yet and say Come and worship me The world would say hes nuts because they havent spent the last 250 years getting out from underneath European colonialism to suddenly turn around and say to a European ruler Come rule us South America is not going to do that and neither is

Asia Theyre going to declare theyve had enough of European colonialism Were not going to let you rule us And so what happens is that as soon as the Antichrist comes to power were told in Revelation 6 that he launches a war to conquer the world Its a conventional war which you can read a description of in Revelation 6bull In the process of that war the Antichrist will be responsible for slaughtering 15 billion people on planet earth Revelation 6 says that one-fourth of humanity will die Today we have close to seven billion people on planet earth Lets say a billion of those are taken out in the Rapture Thats only going to leave six billion left here on this earth One-fourth of six billion is 15 billion people that are going to die in this initial warbull

The Nuclear War of the Tribulation mdash Revelation 8 amp 9bull Revelation chapters 8 and 9 explains how the Conventional War begins to morph into a nuclear war It talks about how suddenly one-third of the earth is burned up Jesus Himself said in the end times that men will faint from fear from the terrors that will come upon the world The war will morph into nuclear weaponsbull People need to realize that when mankind begins to rebel against God God steps back and He lowers the hedge of protection Read Romans 1 where it says that if theres no repentance God steps back and lowers the hedge of protection Romans also says that a third time Hell stand back and lower it turning the people over to a depraved mind Basically what Hes saying is if you want to live that way I will let you live that

way and I will stop giving you any protection whatsoever Ill let evil take its course Thats whats going to happen during the Great Tribulation Gods just going to step back and man is going to begin to use those weapons that have been restrained up to that timebull Revelation tell us us that another one-third of humanity will die during that period Thats another 15 billion people By the middle of the Tribulation the book of Revelation teaches that one-half of the population of the world will be dead Thats 3 billion peoplebull I have preachers sometimes call me and ask Do you think we are living in the Tribulation I say If we were in the Tribulation you wouldnt have to call anybody and ask them You will know it if you are living in the Tribulationbull I dont plan to be here for the Tribulation People will know if they are still here for the Tribulation because the death toll is going to be beyond anything in human history Jesus said that if He didnt stop it all mankind would cease to exist The only reason anybody is going to live through the Tribulation is because He is going to bring it to an end With those kinds of numbers you know its going to be that terriblebull

In the third part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the fifth and sixth of the nine prophetic wars of the end timesbull Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Part 1 of 4)bull Posted 14 Oct 2014 0747 AM PDTbull By Dr David R Reaganbull I have been to Israel 45 times and every time my spiritual life has been enriched I recently took a video cameraman with me and had him shoot on the fly as I led a pilgrimage group through the land We began in Tel Aviv and went from there to Tiberias in the north and then back to Jerusalembull Ill continue to share some of the sermons I presented from that trip with you As I do so I think youll come to understand why a person once wrote A pilgrimage to the Holy Land converts the Bible from black and white into Technicolorbull My fifth message was presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon There we will survey the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bullThe Only War They Know

bull Most people have heard of only one war of the end times what is normally referred to as the Battle of Armageddon But the Bible speaks of nine end time wars I want to talk to you about the final battles of the end timesbull Every time a war breaks out over in Israel without exception Lamb amp Lion Ministries gets calls and email messages all asking Is this the Battle of Armageddon The reason for that is because most people are only familiar with one battle of the end times and thats the Battle of Armageddon So every time a war breaks out people want to know Is this the Battle of Armageddonbull Most people know the name Armageddon even people in the secular world Weve had movies named Armageddon Secular writers talk about how we are in the time of Armageddon and on and on it goesbull What I want to point out to you is that I believe that Bible prophecy mentions nine wars in the end times and only one of them is the Battle of Armageddon As youre going to find out the Battle of Armageddon is really no battle at allbull Lets take a look for a moment at what those wars are that are prophesied to happen in the end timesbull

The First War of Gog amp Magog mdash Ezekiel 38 and 39bull The end time war that most people talk about is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 mdash the War of Gog and Magog Theres a man who has written a lot recently about this His name is Joel Rosenberg Hes a very fine writer and a great fiction writer He is also a student of Bible prophecy and truly loves the subject Ive been with him on several podiums which weve shared at conferences Ive got to know him well and hes really a

great guybull Joel Rosenberg is the one who has really popularized the idea that the next major prophetic war will be Ezekiel 38 and 39 But I think hes wrong about that because Ezekiel 38 and 39 says that it will occur at a time when Israel is living in peace and without walls In truth Israel is not living in peace today Its certainly is not living without walls It has a wall that runs the entire length of the country By the time it does all it

zigzags the wall runs 400 miles long In some places its more of a scientific wall in the sense a technological wall because if you cross it sets off all kinds of alarms In other places its a big tall wall The walls been necessary to stop terrorists from coming into Israel Its been extremely effective in stopping them And so Israel is not living in peace right nowbull Another thing that is interesting about the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War is it says that its going to be an invasion led by Russia with certain specified allies All the allies are specified and all of them are Muslim states today The thing that is most interesting is not one single nation thats mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 has a common border with Israel So it begs the question Why is it that none of the states that have a common

border with Israel are mentionedbull

The War of Extermination mdash Psalm 83bull The person who has come up with an answer for that question in recent years is a man named Bill Salus who is a good personal friend of mine Bill wrote a book called Isralestine In his book he states that the first war of the end times in Bible prophecy is the War of Psalm 83bull If you read that Psalm and its a short psalm it talks about the fact that all the Arab states in the end times will get together and say Now is the time for us to annihilate the State of Israel So we call it the Psalm 83 War of Annihilationbull An interesting fact about Psalm 83 is that it names the nations that are going to come against Israel and every nation it names is one that has a common boundary with Israel today Those names are Gaza Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Syria They are the ones that come against Israel to annihilate it as Psalm 83 foretells I think the Psalm 83 War is going to be the next great war in the Middle Eastbull Something interesting about Psalm 83 is that it doesnt tell who wins the war but we know who wins it because Zechariah 12 says in the end times one of the miracles that God is going to perform is that Israel will have one of the greatest military forces in the world As you know Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world but it is always ranked in the top four in terms of military power Many rank it number one in

the effective use of its powerbull I think that probably the first war of the end times in prophecy is going to be the Psalm 83 War Thats when the nations that have a common boundary with Israel will come against and try to destroy Israel I also think that is most likely when Damascus will be destroyed because two times in the Old Testament we are told that Damascus will cease to exist in the end timesbull The Syrians have highly sophisticated missiles They could put a missile right down the smokestack of any building in Tel Aviv if they wanted to and they are only shooting them 125 miles not thousands of miles Syria also has all kinds of chemical weapons If they were to attack Tel Aviv with chemical weapons probably the only way the Israelis would be able to defend themselves is to use one of their tactical nuclear

weapons to blow up the city of Damascus So it could very well be that that very first war of the end times is the one in which Damascus will cease to existbull The Psalm 83 War is a war between Israel and all the inner circle of Muslim States that have a common boundary with Israel I think thats going to be the first warbull That makes the second war of the end times the one described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 when Russia comes down with certain specified Muslim allies Those countries form an outer ring None of them have a single common border with Israelbull I think what will happen is in the first war Israel will conquer all the states around it and will finally have peace At that point the Muslim world will turn to its natural ally Russia The Russians will come smiling from ear to ear because theyve always wanted to dominate the Middle East What they really want is not so much the annihilation of Israel as much as they want access to all the Arab oil fieldsbull The Arabs will invite the Russians in and surely theyll come But the great horde of invaders will all be destroyed supernaturally upon the hills of Israel They wont be destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces like in the first war of Psalm 83 This time God will personally provide the victory and Hell do it in such a way that even the people of Israel will realize that God did itbull The result of Gods victory is that many of the Jewish people will begin to believe I also think that includes many of our tour guides who have heads full of Scripture but hearts that are cold to the Gospel they will suddenly see God intervene and deliver the nation of Israel Boom Theyre eyes will be openedbull To summarize the first prophetic end times war is going to be the Psalm 83 War and the next one will be the Ezekiel 38 and 39 War but we dont know when these are going to occur Theres lots of debate among prophecy scholars as to when they will occur Some think its going to occur in the middle of the Tribulation while some at the beginning of the Tribulation Some think it will start before the Tribulationbull I tend to think these two wars are going to start before the Tribulation because Ezekiel talks about the fact that when the Gog-Magog War is over the Israelis are going to spend seven years cleaning up the battle field We know that in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist is going to run the Jews out of the country They are not going to be there to clean up the battle field after that Thats why I think most likely the war

of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will start 35 years before the Tribulation begins Israel therefore will finish cleaning up the battlefields in the middle of the Tribulationbull

In the second part of this sermon from the Holy Land presented at the ancient fortress of Megiddo that overlooks the Valley of Armageddon well survey the third and fourth of the nine prophetic wars of the end times

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

bull The Olivet Discourse hellip Lukersquos Versionbull Saturday February 14th

2015FeaturedIsraelOld TestamentProphecyRapture

bull A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

bull httpgracethrufaithcomend-times-prophecythe-olivet-discourse-lukes-versionmore-3664

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)

Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles bull Today is November 22 2013 Verse of the Day -- Luke 2124 Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles be

fulfilledbull THOUGHT FOR THE DAYbull Gods plans standbull MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAYbull When Jesus comes back to earth for His second coming His thousand-year reign as King of earth will beginbull Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because

of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years mdashRevelation 204Until that happens the period labeled by Jesus as the times of the Gentiles will continue The context doesnt mean Jews cant control Jerusalem but rather that it would be continually subject to Gentile invasion and interference much like today You can read more about this Gentile domination in Daniel 2 and 7The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who lived from 331 to 363 AD read this prophecy in the Bible and thought he saw a chance to forever discredit Christianity All he had to do was get the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple So he put up the money and encouraged the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding their temple He provided them with silver shovels and they began by lavishly carrying dirt in beautiful purple veils But they quickly had to abandon the project as they were interrupted by an earthquake and balls of fire coming up from the ground (Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire II95-101)

bull Do not be deceived God is not mocked mdashGalatians 67

  • Luke 21
  • Lets read Luke 211-7
  • Not One Stone Upon Another
  • Not One Stone Upon Another (2)
  • Luke 217 When
  • Lets read Luke 218-19
  • Luke 219 Wars
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated
  • Luke 2116 You Will Be Hated (2)
  • Lets read Luke 2120-28
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (2)
  • Luke 2120 Jewish Revolt 70 AD (3)
  • Luke 2120 Jerusalem Was Destroyed In AD 70 (2)
  • Times Of The Gentiles And Fullness Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2124 The Times Of The Gentiles
  • Luke 2125 The Darkness Of The 5th Bowl Judgment Rev 612 16
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (2)
  • Luke 2126 Nuclear Weapons (3)
  • Lets read Luke 2129-38
  • Luke 2131The Kingdom Of God
  • Luke 2131 Copyright Norman Geisler 2010 A Summary Of The King
  • Luke 2132 This Generation
  • Luke 2132 ldquogenea genealogyrdquo
  • Luke 2132 Genesis 71 genea in LXX
  • Strongrsquos NT1074 genea Luke 2132
  • Luke 1725 The King Rejected By This Generation genea
  • Luke 2134 The Worries Of The World
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur
  • Luke 2136 When will the Rapture occur (2)
  • Luke 2136 God is in Control The Christ in Prophecy Journal
  • Slide 34
  • The End
  • Luke 1942 Jesus Condemns Jerusalem
  • 2 Peter 310 Isaiah 138 4714 Joel 210 Zephaniah 117
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles
  • Slide 39
  • lk 16 19 song rich young ruler
  • Luke 2129 Mark 1328 Matthew 2432 Song Of Songs 211-13 Fi
  • What are the signs that reveal we are very near the end of this
  • Mark 138 Matthew 1424 Luke 2111 824 1 Kings 1911 Hagg
  • httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacher
  • Chosen Or Elect Or What httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-
  • Isaiah 1310 503 530 Joel 210 231 315 Rev 612 161
  • Resurrection Of Old Testament Believers
  • false teachers
  • THE MOONrsquoS DUST
  • Times Of The Gentiles Vs The Church Age
  • The Withered Fig Tree Follow Up
  • Wars And Rumors Of Wars
  • 70 AD Buried Coins
  • 70 AD Buried Coins (2)
  • Sermons From the Holy Land The Nine Wars of the End Times (Par
  • Slide 56
  • Luke 2124 the times of the Gentiles (2)