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Rejection

Surprise

Acts 2:23

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain

Kingdom

Postponed

Mark 9:1

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

Mark 8:31 (KJV) 31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Colossians 1:13 (KJV) 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

The Church

Afterthought

Ephesians 3:10 -11

To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be

known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, According to the

eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord

Signs

Matthew 24

Matthew 24:34

Jews

Land

Joshua 21:43-45

And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

Rapture

SecretHebrews 9:28

So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Tribulation

Daniel 9:27

Daniel 9:24

And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

Anti-Christ

Anti-ChristI John 2:18

Anti-ChristI John 2:18I John 4:3

Armageddon

Revelation 16:16

John 18:36

Revelation 16:1616 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

John 18:36 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

Reign

1,000 Years

Revelation 20:1-6

Don McClainDon McClain W. 65th St church of Christ / Sept 30, W. 65th St church of Christ / Sept 30, 20072007

With noise – shout, voice of the archangel & the trumpet of God - 1 Thess. 4:16

With His holy angels - Matt. 25:31; 2 Thess. 1:7-8

Suddenly and unexpected – 1 Thess. 5:1-4; 2 Pet. 3:10; Rev. 22:20

Visibly - Acts 1:9-11; Rev. 1:7 “and every eye will see Him”

Simultaneously raise ALL the dead on the LAST DAY - John 5:28,29; 6:39,40,54; 11:24

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Don McClainDon McClain W. 65th St church of Christ / Sept 30, W. 65th St church of Christ / Sept 30, 20072007

Judge The World on the last day – Ac 17:30-31; - Mat 25:31-32; 2 Cor 5:10; Rev. 20:12; Rom. 2:16; John 12:48

Glorify Saints - Col. 3:4; Phil. 3:20-21; 1 Cor. 15:51-52; Rev. 22:14; Matt. 25:46

Punish wicked - 2 Thess. 1:7-9 Matt. 25:41,46; Rev. 20:10; Rev 21:8

Destroy present order and establish new heavens and new earth - 2 Pet. 3:10-13; Heb. 11:13-16; Rev. 22:14

Deliver Kingdom to Father – 1 Cor. 15:23-28

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