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Bible Study For
Busy People :: Understand Prophecy and the Second Coming
Overview Of End
Time Events and how to live to tell about it.
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INTRODUCTION:
In this lesson we will study what the Bible says will happen
when and
after
Jesus comes back to this earth.
I. Revelation
19:11-16 Second coming of Christ.
A. Matthew 25:31-32
1. Millennium
begins with the return of Christ to earth.
2. Word "millennium"
comes from two Latin words: "mille" =
1,000 and "annus" = a year, thus 1,000 years.
3. Revelation
mentions the 1,000-years period six times, in chapter 20: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
& 7
II. Events at the
beginning of the millennium.
A. The return of
Christ -- Revelation 19:11
B. Righteous dead
raised to life - 1 Thessalonians 4:16
C. Living saved taken
to heaven -- 1 Thessalonians 4:17
D. The living wicked
slain -- Revelation 19:11-16
E. Rest of dead
(wicked) remain dead - Revelation 20:
F. Earth is desolate
-- Revelation 16:17-21; Revelation 6:14-17; Jeremiah 25:30-33; Jeremiah
4:23-27; Isaiah 24;
Jeremiah 4
III. Events during
millennium.
A. All the saved are
in heaven -- Revelation 20:4, 6
1. Revelation 3:21
2. John 14:1-3
B.
All wicked remain dead -- Revelation 20:5 -- Jeremiah
25:33
C. Satan bound (alone
without any man) -- Revelation 20:3; Jeremiah 4.
IV. Events at close
of millennium.
A. Wicked raised to
life -- John 5:28-29 -- Revelation 20:5
B.
Holy City
descends from heaven -- Revelation 21:2-3
C. Satan loosed out
of prison -- Revelation 20:7
D. Wicked surround
City -- Revelation 20:9
E. Fire devours all
wicked -- Revelation 20:9-15
F. Earth cleansed and
restored -- 2 Peter 3:10-13 -- Revelation 21:1,5
Closing Thoughts to Ponder:
Whom will you meet at the Millennium?
Jesus at the beginning or Satan at the end? Each of us will be alive
someplace on the earth at the close of the millennium; either on the earth with the Satan
OR inside the beautiful City with the saved
and Christ.
THE CHOICE IS OURS TO MAKE TODAY.
Everyone has the same 24 hour day. One
group ends up safe inside the city of
God and the other outside.
Fire devours all wicked outside of the
city.-- Revelation 20:9-15
Your priorities make the difference in
which side of that wall you will be on.
Pastor Tom Hughes
Life Records Summary
Life Records
Expanded
May God help us all to make the right
decisions, to get our priorities in order,
and to not let anything keep us from our
destiny in the New Jerusalem with Jesus our King!
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Conflicts in the Last Days...
The Four Winds
- Weather and
Calamities
Discover God's protection in these troubled times - the second
coming and end of the world!
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Popular Culture
Can Not Explain God's Plan!
Popular Culture, or
Pop Culture,
is the
vernacular (people's)
culture that prevails in any given
society. Source:
Wikipedia.org
The content of popular culture is determined by the daily
interactions, needs and desires, and cultural 'moments' that make up
the
everyday lives of the
mainstream. It can include any
number of practices, including those pertaining to
cooking,
clothing,
mass media and the many facets of
entertainment such as
sports and
literature.
Source: WikiPedia.org May not reflect subsequent edits to
articles.
Warning and Assurance from Jesus
Christ upon the Mount of Olives rehearsed the fearful judgments that
were to precede His second coming: "Ye shall hear of wars and rumors
of wars: . . . Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and
earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of
sorrows" [Matt. 24:6-8]. While these prophecies received a partial
fulfillment at the destruction of Jerusalem, they have a more direct
application in the last days.--Testimonies for the Church,
vol. 5, p. 753 (1899).
Angels are Holding the Winds.
The prophet saw "four angels standing on the four corners of the
earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not
blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree." Another angel,
ascending from the east, cried to them, saying, "Hurt not the earth,
neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of
our God in their foreheads." This points out the work we now have to
do, which is to cry to God for the angels to hold the four winds
until missionaries shall be sent to all parts of the world, and
shall have proclaimed the warning against disobeying the law of
Jehovah.--Review and Herald Extra, Dec. 11, 1888. I asked my
accompanying angel the meaning of what I heard, and what the four
angels were about to do. He said to me that it was God that
restrained the powers, and that He gave His angels charge over
things on the earth; that the four angels had power from God to hold
the four winds, and that they were about to let them go; but
while their hands were loosening, and the four winds were about to
blow, the merciful eye of Jesus gazed
on the remnant that were not sealed,
and He raised His hands to the Father and pleaded with Him that He
had spilled His blood for them. Then
another angel was commissioned to fly swiftly to the four angels and
bid them hold, until the servants of God were sealed with the seal
of the living God in their foreheads.--Early Writings, p. 38.
My dear brethren and sisters, let the commandments of God and the
testimony of Jesus Christ be in your minds continually and let them
crowd out worldly thoughts and cares. When you lie down and when you
rise up, let them be your meditation.
Live and act wholly in reference to the coming of the Son of man.
The sealing time is very short, and will soon be over. Now is the
time, while the four angels are holding the four winds, to make our
calling and election sure.--Early Writings, p. 58. Now, just
now, we need to be preparing for the Lord's second coming.--Letter
308, 1907 (Last Day Events, p. 23). The nations are in
unrest. Times of perplexity are upon us. Men's hearts are failing
them for fear of the things that are coming upon the earth. But
those who believe in God will hear His voice amid the storm, saying,
"It is I; be not afraid."--Signs of the Times, Oct. 9, 1901.
Terrible shocks will come upon the earth, and the lordly palaces
erected at great expense will certainly become heaps of ruins.--Manuscript
Releases, vol. 3, p. 312 (1891).
When God's restraining hand is removed,
the destroyer begins his work. Then in our cities the greatest
calamities will come.--Manuscript
Releases,
vol. 3, p. 314 (1897). The end is near and every city is to be
turned upside down every way. There will be confusion in every city.
Everything that can be shaken is to be shaken and we do not know
what will come next. The judgments will be according to the
wickedness of the people and the light of truth that they have
had.--Manuscript Releases, vol. 1, p. 248 (1902).
O that God's people had a sense of the impending destruction of
thousands of cities, now almost given to idolatry.--Evangelism,
p. 29 (1903). The time is near when large cities will be swept away,
and all should be warned of these coming judgments.--Evangelism,
p. 29 (1910).Bible
Locate Ellen White's Writings, Our High Calling, That I May Know
Him, Desire of Ages
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What teachings of the false religious
system are not supported in the Bible?
1) Limbo
2)
Infant Baptism
3)
Worship of Saints
4) Sale
if Indulgences
5) Human
Priests Forgive Sin
...In
the Wednesday, December 12, 1984, Los Angeles Times: "Rebutting a belief
widely shared by Protestants and a growing number of Roman Catholics,
Pope John II, on Tuesday dismissed the 'widespread idea that one can
obtain forgiveness directly from God.' and exhorted Catholics to confess
more often to their priests."
6)
Purgatory
7)
Infallibility of the Pope
8)
Worship Virgin Mary
9)
Masses for the Dead
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Sunday Worship
Unveiling The Apocalypse, by John Osborn, Page 24,
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Be Your Own News Director!
Prophecy is ...
History Written in Advance...
News Alone... Reported after the fact...
will not prepare you for the future or today!
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"The Reckoning of the Sabbath Today"
Samuele Bacchiocchi, Ph. D.,
Retired Professor of Theology and Church History,
Andrews University
What is the time for beginning and ending the Sabbath today? This is not merely an academic question for scholars to debate, but a practical one relevant to many Christians who believe in the validity and value of the principle of seventh-day Sabbath keeping for today. The problem of when to begin and to end the observance of the Sabbath is particularly acute in those parts of the world where it is difficult, if not impossible, to observe the Sabbath according to the sunset reckoning, because in these places the sun rises or sets very early or very late or not at all during certain periods of the year.
http://biblelight.net/sunday.htm
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Amazing Discoveries is a front-line evangelistic ministry that uses innovative methods to reach secular people for Christ! We are committed to giving the last message of warning to this world with special emphasis on Bible Prophecy, the music world, scientific findings, and the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. We seek, “To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in [Him].” (Acts 26:18)
 Earth's Final Warning!
Ecumenical Movement
List of Dignitaries - Countries - at Funeral of Pope John II Story
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White Priviledge
Judge Alito Will Create Catholic Majority on USA Supreme CoNews Link: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=1536354&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
Methodists Join Roman Catholics, Lutherans in Ecumenical Leap
Catholic Teachings
A History of Sabbath and Sunday
Readiness for the Second Advent
John Paulien, Ph. D.,
Chairman, New Testament Department
Andrews University Theological Seminary
When as Adventists we think about the End, we tend to do so more with the head than with the heart.
We find it much easier to discuss current events in general than our own personal hopes and fears.
We find it easier to expound on details of prophecy and history than to have a living relationship with God. We find it much easier to speculate on the nature and timing of the events of the End Time than to give people a practical path toward readiness for those events.
Talk is cheap. Genuine life change is challenging.
What does it really mean to get ready for Jesus' return? How can I get ready in the midst of the rough and tumble busyness of the Information Age? These are questions that we will address briefly in this essay.
But before we talk about how to get ready, let me explore some dead ends along the path to readiness. In my experience with Adventist audiences on six continents, I have learned that there are four unhealthy ways that Adventists approach the issue of getting ready for Jesus' return.
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The Bible in a Nutshell 23 Short Text Articles (e.g. - Lesson 21 God's True Church Identified)
THE LAW OF GOD
Exodus. 20:3-17
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THE LAW
as changed by man
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1.
I am the Lord thy God,
Thou shall have no other gods before Me.
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1.
I am the Lord thy God,
Thou shall have no other gods before Me.
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2.
Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image, or any
likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that
is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under
the earth: Thou shall not bow down thyself to them, nor
serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children
unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate
me, and shows mercy unto thousands of them that love me,
and keep my commandments.
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2.
Thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in
vain.
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3.
Thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in
vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that
takes
his name in vain.
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3.
Remember that you keep holy the Sabbath day.
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4.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six
days shall thou labor and do all thy work: but the
Seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it
thou shall not do any work, thou nor thy daughter thy
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy
stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them
is, and rested the seventh day. Wherefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day,
and hallowed it.
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4.
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be
long upon the land which the Lord thy God has gives you.
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5.
Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be
long upon the land which the Lord thy God gives you.
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5.
Thou shall not kill.
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6.
Thou shall not kill.
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6.
Thou shall not commit adultery.
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7.
Thou shall not commit adultery.
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7.
Thou shall not steal.
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8.
Thou shall not steal.
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8.
Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
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9.
Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
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9.
Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife.
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10.
Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shall
not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor
his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass,
nor anything that is thy neighbor's.
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10.
Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's goods.
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Source:
http://dedication.www3.50megs.com/sundaylaw.html
The Final Shaking - a Prediction
We are in the shaking time, the time when everything that can be shaken will be shaken.
The Lord will not excuse those who know the truth if they do not in word and deed obey His commands.
If we make no effort to win souls to Christ we shall be held responsible for the work we might have done, but did not do because of our spiritual indolence. Those who belong to the Lord's kingdom must work earnestly for the saving of souls. They must do their part to bind up the law and seal it among the disciples.
(Testimonies for the Church Volume Six, page 331, paragraph 2) Ellen White.
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One of Ellen White’s unfulfilled predictions relates to future
events. Key words that describe the forces that will focus on
Seventh-day Adventists are “sifting” and “shaking.”
Human beings have been sifted by trials and temptations ever since
the Garden of Eden, but Ellen White foresaw a time prior to the close of
probation when special circumstances will test and sift every Adventist.
The special sifting is often called the “shaking” time. Sometimes she
uses the term “shaking” to refer to the process19
by which all church members will be tested; at other times she refers to
the profound shaking that will prevail during the Seven Last Plagues.20
Some of the causes of the final shaking within the Adventist Church
will be:
· Persecution from outside the church.21
· Erroneous doctrines within the church.22
· Prevailing worldliness caused by not having experienced “the love
of the truth,” or being “sanctified through obedience to the truth.”23
· Resistance to the “straight testimony called forth by the counsel
of the True Witness to the Laodiceans.”24
· Specific rejection of the sanctuary doctrine involving the
significance of the pre-advent judgment and the relationship between the
cleansed sanctuary and cleansed people.25
· Rejection of the ministry of Ellen White.26
The impact of the shaking on Seventh-day Adventists will be enormous:
· Defections among church leaders.27
· Apostasies of ministers who have preached false doctrine.28
· The church will seem about to fall.29
· An impressive number of church members will leave.30
· New converts will take the place of the defectors.31
· Preparation for the crisis involves developing habits of
enthusiasm, courage, and loyalty.32
Source/Story:
http://www.WhiteEstate.org/books/mol/Chapt47.html
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Sabbath Texts to
Ponder
Pastor Tom Hughes
Rev. 14:6, 7
God's final
message to mankind is a call to worship the Creator. The language reflects
the fourth commandment. Worship is the issue, not legalism.
Rev. 4:11
The basis of all
worship is the fact that God created us. His Sabbath reflects his creative
power and authority over those he made.
Eph. 3:9
Since Jesus was
the active agent in creation. Revelation's final call to worship the
Creator is a call to give honor to Jesus. John 1: 1-3 states he made
everything including the Sabbath.
Ex. 20:8-11
We worship Him
as the Creator by keeping His Sabbath. For in
six days he made.
Gen. 2:1-3
The Sabbath was
set apart at creation. God rested upon the seventh
day, blessed the seventh day and hallowed it. Men cannot unbless what God
has blessed.
Heb. 4: 4-10
God rested
the Seventh-day. There remains a
Keeping of the Sabbath for the people of God. We are to ender into
it by ceasing from our works As God did from His.
How did God? By resting on the Seventh day Sabbath,
a symbol of our resting in Christ's works and not in our own works.
The Sabbath is a symbol of Grace and Salvation.
Mk. 2:27, 28
The Sabbath was
given to the human race
2300
years before the existence of the Jews as a memorial for all
mankind. Jesus said the Sabbath was made for Anthropos the word we get
anthropology from, denoting all of mankind.
Ezek. 20:12, 20
The Sabbath was
established for all mankind as a sign between God and His people.
Lk. 4:16
Jesus was a
faithful Sabbath keeper. As HIS CUSTOM was he
kept the Sabbath.
Matt. 24:20
Jesus predicted
the Sabbath would be kept in 70 A.D. at the destruction of
Jerusalem over 35 years after His death. Never
mentioned any diminishing or changing of the day.
Acts 13:42-44;
18: 4, 11
Paul both kept
the Sabbath himself and met to worship God with the whole city,
Jews and Gentiles alike.
Paul kept 78 Sabbaths in a row at
Corinth.
Acts 16:13
In
Philippi, Paul met privately with a group of believers in a
country setting, since there was no established
Christian church. They had a prayer meeting.
Rev. 1:10
The Lord still has a special day at the end
of the first century. Rev.
1:10 does not clearly reveal which day is the Lord's Day, but Matt.
12:8, Mk. 2:27, 28; Isaiah 58: 13, 14 and Lk. 6:5 do.
Matt. 12:8
The Son of Man
is Lord also of the Sabbath. If the Son of Man is
Lord of the Sabbath, the Sabbath must be the Lord's Day. These books were
written around 30 years after Christ ascended, and yet still consider the
Sabbath a sacred day, without mentioning any Countermanding order.
Lk.23:54-56;
24:1
This passage
lists three days in succession.
The day Christ
diedthe preparation Friday.
The day Jesus
rested in the tomb SabbathSaturday.
The day Jesus
resurrected the first day Sunday.
The Sabbath is
clearly Saturday, the seventh day of the week.
The Women
Rested the Sabbath according to the commandment.
Luke made it a point of mentioning which day they kept. If the day had been
diminished in any way, he would have told us.
Heb. 13:8
Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Isa. 66:22, 23
In the new heavens and new earth we shall keep
Sabbath each week. God assures us we will meet on the Sabbath and
worship him, and everyone knows which day the true Bible Sabbath was when
Isaiah wrote this text.
It was kept by
the Old Testament prophets, Jesus and the apostles, and will be kept in the
new earth. Men have always kept it in the New Testament era as well. There
is an unbroken golden thread of men who honor God's Commandments throughout
recorded history. Here are they that keep the
Commandments of God, and have the Faith of Jesus. Amen
Commonly Asked Questions Regarding the Bible
Sabbath
Since Paul declares "Let no one judge you
regarding the Bible Sabbath, " Isn't Sabbath-keeping unnecessary (Col. 2:16,
17)?
This passage, Col. 2:16, 17 is one of the most
misunderstood passages in the Bible. One principle of Bible interpretation
is that you do not allow what may be somewhat unclear to keep you from doing
what you understand. The Bible is plain on the Sabbath. It was given at
creation (Gen. 2:1-3). Jesus observed it (Lk. 4:16). Paul observed it (Acts
13:42-44), and it will be observed in heaven (Isa. 66:22, 23). The Bible
mentions two kinds of sabbaths. The seventh-day Sabbath and the yearly
sabbaths. The seventh-day Sabbath, instituted at creation and part of the
Ten Commandment law, is a weekly reminder of the loving, all-powerful
Creator.
The yearly Sabbath relates specifically to the
history of Israel.
Col. 2:16,17 specifically states "Let no one judge you regarding sabbath
days which are a shadow of things to come." The seventh-day Sabbath is a
memorial of creation not a shadow of something to come. Heb. 10:1 connects
the law of shadows with animal sacrifice. Ezek. 45:17 uses the exact same
expressions in the exact same order as Col. 2:16,17 and connects it all
with the ceremonial systems of feasts and sacrifices (meat offerings, drink
offerings, feasts, new moons, and sabbaths to make reconciliation for the
house of Israel.
Lev. 23:3 discusses the Seventh-day Sabbath. Lev. 23:5-32 discusses the
ceremonial sabbaths (passover, verse 5; unleavened bread, verse 6; wave
sheaf, verse 10; first fruits, verse 17; trumpets, verse 24; Day of
atonement, verses 27-32; tabernacles, verses 34-36). Both the feast of
trumpets (verse 24), and the Day of Atonement (verse 32) are specifically
called sabbaths.
These annual sabbaths were intimately
connected to events foreshadowing Christ's death and His Second Coming.
They were designed by God to be shadows or pointers to the coming Messiah.
Lev. 23:37 uses the language of Col. 2:16,17 to describe these ceremonial
sabbaths. Lev. 23:38 distinguishes the ceremonial sabbaths from the
seventh-day Sabbaths by using the expression "Beside the sabbaths of the
Lord." Since Christ has come, the shadowy sabbaths of the ceremonial law
have found their fulfillment in Him. The seventh-day Sabbath continues to
lead us back to the Creator God who made us. God's people will keep it as a
distinguishing sign of their relationship to Him (Rev. 14:12, Ezek.
20:12,20).
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