End Times Revealed - Part One

END TIMES REVEALED - PART ONE



Rumblings being heard in the Middle East that could have the most dramatic of repercussions, and for none more than for the church today. In studying Isaiah and other of the prophets, not only do we find the alliances that the Bible speaks of in reference to the time of tribulation, but we find that the attitudes of those nations that are named are in accord with what the prophets said they would be; written a millennia ago.

The Arab nations seem to be coming together in a determined spirit, knowing that now is the time that somehow, peace must be made between Israel and the Palestinians. A recent conference in Annapolis, attended by representatives of forty-four nations, began when a meeting was called for between Arab heads of state. From this evolved another Annapolis meeting. Saudi Arabia did offer a particular plan, but was rejected because it did not issue a right of the Palestinian refugees to return to land lost when Israel became a state (1948). Israel has made her final offer, She has stated that she would withdraw to her pre-1967 borders, excepting for East Jerusalem. She has nothing more to offer. With what we are seeing happen at this time in our lives, our minds must look to the prophetic calendar.

The rapture of the true church is the next scheduled event that will take place for Christians during this time period we live in today, called the “Church Age“. Nothing will precede it for the church. When this age ends at the rapture, God will again be dealing with Israel nationally and this will usher in what is known as the tribulation period. The seventieth week of Daniel’s “seventy weeks” will begin, the things that tell as the times and the seasons are upon us, these are the circumstances on the ground in the Middle East presently. We need to look at the book of Daniel for the prophetic outline of the World from that time to the time of Christ and the cross, and some to the time of the anti-chirst, who will come upon the scene during the tribulation period, make a covenant with Israel and then will break that covenant after 3.5 years of the 7 years that this end times ruler will have dominion of the world. After the first 3.5 years of relative peace for Israel has come to an end the world will enter into what is known as The Great Tribulation period comprised of the last 3.5 years of the 7 years. At the end of the great tribulation period Christ Jesus the King of Kings will return to earth at what is known as the second advent and rescue Israel and the rest of the world from the anti-christ, which will end the “times of the Gentiles” domination of the world and Christ will take Israel the nation of priests into what is known as the Millennial Kingdom as their King and reign for 1,000 years. The church was not known to the Old Testament prophets. Read Daniel as you follow this outline to come to the understanding of these scriptures. I have also set up a Bible study platform on my web site that is going through Daniel chapter 7 through chapter 12. Please join me and others in this Bible study we have set the study up in a format that people can ask questions and get answers to their questions at any time during the study process, so please join us in learning the Word of God and understanding what God has for us to learn in these “end times”

CHAPTER 1: a Introductory; b. - The moral condition suited to enlightenment in the way’s and counsels of God. C. - Separation maintained “The undefiled in the way”

CHAPTER 2: a Babylon vs. 38; b - Medo-Persia vs. 39 first half; c - Greece vs. 39 last half; - d Rome vs. 40.

Times of the Gentiles, Israel under God’s judgment and protection until the promised land be cleansed.

CHAPTER 3: a - enforced worship of the Image; b - a preserved remnant; c - Typical of the abomination of desolation; d- and the faithful remnant

CHAPTER 4: Nebuchadnezzar humbled. Typical of the subjugation of all Gentile power.

CHAPTER 5: a - mene mene tekel upharsin - Babylon destroyed; b. Medo Persia succeeds to World empire; c - Typical of the impiety and doom of gentile power.

CHAPTER 6: a - Daniel is preserved in the lions den- Typical of the Lord’s care of the Israelite remnant; b - A typical of how the remnant of Judah will find themselves in the day’s of the Antichrist.

CHAPTER 7: Basically covers the same ground as chapter 2. In chapter 2 we see as the King saw a stately statue of a man representing kingdoms. In chapter 7 we see as Daniel saw in God’s light the same empires, he sees them as four ravenous wild beasts, so brutal and so monstrous, that no actual creatures known to man could actually set them forth.

CHAPTER 8: a - The Grecian little horn--We have outlined for our learning the rise, progress, decline and fall, emphasizing the truth that “righteousness exalted a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people”

CHAPTER 9: a - The prophecy of the seventy weeks; b - 483 years to Christ coming and rejection

CHAPTER 10, 11, 13: Prophetic history in detail
10 - Angelic ministry and “World-Rulers of this Darkness” (Eph 6:12)
11 - world Empire passes to Greece. Wars of the Ptolemies (Egypt) and Seleucida (Syria).

After going through Daniel and his prophecy to the time of Christ Work on the cross, we enter what has been foretold by Christ and his Disciples and Apostles in scripture to the Church our present Age from Cross to rapture of the Church. (Eph. 3:3-11). When Christ went upon the cross the lamb slain for all people the last of any prophecy was fulfilled until the church rapture has occurred as Paul explains in 1 Cor. 15:51-53; Phil. 3:20, 21; 1 Thes. 4:13-18.

As to the rapture of the church we have no time line. There is no scripture specific, there are some hints as to the times and the seasons as we saw in the Book of Daniel. As the angel told to Daniel or as Daniel was to overhear of the angelic conversation a sign to the time of the end could be ease of travel around the world, (as we can see is ever so upon us as people can have breakfast in L.A. and Dinner in Tokyo after an evening meeting and be back in L.A for breakfast the next morning). Expansion of knowledge will be extreme. As we also have upon us the internet is so expansive and full of knowledge of anything you would want to know that the time is such that the church could experience rapture at any moment, could also be 100 yrs, 1000 yrs, we just don’t know. But we do know that this must happen before the beast or the anti-christ can be made known to the world.