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Intro: Tonight we are continuing with part seven of my end of days sermon series entitled the choice is yours. To provide a quick recap of the series week one was on the literal accuracy of end times prophecy and I used Daniel chapter 9 as an example. Week two my messaged entitled Caught Up examined…

Review The purpose of the Tribulation: The purpose of the Tribulation is to purge the world of evil and to prepare Israel for Christ to come and setup His Millennial kingdom on earth. First seal ( Revelation 6:1-2 ) White horse: the Antichrist Second seal ( Revelation 6:3-4 ) Red horse: war Third seal…

Romans 13 is obviously a wonderful passage full of instructions on how to live the Christian life well and to victory. The initial part of the chapter encourages us about the dealing with government. It makes some general statements about government. God put them there v.1 “ordained of God” There supposed…

1. The state of affairs: Judah under judgment, 1:1-12. A. A rousing appeal to tell future generations, 1:1-3. 1 -- The source of inspiration is the “word of the LORD.” When Yahweh is used (33 times in Joel) it emphasizes His personal name, indicating intimacy and covenant. When Adonai is used, it suggests…

All Evangelicals agree on the following facts about the last days: A. There Will Be a Sudden, Personal, Visible, Bodily Return of Christ 44 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive…

I want to start with the same scripture I used last week. All Scripture is inspired All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. So far we have covered 3…

Last week we spoke about Johns vision of Jesus. The entire chapter lays the foundation for the rest of the book. You have to get an understanding of the Nature, Character and plan of Jesus. He is who He says he is, He will do what he will do and He has the power and the authority to do it. No Greek God…

Review We have finished up the Tribulation judgments. Over the process of about seven years, three series of judgements are poured out upon the earth to make it ready for Christ’s kingdom. As we studied this subject, we were reminded that we don’t get to demand anything of God. He is sovereign. He gets…

Blowing your money This time next week, the NRL season will be about to begin, with two games coming from Las Vegas. It’s the same city in which countless people from around the world tuned in to watch the Superbowl. It’s also the city which has a reputation for the big casinos. The place where the rich,…

Review Last week, we saw that while the Tribulation judgments are falling, the world will be going through a process of change. Revelation chapters 17 and 18 tell us about this. Revelation 17 indicates the religious changes while Revelation 18 indicates the political and economic changes that will happen…

The coming destruction of Jerusalem and its temple will mark a new phase in the establishment of God's kingdom under the vindicated Son of Man.

One of the toughest subjects of study in all of scripture is the study of the end times. Prophecy is a very difficult subject. The language is heavily figurative, and some of it hasn’t happened yet. It often feels like putting a jigsaw puzzle together without the box top. If you have ever tried putting…

The Coming Day of the Lord Introduction: Zechariah 14 is a prophetic chapter focusing on the “Day of the Lord,” a time of great upheaval, divine intervention, and the establishment of God’s kingdom. It presents both judgment and restoration, showing the final stages of God’s plan for His people and the…

While y'all gathered at RHUMC… I went home this past weekend Remember all the things that used to direct my life For many years… I was running from my past… driven by my past Many live for the past… dragging it around. Others live for the present… getting everything they can. Still others have goals…

A Prophetic Vision of Israel’s Deliverance Introduction Zechariah 12 presents a vivid prophecy of Jerusalem’s future deliverance and Israel’s recognition of the Messiah. It outlines a climactic end-time scenario where God defends Israel against her enemies and reveals Jesus as the Messiah to the Jewish…

Introduction I have got a challenge in today’s passage… - End Times brings two opposite reactions: (1) Fascination or (2) Apathy . - The topic was hot in the 1970’s… The Late Great Planet Earth (Book), A Thief in the Night (Movie) - Kicked up again in the 90’s & 2000’s with the Left Behind books/movies.…

Christ Wins 18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went…

Review This series is an attempt to build a basic framework for understanding the end times. Our method and our outline for this series is to build a timeline. We will use this visual tool to help tie together the events of the end times in chronological order. Last week we began with what is - from…

Review Eschatology is the study of the last days or the end times in God’s plan for mankind. God’s plan for mankind has been in progress since Creation and it will culminate in the end times. Last week we learned that we will use the historical grammatical method of interpretation in this study. In other…

9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. John the son of Zebedee probably wrote his three New Testament letters no later than the 90s AD. He wrote from Ephesus (in present-day western Turkey), perhaps to churches like those mentioned…

Living In The End Times # 6 1 John 2: 18-23 In our previous study John gave direction concerning spiritual victory for the believer. Regardless of our maturity level, we all need to grow in the Lord. Continued growth is essential in overcoming the difficulties we face. John knew the struggles present…

Perilous Times We are not introducing perilous times but are investigating them today. Perilous means: full of danger or risk; exposed to imminent risk of disaster or ruin. So as we look at our passage today, we do not want to be light hearted about it. It is a strong teaching, warning to Timothy and…

Review We are using the historical-grammatical method of interpretation as we study the end times. We learned from 1 Thessalonians 4 that the next event on God’s calendar is the imminent rapture of Christ’s bride. After the Rapture, we have the Judgment Seat of Christ, which is an examination of all…

We all need hope. Where is your hope? What gives you hope? How do you gain hope? Hope is a very powerful. It is essential for all of life, if you ask me, and you didn’t but oh well. :D James wants to remind us of our true hope. As we come to the end of the book of James we must realize these final verses…

Are you ready for… The End?