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*What’s an End-Time Church to Do?*
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*1 Peter 4:7-11*
*Part 1*
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Introduction:
Are we living in the end-times?
Have you ever noticed the date setting that has taken place throughout history.
Here are a few of the dates that have been set for prophetic events:
Hienz von Foerster established Friday, November 13, 2026 as doomsday.
He felt that the earth would no longer be able to hold all it’s occupants and they would be squeezed to death.
Augustine predicted that the world would come to an end around the year of 650 a.d.
William Miller established the date of 1843 for the Second Coming of Christ.
Not many years ago many South Koreans sold there homes and quit their jobs to await the rapture which was supposed to take place on October 28, 1992.
Maybe you’ve noticed that the trend has only heightened within the past couple of months.
People are moving to Israel (particularly) the Mount of Olives, to welcome Christ back at His Second Coming.
Today we want to look at what a church is to do in light of end-time events.
Our study will be in two parts today.
Part one will be presented this morning and part two this evening.
In 1 Peter 4:7-11, Peter presents three things which a church should be doing in the light of coming prophetic events.
This morning we want to do two things:
To begin with, we want to ask the question, “Are we living in the “last days,” or the “end times?”
And secondly, we want to examine the first of the three things we can do as a church in light of future events.
So the question is, “are we living in the end-times, or the ‘last days?’ ”
1 Peter 4:7-11 (read it)
I believe Peter makes it clear that we are living in the last days in verse 7 (“But the end of all things is at hand”)
Other New Testament writers say the same thing:
A. The biblical evidence
“. .
.but now once in the end of the world hath He [Christ] appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.”
Hebrews 9:26b
“Who [Christ] . .
.was manifest in these last times for you”
1 Peter 1:20
“Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.”
James 5:8
“Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.”
1 John 2:18
“. .
.knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.”
Romans 13:11
Are we living in the last times?
ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT A DOUBT!
If the biblical writers could say two thousand years ago that they were living in the last days, then we could certainly say the same and that we are even closer to the time when Christ returns for His church.
B.
But what exactly does Peter mean when he says “The end of all things is at hand?” Does he mean we are living in the Tribulation period, or some other terrifying event?
1.
I believe that what Peter is saying is that we are living in the last days of God’s timetable or plan.
We are living in one of the final segments in His plan and program for all humanity.
2. Let me give you a brief outline of His plan
a.
It started in eternity past with God planning to create and redeem man
b. Man was then created and then sinned against God in the Garden of Eden.
c.
It was at this point that God put into action His glorious plan to save man from sin.
d.
Many, many years later God chose a man by the name of Abraham.
To found a nation.
e.
This nation was Israel, and it was through Israel that God would raise up the Messiah called Jesus, the Redeemer of man from sin.
Now, what we have just described represents several thousands of years of history in the outworking of God’s plan to save man.
From the time of creation to the time of Christ.
What Peter is saying when he says, “the end of all things is at hand” is that God has worked His way down through history to the point of Christ being sacrificed.
This also relates in the context to the judgment in 4:5.
Christ’s coming opened the way for the rest of the prophetic events to take place.
So now what, what happens at this point?
Display overhead on End Time events
explanation:
The church age: Began technically in Acts 2 on the Day of Pentecost, but for our purposes today we could say it was set in motion with the coming of Christ.
The rapture: The rapture is the event which could take place at any moment.
It is when Jesus Christ will come back to take all who have trusted in Christ as their Savior (from the time of Christ on) to heaven to be with Him. (1 Corinthians 15; 1 Thess.
4:13-18) True believers have an appointment with Jesus Christ in the air.
Genuine Christians will not be late, won’t forget it, won’t miss it.
When it’s time for the appointment, genuine Christians will be summoned, drawn, taken, raptured.
The tribulation: The tribulation is an event that will start after the Rapture and will last 7 years.
It will be a time of great suffering and anguish, apparently like the world has never known before.
The wars that man has known, even the holocaust do not seem to even come close to the suffering that will take place during this time.
It will be a time of the outpouring of God’s wrath on mankind.
Men will want the rocks and mountains to fall on them so they will be hidden from the wrath of God (Revelation 6:16).
Up to this point mankind has known primarily only the grace of God.
His goodness in postponing judgment.
During this time the beast will rise up and defy God and will draw much of mankind to his side.
Second coming and Armageddon: This event will take place at the close of the Tribulation period.
Jesus Christ will return with His saints to defeat the beast, the false prophet and the armies of men.
(Revelation 19) It is called Armageddon because that is the location where the battle will take place.
Many battles in the Old Testament took place here.
It appears from Revelation 14:20 that the blood from this battle will be as some have estimated 4 and a half feet deep for 200 miles.
Of course, Christ will be the Victor in this as every other battle.
Millennium: This is the thousand year reign of Christ on earth.
It is the time when Jesus Christ will establish his kingdom (the one that the Jews had been awaiting)after the tribulation.
Christ will be the King.
This will be government at its best.
It will be a true Theocracy, that is, “God-ruled.”
One of the next major events will be the Great White Throne Judgment: This is the event to which Peter refers in 1 Peter 4:5.
It is the time after the thousand year reign of Christ on earth, when unbelievers are judged, and cast into the lake of fire.
(Revelation 20)
Eternity: From here on is eternity.
The unbeliever will be confined to hell and eternal torment.
The believer will be assigned to heaven and eternal joy with God.
So God has a timetable, a plan for the history of mankind.
It began long before the garden and we are now living in the latter portion of His plan.
Jesus Christ has already come, and the next event on the timetable is the Rapture.
It could happen at any moment.
So are we living in the last days?
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