#2.THE END OF THE WORLD IS IT HERE,NEAR OR FEAR?

THE END of the WORLD: IS IT HERE, NEAR OR FEAR?    LESSON 2.

Most know, that there's a plethora of ideas out there, and most of us know that much is are from human origin, thus must be taken with that proverbial "grain of salt", right? Let's face it, we humans have terrible track record in ACCURATE predictions of the future, agree?
   As anyone can learn even from Daniel 2, where God showed the human kingdoms that came and went, in our recorded history, as spot on correct, as recorded by the prophet Daniel around 603 B.C and write about the two Romes, the first, that conquered Greece in 168 B.C, and the second that is still with us today, with total correctness. Men can not do this agree?

Matthew 24:2-3. "And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?"

Note: They had just been told that their Temple, their Center of the World, would be no more, this in their Jewish thinking, meant earth's end, as men know it, and Christ's Return. Well below are the signs, He told us to watch for.......

Matthew 24:4-14. "And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For 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. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come."

Note: In the last 60 some years, there's been a "flood" of people, both men and women, claiming to be Jesus Christ, in fact there's one today in each and every earthly continent! The ones in Florida, Mexico City and Brazil, each are very wealthy, in earthly things!Yet please notice, that the above signs are in world of religion, politics, nature and society!
1:: earthquakes, there's been more 6-7 scaled quakes since 1990 to date than in recorded history.
2.. pestilences,  for which we have little or no defense, Zars, Ebola Virus, HIV, Mad Cow, plus we now see for the first time, viruses adapting to cross-species, and humans now get Bird-Flue, Swine-Flu, Horse -Flu! Nothing as this has ever been recorded until the last 20 or so years!
3. Weather Patterns have changed, giving floods, in places where it's almost unheard of, and droughts in areas normally well watered! How many more than "Normal" twisters" have been hitting us?
4. Plus not to mention Religious Terrorism, because we worship not as they do, thus kill us.
5. Iniquity- lawlessness, can you see this is a huge problem?
6. Hate one another, many are cold, calculating, how they can take from another, right? Either via laws or a gun?
7. Love for many is cold, common decency is where?

Granted I am an old man, but I remember days when we never locked our doors, of house or car parked in parking lots or by the curb! Do that today, and your insurance will say, good bye, right?

Luke 21:26. "Men' s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken."

Note: when the woes, and the tribulations come, those who have denied Christ, shall tremble with fear.
It is for this reason men invented the "Secret Rapture" ideas, that hold, falsely, that we will NOT have endure these trails. This is just not, so found, in God' s Word!

1 Thessalonians 5:2-3. "For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape."

Note: Do YOU know of any thief, who makes an announcement, or an appointment, before he or she robs a house? Of course not, the victims are totally surprised and usually unprepared, right? Many shall also be surprised and equally unprepared for Christ's return! Thus the analogy as a thief!

                                       PERILOUS TIMES--MORAL DECADENCE.

2 Timothy 3:1-5./ "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,  Traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."

Note: I sure hope and pray, that YOU dear reader, do not see yourself pictured above. But if you read a newspaper or watch T.V news, you know that these are the "TIMES WE ARE IN" agree?

ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES:

 James 5:1-5. "Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter."

Note: We pile up earthly treasures, only too pass it all on to others, all while hoping no thief takes any, right? No, God, does not begrudge wealth, gained honestly, as long as HE remains your top focus. Sadly men do not operate in this manner. Few, have met a fully satisfied millionaire, right?
Are not most of us overwhelmed by cares of this life?....

Luke 21:33-34. "Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares."

Note: ARE Y O U GUARANTIED ANY TOMORROWS?  Sadly no, none of us are, none know when we shall breathe our last. Please know by YOUR decision to accept Christ, as your LORD and Savior, because YOU know and love Him, you want to obey Him, Deciding not. . . NOT to chose. . .means Satan already claims you as his own, just as if you have rejected Jesus. There is no neutral, no grays, but it's all black and white, good and evil,  follow God or follow men, there is NO MIDDLE GROUND!

John 14:1-3. "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also"

Note: How is this for a promise? A promise of Eternal life with all in Christ Jesus, and to be with Him!

John 14:4. "And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.".

John 14:5. "Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?"

John 14:6. "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

Note: Many do not teach this, as it is written, because it is NOT Ecumenical, which is error, and just a little poison mixed with truth can kill you, IF you accept it!

ANGELS CONFIRM PROMISE

Acts 1:9-11. "And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven."

Note; the above were angels speaking to those who stood and looked up as Christ ascended back to the Father.

Psalms 50:3. "Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him."

Note: Do YOU know, there's over 1500 prophecies of Jesus' Second Coming recorded in the Bible? For every prophecy of His first coming mentioned in the Old Testament, there are eight (8) verses predicting His Second Coming. The return of our Lord is mentioned, on average, once every five verses in the New Testament!

WILL THERE BE SUCH A THING AS A "SECRET RAPTURE"?  Read and judge!

EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM....

Revelation 1:7. "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen."

Matthew 24:27. "For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."

EVERY EAR SHALL HEAR HIM....

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17. "For 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."

Note: Please tell me just how this could possible be a "SECRET"?   When all Eyes shall see Him, When all ears shall hear Him?  This stuff is from the fertile and deceiving mind of Satan and his helpers!
      AT this time all. . .meaning ALL the Just, shall be changed and meet Christ in the air, among the clouds, for His feet shall NOT touch earth, but the Spurious One' s feet shall, and he shall be first Supernatural visible to humans. {Look away or be lost]

2 Thessalonians 2:8-9. "And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,"

Note: Satan the deceiver shall make the first appearance, as visible to humans, and shall be covered on ALL T,V's 24/7 but do not watch, or perish!

1 Corinthians 15:51-54 . "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory."

NOTE: no man knows  the when nor  the how, of this.Just like the how of "He spoke and all things came to be"!

Matthew 16:27. "For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works."

NOTE: This combined and total Glory, will out shine the sun. However will all, be ready for Him, and will all be glad at this time?.......  NO!

Revelation 6:14-17. "And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"

Note: Many, will not be ready, at this time, yet as His reward is with Him, it just too late to repent and seek forgiveness! It's also a great fear for those who have rejected Him, for they are the ones who ask for the rocks to hide them and for mountains to fall upon them!

Matthew 13:37-43. "He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;  The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;  The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;  And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear."

NOTE: How many are truly and fully satisfied with the quality of life on this earth? Satan, the deceiving adversary, hates Christ, but the ONLY way he can hurt Him, is with us, YOU and me. If he can get you to deny or disbelieve in Jesus, Satan has the victory, and this breaks God 's heart!

Isaiah 25:9. "And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation."

Revelation 19:11-16. "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.  His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."

Titus 2:13. "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;"

Revelation 22:11-12. "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be"

Note: AS the above verses plainly show, humanity shall consist of but two classes of people, the righteous and the unrighteous, the filthy, and each at Christ's return shall so remain! There has been a life-time of second changes for all, but our death, and Christ Return, seals each where each is at those two times, forever life, or forever death! Why choose death, with Satan, when any can choose life with JESUS? Both shall be eternal!

 Matthew 24:42-44. "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh."

Jesus will soon be coming in the clouds, will YOU plan to be ready to meet Him?
ANSWER?.......................................................

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