By Pastor
E. L.
Bynum
This brief survey lesson should
help
each one of us to gain an overall view of the great prophecies of
future
events that are yet to be fulfilled. We are only listing a few of the
Scriptures that reveal each event.
1. The World
Wide
Apostasy and Falling Away.
2ndTimothy 3:1-8,
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall
come. 2
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters,
proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without
natural
affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce,
despisers of
those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of
pleasures more
than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the
power
thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep
into
houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with
divers
lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the
truth.
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist
the
truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
2nd Timothy 4:1-4,
1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus
Christ, who
shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2
Preach
the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort
with
all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they
will not
endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to
themselves
teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears
from the
truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
1st Timothy 4:1,
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times
some shall
depart from the faith, giving heed to deducing spirits, and doctrines
of
devils;
Matthew 24:3-8, 3
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? 4 And Jesus answered and said
unto them,
Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name,
saying, I
am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and
rumours of
wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to
pass, but
the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and
kingdom
against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and
earthquakes,
in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
2. The Rapture
of the
Saints and the First Resurrection.
1st
Thessalonians 4:13-18, 13
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them
which are
asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For
if we
believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep
in Jesus
will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of
the Lord,
that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall
not
prevent them which are asleep. 16 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: 17 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. 18 Wherefore
comfort one
another with these words. (There is no mention of the lost being
resurrected in this passage or in I Cor. 15).
1st Corinthians 15:51-54,
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we
shall
all be changed, 52 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. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption,
and
this mortal must put on immortality. 54 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.
Revelation 4:1, After
this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first
voice
which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said,
Come up
hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter. (The
churches
are not mentioned from Revelation chapter 4 to 19. It is incredible to
think
that they are on earth and not mentioned).
3. The
Judgment Seat
of Christ for the Rewarding of Christians.
This event will take place in
the
heavenlies, while the Tribulation will be taking place on earth.
2ns Corinthians 5:10,
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ;
that
every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that
he hath
done, whether it be good or bad.
Romans 14:10,
But why
dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy
brother? for
we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
1st Corinthians 3:9-15,
9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry,
ye are
God's building. 10 According to the grace of God which is given unto
me, as a
wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth
thereon.
But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 11 For other
foundation
can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any
man
build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay,
stubble;
13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare
it,
because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every
man's work
of what sort it is. 14 If any man's work abide which he hath built
thereupon,
he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man's work shall be burned, he
shall
suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
4. The Rise
and Reign
of the Antichrist.
Revelation 6:1-2, 1
And
I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were
the noise
of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 2 And I saw,
and
behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown
was given
unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Revelation 13:8, 16-17,
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names
are not
written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of
the
world. 16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor,
free and
bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17
And
that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name
of the
beast, or the number of his name.
2nd Thessalonians 2:3-9,
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall
not come,
except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be
revealed, the
son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that
is called
God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of
God,
showing himself that he is God. 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was
yet with
you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know what withholdeth that
he might
be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already
work: only
he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 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: 9 Even
him,
whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs
and lying
wonders, (When the saints of God are raptured out, the restraining
power
of the Holy Spirit will be removed. This does not mean that the Holy
Spirit
will be removed from the earth).
Daniel 7:8, I
considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another
little
horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by
the roots:
and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth
speaking
great things.
Daniel 7:25,
And he
shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the
saints
of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall
be given
into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Daniel 11:36-38, 36
And
the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself,
and
magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things
against the
God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished:
for that
that is determined shall be done. 37 Neither shall he regard the God
of his
fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall
magnify
himself above all. 38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of
forces: and
a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver,
and
with precious stones, and pleasant things.
5. The Seven
Year
Tribulation Period.
This will be the period of time
in which
the Antichrist shall rule. This period of time is covered in Revelation
chapters 6-19.
Daniel 9:26-27, 26
And
after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for
himself:
and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city
and the
sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end
of the
war desolations are determined. 27 And he shall confirm the covenant
with many
for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the
sacrifice and
the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he
shall make
it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be
poured
upon the desolate.
Daniel 12:1,
And at
that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for
the
children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as
never
was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time
thy
people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in
the book.
Matt. 24:21,
For then
shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the
world
to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Revelation 7:14,
And I
said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they
which came
out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them
white in
the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 12:6, 14,
6
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place
prepared of
God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and
threescore
days. 14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that
she
might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished
for a
time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
6. Return of
Christ
With His Saints & the Battle of Armageddon.
Revelation 19:11-21 (Be
sure and read this passage).
Zechariah 14:4,
And his
feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before
Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the
midst
thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very
great
valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and
half of it
toward the south.
7. The Devil
Cast Into
the Bottomless Pit.
Revelation 20:1-3, 1
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the
bottomless pit
and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that
old
serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand
years, 3 And
cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon
him,
that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years
should be
fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
8. The
Judgment of the
Nations.
Matthew 25:31-46 (Read
this Scripture). Those who are saved during the seven year
tribulation, and
who survive physically to the end of the tribulation, will be the
fleshly
people who will be allowed to go over into the millennial kingdom.
9. The 1000
Year Reign
of Christ.
Revelation 20:4-7, 4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto
them:
and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of
Jesus, and
for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither
his
image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their
hands;
and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 But the
rest of the
dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is
the first
resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first
resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall
be
priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand
years. 7 And
when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his
prison,
Daniel 7:22, Until
the
Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most
High;
and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Matthew 19:28, And
Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have
followed me,
in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his
glory,
ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of
Israel.
Luke 1:32-33, 32
He
shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the
Lord God
shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33 And he shall
reign over
the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Zechariah 14:9, And
the
LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one
LORD,
and his name one.
Isaiah 11:5-9, 5
And
righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the
girdle of
his reins. 6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard
shall
lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling
together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 And the cow and the
bear shall
feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat
straw
like the ox. 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the
asp, and
the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. 9 They
shall not
hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full
of the
knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Isaiah 65:25,
The wolf
and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like
the
bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor
destroy
in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
When this happens, it will be a
fulfillment of the model prayer which Jesus taught His disciples.
Matthew 6:10, Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth,
as it is
in heaven.
10. What
Happens After
the 1000 Year Reign of Christ.
a. Satan will be released for a
little
season, and then will be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone.
(Revelation 20:7-10)
b. The great white throne
judgment will
take place. (Revelation 20:11-15)
c. The new heaven and the new
earth, and
the eternal kingdom of God. (Revelation 21, 22).
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