SERIES

WEEK MESSAGES

• 1. Earth Birth pangs/Preparation for the end times.• 2. The Rapture of The church.• 3. The rise of the Antichrist.• 4. The tribulation period• 5. The battle of Armageddon / The Millennial reign

The Rapture of The Church

WHAT IS THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH

•1 Thess 4:17-18 (NASB95)17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

•1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.

WHEN WILL IT HAPPENNO ONE KNOWS

•Mark 13:32-37 “But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to stay awake. Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning— lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.

•Matt 24:36-42 (NASB95)• 36 "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of

heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. 37 "For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. 38 "For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40 "Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. 41 "Two women will be grinding at the mill ; one will be taken and one will be left.

• The Church is not mentioned from Revelation 4 until Revelation 19.• Rev 3:10 (NASB95) 10 'Because you have kept the word of My perseverance , I

also will keep you from the hour of testing , that hour which is about to come upon the whole world , to test those who dwell on the earth. • The word from not through in Rev 3. • There is no instruction for the Church during this period.

THE SEASONS / SIGNS

1. Nature Signs"...and there will be great earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven."(Luke 21:11)

October of 1991 and November of 2004 (US Only)9 of the 10 largest insurance natural disasters in history.9 of the 10 greatest disasters as ranked by FEMA relief costs.5 of its costliest hurricanes in history.3 of its 4 largest tornado swarms in history.Does not include

Hurricane Katrina, U.S. (2005)Sichuan earthquake, China (2008)Earthquake and tsunami, Japan (2011)

2. Signs in Society

• "Realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God..." (2 Timothy 3:1-4)

3. The Spiritual Signs

•1 Timothy 4:3-343."The time will come when they [professing Christians] will not endure sound doctrine, but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires; and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to myths.

4) The Signs of World Politics

•Matt 24:6-7 (a) (NASB95)•6 "You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. 7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, ……

5) The Signs of Technology

• (Luke 21:26)26. "Men will faint from fear over the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken."

• Zechariah 14:12 And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

6) The Signs of Israel(Zechariah 12:3)3."And it shall come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.“ A. They will be dispersed • Luke 21:24 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and

shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

B. They will be regathered. Isaiah 11:11-12 (NASB95)• 11 Then it will happen on that day that the Lord

Will again recover the second time with His hand The remnant of His people, who will remain, From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, And from the islands of the sea. 12 And He will lift up a standard for the nations And assemble the banished ones of Israel, And will gather the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth.

• Israel will become a nation • Isaiah 66:7–8 7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; Before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. 8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once?

What to do if your left behind

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• Trust no one• Gather supplies/ Run to Mountains• Bible• Several large garbage bags• Knife, knife sharpener, survival cord• Medicine, antibiotics, aspirin/ Ibuprofen, pain killers• Water filter / Bleach• Dry foods: Oatmeal packs, Rice, beans.• Some type of screen netting:• Skin protection