Friday, December 31, 2021

A Study of Prophecy - Handout - Tribulational Events in the Middle

These events are difficult to be placed into a known sequence. Some events can be placed in a logical sequence, but some are just placed sometime in the middle of the Tribulation.

  • John given the Little Book to eat - (Rev 10:1-11)

  • Second Worldwide Conflict between Antichrist and 3 Horns - (Dan 11:40-45) (cf. Dan 7:20, Dan 7:24, Dan 11:43, Dan 11:41 b)

  • The Antichrist killed - (Dan 11:45 b)

  • Satan cast down to earth - (Rev 12:7-12) (cf. Rev 12:12)

  • The Antichrist resurrected - (Rev 13:3) (cf. Rev 12:13, Rev 13:11-12)

  • 3 Kings (Horns) Killed, 7 submit - (Dan 7:23-25) (cf. Rev 17:12-13, Rev 17:17)

  • The destruction of Ecclesiastical (religious) Babylon - (Rev 17:16)

  • The Two Witnesses are killed - (Rev 11:7-13)

  • The world begins to worship the Antichrist - (Rev 13:3-10)

  • The rise of the False Prophet - (Rev 13:11-15) (cf. Rev 16:13, Rev 19:20, Rev 20:10)

  • The start of the mark of the beast - (Rev 13:16-18)

  • The 7 year Covenant broken - (Dan 9:27) (cf. Dan 11:40-45, Isa 28:14-22)

  • The Abomination of Desolation set up - (Dan 9:27) (cf. Dan 12:11, Mat 24:15-16, Rev 11:1-2, 2Th 2:3-4, 2Th 2:8-12)

  • Unprecedented Jewish Persecution - Mat 24:15-18, Rev 12:1-17)

  • Mid Trib Announcements - Observational proclamations - (Rev 14:1-20)



A Study of Prophecy - Handout - Tribulation Events First Half

  • Tribulation Starts - when the Antichrist confirms a covenant with Israel (Dan 9:27) and it will last for only 7 years.


  • Purpose - For Israel to "finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place" - (Dan 9:24, Isa 24:1-13).

  • Sequential Events - From Start to End of First Half of Tribulation:

  • The first 6 of 7 Seal Judgments are poured out - (Rev 6:17)

  • The 7th Seal initiates the 1st 6 Trumpet Judgments - (Rev 8:1 to Rev 9:21)


  • Concurrent Events - While the Seal and Trumpet Judgments are being poured out:

  • The 144,000 Jewish Evangelists Are Preaching - (Rev 7:1-8)

  • The 144,000 Bring about a revival - (Rev 7:9-17)

  • The Two Witnesses are preaching - (Rev 11:3-14)

  • Ecclesiastical (religious) Babylon Rules - (Rev 17:1-6)

A Study of Prophecy - The Rapture

  • The Rapture Event Described - (Joh 14:1-3, 1Th 4:13-18)

  • The Rapture Event Impact - resurrected and translated bodies, the need for it (1Co 15:50-58), the details of it (1Co 15:35-49).

  • The Rapture Event Timing - The rapture removes us from wrath, we are NOT destined for wrath (Isa 13:6-9, Jer 30:4-8, Eze 7:19, Eze 30:3, Joel 1:15, Joel 2:1-2, Joel 2:11, Joel 3:14-16, Amos 5:18-20, Zep 1:14-15, Zep 2:1-3, Zec 14:1-2, Mal 4:5, 1Th 5:1-3, 2Th 2:1-2, 2Pe 3:10, Rev 19:11-21). We ARE destined for blessing - (2Ti 4:8, Tit 2:11-14, 1Jn 2:28) and rewards (Luk 21:34-36).


  • Not a day of darkness - (Amos 5:20) but a day of light - (Tit 2:13)

  • We are told to pray in order to escape - (Luk 21:34-36), to be rescued (1Th 1:9-10), the wicked cannot escape (1Th 5:1-3).

  • We are kept from the hour of trial coming on the whole earth - (Rev 3:10).

  • We meet the Lord in the air (1Th 4:17), and come back with Him 7 years later (Zec 14:4-5, 1Th 3:13, Jud 1:14-15, as His Holy Ones (Rev 19:14, Rev 19:8, Rev 17:14).

  • His return for us in Imminent - (Joh 21:20-23, Rom 13:11-12, Jas 5:7-9).

  • The church is not mentioned one time in all of the Tribulation passages.



A Study of Prophecy - Introduction

Why Study Prophecy?

2Pe 1:19 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Rev 1:3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.

Definition of Israel

Israel and Jew are ethnic terms. In scripture they mean the physical descendants of Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob. It means the people of the nation of Israel consisting of those physical descendants. In scripture, Israel is NEVER used to refer to people who are not Jewish by blood, such as non-Jewish born again Christians or the church in general.

Daniel's 70 Weeks

The passage detailing Daniel's 70 Weeks is important because it provides a high level overview of prophecy from the past Babylonian Captivity until the future Messianic Kingdom. It is a good outline to place the rest of scripture into to keep things straight.

  • Daniel's "70 Weeks of Sevens" equal to 490 years. It specifies the number of years to prepare Israel for the Messianic Kingdom. (Dan 9:24).

  • The start of this time period is the building of the wall in Jerusalem (Dan 9:25, Neh 2:5-8), and it ends at the start of the Messianic Kingdom (Isa 2:2-4).

  • 483 years later Messiah Jesus will be crucified (Dan 9:26), causing a long postponement before Israel was expected to be ready. The postponement was due to the rejection of the Messianic King and His crucifixion. (Mat 23:37-39).

  • At some future point, the countdown will resume when the Antichrist confirms a covenant with Israel (Dan 9:27, Isa 28:14-22). The Messianic Kingdom will then be 7 years away.

The Olivet Discourse

The disciples asked Jesus three different things - "when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?" (Mat 24:3, Mar 13:3-4, Luk 21:7).

  • "the end of the age" - the sign of the end of the church age prior to the establishment of the Messianic Kingdom - (Mat 24:4-6), (Mar 13:6-7, Luk 21:8-9), signs it is close - (Mat 24:7-8, Mar 13:8, Luk 21:10-11).

  • "the sign of your coming" - the sign of the second coming of Christ after the sign of the end of the age, 1st half Tribulation events - (Mat 24:9-28, Mar 13:14-23), 2nd half Tribulation events (Mat 24:15-28, Mar 13:14-23), Christ's coming (Mat 24:29-30, Mar 13:24-26, Luk 21:25-27), followed by the regathering of the Jewish people (Mat 24:31, Mar 13:27).

  • "when will this happen" - the disciples were referring to the destruction of the temple and Jerusalem in 70AD - (Luk 21:20-24)

A Study of Prophecy - Pre Tribulation Events

 Signs of the End of the Church Age - Past or Under Way.

  • World Wars - (Mat 24:6-7)

  • Regathering of the people of Israel in unbelief to their land (Alyah) - (Eze 20:33-38, Eze 22:17-22, Eze 36:22-24, Isa 11:11 to Isa 12:6, Zep 1:14-18, Zep 2:1-2)

  • Jerusalem under Jewish Control (The 6 Day War) - Dan 9:27, Mat 24:25, Dan 11:31, Dan 12:11, 2Th 2:3-4, Rev 11:1-2)

 

Signs of the End of the Church Age - Future.

  • Gog / Magog War - (Eze 38:1 to Eze 39:16)

  • One World Government - (Dan 7:23-24, Rev 3:10, Rev 13:7-8, Luk 21:35-36, Zep 1:18)

  • Ten Kingdoms - (Dan 7:23-24, Dan 2:42, Dan 7:7, Rev 13:1)

  • Rise of Antichrist to power - (Dan 7:24, 2Th 2:1-3, Dan 9:27)

  • Seven Year Covenant - (Dan 9:27)

  • Period of Peace and False Security – (1Th 5:1-3)

     

  • A blackout - (Joel 2:31)

  • The Return of Elijah - (Mal 4:5-6)

  • The Third Temple Rebuilt - (Dan 9:27, Mat 24:15, 2Th 2:3-4, Rev 11:1-2)


  • The Rapture - (Joh 14:1-3, 1Co 15:35-58, Luk 21:34-37, 1Th 1:9-10, 1Th 5:1-10, Rev 3:10, Joh 21:20-23, Jas 5:7-9)

  • Bema Judgment - (Rom 14:10-12, 2Co 5:10, 1Co 3:10-15)

  • The Marriage of the Lamb - (Rev 19:6-10, Eph 5:25-27)





A Study of Prophecy - Handout - Mid Tribulational Events

These events cannot be placed in a known sequence, but they all occur sometime midway through the Tribulation.

  • A blackout - (Joel 2:31)

  • The Return of Elijah - (Mal 4:5-6)

  • The Third Temple Rebuilt - (Dan 9:27, Mat 24:15, 2Th 2:3-4, Rev 11:1-2)

  • The Rapture - (Joh 14:1-3, 1Co 15:35-58, Luk 21:34-37, 1Th 1:9-10, 1Th 5:1-10, Rev 3:10, Joh 21:20-23, Jas 5:7-9)

  • Bema Judgment - (Rom 14:10-12, 2Co 5:10, 1Co 3:10-15)

  • The Marriage of the Lamb - (Rev 19:6-10, Eph 5:25-27)

These events are difficult to be placed into a known sequence. Some events can be placed in a logical sequence, but some are just placed sometime in the middle of the Tribulation.

  • John given the Little Book to eat - (Rev 10:1-11)

  • Second Worldwide Conflict between Antichrist and 3 Horns - (Dan 11:40-45) (cf. Dan 7:20, Dan 7:24, Dan 11:43, Dan 11:41 b)

  • The Antichrist killed - (Dan 11:45 b)

  • Satan cast down to earth - (Rev 12:7-12) (cf. Rev 12:12)

  • The Antichrist resurrected - (Rev 13:3) (cf. Rev 12:13, Rev 13:11-12)

  • 3 Kings (Horns) Killed, 7 submit - (Dan 7:23-25) (cf. Rev 17:12-13, Rev 17:17)

  • The destruction of Ecclesiastical (religious) Babylon - (Rev 17:16)

  • The Two Witnesses are killed - (Rev 11:7-13)

  • The world begins to worship the Antichrist - (Rev 13:3-10)

  • The rise of the False Prophet - (Rev 13:11-15) (cf. Rev 16:13, Rev 19:20, Rev 20:10)

  • The start of the mark of the beast - (Rev 13:16-18)

  • The 7 year Covenant broken - (Dan 9:27) (cf. Dan 11:40-45, Isa 28:14-22)

  • The Abomination of Desolation set up - (Dan 9:27) (cf. Dan 12:11, Mat 24:15-16, Rev 11:1-2, 2Th 2:3-4, 2Th 2:8-12)

  • Unprecedented Jewish Persecution - Mat 24:15-18, Rev 12:1-17)

  • Mid Trib Announcements - Observational proclamations - (Rev 14:1-20)



 

A Study of Prophecy - Handout - Second Half Tribulation Events

Events from the middle of the Tribulation would logically continue into the second half, and following the prelude in Rev 15 the sequential description of events resumes.

  • The Prelude - observations of the 7 last plagues - (Rev 15:1-8)

Sequential Events - This picks up from where we left off in Rev 11:19.

  • The 7th Trumpet initiates the 7 Bowl Judgments – (Rev 16:1-21)

  • The 6th Bowl - The Campaign of Armageddon - Begins (Rev 16:12-16, Joel 3:9-11, Psa 2:1-6), the Destruction of Economic / Political Babylon - (Rev 18:4-8) (cf. Zec 5:5-11, Isa 13:1-6, Isa 13:19-22, Isa 14:22-23, Jer 50:1 to Jer 51:64), the Fall of Jerusalem - (Zec 12:1-3, Zec 14:1-2, Zec 12:4-9, Mic 4:11 to Mic 5:1), the Armies of Antichrist at Bozrah – (Jer 49:13-14).

  • National Regeneration of Israel - Confession of sin (Lev 26:1-40-42, Jer 3:11-18, Hos 5:15, Isa 53:1-9), pleading for Messiah to return (Zec 12:10, Mat 23:37-39, Isa 64:1-12), regeneration (Hos 6:1-3, Rom 11:25-27, Joel 2:28-32).

  • The 7th Bowl - The Second Coming of Jesus - In battle (Joel 3:12-13, 2Th 2:8, Isa 14:3-11, Isa 14:16-21, Zec 14:12-15, Rev 14:19-20), the 7th Bowl - It Is Done - (Rev 16:17-21, Zec 14:4-5, Joel 3:14-17), in victory (Zec 14:3-4, Rev 19:1-5, Rev 19:11-16, Mat 24:30, Act 1:9, Eze 39:21-29), invitation to Marriage Feast (Rev 19:9).