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Sunday, May 25, 2008

Bible Lessons: :Last Day Signs

Last Day Signs

Jesus Christ is coming for His Church!

A sign of the nearness of the return of Christ for His Church:

Since 1948 when Palestine was declared the homeland of the Jews, there has been an ever increasing influx of Jews to their native land.

This was prophesied by Jeremiah the prophet saying...

Jeremiah 16:14,15 KJV
[14] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
[15] But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither He had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

The Transportation Sign.

Nahum 2:4 NLT (many think Nahum was speaking of our day.
The chariots race recklessly along the streets and rush wildly through the squares.They flash like firelight and move as swiftly as lightning.”

The Information Sign.

Daniel 12:4 KJV
“But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro (transportation), and knowledge shall be increased.”


Transportation speed has increased.
6,000 B.C. Transportation consisted of the Caravan, approximate speed, 8 mph.
1785, the Stagecoach, traveled at 10 mph
1825, the Steam Engine traveled a 13 mph
1925, the Airplane traveled at 100 mph
1960, Missiles could fly at 1800 mph
2008, Jets Mach 2.5 (two and one half times the speed of sound.)

We are living in an age of information explosion.

For the 1st doubling of knowledge, it took from the time of Christ to the time of Leonardo.
“ “ 2nd “ “ “ , was completed before the American Revolution.
“ “ 3rd “ “ “ , was completed by 1900.
“ “ 4th “ “ “ , was completed by 1950.
“ “ 5th “ “ “ , was completed by 1960.
......... ......... ........... ................ ...............

Knowledge is now doubling every 18 months.

Another sign, scoffers.

And yet in all the world's learning, the Word of God tells us....

II Timothy 3:7 KJV
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”

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

In our day, not only do many not believe, the truth, but are scoffers at what is true.


II Peter 3:3,4 KJV
[3] Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
[4] And saying, Where is the promise of His coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

II Peter 2:1,2 KJV
[1] But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
[2] And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

II Thessalonians 2:11,12 KJV
[11] And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
[12] That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

I Timothy 4:1-3 KJV
[1] Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
[2] Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
[3] Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.


Another sign of the last days, hoarded wealth.

James 5:1-3 KJV
[1] Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
[2] Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
[3] 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.

Another sign, masses of people asleep, unaware of the nearness of Christ's return.

I Thessalonians 5:6 KJV
..let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober (alert).”

I Thessalonians 5:2 KJV
“For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.”

I Thessalonians 4:13-18 NLT
13 And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope.
14 For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with Him the believers who have died.
15 We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet Him ahead of those who have died.
16 For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the Christians who have died will rise from their graves.
17 Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever.
18 So encourage each other with these words.

I Corinthians 15:51-58 NIV
51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true:
"Death has been swallowed up in victory."
55 "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

Do you know the Lord?

John 17:3 KJV And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”

John 3:16 KJV For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

John 1:12 KJV But as many as received Him (Jesus Christ), to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name:”

John 5:24 KJV Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Romans 10:9,10 KJV
[9] That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
[10] For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Acts 4:12 KJVNeither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”

II Corinthians 6:2 KJV “...behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)