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Armageddon. The return of Jesus Christ will be the most spectacular event the world has ever known.
ILLUS - Interesting ways the world uses “End of the World” terms to describe significant events.
2. The end of the world is a topic that has raised many questions down through the ages.
3. Last week, we studied the second part of a series called Things to Come, based on Jesus Christ teachings from Matthew 24:15-28. During our study, we addressed two questions:
a. What does the Bible say about the Antichrist?
b. Will the Church go through the Great Tribulation?
4. Tonight, during the third part of our series, we will focus on the Second Coming of Jesus Christ at the end of the Great Tribulation based on Jesus’ teachings in Matthew 24:29-44.
5. From this passage we will also look at the three exhortations that Jesus gave regarding His return so that we may know how to live our lives in these last days.
6. As I shared each week, it is my prayer that our study will strengthen our faith, increase our love, and deepen our hope for the return of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Matthew 24:29-44
Context
1. Matthew 24-25 is called the Olivet Discourse because Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, just east of Jerusalem, when He taught His disciples.
2. Actually, Jesus’ teaching began in Matthew 23, when He prophesied about the destruction of Jerusalem and Herod’s Temple because the Jewish leaders had failed to recognize and receive Him as Israel’s Messiah.
3. Shocked by what they heard, Peter, James, John, and Andrew privately asked Jesus two questions:
a. When will the Temple be destroyed?
b. What will be the sign of Your coming at the of the end of the age?
4. First, Jesus gave the “signs of the times” so that when we see them, we will know that the end is near. Some of the signs that Jesus mentioned include:
a. The coming of false Messiahs and false prophets who will mislead many people with their false teachings and deceiving signs.
b. There will be wars and rumors of wars along with famines and earthquakes which will grow greater in intensity and frequency as the events of the last days draw near.
c. There will be a great falling away from the Christian faith, an apostasy, as unrighteousness and worldliness increase. As a result, Jesus said most people’s love will grow cold.
d. Tensions will also grow between Israel and her enemies. During that time, antisemitism will increase as will the power and voice of Israel’s enemies on the world stage.
5. In the midst of this political, economic, and social turmoil the Antichrist will arise on the world scene.
a. He will be seen as a great diplomatic genius because he will succeed where others have tried but failed.
b. The Antichrist will make a peace treaty in the Middle East between Israel and her enemies.
c. Part of that covenant will permit Israel to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.
d. Even Israel will respect and revere the Antichrist because of this great accomplishment.
6. But the Antichrist will reveal his true colors when he breaks his covenant with Israel 3 ½ years later.
a. He will establish a new world religion by setting himself up in the newly rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem as a god to be worshipped.
b. In fact, according to Revelation 13, he will cause a living statue of himself to be put into the Temple.
c. His associate, the false prophet, will cause the whole world to worship it.
7. Israel will realize that their “protector” is actually their ultimate “persecutor” and will respond with great anger against his desecration of their Temple.
8. Then the Antichrist will cause all the nations to turn against Israel.
a. The world will prepare for war against Israel.
b. At that time, cataclysmic events will also occur around the globe and in the heavens, such as earthquakes, plagues, famines, scorching heat waves, terrible storms with hailstones weighing 100 lbs. falling from the sky. (Revelation 16:21)
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