End Time Study -  Section 1

Is it possible to understand what is happening in our world? 

Can we make sense of End Time’s Prophecies? 

Yes! Dive into the following pages to discover all the Bible teaches 

so that you can be strong and courageous in the difficult days ahead.

I urge you to ask for God’s help as you study. 

Do one small section at a time and consider keeping a notebook 

to write down your insights and questions.   

(click on blue verse numbers for further Bible study)

Bible Study 1 

“THE END”

 A. Why Study End Time Prophecies?

“So be on your guard; I have told you everything in advance.

             And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”             

    Mark 13:23; Matthew 28:20; 

NOTE: Fill in the blanks verbally to help cement the facts in your heart and mind.

1.  REV 21:5 “He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." 

We can know these words are t_________ and t_____.

2. REV 22:6  “The angel said to me, "These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place."

It is given by the L______ for His  s_________.

3.  REV 1:1-3  “This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.” (Berean Study Bible)

This is the word of God. B______ are those who read, hear and obey this revelation. 

4.   REV 22:7  "Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll."

What does it mean to keep the words?  (Circle all that you think apply)

a) Keep studying them    b) Don’t change their meaning    c) Obey them

5.   REV 22:16  "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches." Jesus says this at the end of the book of Revelation.

a.   Who gave this testimony (ALL of Revelation)?   J__________.

b.   To whom is it given?   The C____________.

6.  ROM 15:4   “For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.”   DEUT 29:29  “The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever…”  

You are honoring God by studying and believing His Scriptures! God’s Word is given to us to instruct and encourage. We are to study it so we are able to tell the truth from error and, through endurance, have h________. 

7. LUKE 21:26-28  “Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”  NAS  (Rom 8:18-28)

We study so that we’ll know when our redemption is drawing  n________ and  not lose hope. People will faint from f____  but we are to be lifting up our heads in confidence, as we see the events that foretell His coming and look for the Lord’s return.

8.  I COR 1:7,8   “Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.  He will keep you strong to the end,  so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus. God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” 

Christ will be revealed at the e____  and will bring in the d____ of our Lord Jesus.  God is faithful and will keep us strong to the end. He is our unwavering hope! (Rom 8:31-39)  

9.  We study the prophecies because God gave us so many scriptures concerning the End. Listen to Jesus' teaching on this and then look at the OVERVIEW that follows.

Matthew 24:3  The disciples asked Jesus: 

“What will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"  

“Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars...but the end is still to come....There will be famines and earthquakes. All these are the beginning of birth pains. Then (Great Tribulation) you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. (gospel to all: Rev 14:6) “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation’ (Antichrist)… there will be great distress (Great Tribulation), unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again…but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened… as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. “Immediately after the distress of those days ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken. “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.  “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”  Matthew 24:3-9, 12-15, 21-22 ,27, 29-31; 28:20

Daniel "...go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance."  Daniel 12:13   

“The End” is a significant term that we need to understand.

B. Overview of the Terms, Events and Timing of ‘The End’

(full study found in Section 6)

1.  Words/terms describing  "Jesus' coming and of the end of the age"  Matthew 24:3

• The last day: when Jesus comes and raises up all who have received him as Savior and Lord and clothes them with supernatural bodies like his. JOHN 6:39-44

• The last time: when Jesus and our full salvation are revealed, and we are fully saved in spirit, soul, and body. I PETER 1:5,7

• That day: when all who have longed for his appearing will be rewarded. 2 TIM 1:12, 4:7-8

• The Day of the Lord: begins immediately after the rapture of true Believers at Christ’s coming. It is a time of God’s wrath that falls on all who rejected His love and life. It ends when God destroys the Antichrist’s kingdom. 1 Corinthians 1:7,8; Zephaniah 1:14,15,17; Revelation 6:17; Isaiah 13:6 

2.  Events leading to "Jesus' coming and of the end of the age"  Matthew 24:3

• The first 5 Seals of Revelation’s scroll must be broken and the prophesied events take place: Birth Pains consisting of Antichrist, wars, famine and death and then the “hard labor” (Great Tribulation) of martyrdom in the second half. Note that the Seals are NOT the wrath of God because those killed for their faith (seen in the 5th Seal) are asking, “When will you pour out your wrath/judgment, Lord?”  REVELATION 6  The wrath comes after the 7th seal is broken and the Scroll in opened announcing the Trumpet and Bowl judgments.

The following events must happen as the 5 seal prophecies are unfolding:

• Temple rebuilt in Jerusalem (perhaps with the help of a new world leader/Antichrist)

• Restrainer taken out of the way

• Great Tribulation, when the Antichrist stands up in the temple and demands to be worshiped as God by all the world. The mark of the beast will be required to buy or sell. All who receive this will be eternally cut off from God.

• Gospel preached to every nation

• Endurance! We are called to not give in but to overcome through the blood of the Lamb (our salvation), the word of our testimony (faith displayed by our words and actions) and the laying down of our lives (loving God more than life/martyrdom). The Great Tribulation will separate the wheat and the tares- those who belong to Jesus will be strengthened and the pretenders will fall away. Those who love Jesus and know his truth will invite the lost to repent and be made alive in Christ.

3. Timing of  "Jesus' coming and of the end of the age"  Matthew 24:3

• The 6th Seal is broken and the sun is darkened, the moon turns blood red, the stars fall from the sky and Jesus descends with a loud shout and trumpet blast to gather up those who love him and know him as Savior and Lord.

• Then the world is judged and the kingdom of the Antichrist obliterated. This is called the Day of the Lord's wrath.

• After Jesus has Satan bound and locked into the Abyss, he will hand the kingdom over to his Father. The Father appoints Jesus to rule over the renewed earth for 1000 years.

To put “the end” in context we need to examine two more terms:

THIS AGE and THE AGE to COME

See study section 5 for more details

1 Corinthians 2:6-8

We speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery (salvation through Jesus) that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”

10 Point Overview of this Age and the Age to Come

1.  God created all things and is the owner.  He has told us his plans and will accomplish them; His use of 7’s in the Bible gives us the “Big Picture”.

2.  Adam and Eve gave their God-given authority over the earth to Satan when they obeyed him, rather than God. God promised that a child of the woman would crush Satan’s head. Satan has tried to destroy mankind ever since; This is called world history.

3.  Jesus, God the Son, took back the stolen authority from Satan by perfectly obeying the Father and willingly giving his life in place of ours; His death paid our death sentence, for the wages of sin is death. Death could not hold him and he rose from the grave. In his resurrection he offers us eternal life. He delivers us from Satan’s abusive authority by rescuing us from the kingdom of darkness and bringing us into God’s kingdom of light. 

4. Those who take the free gift of eternal life purchased by Jesus are declared right with God and are given the Holy Spirit as a Counselor to teach and comfort and empower. Near and far we are to show people God’s love and call them into the kingdom of light through a relationship with Jesus.

5.  When a Christ-Follower (true Christian/Believer) dies, their soul goes to Jesus in heaven. When an unsaved person dies in their sin, their soul is eternally separated from God in outer darkness and distress. They did not turn from their own way to receive the gift of eternal life in Jesus and cannot enter heaven.

6.  Seven final years have been prophesied to finish this Age. Christ’s second coming will happen within that final 7 years. Before Christ’s second coming and the end of the age, a number of events must take place. Jesus called these events birth pains that grow into great tribulation/distress. The Great Tribulation will begin when the Antichrist declares himself to be God and turns on Jews and Christians to put them to death. Most of the world will follow him and receive his mark of allegiance.  A number of Jews will be hidden by God in the wilderness for 3 ½ years and many Christ-Followers will give their lives as martyrs rather than bow to the Antichrist.

7.  After the distress of those days, Jesus comes in the clouds, with trumpet blast and shout, to gather those who love him. The dead Believers rise first and then those living, all clothed in new, immortal bodies, to be forever with the Lord. This is the beginning of “The End”.

8.  Christ’s coming ushers in the Day of the Lord’s judgment when God’s wrath is poured out on all that is evil. These are called the Trumpet and Bowl judgments.

9.  After the Battle of Armageddon, where the rebelling nations are destroyed and Satan bound, the raptured saints and redeemed Jews and a small remnant of the nations will enjoy 1000 years on a renewed “Eden” earth, with Christ over all. Is this the Age to Come or will it start with the new heaven and earth? We shall see.

10.  At the end of the 1000 years The White Throne Judgment takes place, where all unbelievers, dead and alive, and living believers on earth, come before God.  Anyone whose name is not in the Book of Life is thrown into the lake of fire with Satan. God will not make anyone live eternally with him if they did not love him in their lifetime.  The New Heaven and Earth are created and we have eternity to explore and enjoy it all, with no more sorrow or death.  We will forever be with our loving God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit and with all those who are his.

Scroll down to access a couple of helpful charts that allow us to see the whole picture as presented in the book of Revelation. As you look at the first chart you will see that there are chapters in the middle that do not read sequentially, but rather take us back to the midway point of the final 7 years. Knowing this, we are better able to understand why things already described earlier are being mentioned again in these chapters. I hope this helps you as you continue to press in and learn all that God has for you!

In Matthew 24 and Revelation 6 

Jesus gives us a clear outline of all the events leading up to 

The END.  Let’s look at these 2 texts side by side and you will see that 

Jesus clearly outlines the events of the End Time so that we can understand and prepare.

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