End Time Bible Study - Section 7

Bible Study 7

A Quick Review

Revelation 5:13 is ‘The Shout’ that will be heard around the world! It begins in heaven, when the Father hands Jesus the scroll of the End Time judgment. This Shout of praise starts at the throne and spreads out to all the angels. Then it pours over onto all the world, where every creature will loudly proclaim: "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb, be praise and honor and glory and power, forever and ever!" (Rev. 5:13) "Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." (John 1:29) This Shout is the signal that the final 7 years on earth as we know it, are about to begin. Why? Because the Bible speaks of a final 7 year period in which prophecies are fulfilled and evil is judged (Daniel 9:24-27). The Seven Seals on the scroll (Rev. 6) are the events that must take place before the scroll is opened and judgment begins. The wrath of God does not begin until all the Seals are broken (events fulfilled) and the scroll is opened up. The church is not destined for God’s wrath! The 6th Seal announces the coming of Jesus with the same Cosmic Events Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24. Just before God’s wrath is poured out on evil, Christ will appear and call true Believers up in the rapture to be with Him. Before this, however, the first 5 Seals must be fulfilled. Jesus calls the events of the first 3 Seals, Birth Pains (Matthew 24:8). Jesus calls the 4th and 5th Seal Events "The Great Tribulation", when up to a quarter of the world's population will die. This Great Tribulation (Hard Labor/Birth Pains) starts midway through the final 7 years, when the Antichrist will declare himself to be God and attack those who will not worship him. Many Christians will die for refusing to bow to the World Leader Antichrist. God leaves his church here so God’s love and salvation can be shared with those around us. This will be a very dark time; We must have God as our first love if we are to be lights shining, leading the lost to Christ. Remember, the 6th Seal announces the coming of Jesus with the Cosmic Events Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24. At His coming, we who love Jesus will be transformed and taken up to heaven. Only then will the 7th Seal Event take place: The Day of the Lord's Trumpet and Bowl Judgments.

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1. Underline the attitude we Christ-followers should have now and in the End?

HEB 10:32-38 “After you had received the light…you endured in a great conflict full of suffering…publicly exposed to insult. You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. Do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he’s promised. For in just a very little while, “He who is coming will come and will not delay… my righteous one will live by faith.” (Hebrews 11)

2. Will his coming to gather us to himself be a secret? ______

MATT 24:26 “So if anyone tells you, `There he is, out in the desert,' do not go out; or, `Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. 27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 30 ...all the nations of the earth...will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. 31 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.” 1 THES 4:16,17 “the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.”

3. REV 7:9,13,14,17 “After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands...Then one of the elders asked me, those in white robes--who are they, and where did they come from?" I answered, "Sir, you know." And he said, "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; their robes (are) made white in the blood of the Lamb. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

After the 6th seal is lifted in Revelation, a multitude no one can count, from every n______ suddenly appears before the t_________ in front of the Lamb. We know not many will be saved during the Great Tribulation (the final half of the seven years- Matthew 24:12; 2 Timothy 3:1-5). So who is this multitude of believers? It must be the Church, enduring through tribulation to The End. We are raptured/taken up just before the wrath of God falls, as the 7th Seal is lifted and the scroll of God’s judgment unfurls.

4. What is the church told it must do before Christ comes to gather them?

Have patient e___________ to the end and remain f______________ to Jesus, even to the laying down of our lives.

MATT 24:9,21 Jesus speaking to his disciples about his coming and the end of the age said, “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. REV 12:11 “They overcame him (the devil) by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.” 14:12 “This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God's commandments and remain faithful to Jesus.” 1 COR 1:7-9 “Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Has God warned us in advance so we will be prepared to endure? _____ Is God faithful and able to keep us strong? _____

5. 2 THES 2:1,2 “Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy...saying that the day of the Lord has already come.”

From this study we know that the C__________ of the Lord, and our being gathered to Him, immediately ushers in The D_____ of the Lord. We saw that the Day of the Lord will only come after the Antichrist is revealed. The Day of the Lord and the Coming of the Lord are back to back events. So if the Day of the Lord can only come after the Antichrist is revealed midway through the seven years, we know that the coming of the Lord and our being gathered to him must also come after the midpoint of the Final Seven Years— thus the call for patient endurance.

6. Underline the phrases that tell us how we can have peace in the midst of these truths we have just studied.

PHIL 4: 6,7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 2 TIM 1:7 (KJV) “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” JOHN 17:15,20 Jesus says to His Father, “My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message.” 2 COR 4:7-9,16,18 “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned... Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

7. God leaves the church here to be a light shining in the darkness, full of good deeds. Note the action words in our marching orders: Choose one each day to focus on and ask God for strength to DO it! Romans 12:9-19,21 “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves… keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Open up your home to visitors. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not repay anyone evil for evil. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Read Matthew 25:31-46. Whatever we do for the least of these we do for the Lord Jesus.

8. What is promised to those who love God and overcome? ___________

REV 21:3-7 “God Himself will be among them and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed. He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new "And He said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true." ... "It is done I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. "He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My child.”

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9. What happens to Israel in the 7th year, The Day of the Lord?

Romans 11:25,26 “Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will remove ungodliness from Jacob (Israel)...when I take away their sins.” ISA 59:20-21 “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,” declares the Lord. “As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you…from this time on and forever,” says the Lord. (also Zech 12:10) When the full number of the Gentiles has come in, then the End will come. All the surviving Jews will repent and be saved by the end of the seventh year.

10. In these verses below, label: a. Our victory/peace in hard times, b. Our resurrection c. Our being kept from God’s wrath and d. The punishment poured out on sin at the coming of the Lord.

Isaiah 26:3,19-21 “___ You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. ___ You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy...the earth will give birth to her dead. ___ Go, my people...hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by. ___ See, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins.”

ARE YOU READY TO ENDURE TO THE END?

I pray that this study has encouraged you to know what the Bible has to say about the End Times so that your faith is strong. I hope you will be a doer of the Word and not a hearer only, fully prepared for today and the difficult days ahead. We will be victorious if we love Jesus with all our heart, soul, mind and strength, and love our neighbor as we love our self.

10 Point Overview of this Age and the Age to Come

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”.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Anitchrist 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.

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”.

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.

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.

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.

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