Sunday, August 2, 2009

Bible Prophecy Notes

Matthew 24:42

watch therefore for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. Be ready

we do not want to be ignorant concerning prophecy. Paul says don't be ignorant of four things:
God's working in Israel, satan's devices , 1 cor 12 spiritual gifts, 1 thess prophecy
those are the top things that church is ignorant of
don't be an ignoramus 101
Revelation wed nigh - connecting on Sunday morning to biblical prophecy
God is setting the stage for the final play, the final 7 years, tribulation,


Israel back in the land since 1948
cup of trembling to whole world
Russia and Iran allies ez 38
middle east aliogned with treaties
rome reemrging
satelite tv

1st act of that play - rapture of the church
this is our last week to look at the rapture
happens before the tribulation - the only prophecy that will affect us as Christians if you are a pre-tribulationist
we will be in heaven

what is the rapture - time when God comes for his church - dead in Christ resurrected then 1 cor 15:31 - we'll be changed - new body

1 thess 4:17 physically happen - we will be caught up harpaze rapturo caught up

not a new thing - rapture is how God gets alive people to heaven
Enoch, Elijah, Paul 2 Cor 12, Jesus Matthew 28 rose from the grave and then caught up

rapture first time God does group travel

when will it be - don't know the day or the hour
before the tribulation

why pretrib - bible say we will be comforted, promises in the bible - escape the trib, because of the order of the book of revelation, chap 4 and 5 church is in heaven, chapter 6 begins the great tribulation. Phraseology changes - church not mentioned, 2 purposes for trib - pour out God's wrath on Christ rejecting world, work with nation of Israel, because of pictures and types in the bible seem to point to pre-trib (Lot, Noah, Enoch = taken before the flood began) no one knows the hour or day. If it isn't pre-trib you know the day because you just count), only the pretrib
allows for pre-emmenence. We are not commanded to look for qa temple or seal judgements - we are commanded to look for Jesus Christ. Only pre trib makes that intellectually possible.
next week bema seat judgement
understand why pretrib view is important - life changing


4 reasons it will impact your life

1. priorities change - if servant had known master was coming soon it would have changed his priorities for living for the kingdom. Hebrews let us consider one another exhorting one another as you see the day approaching. the way you spend your resources - how using for the kingdom, talents and time, tithing, serving

2. People - how I treat them - the evil servant begins to beat servants - treat them harshly
illustration - he talked about a visiting family - the kid spit at him in childrens ministry - he didn't discipline because it wasn't his kid. Other people are God's kids. He does the discipline and judging - we are not to usurp that. Because He loves them and died for them - our job is to love them. That's a tough concept until we look at it through the filter of Jesus coming back soon

3. Purity - verse 28 if evil service says master is delaying, he beats his servants and eats and drinks with the drunkards. brutality and immorality. How would you live different if you thought Jesus was coming back today? 1st John chapter 3 - beloved now that we are children of God..everyone who has this hope in him, purifies himself

4. Personality - 1 thess 5:8 but let us who are of the day be sober...therefore comfort and edify each other. Soloman write Ecclesiastes without a hope and a heart for heaven. People leave, die, economies crash, be desperate depressed unless we hold on to the truth. Paul even says without that hope life can be miserable.
illustration - running on a treadmill - start good, get tired and sore and think you can't do it, near the end you feel better because you are almost done.
Trials easier to bear if you know it is almost over. I can run again today because this afternoon I might see my king. If you don't it will have an adverse effect. The master will come when he is not looking for him or aware and he will come and cut him in two and give his portion to the hippocrites. Miss out on the blessings of a life lived for Jesus Christ. Paul, Peter, Spurgeon, Moody all believed it.


What if we are wrong about being in the last times. We have still lived a life pure, with right priorities, being effective. We still have those blessings.

this is the last generation - for me
we will all see out king in the next hundred years. so this is each of us last generation.

in union grove Wisconsin home for kids with downs syndrome and share the gospel with them
windows are dirty because you can walk through the corridor on any given day and see these kids with hands and faces pressed against the windows watching to see if Jesus is coming to take them home and make them whole. When is the last time you looked in the sky and thought is today the day?

9 comments:

Brian said...

It just amazes me how many people confuse the rapture with the second coming of Christ. Many people believe that Jesus will return during the rapture, but this simply isn't true. Rapturo, the Greek term, literally means "caught up" or "raised up", meaning that we will be raised up along with the "dead in Christ" and will meet with Him in the clouds. The second coming is when Jesus literally returns to the earth, with all the heavens in tow, and will set up His kingdom on earth in preparation for His "millennial reign". That is the difference between the two, first we go up and then second, He brings us back.

Brian said...

Btw, great note taking, Dee!

KB said...

Interesting post. Thank you for stopping by my blog a couple of weeks ago. Sorry I am so late coming to visit you. I'll be back. Take care.

Unknown said...

nice blog, here in saudi the words are not allowed to speak. only islam. but anyway thanks for the info. nice blogs.

Brian said...

Jeremy, may the Lord bless and keep you, may His face shine upon you, be gracious, and give you peace.

Bernard said...

The four points seem to be presented as why believing in a pre-tribulation rapture is important to your life. In fact, those four points are important, and essential, for any believer that knows the Lord Jesus will return one day.

Nothing about those four points depends on me believing having a view toward pre-trib, mid-trib, post-trib, rapture=second coming. I can seek to serve Christ along those four points as an ammillienallist or a post-milleniallist.

In summary, the four life-application points are important, but not relevant to milleniall viewpoints.

Tanya Gwen Minnick said...

Interesting post :)
god bless to you and your family.
peace

Mari said...

Hello Dee. Thanks so much for stopping by. Nice blog you have here! I'm sure the Lord is pleased with the time and effort you all give to spread His word. May He bless you all. :)

Ah, I plan on increasing my reading list, also inserting other genres. Thought you'd like to know. ;)

All the best, Mariana.

erer said...

hey there...

i recently wrote something on God too... I'm sure you can relate to it...

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