Series: Are We Nearing the End of Time?

1. What About The Olivet Discourse A study of Christ’s sermon about the fall of Jerusalem. Series: Are We Nearing the End of Time?

2. “But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.” 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 (NKJV) Series: Are We Nearing the End of Time?

3. “And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?” Matthew 24:1–3 The Questions

4. world The term "world" here translates the Greek word "aion" and may be more appropriately translated "age" referring to the end of the Jewish age. The Questions

5. “For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.” Hebrews 9:26 The Questions

6. Signs – False Christs and False Prophets

7. Signs – Wars and Rumors of Wars

8. Signs – Calamities, Earthquakes

9. Signs – Persecutions, Gospel Preached

10. “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:” Matthew 24:15-16 “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near.” Luke 21:20 (NKJV) Signs – Abomination of Desolation

11. Signs – Abomination of Desolation

12. The Christians Escape

13. Difficulties

14. Tribulation

15. “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:” Matthew 24:29 The word "immediately" means directly, at once, soon, straightway, forthwith. It seems to typically carry the notion of immediacy. Next In Succession

16. “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:” Matthew 24:29 Next In Succession – Sun Darkened

17. “For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: The sun shall be darkened in his going forth, And the moon shall not cause her light to shine… Therefore I will shake the heavens, And the earth shall remove out of her place, In the wrath of the Lord of hosts, And in the day of his fierce anger.” Isaiah 13:10, 13 “The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see… 17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, Which shall not regard silver; And as for gold, they shall not delight in it… 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.” Isaiah 13:1, 17, 19 Next In Succession – Sun Darkened

18. “And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.” Matthew 24:30 Next In Succession – Christ Coming with Power

19. “The burden against Egypt. Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst. 2 I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom. 3The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers. 4 And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over them, Says the Lord, the Lord of hosts.” Isaiah 19:1–4 (NKJV) Next In Succession – Christ Coming with Power

20. “And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” Matthew 24:31 Gather the Elect

21. “Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.” Matthew 24:32–33 Fig Tree

22. “Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.” Matthew 24:34 Generation

23. “Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.” 2 Timothy 4:8 Series: Are We Nearing the End of Time?

24. What About The Olivet Discourse A study of Christ’s sermon about the fall of Jerusalem. Series: Are We Nearing the End of Time?