Considerations Regarding End Time Events

1. Recognize That End Times Events Signal Christ’s Return - Matthew 24:32-33 - "Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door." (See also Mark 13:28-29: Luke 21:29-31.)

2. Either Jews as a People Group or the Generation Alive at the Time of the Tribulation Will Survive to the Return of Christ - Matthew 24:34-35 - "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away." (See also Mark 13:30-31; Luke 21:32-33.)

3. No One Knows the Day or Hour of the Day of the Lord - Matthew 24:36 - "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone." (See also Mark 13:32.)

4. The Coming of Jesus Will Be Unexpected/Surprising - Matthew 24:36-41 - "For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left."

5. We Should Be Alert for Christ’s Coming - Matthew 24:42 - "Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming."  (See also Mark 13:33-37 - “Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come. It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert. Therefore, be on the alert—for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—in case he should come suddenly and find you asleep. What I say to you I say to all, ‘Be on the alert!’”; Luke 21:28 - “But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near”; Luke 21:34-36).

6. Believers Should Prepare By Using Their Spiritual Gifts - Matthew 24:43-51 - "But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will. “Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes. Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. But if that evil slave says in his heart, “My master is not coming for a long time,” and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

7. Believers Should Pray for Strength to Escape - Luke 21:36 - “But keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

8. During the Tribulation Salvation Will Require Endurance - Matthew 24:13 - "But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved."

Mark Absher
California



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