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Various prophecies that will occur shortly before Jesus Christ's second coming
False Christs/prophets (Matthew 24:4; 24:11): "For many will come in my name,
claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many," "...and many false prophets will
appear and deceive many people." This sign may be fulfilled by the proliferation of
cults in our modern world; those who claim to have been given new revelations.
Wars and Rumors of Wars (Matthew 24:6): "Your will hear of wars and rumors of
wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is
still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom."
The worldwide dissemination of the Gospel (Matthew 24:14): "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." The sharing of the Good News by evangelists, missionaries, and
individual witnesses, whether in person, or via radio, TV, or the Internet, are
fulfillments of this sign.
The Sign of Noah (Matthew 24:37-39): "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at
the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people ?were eating
and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;
and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them
all away." The rise of commercial culture and consumer society, anything that takes
up time and fills the daily life of people to such an extent that they have little time for
God and are not aware of the signs of the Lord's return.
Signs and wonders in the heavens (Luke 21:11): "There will be...great signs from
heaven..." Meteors, and other signs and wonders in the skies are fulfillments of this
prophecy.
Pestilence (Luke 21:11): "There will be...pestilences in various places..." The spread
of diseases, viruses and plagues are clear fulfillments of this prophecy.
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Fearful Events (Luke 21:11): "There will be...fearful events..." Large scale events
which generate fear and anxiety and contribute to a general feeling that things are out
of control, events that in their severity may turn people back to God, and the
realizaiton that He is still in control. Natural disasters, floods, tornados, cyclones,
weather extremes and the rise of 24 hour coverage of "news events" may all be
fulfillments of this prophecy.
Signs in the Sun, Moon, and Stars (Luke 21:25): "There will be signs in the sun,
moon and stars." The onset of Solar Max, solar storms and flares, variations in lunar
luminosity, eclipses, and recent Hubble discoveries of new stars and galaxies may be
fulfillments of this prophecy.
Fear and Apprehension for the Future (Luke 21:26): "Men will faint from terror,
apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken."
This prophecy clearly suggests that people will be aware, at the end time, of an event
that will come upon the world, an event that will generate terror and apprehension.
Things upon which people had an unshakable certainty will be shaken, causing many
to fear for the future. Y2K hysteria, global warming, species extinction, the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and similar global concerns may be
fulfillment of this prophecy.
The establishment of a new Jewish Temple (Daniel 9:27; Matthew 24:15): "So when
you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of
through the prophet Daniel, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains."
The growth of world community (Revelation 11:9): "For three and a half days men
from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse
them burial. The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by
sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on
the earth."?
Mark of the Beast - advances in biometrics and smart card technology that would
facilitate the mark of the beast (Revelation 13:16-18), the number of man, 666: "He
[the second beast] also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and
slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy
or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his
name."
The disposition of military forces in and around Jerusalem (Ezekiel 38:8; Zechariah
12; Luke 21:20; Revelation 19:19): "In future years, you [Gog] will invade a land that
has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the
mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from
any nations, and now all of them live in safety. You and all your troops and the many
nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering
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the land."
"I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling.
Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when all the nations of the
earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the
nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves...On that day, the Lord will
shield those who live in Jerusalem...On that day, I will set out to destroy all the
nations that attack Jerusalem."
"When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its
desolation is near."
"Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to
make war against the rider on the horse and his army. But the beast was captured and
with him the false prophet who had performed the miraculous signs on his behalf."
Revelation, Chapter 13
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like
a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast
before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first
beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he
maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And
deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had
power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they
should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 15
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast
should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the
beast should be killed. 16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free
and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no
man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the
number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the
number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred
threescore and six.
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