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Signs of Christ’s ComingSigns of Christ’s Coming

Like the beginning of birth pains . . .Like the beginning of birth pains . . .

1.1. Wars and rumors of warsWars and rumors of wars2.2. Nation will rise against nation (ethnic Nation will rise against nation (ethnic

wars)wars)3.3. Kingdom against kingdomKingdom against kingdom4.4. PestilencesPestilences5.5. FaminesFamines

Signs of Christ’s ComingSigns of Christ’s Coming

6.6. EarthquakesEarthquakes

7.7. PersecutionPersecution

8.8. Wickedness will increase Wickedness will increase CC great falling great falling away from faith, love of most grows coldaway from faith, love of most grows cold

9.9. Deception Deception CC many false prophets, false many false prophets, false messiahsmessiahs

Signs of Christ’s ComingSigns of Christ’s Coming

10.10. Nations in anguish & perplexity Nations in anguish & perplexity CC sea will sea will roar & toss roar & toss

11.11. Men will faint from fear & terrorMen will faint from fear & terror

12.12. Budding of the fig tree Budding of the fig tree CC Israel becomes Israel becomes a nation in 1948a nation in 1948

13.13. Knowledge explosionKnowledge explosion

There will be faminesThere will be famines

There will be faminesThere will be famines

Economic CrisisEconomic Crisis

Economic Crisis: PANICEconomic Crisis: PANIC

Doomsday Vault in NorwayDoomsday Vault in Norway

Doomsday Vault in NorwayDoomsday Vault in Norway

Doomsday Vault in NorwayDoomsday Vault in Norway

Doomsday Vault in NorwayDoomsday Vault in Norway

There will be earthquakesThere will be earthquakes

Japan 1995

There will be earthquakesThere will be earthquakes

China, May 2008 Death toll 70,000+

There will be earthquakesThere will be earthquakes

China, May 2008

Deception, False MessiahsDeception, False Messiahs

Deception, False MessiahsDeception, False Messiahs

Deception, False MessiahsDeception, False Messiahs

Seas Roaring & TossingSeas Roaring & Tossing

2004 Asian Tsunami (Thailand)

Seas Roaring & TossingSeas Roaring & Tossing

2004 Asian Tsunami (Thailand)

Seas Roaring & TossingSeas Roaring & Tossing

2004 Asian Tsunami (Thailand)

Seas Roaring & TossingSeas Roaring & Tossing

2004 Asian Tsunami (Thailand) Worldwide death toll: 300,000

Seas Roaring & TossingSeas Roaring & Tossing

2004 Asian Tsunami (Thailand)

Seas Roaring & TossingSeas Roaring & Tossing

2004 Asian Tsunami (Indonesia)

Men Will Faint from TerrorMen Will Faint from Terror

Headline after Mumbai, India Attack

Men Will Faint from TerrorMen Will Faint from Terror

9/11/2001 WTC Attack Total death toll 3,000

Men Will Faint from TerrorMen Will Faint from Terror

9/11/2001 WTC Attack

Men Will Faint from TerrorMen Will Faint from Terror

11/26/2008 Mumbai, India Attack

Men Will Faint from TerrorMen Will Faint from Terror

11/26/2008 Mumbai, India Attack

Sign of the Fig TreeSign of the Fig Tree

Israel Becomes a Nation in 1948

Knowledge will IncreaseKnowledge will Increase

When Will Christ Return?When Will Christ Return?Three Watches: Luke 12:35-40

“Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the SECOND or THIRD WATCH of the night. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

The Three WatchesThe Three WatchesFirst Watch: Rapture

Bride meets Christ in the air (1 Thess. 4:15-18)

Secretive, sudden

Second Watch: Middle of 7-year Tribulation

Tribulation martyrs resurrected (Rev. 7:9-14)

Gathered by angels (Mark 13:26-27)

Third Watch: End of 7-year Tribulation

ALL nations see Christ (Mat. 24:30; Rev. 1:7)

Jesus returns to earth with His Bride for judgment (Zech. 14:4; Rev. 19:11-14)

The Ten DispensationsThe Ten Dispensations

1.1. Dispensation of AngelsDispensation of Angels

2.2. Dispensation of Innocence Dispensation of Innocence (Gen. 1-2)(Gen. 1-2)

3.3. Dispensation of Conscience Dispensation of Conscience (Gen. 3-8)(Gen. 3-8)

4.4. Dispensation of Civil Government Dispensation of Civil Government (Gen. 8-11)(Gen. 8-11)

5.5. Dispensation ofDispensation of Israel under Promise Israel under Promise (Gen. 11:10 – Exo. 18:27)(Gen. 11:10 – Exo. 18:27)

6.6. Dispensation of Dispensation of Israel under Law Israel under Law (Exo. 19 - Acts 1)(Exo. 19 - Acts 1)

The Ten DispensationsThe Ten Dispensations

7.7. Dispensation of Dispensation of Grace: Church Grace: Church (Pentecost – Rapture)(Pentecost – Rapture)

8.8. Dispensation of theDispensation of the Tribulation Tribulation (Revelation 6-19)(Revelation 6-19)

9.9. Dispensation of the Dispensation of the Millennium Millennium (Revelation 20)(Revelation 20)

10.10. Dispensation of the Dispensation of the Eternal Kingdom Eternal Kingdom (Revelation 21-22)(Revelation 21-22)