heavenly & earthly signs
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Hebrew: ôth =“sign,token”môphēth = “wonder,sign,portent”
Greek: sēmeion =“sign,marksignal”
“Wordconnotingavisibleeventintendedtoconveymeaningbeyondthatwhichisnormallyperceivedintheoutwardappearanceoftheevent.”
(BakerEncyclopediaoftheBible,p.1961)
VITALSIGNS
Chest Pain
Sweating
Shortness of Breath
Indigestion
Fatigue
Anxiety
Nausea
Wheezing
PalpitationsDizziness
Genesis1:14-15 ThenGodsaid,“Lettherebelightsinthefirmamentoftheheavenstodividethedayfromthenight;andletthembeforsignsandseasons,andfordaysandyears;15 andletthembeforlightsinthefirmamentoftheheavenstogivelightontheearth”;anditwasso.
Zodiac
HebrewwordZodi istheetymologyofZodiac =“theway”
Historyofthe
• WilhelmGundel,Germanhistorianandastronomer,notesthatthefirstZodiacwithwhichheisfamiliaroriginates5400BC.
• Josephus,Jewishhistorian,writesthattheZodiacisantediluvian.
• ThePersians(Zoroastrianism)saythatAdam,SethandEnochoriginatedtheZodiac.
Psalm19:1–4TheheavensdeclarethegloryofGod;andthefirmamentshowsHishandiwork.2Dayuntodayuttersspeech,andnightuntonightrevealsknowledge.3 Thereis nospeechnorlanguagewhere theirvoiceisnotheard.4 Theirlinehasgoneoutthroughalltheearth,andtheirwordstotheendoftheworld.InthemHehassetatabernacleforthesun,5 whichis likeabridegroomcomingoutofhischamber,And rejoiceslikeastrongmantorunitsrace.6 Itsrisingis fromoneendofheaven,anditscircuittotheotherend;andthereisnothinghiddenfromitsheat.
Romans1:20ForsincethecreationoftheworldHisinvisibleattributesareclearlyseen,beingunderstoodbythethingsthataremade,evenHiseternalpowerandGodhead,sothattheyarewithoutexcuse.
“Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.”Immanuel Kant
38 ThensomeofthescribesandPhariseesanswered,saying,“Teacher,wewanttoseeasignfromYou.”39 ButHeansweredandsaidtothem,“Anevilandadulterousgenerationseeksafterasign,andnosignwillbegiventoitexceptthesignoftheprophetJonah.
Matthew12:38–39
29 “Immediatelyafterthetribulationofthosedaysthesunwillbedarkened,andthemoonwillnotgiveitslight;thestarswillfallfromheaven,andthepowersoftheheavenswillbeshaken.30 ThenthesignoftheSonofManwillappearinheaven,andthenallthetribesoftheearthwillmourn,andtheywillseetheSonofMancomingonthecloudsofheavenwithpowerandgreatglory.31 AndHewillsendHisangelswithagreatsoundofatrumpet,andtheywillgathertogetherHiselectfromthefourwinds,fromoneendofheaventotheother.
25 “Andtherewillbesignsinthesun,inthemoon,andinthestars;andontheearthdistressofnations,withperplexity,theseaandthewavesroaring;26 men’sheartsfailingthemfromfearandtheexpectationofthosethingswhicharecomingontheearth,forthepowersoftheheavenswillbeshaken.27 ThentheywillseetheSonofMancominginacloudwithpowerandgreatglory.
144,000Witnesses
7years
RaptureoftheChurch
Psalm83War
SatanreignsonEarththroughtheAntichrist
2Witnesses Armaged
don
3½years3½years
“thegreattribulation”
WarofG
og&M
agog
ReturnofChrist
“The Time of Jacob’s Trouble”
6SealJudgments 7th Seal=7Trumpets
7th Trumpet=7BowlJudgments
Isaiah13:10Forthestarsofheavenandtheirconstellationswillnotgivetheirlight;thesunwillbedarkenedinitsgoingforth,andthemoonwillnotcauseitslighttoshine. (alsoIsa.5:30,50:3)Joel2:10 Theearthquakesbeforethem,theheavenstremble;thesunandmoongrowdark,andthestarsdiminishtheirbrightness. (alsoJoel2:31,3:15)
Amos8:9“Anditshallcometopassinthatday,”saystheLordGOD,“ThatIwillmakethesungodownatnoon,andIwilldarkentheearthinbroaddaylight”
16versesintheBiblerefertothedarkeningofthesun,moonandstars
Revelation6:12IlookedwhenHeopenedthesixthseal,andbehold,therewasagreatearth-quake;andthesunbecameblackassackclothofhair,andthemoonbecamelikeblood.(alsoRevelation16:10-11)
16versesintheBiblerefertothedarkeningofthesun,moonandstars
Ezekiel32:7WhenI putoutyourlight,Iwillcovertheheavens,andmakeitsstarsdark;Iwillcoverthesunwithacloud,andthemoonshallnotgiveherlight.
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A.Solar:Mt.24:29“Immediatelyafterthetribulationofthosedaysthesunwillbedarkened”
Mark13:24 “Butinthosedays,afterthattribulation,thesunwillbedarkened,andthemoonwillnotgiveitslight;
Lk.21:25“…therewillbesignsinthesun”
B.Lunar:
Mt.24:29 “themoonwillnotgiveitslight”
Lk.21:25“therewillbesigns...inthemoon”
Joel2:31Thesunshallbeturnedintodarkness,andthemoonintoblood,beforethecomingofthegreatandawesomedayoftheLORD.
Mark13:24 “Butinthosedays,afterthattribulation,...themoonwillnotgiveitslight;
C.Stellar:
Lk.21:25-26“therewillbesignsinthesun,inthemoon,andinthestars...thepowersoftheheavenswillbeshaken.”
Mt.24:29 “thestarswillfallfromheaven,andthepowersoftheheavenswillbeshaken.”
A.Globally:Lk.21:25 “ontheearthdistressofnations,withperplexity”
B.Geologically:
Lk.21:25“theseaandthewavesroaring”
Mt.24:7–8Fornationwillriseagainstnation,andkingdomagainstkingdom.Andtherewillbefamines,pestilences,andearthquakesinvariousplaces.8 Alltheseare thebeginningofsorrows.
Zechariah14:4AndinthatdayHisfeetwillstandontheMountofOlives,whichfacesJerusalemontheeast. AndtheMountofOlivesshallbesplitintwo,fromeasttowest,making averylargevalley;halfofthemountainshallmovetowardthenorthandhalfofittowardthesouth.
1.Creation
2.Noah’sFlood
3.Sodom&Gomorrah
4.LawonMountSinai
5.AuthenticationofMoses’leadership
6.FallofJericho
7.VindicationofHebrewprophets
9.ResurrectionofChrist
8.CrucifixionofChrist
10.Pentecost(Acts4:31)
11.PhilippianPrison(Acts16:26)
12.Endtimeincrease(Mt.24:8)
13.Gog’sInvasion(Ezek.38-39)
14.ReturnofChrist(Rev.6:12)
Luke21:25-26“andontheearthdistressofnations,withperplexity...26 men’sheartsfailingthemfromfearandtheexpectationofthosethingswhicharecomingontheearth”
C.Individually:
Isaiah7:14 ThereforetheLordHimselfwillgiveyouasign:Behold,thevirginshallconceiveandbearaSon,andshallcallHisnameImmanuel.
Luke2:12Andthiswillbe thesigntoyou: YouwillfindaBabewrappedinswaddlingcloths,lyinginamanger.”
Luke2:12Andthiswillbe thesigntoyou: YouwillfindaBabewrappedinswaddlingcloths,lyinginamanger.”
Matthew2:1–2NowafterJesuswasborninBethlehemofJudeainthedaysofHerodtheking,behold,wisemenfromtheEastcametoJerusalem,2saying,“WhereisHewhohasbeenbornKingoftheJews?ForwehaveseenHisstarintheEastandhavecometoworshipHim.”
A.“allthetribesoftheearthwillmourn”
Mt.24:30 ThenthesignoftheSonofManwillappearinheaven,andthenallthetribesoftheearthwillmourn,andtheywillseetheSonofMancoming...”
B.Hewillcomewithpowerandgreatglory
Mt.24:30...theywillseetheSonofMancomingonthecloudsofheavenwithpowerandgreatglory.
C.HewillgatherelecttogetherMt.24:31 AndHewillsendHisangelswithagreatsoundofatrumpet,andtheywillgathertogetherHiselectfromthefourwinds,fromoneendofheaventotheother.
Matthew13:24–30 AnotherparableHeputforthtothem,saying:“Thekingdomofheavenislikeamanwhosowedgoodseedinhisfield;25 butwhilemenslept,hisenemycameandsowedtaresamongthewheatandwenthisway.26 Butwhenthegrainhadsproutedandproducedacrop,thenthetaresalsoappeared.27 Sotheservantsoftheownercameandsaidtohim,‘Sir,didyounotsowgoodseedinyourfield?Howthendoesithavetares?’28 Hesaidtothem,‘Anenemyhasdonethis.’Theservantssaidtohim,‘Doyouwantusthentogoandgatherthemup?’29 Buthesaid,‘No,lestwhileyougatherupthetaresyoualsouprootthewheatwiththem.30 Letbothgrowtogetheruntiltheharvest,andatthetimeofharvestIwillsaytothereapers,“Firstgathertogetherthetaresandbindtheminbundlestoburnthem,butgatherthewheatintomybarn.” ’ ”