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This Post aims to pull out Scriptural verses related to End Times.
It is important to read Scriptures in context, hence the references are provided here
This Post aims to pull out Scriptural verses related to End Times.
It is important to read Scriptures in context, hence the references are provided here
| Book | Chap:Verses | Text | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel | 37:1-14 | 5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath[d] to enter you, and you shall live.......and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And as I looked, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them,.... 11 Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel..... and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken, and I have done it, |
Happened! The Scripture interprets itself. The dry bones coming back to life is the nation of Israel. The nation was created into existence again in 1948, after thousands of years in non-existence. |
| 1 Thessalonians | 5:3 | 2 For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 When people say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as travail comes upon a woman with child, and there will be no escape. 4 But you are not in darkness, brethren, for that day to surprise you like a thief. 5 For you are all sons of light and sons of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness. 6 So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. | People will be very unexpecting of this 'event', seems like the peace they longed for has finally come, but something surprising is around the corner. This event may be the Rapture. Note also that many Believers claim we should not care about this passage since Lord will come like a 'thief' so no one knows. But v4-5 clearly shows the Lord wants us to be ready, and we should know the approximate, though not the exact time. |
| 1 Corinthians | 15:51-53 | 51 Lo! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable nature must put on the imperishable, and this mortal nature must put on immortality. | Rapture - twinkling - in a split second. |
| Zechariah | 12 | 2 “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of [b]drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. 3 And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it. ........ 10 “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn. |
The 'cup of drunkeness' as if the neighbours are drunkenly drawn to something in Jerusalem. Something they wanted so badly and cannot help themselves for trying to get it by force. Further down, after God saves Jerusalem, He will also reveal Himself to His people. They will recognize the Messiah as Yeshua whom was pierced in His First Coming. |
| Daniel | 9:24-27 | 24“Seventy [e]weeks are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
[f]To make an end of sins,
To make reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
And to anoint [g]the Most Holy. 25 “Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The [h]street shall be built again, and the [i]wall, Even in troublesome times. 26 “And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall [j]be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 Then he shall confirm a [k]covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the [l]desolate.” |
According to the prophecy, the Israelites will be send back to Jerusalem to rebuild it and then 7 and 62 weeks later, the Messiah will come for the first time. Historically this is consistent between the time Artaxerxes gave the command to rebuild the temple till the time Jesus entered the Temple which is 483 years. This is because 69 weeks = 69 x 7 days = 483 days which is 483 years. Following this, it is natural to take the last week, the 70th week, as 7 days which means 7 years of tribulation, during the End Times. In the last verse, it describes in this last week, the Anti Christ will make a covenant, likely to be a peace treaty. But he will break the treaty in middle of the seven years and shall end the temple sacrifices and does abominable things in the Temple. From this, it is also clear that the temple sacrifices will be restarted someday in our future, after the temple is again rebuilt. |
| Ezekiel | 38 | ||
| Isaiah | 17 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=isaiah+17&version=NKJV 1.The burden[a] against Damascus. “Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, And it will be a ruinous heap. 3. They will be as the glory of the children of Israel, 6. Yet gleaning grapes will be left in it, Like the shaking of an olive tree, 7. In that day a man will look to his Maker, And his eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel. 8 He will not look to the altars, The work of his hands; |
Although this passage has been applied when the Assyrians ruled over that region, Damascus was rebuilt and exist today. Hence this prophecy must be of the future, where the city will not rise again. At the future time, most of Israel will also be in similar fate to Damascus. Though a remnant may be saved, the rest will endure and will finally look up to God, rather than looking towards their idols for an answer. |
| Ezekiel | 38: 1-6 | Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, [a]the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. 4 I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords. 5 Persia, [b]Ethiopia, and [c]Libya are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; 6 Gomer and all its troops; the house of Togarmah from the far north and all its troops—many people are with you. | This speaks of a Northern alliance of nations that will come against Israel. The nations are identified using their old names, many would be here today but difficult to identify. The fact that these nations are named individually suggests they are still independent nations, which also suggest, the Anti-Christ has not controlled the world at that time. |
| Ezekiel | 38:7-13 | 10 ‘Thus says the Lord God: “On that day it shall come to pass that thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will make an evil plan: 11 You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will go to a peaceful people, who dwell [d]safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates’— 12 to take plunder and to take booty, to stretch out your hand against the waste places that are again inhabited, and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell in the midst of the land. 13 Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to you, ‘Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’ ” ’ | The description of the armies that will gather and come down upon Israel in the Last Days. Their motivation appears to be the rich resources of the land that they are trying to plunder. It appears no other nations will come to the defence of the land but their will be protests from Sheba(Ethiopia?), Dedan(Saudi Arabia?), Tarshish and her young lions(U.K.?and U.S?) |
| Revelation | 6:1-2 | And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. | 1st Seal. Though this horse is White, the rider who people thinks is the Messiah is the False One. The true Messiah is Yshua, who is the Lamb. In verse 1 itself, it is the Lamb (Yshua, Messiah) who opens the First Seal that allows the Rider on the White Horse to come out. Also Yshua, the Lamb, is Lord - the Lord would not need to conquer, but the White Horse rider is one who tries to conquer. |
| Revelation | 6:3-4 | 3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. | 2nd Seal. This would cause 'wars and rumours of wars' and 'nations against nations'. There will be war and violence. |
| Revelation | 6:5-6 | 3rd Seal. 5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. | 3rd Seal. This is a picture of economic collapse and hyperinflation. |
| Revelation | 6:7-8 | 7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. | 4th Seal. The Pale Horse rider will bring death. This is the harvest or result of the wars brought by the Red Horse rider and the economic collapse brought by the Black HOrse rider. |
| Revelation | 6:9-11 | 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. | 5th Seal. The martyrs are justified in God's presence. They cry out for justice and were told to wait a little more. |
| Revelation | 6:12-17 | 6th Seal. 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13 and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 for the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? | Natural Global catastrophes will occur. Signs in the sky include Sun and Moon dramatically change colour. Upheavals on the physical earth include great earthquakes and tectonic events on the scale that can literally move mountains. |
| Revelation | 13:1-4 | And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? | Dragon=Evil One, Beast=Anti-Christ. Speaking blasphemy shows that the beast is clerly against God. The sand of the sea - could mean a multitude of people. The Seven heads and Ten horns could mean the Anti-Christ will rise out of a group of united countries/governments. The beast was wounded, showing there will be opposition to him. 'able to make war' means that the beast will be fighting against some nations, and we does not automatically control all countries |
| Revelation | 13:5-9 | 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. 7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 9 If any man have an ear, let him hear. 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. | 'continue forty and two months' meaning 3.5 years which is half of the 7-year tribulation period. There will be God's people, saints, on earth who will oppose the Beast. He will also force people to worship him, even though his blasphemies seem endless. |
| Revelation | 13:11-18 | 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 | This second beast that rise out of the water will be like the priest pointing to the AntiChrist, first beast. The second beast can communicate with the evil one (dragon). His main role is to cause people to worship the first beast. He does this through miraculous things, like making fire come down from heaven and making the image of the beast to speak. He also forces people to receive the mark of the first beast, otherwise they cannot buy/sell. |
