MATTHEW 24 ~ SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IN RELATION TO THE PHYSICAL RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST ALSO READ & STUDY THE FOLLOWING... Matthew 24 ~ STRUCTURE & CHARACTERISTICS Matthew 24 ~ DECEPTION Matthew 24 ~ THE RAPTURE THEORY 1. “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.” Matt 24:29 2. “And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.” Matt 24:30
3.
Trumpet blast!! “And the seventh angel sounded; and there were
great voices in heaven, saying, ‘The kingdoms of this world are become
the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever
and ever.’ And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their
seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, saying, ‘We give thee
thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which is, and was, and is to come; because
thou has taken to thee thy great power, and has reigned. (Rev 11:15)
a.
And
the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead,
that they should be judged, and that thou should give reward unto thy
servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy
name, small and great; and should destroy them which destroy the
earth.’” Rev 11:15-18. And He shall send his angels with a great
sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect
from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” Matt 24:31
b.
“Then
two men will be in the field, one will be taken, and the other left. Two
women shall be grinding at the mill, the one shall be taken, and the
other left.” Matt24 40-41
c.
Dead
in Christ to rise first: “For this we say unto you by the word of the
Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord
shall not precede them which are asleep. For the Lord himself
shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise
first.” 1 Thess 4:15-16
d.
“Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be
with the Lord.” 1 Thess 4:17
4.
Battle of Jerusalem (the winepress, Rev 14:19, 19:15). Erroneously
called the Battle of Armageddon.
5.
Judgement Seat of Christ (sheep and goat separation). “When the Son of
man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then
shall he sit upon the throne of his glory. And before him shall be
gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a
shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And he shall set the sheep on
his right hand, but the goats on the left.” Matt 25:31-33
a.
“Then
shall the King say unto them on his right hand, ‘Come you blessed of my
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of
the world.’” Matt 25:34
b.
“Then
shall he say also unto them on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you
cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.’
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous
into life eternal.” Matt 25: 41,46
6.
Temple cleansed. Dan 8:14
7.
1000 Year rule of Jesus upon the earth. Rev 20:4
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