Come Quickly, Lord Jesus

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“Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”

Revelation 22:20

(Slide 3) How soon will the rapture happen?

(Slide 4) “Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.” Matthew 24:32-33

(Slide 5) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,

(Slide 6) with the voice of the archangel,

(Slide 7) and with the trump of God:

(Slide 8) and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

(Slide 9) Then we which are alive and remain

(Slide 10) shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,

(Slide 11) to meet the Lord in the air:

(Slide 12) and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

(Slide 13 a, b, c) How many empty graves will be in these cemeteries?

(Slide 14) The Second Coming of Christ

Certain Hebrews 10:37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

Imminent Romans 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Predicted Acts 1:11 Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

Purposeful Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Universal Revelation 1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

Transforming Philippians 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

Judging Matthew 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Eternal Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

(Slide 15a, b, c) Three great signs of the second coming of Christ

• The rise of Israel
• The cultural revolution
• Globalism

(Slide 16a, b) First, it is a miracle of the first order to see the rise of Israel.

(Slide 17) We know that Israel was scattered among the nations of the earth

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• ‘Then the LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other.’ Deuteronomy 28:64
• Six different books of the Bible predict the scattering of Israel amongst all the nations of the earth.
• Fulfilled in 70 AD when Jerusalem was destroyed by the Roman Empire and the remaining Jews were scattered to every nation in the world.

(Slide 19) In exile, Israel found no rest.

“Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart. You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life.”

Deuteronomy 28:65-66

(Slide 20) God promised to regather Israel to the their own land

• Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

• 15 But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. Jeremiah 16:14-15

Here is a prophetic voice: I will bring them again unto the land that I gave unto their fathers.

(Slide 21a, b) This prophecy was fulfilled in our day. On May 14, 1948, the miraculous happened.

The state of Israel was born.

(Slide 22) David Ben Gurion signed Israel’s declaration of independence.

(Slide 23) Long in exile, long suppressed, Jews everywhere rejoiced.

(Slide 24) The prophecy went further. It said the desert would blossom like a rose.

• “He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.” Isaiah 27:6

• “The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.” Isaiah 35:1

(Slide 25) But Jerusalem becomes a burden to the world

“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about… And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces.” Zechariah 12:2-3

Despite Israel’s successes, she immediately reaped an array of enemies. The old feud between Ishmael and Isaac did not go away with the birth of the Jewish state. It only triggered further animosity between the Arabs and the Jews until now it is accepted as a permanent circumstance of history. Consider the following:

(Slide 26) Israel Against the World

Lebanon 3.9 Million

Jordan 6.2 Million

Palestinian 11 Million

Iraq 28.2 Million

Iran 65.9 Million

Egypt 81.7 Million

Syria 19.7 Million

Saudi Arabia 27.6 Million

Yemen 23 Million

Oman 3.2 Million

U. A. E. 4.4 Million

Surrounding nations 274.8 Million!

(Slide 27) Israel’s Population: 7.2 Million

The Arab population surrounding Israel is 38 times larger.

How does Israel survive?

(Slide 28) God fights Israel’s battles

“On that day the LORD will shield those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the Angel of the LORD going before them.” Zechariah 12:8

(Slide 29) Miracles in Battle

There is no end to the stories that have been documented from the battles:

· …of the Egyptian tank commander in the Sinai Desert who surrendered to a vastly inferior Israeli force on the second day of the war, because a desert mirage made him see hundreds of Israeli tanks where there were no more than a dozen;

· …of the Jordanian forces who welcomed the Israeli tanks under the command of Colonel Uri Ram into Shechem on the third day of the war, because faulty communications misled the Arabs into thinking that these were Iraqi tanks come to reinforce them;

· …of the battle for Ammunition Hill on the northern outskirts of Jerusalem, which was captured by an Israeli scout by mistake when he fell into a Jordanian trench in the moonless night at 2:00 o’clock on Tuesday morning and started shooting from the hip (and the fall of Ammunition Hill was the necessary prelude to the capture of the Old City 30 hours later).

(Slide 30) Israel’s Victories

• The 1948–49 War
• The 1956 War
• The 1967 War (The Six-Day War)
• The 1973–74 War (The Yom Kippur War)
• The 1982 War

(Slide 31) In the endtimes, all nations will come against Israel

“For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.“ Zechariah 14:2

(Slide 32) “All nations” includes the United States. Will America turn its back on Israel?

It has already started to happen!

(Slide 33) From Yeshiva World News, America Turns Its Back on Citizens in Israel.

(Slide 34) From the New York Post, May 1, 2009, Jesse Jackson reveals that President Obama will change this nation’s posture toward Israel. We will no longer be an ally they take for granted.

As long as America supports Israel, God will bless us. When we withdraw that support, I believe that we will no longer enjoy the blessings of God.

(Slide 35) The stage is being set for the battle of Armageddon to take place.

“For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. “And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.” Revelation 16:14, 16

(Slide 36) Let us now turn our attention to the second major sign of the coming of Christ: The Cultural Revolution

Does the Bible predict the changes in our society today?

(Slide 37) “As it was in the days of Noah.”

(Slide 38) Question: What was it like in the days of Noah?

•Eating and drinking

•Marrying and giving in marriage

•Building and planting

•Buying and selling

•Unaware of impending doom until the rain began to fall

(Slide 39) “As it was in the days of Lot.”

(Slide 40) Question: What was it like in the days of Lot?

•Eating and drinking

•Buying and selling

•Building and planting

•Perversion

•Rejection of truth

•Unaware until fire and brimstone fell from heaven and destroyed them all

(Slide 41) This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

(Slide 42) For men shall be lovers of their own selves,

(Slide 43) covetous,

(Slide 44) boasters,

(Slide 44a) proud,

(Slide 44b) blasphemers,

(Slide 44c) disobedient to parents,

(Slide 44d) unthankful,

(Slide 44e) unholy,

(Slide 44f) Without natural affection,

(Slide 44g) trucebreakers,

(Slide 44h) false accusers,

(Slide 44i) incontinent,

(Slide 44j) fierce,

(Slide 44k) despisers of those that are good,

(Slide 44l) Traitors,

(Slide 44m) heady,

(Slide 44n) highminded,

(Slide 44o) lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

(Slide 44p) Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

2 Timothy 3:1-5

(Slide 45) The Sexual Freedom Agenda

•Same sex marriage

•Child adoption for gay couples.

•Sexual orientation as a protected class

•Use of media as change agents

•Use of educational system for cultural change

•Passage of “hate crime” laws

•Eventual restriction of religious freedom

(Slide 46) Make no mistake: There is a “gay agenda.” According to a representative website, everything appears to be on track to achieve their demands. This nation is being remade in the image of the antichrist before our very eyes.

(Slide 47) Finally, we come to the third major prophecy: Globalism. The move toward a one-world government.

(Slide 48) Two Prophecies

“And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.” Daniel 2:41-42

“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.” Rev. 13:7-8

(Slide 49) Are we ready to accept a one-world government?

(Slide 50 media) Listen to the responses of people who are asked about globalism. There is a noticeable shift away from allegiance to a national flag toward allegiance to a single, global entity.

(Slide 51) The world wants a United Nations

“The world needs the UN. Not because we dare to hope for a world that follows the UN Charter to the letter. But because the UN and the whole “united nations” concept is our best guarantee of security, and our best hope for a better future.”

-Norway Minister of Foreign Affairs

(Slide 52) Not only do we want a one-world government, we want one man who can rule it all. Some people think this is Barack Obama. Whether he is or isn’t, the point is that people are warming up to the idea that some man, somewhere, can lead the world.

(Slide 53) One world government can supposedly solve these problems:

•(Slide 53ba) War between nations

•(Slide 53c) Genocide

•(Slide 53d) Competition between economies

•(Slide 53e) Climate Change (so-called)

•(Slide 53f) Currency exchange

•(Slide 53g) Environmental issues

•(Slide 53h) International legal conflicts

•(Slide 53i) Immigration, extradition, citizenship laws

•(Slide 53j) Resource development and allocation

•(Slide 53k) Poverty, health, famine

•(Slide 53l) Crime

(Slide 54) Is this next? (The mark of the beast.”

(Slide 55) The FDA has already approved the verichip as a medical implant.

(Slide 56) Who can refuse the mark?

“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: 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. 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.”

-Revelation 13:16-18

(Slide 57) Many more signs…

•Increase of conflicts between nations

•Rebuilding of the Temple

•Birth of the Red Heifer

•Heart disease number #1 killer

•Great falling away, apostasy

•Frequency of natural disasters

•Pandemics (Swine Flu) without antidotes

•Geometric increase in technology

•Quantum leap forward in travel

•Discrimination and hatred against Christians

•Increase of lawlessness

(Slide 58) It is time to get ready!

•You must be born again.

•Love not the world.

•Purify your heart.

•Love His appearing.

•Do not be deceived.

•Reach out to others.