Signs Of The Lord's Coming Series

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Series – Signs of the End Times

Signs of the Lord’s Coming

Scripture: Matthew 24

Introduction: One day there is going to be a great exodus from planet Earth. Millions will disappear on that day. In the Bible it is called as rapture. Rapture is the second coming the Lord Jesus Christ, and we are all waiting for that blessed day. Bible says Jesus is coming back very soon. Matthew 16:1-3 1The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven. 2He replied "When evening comes, you say, ’It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ 3and in the morning, ’Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. We need to interpret the signs of the times. When we study the Bible, we understand Jesus will come twice into this world. First is his birth at Bethlehem. In the second coming Jesus comes twice: Secret coming (rapture) & Public coming after tribulation. In rapture, Jesus comes for his saints. It is very secretive and only those who are ready will meet him in the sky. In the public coming, Jesus will coming with his saints.

The Bible gave signs to the Jews of the first coming or the birth of Jesus. Micah 5:2 is a prophecy about Jesus that He would be born in Bethlehem. Psalm 22:16 says the Messiah’s hands and legs would be pierced. The prophetic books gave the Jews a lot of prophesies about the birth, life, and death of Jesus but they missed the signs and missed the Messiah, Jesus Christ. Similarly, we have signs that foretell the rapture and the public coming of Jesus. What are the signs we are looking for? When will the rapture take place? I would like to go a little detail into this today.

Matthew 24:36 “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” The Bible clearly says no one knows the exact time of his coming, not even Jesus. Only God the Father knows the time of rapture. Therefore, it would be a futile effort on our part if we try to interpret the Bible and come up with dates of rapture. The Bible gives us some clearcut signs regarding His coming. If we study the Bible carefully, we can see the fulfillment of many of those signs and we will come to know how close we are to rapture. Let us study some of the signs that are mentioned in the Bible.

Signs for Rapture

1. Spiritual Signs. Matthew 24:5; 24:10-14.

The Bible says the spiritual world or the church will be affected before the rapture.

False Christs - When we look into history many have come and are still living who claim themselves to be Christ. Backsliders – Nowadays many people come to Christ but are not able to keep their faith. This is the reality in present day churches. False prophets – Not all who proclaim themselves as prophets are prophets. I personally know a handful of them. We need greater discernment these days to know the false prophets. Love grows cold – If you look into the churches you will find many churches have lost their first love. People do not love spiritual things any longer. Great evangelism – If you believe it or not the word of God is spreading to all the parts of the world like never before. Many TV networks are entering the homes of unreached people and there are millions of secret believes in the Arab countries and regions where the Bible is banned.

2. Physical signs. Genesis 1:14, Joel 2:31, Luke 21:25.

Physical signs are the signs that happen in the Earth and universe.

Sun will turn into darkness - Data from the Ulysses spacecraft, a joint NASA-European Space Agency mission, shows the sun has reduced its output of solar wind to the lowest levels since accurate readings became available. The sun’s current state could reduce the natural shielding that envelops our solar system. "The sun’s million mile-per-hour solar wind inflates a protective bubble, or heliosphere, around the solar system. It influences how things work here on Earth and even out at the boundary of our solar system where it meets the galaxy," said Dave McComas, Ulysses’ solar wind instrument principal investigator and senior executive director at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. "Ulysses data indicate the solar wind’s global pressure is the lowest we have seen since the beginning of the space age." Extracted from Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, released on September 23, 2008. This shows the sun has lost its brightness and life.