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Session I

Session I. Eschatology:. the study of end time events. Why People Don’t. People who study eschatology are weird. Eschatology is impossible to understand. Eschatology is irrelevant; there are other far more relevant issues to attend to. Why We Should.

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Session I

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  1. Session I

  2. Eschatology: the study of end time events

  3. Why People Don’t • People who study eschatology are weird. • Eschatology is impossible to understand. • Eschatology is irrelevant; there are other far more relevant issues to attend to.

  4. Why We Should • Eschatology and hellfire preaching saved me. • Jesus, our example, studied eschatology. • God put it in the Bible. • This stuff is just too serious to ignore. • We may very well live to see these events. • To give us understanding and prepare our hearts.

  5. Levels of Scripture P’shat Drash Remez Sod

  6. Goals Establish definition of terms Start the goal of coming up with a time line (NOT dates) of end time events.

  7. Purpose That we would not be deceived!! That we would understand the need for studying end time events. That we would watch with knowledge.

  8. Prophecy • Noun • An historic prediction accurately foretelling future events

  9. Prophesy • Verb • To speak under divine initiation, mainly about end time events

  10. Events You Think Should Happen

  11. Israel • Jacob prior to being renamed Israel, son of Isaac • 12 tribes • Reuben • Simeon • Levi • Judah • Zebulon • Issachar • Dan • Gad • Asher • Naphtali • Benjamin • Joseph • As northern kingdom

  12. Judah • Son of Israel • Tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi • Southern Kingdom

  13. Northern Kingdom • 10 Tribes: • Ephraim • Manasseh • Reuben • Simeon • Zebulon • Issachar • Dan • Gad • Asher • Naphtali

  14. Jacob • Whole House of Israel • All 12 Tribes

  15. Ishmael • Son of Abraham through Hagar • Father of Arab nations

  16. Zion • Land promised to Israel the patriach • Geographic region • Includes high places (West Bank)

  17. Tribulation • 7 year period ruled by Anti-messiah

  18. Great Tribulation • 3 ½ year period that starts with the Anti-messiah stopping the temple sacrifices in Jerusalem • Anti-messiah sets up a statue or a throne on the temple mount • Beginning of great persecution

  19. Day of the Lord • One year period at the end of the Great Tribulation • 1000 year period • Day of the Messiah’s actual return • Millennium

  20. Beast Power • World empire under control of the Anti-messiah (satan) • Combination of past world empires at the end time

  21. Anti-messiah/Antichrist (Rev 13, Dan 8 &9) • World leader who opposes and then exalts himself against Messiah • End time world ruler • Will cover deeply in a separate session

  22. False Prophet (Rev 13) • Religious assistant to the Anti-messiah • Performs miracles at the end time • Promotes/forces worship of Anti-messiah as God

  23. Two Witnesses (Rev) • Servants of Most High during the Tribulation period • Supernatural powers • Witnesses against the whole Babylonish system • Witness for 3 ½ years and are killed and then raised back to life after 3 ½ days

  24. Abomination of Desolation (Mat 24, Dan 8 &9) • Antimessiah • Statue on the Temple Mount

  25. Babylon (Dan 2, Rev 17) • City raised to greatness by Nebuchadnezzar • Kingdom: Head of Gold – greatest empire • System: one world economic system • Mystery religion

  26. Heavenly Signs (Mat 24 & Revelation) • Supernatural signs in heaves prior to the return of Messiah • Sun goes dark • Moon will not reflect light • Stars will not be visible • At end of the Tribulation

  27. Gog (Ez 37, Rev 20) • Prince of Magog • Title of a ruler • Person – the Anti-messiah

  28. Magog (Ez 37, Rev 20) • Land occupied by modern day Turkey and adjacent countries

  29. Assyria • Second world ruling empire centered around modern day Iraq • Took Israel ( Northern Kingdom into captivity 721 BCE)

  30. Egypt • Original world empire that enslaved Israel • Pictures sin/opposition to God

  31. Medes/Persians (Dan 2) • 2nd great world empire of Daniel’s Image • Modern day Iran

  32. World Empires – Beast Powers • Egypt • Assyria • Babylon • Media-Persian • Greek • Roman • Islamic (Ottoman)

  33. Egyptian Empire

  34. Babylonian Empire

  35. Media-Persian Empire

  36. Assyrian Empire

  37. Greco-Macedonian Empire

  38. Roman Empire

  39. Ottoman Empire

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