The Signs of the Times, Part II
Matthew 24:29-35
Recap:
1. Everyone and Everything will Know When Jesus Returns!
a. The Church Will Be Purified! (Matthew 24:29, Daniel 12:9-10)
b. The Universe Will Testify! (Matthew 24:29b, Isaiah 13:9-10, Ezekiel 32:7, Revelation 6:12)
c. The Lord’s “Standard” Will Be Flown and Trumpet Sounded! (Matthew 24:30-31; Isaiah 11:12, 18:3, 27:13)
d. The People of Earth Shall Mourn. (Matthew 24:30; Revelation 1:7, 6:15-17)
e. Jesus Will Appear on the Clouds in Great Glory! (Matthew 24:30b, Revelation 14:14-16)
Today:
1. Everyone and Everything will Know When Jesus Returns!
f. God’s Angels will Gather ALL Christians! (Matthew 24:31, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 1 Corinthians 15:51b-52)
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, in the same way, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For we say this to you by a word from the Lord: We who are still alive at the Lord’s coming will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are still alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
1 Corinthians 15:51b-52, We will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.
2. Look for the Signs; Jesus Shall Return! (Matthew 24:32-35, Isaiah 40:7-8)
Isaiah 40:7-8, The grass withers, the flowers fade when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. The grass withers, the flowers fade, but the word of our God remains forever.