Aug. 2015: Terminus

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 1

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. Matthew 24:14 The temptation is there for every generation to look at a snapshot during their lifetime and fit the “signs of

Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Matthew 24:34 Prophecy students and teachers alike sometimes get upset if they think you are date-setting Jesus’ return. They cite “about that day or hour no one knows” in Matthew

Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Matthew 24:32 Let’s take a closer look at the prevalent view that Israel becoming a nation again is of profound importance.

Consequently, you [Jew and Gentile] are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined

These are the LORD’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. Leviticus 23:4 The three feasts in the fall occur over a span of 21 days around our September and October. They foreshadow Jesus’ Second Coming, Day of Atonement, and Millennial

The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed festivals, the appointed festivals of the LORD, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.’” Leviticus 23:1-2 The Jewish people held festivals that were ordained by God to commemorate important

The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again. Luke 24:7 Let’s continue along yesterday’s line of thinking, and consider the last 3,000 of the 7,000 proposed years. Specifically, this refers to the

A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night. Psalm 90:4 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years