The Great and Dreadful (or Glorious) Day of the LORD

If a man will not work, he shall not eat. II Thessalonians 3: 6-10

1844 – William Miller – Millerites – the Great Disappointment 1874/1914 – Charles Taze Russell 1891 – Joseph Smith 1936/1972/1975 – Herbert W. Armstrong 1988 – Edgar Whisenant – 88 reasons 1990 – Elizabeth Clare Prophet 1994/2011 – Harold Camping

Eschatology – doctrine of last days Day of the LORD – final time of judgment/punishment and glory/reward 70th Week of Daniel – Daniel 9:27 Tribulation/Great Tribulation – Daniel’s week divided into two periods Rapture – taking up of the Church – pre-trib/mid-trib/post-trib

Our Foundational Truths Jesus is coming again: John 14: 1-4 Acts 1: 9-11 We will go with Him: John 14: 1-4 Matthew 24: 30-31 I Thessalonians 4: 17

Our Foundational Truths With Him forever: I Thessalonians 4: 17 Revelation 21: 3 Rescues us from wrath: I Thessalonians 1: 10 I Thessalonians 5: 9

Our Foundational Truths Resurrected/New bodies: I Corinthians 15: 22-23, 50-52 Judgment: John 12: 47-48 Revelation 20: 11-12 Matthew 25: 31-33, 41, 46

* Resurrected/New bodies * Judgment Our Foundational Truths * Jesus is coming again * We will go with Him * With Him forever * Rescues us from wrath * Resurrected/New bodies * Judgment

The Great and Dreadful (or Glorious) Day of the LORD judgment cruel terror tumult clouds vengeance trampling The Great and Dreadful (or Glorious) Day of the LORD trouble ruin doom blackness darkness distress anguish wrath punishment

Lamentations 2: 22 Obadiah 15 Joel 2: 28-32 Acts 2: 16-21 Day of the LORD Lamentations 2: 22 Obadiah 15 Joel 2: 28-32 Acts 2: 16-21

Acts 2: 16-21 Matthew 27: 45-54 II Thessalonians 2: 1-2 Day of the LORD Acts 2: 16-21 Matthew 27: 45-54 II Thessalonians 2: 1-2

Day of the LORD judgment Joel 3: 1-2, 9, 12-16 Zechariah 14: 1-12 Matthew 25: 31-46 Revelation 19: 11-16

Psalm 2 Isaiah 11: 1-4 John 3: 36 Romans 5: 9 Day of the LORD judgment Psalm 2 Isaiah 11: 1-4 John 3: 36 Romans 5: 9

Day of the LORD Daniel 9: 20-27 70 weeks 7 sevens = 49 years 1 seven = 7 years

Day of the LORD Daniel 9: 20-27 70 weeks Artaxerxes – 444BC 7 sevens = 49 years - Jerusalem 62 sevens = 434 years 483 years = 173,880 days - Jesus http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/m.sion/jewc70da.htm

Day of the LORD Daniel 9: 20-27 70 weeks Fulfilled in Christ? Confirm 7 year covenant End to sacrifice at mid-point Cut off Temple destroyed – 70AD

Day of the LORD Daniel 9: 20-27 70 weeks Covenant for One seven = 7 years Midpoint – sacrifice ends Abomination of desolation Until his end

Day of the LORD Middle of the seven Daniel 9: 27 Daniel 7: 25, 12: 7 Time, times and half a time Daniel 7: 25, 12: 7 Revelation 12: 14 42 months, 1,260 days Revelation 11: 1-3, 12: 6

Day of the LORD Middle of the seven Daniel 9: 27 Daniel 7: 24-25 Time, times and half a time Daniel 7: 24-25 42 months Revelation 13: 1-10

Day of the LORD Middle of the seven Daniel 9: 27 Daniel 12: 1 Great distress, trouble, tribulation Daniel 12: 1 Matthew 24: 15-21 Revelation 7: 14

Temple, sacrifice, abomination Day of the LORD Great Tribulation Daniel 9: 27 Temple, sacrifice, abomination FLEE! Matthew 24: 15-21 Revelation 12: 6, 14

Fleeing, protection, beheadings Day of the LORD Great Tribulation Fleeing, protection, beheadings Matthew 24: 15-21 Revelation 12: 6, 14 Revelation 13: 5-17 Revelation 20: 4

Day of the LORD 7 Year Tribulation Jews, Israel Change times, laws; beheadings

Day of the LORD Islamic Eschatology 12th Imam (Mahdi) Change times, laws; beheadings Jesus (Isa) returns Dajjal

Day of the LORD Second Coming John 14: 1-4, 18, 28-29 I will come back

Day of the LORD Second Coming II Thessalonians 2: 1-2 I Corinthians 15: 20-23 II Peter 3: 3-4 I John 2: 28 Yes He will!

Day of the LORD Second Coming I Timothy 6: 13-14 II Timothy 4: 1-2, 8 Titus 2: 11-14 And to the next generation…

Day of the LORD Second Coming Matthew 16: 27 Matthew 24: 30-31 With angels, power, glory, clouds

Day of the LORD Second Coming Ezekiel 10: 1-5 Ezekiel 10: 18-19 God’s glory departs the temple

N E Threshold East Gate Mountain East of City Holy of Holies

Day of the LORD Second Coming Acts 1: 9-11, 12 Zechariah 14: 1-4 God’s glory returns – where?

Day of the LORD Second Coming Matthew 24: 29-31 Revelation 1: 7-8 Zechariah 12: 10-14 Every eye will see Him - mourn

Day of the LORD Second Coming Daniel 12: 1-7 Hosea 5: 15 Matthew 23: 33-39 Romans 11: 11-15 Until they admit their guilt…

Day of the LORD antichrist I John 2: 18, 22 I John 4: 3 II John 7 Does not acknowledge Jesus

Day of the LORD antichrist Isaiah 14: 12-15 Daniel 7: 20-28 A different king - blasphemous

Day of the LORD Antiochus Epiphanes Prototype of antichrist 168BC – temple desecrated Maccabean rebellion 2300 sacrifices missed 164BC – temple reconsecrated (Hanukkah – Feast of Dedication – Festival of Lights) Prototype of antichrist

Day of the LORD antichrist Daniel 8: 23-25 Daniel 9: 27 Until the end that is decreed…

Day of the LORD antichrist Daniel 8: 25 I Thessalonians 5: 1-3 Matthew 24: 36-39 Peace, safety then…

Day of the LORD antichrist Matthew 24: 15 II Thessalonians 2: 1-12 Abomination of desolation Sets himself up in God’s temple

Great & miraculous signs Day of the LORD antichrist Revelation 13 Power from the dragon Great & miraculous signs Worship the beast Blasphemous 42 months War against the saints

Day of the LORD antichrist Daniel 9: 27 Daniel 7: 26 Daniel 8: 25 Until the end that is decreed…

Day of the LORD antichrist II Thessalonians 2: 3, 8 Revelation 19: 19-21 Until the end that is decreed…

Day of the LORD satan Revelation 20: 10 Isaiah 14: 15 Matthew 25: 41 Until the end that is decreed…

Day of the LORD Restrain & reveal II Thessalonians 2: 1-8 revealed at the proper time

Day of the LORD Advanced notice Matthew 24: 25 II Thessalonians 2: 5 John 16: 4 “See, I have told you ahead of time”

Day of the LORD The “rapture” I Thessalonians 4: 13-5:11 Caught up – harpazo - raptura

* Resurrected/New bodies * Judgment Our Foundational Truths * Jesus is coming again * We will go with Him * With Him forever * Rescues us from wrath * Resurrected/New bodies * Judgment

Day of the LORD Rescued from wrath John 3: 35-36 Romans 5: 9 Ephesians 2: 1-5 I Thessalonians 1: 9-10 I Thessalonians 5: 9-10

Pre-Tribulation Rapture 2nd Coming 2nd Coming Rapture Abomination Of Desolation 3 ½ years 3 ½ years Tribulation Great Tribulation God’s Wrath Pre-Tribulation Rapture

Mid-Tribulation Rapture 2nd Coming 2nd Coming Rapture 3 ½ years 3 ½ years Tribulation Great Tribulation Abomination Of Desolation God’s Wrath Mid-Tribulation Rapture

God’s Wrath Pre-Wrath Rapture 2nd Coming Rapture Abomination Of Desolation 3 ½ years 3 ½ years Tribulation Great Tribulation God’s Wrath Pre-Wrath Rapture

Post-Tribulation Rapture 2nd Coming Rapture Abomination Of Desolation 3 ½ years 3 ½ years Tribulation Great Tribulation God’s Wrath Post-Tribulation Rapture

Day of the LORD From? Or through? Am I coming or going? Revelation 3: 10 Am I coming or going? Isaiah 26: 19-21 Revelation 4: 1

Pre-Tribulation Rapture 2nd Coming 2nd Coming Rapture Abomination Of Desolation 3 ½ years 3 ½ years Tribulation Great Tribulation God’s Wrath Pre-Tribulation Rapture

Day of the LORD Pre-Tribulation Rapture I Thessalonians 4: 16-17 Revelation 1-3 Revelation 7: 9 Revelation 22: 16 Revelation 3: 10 Out before it starts!

Day of the LORD Pre-Tribulation Rapture Matthew 24: 42-44 I Thessalonians 5: 2 II Peter 3: 10 Revelation 3: 3 Like a thief…

Day of the LORD Pre-Tribulation Rapture Acts 1: 9-11 Zechariah 14: 1-4 I Thessalonians 3: 13 In public, on earth, with His saints

Day of the LORD Pre-Tribulation Rapture Matthew 24: 3 I Thessalonians 5: 4 II Thessalonians 2: 1-4 problems

Mid-Tribulation Rapture 2nd Coming 2nd Coming Rapture 3 ½ years 3 ½ years Tribulation Great Tribulation Abomination Of Desolation God’s Wrath Mid-Tribulation Rapture

Day of the LORD Mid-Tribulation Rapture Revelation 3: 10 Daniel 9: 27 Matthew 24: 21-22 Out at the midpoint

Day of the LORD Mid-Tribulation Rapture Matthew 24: 36 Revelation 7: 14 problems

God’s Wrath Pre-Wrath Rapture 2nd Coming Rapture Abomination Of Desolation 3 ½ years 3 ½ years Tribulation Great Tribulation God’s Wrath Pre-Wrath Rapture

Day of the LORD Pre-Wrath Rapture Revelation 7: 1-9, 14 Zephaniah 1: 7 (Revelation 16: 1) Out before God’s wrath

Revelation 14 Matthew 13 Revelation 16 Seals – Trumpets - Bowls 7th Seal – Rev 8:1-2 7 Trumpets 7th Trumpet – Rev 11: 15-19 Revelation 14 Matthew 13 Revelation 16 7 Bowls

Day of the LORD Pre-Wrath Rapture I Corinthians 15: 51-52 I Thessalonians 4: 16-17 Matthew 24: 30-31 Trumpet calls – last one?

Day of the LORD Pre-Wrath Rapture II Thessalonians 2: 1-8 Matthew 24: 29-31 Matthew 24: 21-22 Out before God’s wrath

Day of the LORD Pre-Wrath Rapture Matthew 24: 32-33 I Thessalonians 5: 1-5 We will know & see the signs

Day of the LORD Pre-Wrath Rapture Revelation 6: 12-17 problems

“Remove that Trinity and the divinity of Jesus, and the religious language is the same.” Imam Moujahed Bakhach Texas Monthly – August 2016 Can the Cross & Crescent Coexist? www.seedongoodsoil.com

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Post-Tribulation Rapture 2nd Coming Rapture Abomination Of Desolation 3 ½ years 3 ½ years Tribulation Great Tribulation God’s Wrath Post-Tribulation Rapture

Day of the LORD Post-Tribulation Rapture Revelation 3: 10 I will keep you safe in the time of testing The Message Out at the end

Day of the LORD Post-Tribulation Rapture Matthew 24: 29-31 I Thessalonians 4: 16-17 Revelation 1: 7 Out at the end

Day of the LORD I Corinthians 15: 51-52 Revelation 20: 1-6 Post-Trib Rapture/Resurrection I Corinthians 15: 51-52 Revelation 20: 1-6 Revelation 13: 8-10 Matthew 10: 21-23 Matthew 24: 12-13 Revelation 2: 25-29 Revelation 14: 9-14 Out at the (very) end

Day of the LORD Post-Tribulation Rapture Matthew 24: 36 problems

…just as the Torah was not fully preserved, even altered, the Gospel was also corrupted. Its original would be lost, … To say the least, the authentic scripture was lost and the people strayed. they attribute to Him a mother, a son, a partner, and the Trinity, believe He is unable to forgive mankind for their “original sin” except by having one of His most beloved men unjustly bear their burdens and be crucified on their behalf, Dabiq Magazine – July/August 2016

Tisha B’Av (9th of Av) Destruction of both Temples Solomon’s – 586BC Sundown Saturday August 13th – sundown Sunday August 14th Day of mourning (2nd only to Yom Kippur) Destruction of both Temples Solomon’s – 586BC Zerubbabel’s – 70AD

Scripture Already Fulfilled Abomination Of Desolation End to Sacrifice 3 ½ years 3 ½ years 70AD Temple Destruction Jesus’ Ministry Until First Gentile Scripture Already Fulfilled https://raptureless.wordpress.com/2012/03/

Day of the LORD Already fulfilled Daniel 9: 25-27 Jeremiah 31: 33-37 Luke 21: 20-22 Matthew 24: 1-35 Completely fulfilled?

Day of the LORD Already fulfilled Revelation 20: 6 Matthew 24: 14 Problems

Day of the LORD This generation Matthew 24: 32-35 Hosea 9: 10a Luke 13: 6-8 A fig tree? Or Israel?

Day of the LORD This generation Matthew 24: 32-35 By 70AD 1948 - Israel 1967 – Jerusalem ?? – Temple Mount

Day of the LORD Two Witnesses Revelation 11: 1-13 Deuteronomy 18: 18-19 John 1: 45 Acts 3: 22-23 Malachi 4: 5-6 Matthew 11: 11-15 Matthew 17: 11-12

Day of the LORD 144,000 Revelation 7: 3-8 Revelation 14: 1-5

Day of the LORD 1,000 year reign Revelation 20 II Timothy 2: 11-13 Satan loosed, punished, Great White Throne judgment

Millennial Kingdom Jesus’ return Jesus’ return Pre-Millennial Post-Millennial A-Millennial Millennial Kingdom

Eschatology – doctrine of last days Day of the LORD – final time of judgment/punishment and glory/reward 70th Week of Daniel – Daniel 9:27 Second Coming – Jesus has promised that He will return antichrist – sets himself up in the temple & proclaims to be God

Tribulation/Great Tribulation – Daniel’s week divided into two periods Rapture – taking up of the Church – pre-trib/mid-trib/post-trib/no-trib

* Resurrected/New bodies * Judgment Our Foundational Truths * Jesus is coming again * We will go with Him * With Him forever * Rescues us from wrath * Resurrected/New bodies * Judgment

Day of the LORD Possible Dangers * pre-tribulation rapture * most everything already fulfilled

Day of the LORD Possible Dangers “I really don’t need to know all that part of Scripture – I’m not gonna be here!”

Day of the LORD Be prepared Matthew 26: 39, 42 Pray for the best Prepare for the worst Matthew 26: 39, 42

The Great and Dreadful (or Glorious) Day of the LORD