Bible Prophecy “The night is far spent…”

Presentation Contents Jesus Will Come Back

Presentation Contents Jesus Will Come Back Signs of His Return

Presentation Contents Jesus Will Come Back Signs of His Return Some Timing Issues

Jesus Will Come Back Bible Prophecy

Mark 13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with power and great glory.

Matthew 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His father with his angels; and then shall he reward every man according to his works.

Acts 1:11…this same Jesus, which is taken from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

2 Thessalonians 1:7 …when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord….

Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, when they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Rev 1:7 Behold he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him; and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.

Presentation Contents Jesus Will Come Back Signs of His Return

Bible Prophecy The Revelation (all 22 chapters!) Jesus: Matthew 24; Mark 13; Luke 21 Paul: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-4 “End of the Age”, etc 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 & 2: Timothy 4:1-5 2 Timothy 3:1-7 James: James 5:1-8 Peter: 2 Peter 2:1-3 & 3:all John: 1 John 2:18-27 Jude: Jude 18-19

Presentation Contents Jesus Will Come Back Signs of His Return Some Timing Issues “The night is far spent…”

Bible Prophecy The night is far spent…

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. Matthew 24:36 Bible Prophecy

Then I saw in heaven another significant event, and it was great and marvellous. Seven angels were holding the seven last plagues, which would bring God’s wrath to completion. Revelation 15:1 (NLT) Bible Prophecy

Revelation 16 Angel 1 - “foul and painful ulcers (sores)” Angel 2 - “the sea... became as blood” Angel 3 - “the rivers... became blood” Angel 4 - “power was given to scorch men with fire” Angel 5 - “darkness... upon the seat of the beast”

Revelation 16 Angel 1 - “foul and painful ulcers (sores)” Angel 5 - “darkness... upon the seat of the beast”

Revelation 16 Angel 1 - “foul and painful ulcers (sores)”

“a noisome and grievous sore” Angel

Infected lymph node swells and abscesses forming a bubo; from Latin “a bump” (hence “bubonic” plague) Cutaneous Hemorrhages “...and foul and painful ulcers (sores) came on the people...” Rev 16:2 (Ampl.) Angel 1

Modern scholars estimate that between one half to two thirds of the entire population of Europe died from the initial outbreak between Citizens bury plague victims at Tournai Angel 1

Few received proper burials. The dead were left outside houses in piles. Most were simply thrown into mass shallow graves. Angel 1

Once the disease was contracted there was a 90% death rate. Death usually came within 3 days. Angel 1

England lost 70% of its population. It dropped from 7 million to 2 million in 1400AD Angel 1

The largest death toll from any known non- viral epidemic in history. Angel 1

The same disease is thought to have returned to Europe every generation with varying degrees of intensity and fatality until the 1700s. Notable later outbreaks include: the Italian Plague of , the Great Plague of London (1665–66), the Great Plague of Vienna (1679), the Great Plague of Marseille (1720–22) the Moscow Plague (1771). Angel 1

The Black Death led to cynicism toward religious officials who could not keep their promises of curing plague victims and banishing the disease. No one, the Church included, was able to cure or even explain the plague. The Black Death hit the monasteries very hard. This resulted in a mass influx of new clergy members and further abuses by the clergy in years afterwards resulting in an even greater deterioration of the position of the Church in the eyes of the people. Monks with the plague being blessed by the priest

Angel 5 - “darkness... upon the seat of the beast” R o m e ! ! ! Angel 5

Napoleon I The Seat of the Beast Collapses Angel

Napoleon I 1789 French Revolution1789 French Revolution 1790 De-christianisation of France1790 De-christianisation of France 1796 Napoleon invades Italy and conquers the Papal States1796 Napoleon invades Italy and conquers the Papal States 1797 General Berthier takes Pope Pius VI prisoner1797 General Berthier takes Pope Pius VI prisoner 1808 France re-invades Rome1808 France re-invades Rome 1870 Italy’s King Victor Emmanuel II conquers Rome and makes it Italy’s capital1870 Italy’s King Victor Emmanuel II conquers Rome and makes it Italy’s capital 1870 > Popes become “virtual prisoners” End of the Popes’ Temporal Power1870 > Popes become “virtual prisoners” End of the Popes’ Temporal Power 1928 The tiny Vatican City is recognised1928 The tiny Vatican City is recognised The Seat of the Beast Collapses

Revelation 16 Angel 1 - “foul and painful ulcers (sores)” Angel 5 - “darkness... upon the seat of the beast”

Revelation 16 Angel 1 - “foul and painful ulcers (sores)” Angel 2 - “the sea... became as blood” Angel 3 - “the rivers... became blood” Angel 4 - “power was given to scorch men with fire” Angel 5 - “darkness... upon the seat of the beast”

Angel 2 Battle with the Spanish Armada Sir Francis Drake Elisabeth I “Sea became as blood...” 1588

Angel 2 Battle of Trafalgar “the sea... became as blood” 1805

Angel 3 Napoleon I “Rivers turn to blood...” 1789

Angel 3 Napoleon’s Empire Overwhelms Catholic Europe “Rivers turn to blood...” Ca 1811

(Largest known military battle fatalities ever in one day: 66,500 + dead) Napoleon I at the Battle of Borodino -near Moscow “Rivers turn to blood...” 1812 Angel 3

Duke of Wellington “Rivers turn to blood...”

Close of Battle of Waterloo Angel “Rivers turn to blood...”

“power was given to scorch men with fire” Angel 4 Ca 1320>

Revelation 16 Angel 1 - “foul and painful ulcers (sores)” Angel 2 - “the sea... became as blood” Angel 3 - “the rivers... became blood” Angel 4 - “power was given to scorch men with fire” Angel 5 - “darkness... upon the seat of the beast”

How the Catholic Church was Overrun Plague weakened society and the Church’s grip France conquered Rome –Great Sea Battles –Great Land Battles –Gunpowder (1320s> in Europe) Britain conquered France and freed Europe ~ ~1815

Angel 6 E uphrates dries up Kings of the East come in T hree unclean spirits like “ f rogs” A rmageddon

Ottoman (Turkish) Empire Collapses Angel “the River Euphrates...dried up”

Angel 6 “that the way of the kings of the East might be prepared...”

Angel “that the way of the kings of the East might be prepared...”

Angel 6 “that the way of the kings of the East might be prepared...” King Amanullah Khan of Afganistan King Faisal of Iraq King Abdul Aziz Bin Saud Shah (King) Reza Pahlavi King Abdullah I of Jordan

Field Marshall Viscount Edmund Allenby World War I Palestine Campaign Freed Jerusalem in December 1917 Crushed the Turkish Armies in 1918 at the Hill of Megiddo Angel

Angel “and He gathered them into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon...”

The Tell ‘hill’ covering the ancient city of Megiddo Armageddon (Hebrew) = “Hill of Megiddo”

Viscount of Megiddo “Allenby chose ‘Megiddo’ as part of his title since its capture marked, he believed, the turning point of his final offensive”. Life & Times of Viscount Allenby by L. James Angel 6

Europe’s Jews flee to Palestine Immigrants

The Republic of Israel is declared October

Angel 6 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. Revelation 16:13

“Christianity”(nominal) JudaismIslam

Angel 6 “three unclean spirits like frogs...”

Angel “...go forth unto the kings of the world to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.”

Angel 6

London Angel 6

Madrid Angel 6

Bali 2002 Angel 6

Bali 2005 Angel 6

2005

Angel 6

Revelation 16:14 14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Angel 6

2009 Angel 6 Mumbai, India

2009 Angel 6 Pakistan – Sri Lankan cricket Team

Angel 7 “ The E nd of the World ” “ The E nd of the World ”

“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and put on the armour of light.” Romans 13:12 Bible Prophecy

“Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.” Revelation 16:15