1. The Present War in the Middle East and North Africa get crazy and worst. 17 But Israel shall be saved in the L ORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. 18 For thus saith the L ORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the L ORD ; and there is none else. Isaiah 45:17-18 Assistant Pastor Teddy Chang September 15, 2013

2. I.The signs of The Times: Past, Present, and Future Matthew 24:5-24 refers to the future Tribulation before the second coming of the Son of Man. The signs of the times happen everywhere: 1.False Christ. 2.Hear of war and rumors of war. 3.Nation against nation. 4.Kingdom against kingdom. 5.Famines. 6.Pestilences. 7.Earthquakes in divers places.

3. 8.The beginning of sorrow. 9.You (believers) will be hated and killed of all nations for the name of Jesus 'sake. 10.You (believers) fall away and betray one another and hate one another. 11.False prophets. 12.The love of many will grow cold because iniquity (lawlessness) will be increased.

4. II.The Signs of the Son of Man’s coming in Matthew 24:27-31 1.The lightning comes out of the east. 2.Shines even to the west. 3.Whenever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. 4.During the Great Tribulation, The sun will be darkened. The moon will not give its light. The stars will fall from heaven. The powers of heavens will be shaken. 5.The sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven. 6.All the tribes of the earth will mourn and will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

5. 7.He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call. 8.They will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. III.Verse to remember Matthew 24:14 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. END