Messianic Eschatology Part 1

Messianic Eschatology Part 1 In this work I wish to give you an overall view as to what your Bible says will happen and the sequencing of events as the Bible describes them to be sequenced. I also wish to discredit false end times doctrines being taught by so many. If doctrines don't fit with the teachings of the Lord and the Apostles they are false doctrines. This is preaching another gospel even though the Bible is used to do it. Some cults also use the Bible to preach another gospel. When I say end times, I mean events concerning the tribulation, the restoration of Israel, the rapture, and so forth. It is important that you have at least an overview as to what to expect so you don't get deceived or confused as end times events unfold. Math.7:15 " Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." There are several million Hebrews living in Israel now. I believe the figure is approaching 5 million. Hebrews have been living there in the land, calling it Israel for almost ½ of a century now. There are efforts on the part of world leaders and Israeli secular leaders to give parts of what is Israel away. They have already given away what is called the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt. Israel is on a wholesale basis entering into peace treaties with their ungodly aggressive neighbors. You'd think they'd at least learn from the Old Testament what happens when they try this type of thing. There is a moslem shrine standing on the site of the temple, Mount Moriah. The country of Israel allows any Jewish person to return and become a citizen but as of late has decided that any Jewish person professing faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is no longer a Jew and thus unable to emigrate. They had an Israeli Supreme Court decision and a subsequent appeal on this point. Mind you a person can go there claiming Jewish lineage and profess hinduism or membership in any cult, claim to be an atheist, etc. and have no trouble emigrating and obtaining citizenship. Of course the US government, the UN etc. don't make a sound about this religious discrimination and violation of rights. You don't have to be a practicing Jew, you just need to show a Jewish lineage to emigrate to Israel and obtain Israeli citizenship unless you are a disciple of The Lord Jesus Christ. If the so called church were to care and speak up, the White House, Congress, and the UN could bring an end to this human rights violation like it does in other parts of the world. The so called church seems to be very comfortable with Israel keeping Jewish believers from returning to live in Israel. Hmmmmmm. You better believe the stage is getting set for an unfolding of prophesy, I can't say when exactly but we should learn the scriptures regarding such events. 2Tim.3:16 - 17 "All scripture is given by inspiration of god, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." What I will do is briefly discuss some of the false teachings being propagated by many and point out the scriptures that directly refute these teachings. I will only be using direct

straightforward passages leaving little room for any interpretative error. Then I will give a synopsis of what the Bible tells us will happen, again using clearly understood scriptures the whole way through. The Bible including end times doctrines is meant to be understood. The exact timing, and the fine details are for the Lord to reveal but the general overview of the events is easily gleaned from the scriptures. Just let the scriptures speak. Those that hold themselves out to be the church of the Lord Jesus Christ basically promote three or four end times doctrines, all of which are wrong. You can see how subtle I am. I say this because they directly contradict the sayings of the Lord Jesus Christ contained in the New Testament. These so called churches also hold doctrines that are in direct contradiction to each other, thus presenting a church that is in disagreement and division regarding many earth shattering events concerning end times. This creates division, doubt and confusion which are things satan likes to see the disciples of The Lord Jesus Christ suffer from. Think about it. Only one of their doctrines on end times could possibly be right (they are actually all wrong but I'm arguing theoretically here for a minute). Yet they respect those teaching differently even though they by their own definition, these people would be teaching the believers false doctrines. Nowhere in the Bible does it say we are to open ourselves to and be tolerant of false doctrines. The Bible tells us to break fellowship with those holding to and teaching false doctrines (2Jn.9-11 1Tim.6:3-5). If you think about it these so called churches are also guilty of the same when it comes to other doctrines such as teachings regarding the baptism in the Holy Spirit, women preachers, teachers and ministers, and denominationalism, to name a few. A church that has the Lord Jesus Christ as it's head doesn't operate in such a ridiculous fashion. These so called churches don't care which doctrine you choose as long as it's not the doctrine taught by The Lord Jesus Christ and the Apostles contained in the bible. The more popular end times position these so called churches teach is a pre-trib rapture position. This essentially says that Jesus will return and take all the believers to heaven for seven years during which time a tribulation occurs and then returns to earth with them and sits in the temple in Jerusalem for 1000 years. So in this theory the believers are removed from the earth before the trouble starts. The mid-trib and post-trib theories are similar but have the rapture timed during the middle or at the end of the tribulation. These theories have a restoration of Israel in them. They also have Jesus on earth in the temple for 1000 years. The other popular one is an amillennial theory. This theory calls for no restoration of Israel. It does not have Jesus returning to dwell on the earth. It basically has no millennium because it says we are now in the millennium. These are all false teachings. This is not the true gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Let's see how Jesus and the Apostles taught end times doctrine according to your Bible. Let's start with Math.13: 24 -30 & 37 - 43 & 47 - 50. Vs. 24 - 30 follow: " Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came

and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn." Math.13: 36 - 43 follow " Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear." Math.13:.47 - 50 follow. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." What we have here are parables of the Lord Jesus Christ on end times. The parable of the wheat and tares is opened or explained to us by Jesus and the fish net parable is presented to us in a way that explains it as well. Any end times doctrine must line up with the teachings of the Lord Jesus to be correct. This is an absolute rule for interpreting the scriptures. These parables are the most open, easy to understand explanations of end times, so we would do well to use these teachings as our foundation for end times teachings. I will point out certain things to you contained in these parables that are direct, simple and easy to understand. They will serve to shatter the popular teachings showing them to be a different end times doctrine other than what the Lord Jesus Christ preached. This is clearly saying these people are preaching a different gospel. Let's start with Math. 13:39. In this verse we see the Lord tells us the harvest is the end of the world. Now the word used for "world" is Strong's #165. This word can mean age or world. Now we need to determine a few things. If we take this word to mean age, we could be misled and assume that the tares, or the children of the devil, are taken out before the end of the world. So we will need to look at a few verses in other passages to help us focus more on this word #165. Let's look at Math. 12:32:

" And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come." In this passage the Strong's #165 word is used again, which is translated world in the King James translation. So the word is the same in both passage. Jesus is saying that there are two worlds the one now, and the one to come. If you chose to translate the same word as age you'd be at a similar conclusion with two ages, the one now and the one to come. We can see this again in Lk.20:34 - 36: " And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given to marriage: But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage; Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection." In this passage we very graphically see this word #165 used again. Jesus clearly sets forth that there are two worlds or ages, the present one and the next one which the passage associates with the resurrection from the dead. The millennium is not the resurrection and it is not the end of death. At the end of the millennium there is a lot of death, so the millennium is not when death is ended, see Rev. 20:9. Going back to Math. 13:39 we clearly see that Jesus is talking of this world (or this age) because it is in this world that the children of the devil dwell with the children of the kingdom. In the next world (or age), the children of the devil don't dwell with the children of the kingdom, they are in the lake of fire. So what Jesus is saying is that at the end of this world (or age), the children of the devil are taken away by the angels and put in the lake of fire. Now in Math. 13:30 we see that the tares and the wheat grow together until the harvest . In vs. 39 we see that the harvest is the end of the world (or age). How can you have a rapture that takes all of the righteous away from the unrighteous before the end of the world (age) and still agree with the doctrine of Jesus. You can't. The tares and the wheat stay together until the end of the world (age) which does not occur before or during the tribulation. A teaching that separates the righteous, from the children of the devil before the end of the world (age) is false. The harvest occurs after the millennium at the end of the time when the devil is loosed a little season to deceive the nations yet once again. Read Rev. 20:7 - 15: " And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever

and ever. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." Note that after the harvest we read of the judgment. Let me show you some more false teaching. Go back to Math. 13:30. Note that first the tares are gathered together to be burnt. So much for the righteous being taken out first. Watch I'll show it to you again. Go to Math. 13: 49. Note the angels sever the wicked from among the just. Again, you see the wicked being taken out first. Watch, I'll show you this yet a third time. Go to Lk.17: 24 - 37: " For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even so shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. In that day, he which shall be upon his housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Remember Lot's wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. I tell you in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other one shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in one field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. And they answered and said unto him, Where Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together." I'm going to focus on vs. 34 - 37, which is found in the last five lines of this passage. This is a depiction of the ungodly being removed from the righteous. We know this by the last vs. #37, the last line which tells us that the eagles (perhaps vultures is a better word) will be gathered supposedly to eat their bodies. Believer's bodies will be converted into immortal bodies at the resurrection (see 1Cor. 15) so it's not our bodies getting eaten by those birds. Again, please note that in vs. 30 the day when the Son of man, the Lord Jesus Christ, is revealed it will be like the day Noe went into the ark and the day Lot left Sodom. In other words, on the day when the Son of man is revealed the ungodly die. This of course does not line up with any doctrine that has Jesus sitting in the temple in Jerusalem on the earth for 1000 years. I will explain this a bit later on with the appropriate scriptures, relax it'll all come together, but forget any doctrines that have The

Lord Jesus Christ on earth for 1000 years. Ps. 110:1 " The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool." Who sits at God's right hand, the Lord Jesus Christ. Until when? Until God makes all his enemies his footstool. When does that happen? After Rev.20:9 - 10: "And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever." And this occurs after this 1000 year period for which the devil is bound, see Rev.20:7. Let's go to Acts 3:20 - 21: " And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began." The Lord Jesus Christ stays in heaven until the restitution of all things. This word for restitution is Strong's #605 and it means restoration. This can only be after death the last enemy has been destroyed. 1Cor.15:26: " The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." Let's probe into this a little bit deeper. 1Cor.15: 50 - 55: " Now this I say brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall all be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" At the resurrection or rapture death is defeated and that is the last enemy. Read 1Thes.4:17: " Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." Note we meet the Lord in the air not on this earth. This earth gets burned up when the

Lord comes to meet us in the air, see 2Pet.3:10: "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up." Forget this false teaching of the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ leaving the right hand of God to come to this earth along with the other saints for 1000 years and at the end of this period the devil and his workers surround Jerusalem to attack. Now of course there is a resurrection and it is on the last day, see Jn.6:39: " And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day." When? The last day. Jn.6:40: " And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day." When will he raise them up, on the last day. Jn.6:44: " No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day." Again, on the last day. Jn.6:54: " Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day." On the last day. So we have covered when the resurrection occurs, on the last day. The entire series and much more on www.messianic.biz