The End TimesIntroduction

Various Views

Congregation Yeshuat Yisrael

www.yeshuatyisrael.com

Franklin/Nashville Tennessee

End TimeSequence of Events

Various ViewsAmillennial Post-millennial Pre-millennial

No Millennium.Heaven is the Kingdom. No earthly Kingdom.

Messiah is ruling now. The “Church” is the kingdom.He will return after the Church is finished it’s work

Messiah will return and rule the earth for 1000 years.

Symbolic Symbolic Literal

Covenant Covenant DispensationalMulti covenant

Messianic KingdomIsaiah 2 and Micah 4

Now it shall come to pass in the latter daysThat the mountain of the Lord’s houseShall be established on the top of the mountains,And shall be exalted above the hills;And all nations shall flow to it.

Messianic KingdomMany people shall come and say,“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,To the house of the God of Jacob;He will teach us His ways,And we shall walk in His paths.”For out of Zion shall go forth the law,And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Messianic KingdomThey shall beat their swords into plowshares,And their spears into pruning hooks;Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,Neither shall they learn war anymore.

Millennial KingdomRevelation 20:4

4 And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

Various ViewsAmillennial Post-millennial Pre-millennial

No Millennium.Heaven is the Kingdom. No earthly Kingdom.

Messiah is ruling now. The “Church” is the kingdom.He will return after the Church is finished it’s work

Messiah will return and rule the earth for 1000 years.

Symbolic Symbolic Literal

Covenant Covenant DispensationalMulti covenant

Historic Views Covenant Theology

Dispensational

Covenant of Works with Adam; Covenant of Grace with Christ on behalf of elect.

Divided into dispensations Innocence (pre-Fall), Conscience (Adam), Human Government (Noah), Promise (Abraham), Law (Moses), Grace (Christ's First Coming), Kingdom (Christ's Second Coming).

There is a unified redemptive purpose for “God’s People”

Two-fold One for National Israel one for the Church.

Optimistic – The Church will improve the world for Messiah’s Return.

Pessimistic: the Last Days are marked by increasingly worse wickedness in the world and by apostasy in the Church.

One Covenant

God’s People

Adam2nd

Coming

The ChurchSpiritual Israel

IsraelEthnic Israel

Unsaved are outside the Covenant

God’s purpose is to elect the saved.

Works Grace

Dispensational - Various Covenants

Israel

The unsaved those who do not

have adequate faith.

God’s purpose is to save the elect.

Innocence

(pre-Fall) Conscience

(Adam)

Human Government

(Noah)

Promise (Abraham)

Law (Moses)

GraceChrist's 1st

Coming

Kingdom Christ's 2nd

Coming

Church

The saved are the elect saints

Gentiles

ISSUE COVENANT POSITION

DISPENSATIONAL POSITION

PATTERN OF HISTORY

Covenant of Works with Adam;

Covenant of Grace with Christ on behalf of elect.

Divided into distinct periods

1. Innocence (pre-Fall)

2. Conscience (Adam)

3. Human Government (Noah)

4. Promise (Abraham)

5. Law (Moses)

6. Grace (1st Coming)

7. Kingdom (2nd

Coming).

ISSUE COVENANT POSITION

DISPENSATIONAL POSITION

VIEW OF HISTORY

Optimistic: God is extending His kingdom.

Pessimistic: the Last Days are marked by increasingly worse wickedness in the world and by apostasy in the church.

ISSUE COVENANT POSITION

DISPENSATIONAL POSITION

GOD'S PURPOSE IN THIS AGE OF HISTORY

There is a unified redemptive purpose.

There are two distinct purposes, one earthly (Israel), one heavenly (church).

ISSUE COVENANT POSITION

DISPENSATIONAL POSITION

VIEW OF THE BIBLICAL COVENANTS

They are different administrations of the Covenant of Grace.

They mark off distinct periods of time during which God's specific demands of faith are required.

ISSUE COVENANT POSITION

DISPENSATIONAL POSITION

RELATIONSHIP OF OLD TESTAMENT TO NEW TESTAMENT

Acceptance of Old Testament teaching required unless specifically replaced by New Testament or Church policy.

Old Testament prescriptions are not binding unless reaffirmed in New Testament.

Example:Infant Baptism replaces Jewish Infant circumcision

Mosaic Law is for the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. New Testament Law is for the Church

ISSUE COVENANT POSITION

DISPENSATIONAL POSITION

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE CHURCH

The church is spiritual Israel, in continuity with true Israel of Old Testament. The Jews who rejected Christ are apostate from “God’s Israel, the Church” The Modern Nation is no different than any other national entity.

The church is the spiritual people of God (Jews and Gentiles who believe the Gospel) As a group they are distinct from National Israel, the physical people of God. Modern Israel is a fulfillment of Dispensational Bible Prophecy.

ISSUE COVENANT POSITION

DISPENSATIONAL POSITION

ISSUE COVENANT POSITION

DISPENSATIONAL POSITION

ISSUE COVENANT POSITION

DISPENSATIONAL POSITION

Pre-millennial ViewsTime period of 7 years before the Second Coming

Post Tribulation Mid-Tribulation Pre-Tribulation

The Believing Church will experience the Tribulation period for 7 years.

Based on 2 Thessalonians 2:3 The Church will be taken out before the extreme wrath of 3 ½ years.

The Rapture- an event that will remove believers from the 7 year tribulation period.

Church Meaning of Name

Historical Church Age

Time Period

Ephesus Desired Apostolic Church 30-100 A.D.

Smyrna Myrrh (death) Roman Persecution

100-313

Pergamum Thoroughly Married

Roman Church State

313-600

Thyatira Perpetual Sacrifice

Dark Ages 600-1517

Sardis Those Escaping Reformation 1517-1648

Philadelphia Brotherly Love Great Missionary Movement

1648-1900

Laodicea People Ruling Apostasy 1900-present

1. Nation against Nation, Kingdom against Kingdom -Major world wide conflict that begin the End Times or Last Days: World War I & II (1914 ,1939) Matthew 24:7

2. Both World Wars had major Jewish implications, The Holocaust, & Zionist Movement

3. State of Israel is established in 1948. Israel is established as a secular nation in unbelief for a future judgment known as a Time of Jacob's Trouble, The Bibles speaks of a great gathering of Gentile Armies against Jerusalem. If this is true then the return of Israel in 1948 is a significant fulfillment of Bible prophecy. Ezekiel 20:33-35 , Ezekiel 22:17 , Zephaniah 2:1

4. Jerusalem the capitol of Israel is under Jewish control (1967) Daniel 9:27 , Matthew 24:15 2 Thessalonians 2:3 , Revelation 11:2

PRESENT DAY EVENTS

• Israel negotiates peace with Arab neighbors -(This sets the stage for the Non-Arab invasion of Ezekiel 38 , where Arab nations will not be involved in this conflict because of the peace treaty.)

• Non Arab nations will come against Israel.

• Destruction of Damascus, Syria.

• Babylon (Iraq) will be rebuilt as a major economic center.

FUTURE EVENTS

• A Peace treaty with the Arab states will lead into non-Arab conflict involving an invasion of Israel Ezekiel 38 (Rosh-Russia) (Cush-Ethiopia) (Meshech-Moscow) (Libya-Put) (Tubal-Tubalsk,Siberia) (Gomer-Germany) (Persia-Iran) (Togarmah-Armenia)

• The One World Government will be established- (One Horn) Daniel 7:23

• One world government divides into ten kingdoms (Ten Horns) Daniel 7:24a  (Note: The European Union is one of the Ten

Toes)

FUTURE EVENTS

4. The Rise of Anti-Christ, (Anti-Messiah who opposes the real Messiah) is different from the other nations that ruled the earth. Some believe the Anti-Messiah will serve as a false Messiah for the Jewish People. This is not the case. He is the one world leader who takes over the Jewish Temple and claims himself as God. The Anti-Christ is of Roman origin, the prince of the people who destroyed the city. Daniel 7:24b

5. Period of peace and false security 3 1/2 year period of false peace for Israel. Turmoil for the rest of the world. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3

FUTURE EVENTS

• *Blackout Joel 2:31

• *Return of Eliyahu HaNavi (Elijah the Prophet) the forerunner of the Messiah. Malachi 5:4-6 , Malachi 3:1 , Isaiah 40:3

• *The Third Temple will be restored and sacrifices will be reinstituted at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Daniel 9:27 , Isaiah 66:1

FUTURE EVENTS

• *Blackout Joel 2:31

• *Return of Eliyahu HaNavi (Elijah the Prophet) the forerunner of the Messiah. Malachi 5:4-6 , Malachi 3:1 , Isaiah 40:3

• *The Third Temple will be restored and sacrifices will be reinstituted at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Daniel 9:27 , Isaiah 66:1

“YESHUAT HASHEM KEHEREF AYIN”

THE SALVATION OF GOD

COMES IN THE

BLINK OF AN EYE

New Testament Saints - All believers in the Messiah, after the cross. The Church is composed of Believing Jews and Gentiles beginning at Acts Chapter 2 until the Rapture.

The fact is that the Messiah can come at any time to gather the New Testament Saints. There are no preconditions for the "catching away of believers". If Messiah comes in the middle of the tribulation or the end then we would know exactly when he is coming and then we would get ready. The scriptures teach that the Messiah will come secretly before the wrath. The Second Coming is exactly seven years after the signing of the covenant with the Anti-Christ, but the rapture could happen at any moment.

1. The Rapture can come at any moment, Matthew 24:42,44 , Luke 12:35

2. Mansions are being prepared for believers John 14:1-3

3. Believers will meet the Messiah in the air (dead ones will rise first) 1Thessalonians 4:13-18

4. Believers receive glorified bodies 1 Corinthians 15:50-58

5. Believers are delivered from the wrath to come 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10

6. Yeshua will come secretly before the wrath Luke 21:36 , 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10

7. The Shofar (Trumpet) of Righteousness blown 1 Corinthians 15:52

8. There are normal conditions on the earth Matthew 24:38-44

The Rapture of Believers

1. Note that the Church is not mentioned at anytime during the Wrath in the book of Revelations,

2. The church is heavily mentioned during the first three chapters,

3. The Church is not mentioned until after the wrath in Revelation. 19:11-16

4. There are believers during the tribulation period, but these are not “Church” saints, these become believers after the church has been removed.

The Rapture of Believers

1. Note that the Church is not mentioned at anytime during the Wrath in the book of Revelations,

2. The church is heavily mentioned during the first three chapters,

3. The Church is not mentioned until after the wrath in Revelation. 19:11-16

4. There are believers during the tribulation period, but these are not “Church” saints, these become believers after the church has been removed.

The Rapture of Believers

There are believers present during the entire tribulation period. In fact the purpose of the tribulation is to bring people to faith by means of God's wrath, and cause them to cry out the Messiah. The Church is not mentioned in any tribulation passage. The elect, believers, tribulation saints who come to Messiah after the rapture exist, but the Church is not mentioned in any passage.

The Rapture of Believers

The Opponents of the Rapture

1. Some see the “Church” as Israel, because Israel is mentioned in the tribulation passages, therefore the church is too.

2. Some see the tribulation period as a time of “Great Signs and Wonders” and believers must experience these things.

3. Some see these events as if they have already happened. The 70 AD destruction of Jerusalem have already fulfilled the tribulation passages.

4. Some see these passages as allegorical.

Daniel 2:32 God Reveals Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

32 This image’s •head was of fine gold, •its chest and arms of silver, •its belly and thighs of bronze, •its legs of iron,•its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.

34 You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.

36 “This is the dream. Now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king. 37 You, O king, ….you are this head of gold.

39 But after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others.

4 Gentile Kingdoms will arise

Ancient Empires

JudahJudahBabylonian Babylonian

EmpireEmpire

MedianMedianEmpireEmpire

MediterraneanMediterranean

EgyptEgypt

Babylonian Empire

INDEX

Babylonian Empire

Persian Empire

INDEX

PersianPersianEmpireEmpireJudahJudah

EgyptEgypt

MediterraneanMediterranean

Persian EmpirePersian Empire

Alexander the Great

INDEX

JudahJudah

The Empire of AlexanderThe Empire of Alexander

IndiaIndia

MediterraneanMediterranean

EgyptEgypt

Alexander The GreatAlexander The Great

Greek EmpireGreek Empire

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IsraelIsraelRoman Empire

RomeRome

JudahJudah

BritainBritainBritainBritain

The Roman Empire spread from Great Britain to The Roman Empire spread from Great Britain to Israel and included Spain and Asia Minor.Israel and included Spain and Asia Minor.

Roman Empire

INDEX

•Gold Head– Babylon

•Silver Chest Medo-Persian

•Bronze Waist –Greece

•Iron Legs-Roman EmpireRoman empire still influences most of the world. Government, language, and religion has dominated through out the ages.

•Two Legs-Roman Empire

•Western Roman Empire

•Eastern Roman Empire

4 Gentile Kingdoms will arise

This empire will deteriorate and is destroyed by the Stone cut without hands.

Psalm 118:2222The stone which the builders rejectedHas become the chief cornerstone.

44 And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it (the Stone) shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

The Babylonian Empire no longer exists.

The Jewish People are Preserved!

The Medo-Persian Empire no longer exists.

The Jewish People Remain!

The Greek Empire no longer exists.

The Jewish People continue to Worship God!

The Roman Empire no longer exists*.

Am Israel Chai! The Jewish People Live!

70weeks

Daniel 24

Daniel 9:24“Seventy weeks” are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy.

Daniel 9:24

•SEVENTY SEVENS (or seventy shevaim "sevens not weeks") .  (7  x 70  = 490 years).     •ARE DETERMINED (or decreed). God has decided that this period of time would take place.          •UPON "THY PEOPLE," (Daniel's people is Israel, the Jewish People)   • AND UPON "THY HOLY CITY" which is Jerusalem. These verses deal primarily with Israel the Jewish People.        

Daniel 9:24Already fulfilled during the first coming of Yeshua

•TO “FINISH” THE TRANSGRESSION (or to finish disobedience), •AND "TO MAKE" AN END OF SINS (or end to sin), •AND "TO MAKE" RECONCILIATION FOR INIQUITY (or atonement)     

Daniel 9:24To be fulfilled during the Second Coming of Yeshua

AND "TO BRING IN" EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS, or to bring in Yeshua the Messiah; to bring in everlasting righteousness regarding Israel and Jerusalem. AND "TO SEAL UP" THE VISION AND PROPHECY, or to complete and finish this vision and prophecy.  AND "TO ANOINT" THE MOST HOLY (to anoint or "Messiah" Yeshua)

 

62SevensDaniel 24

+7Sevens

Daniel 9:25

Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to

build Jerusalem to the Messiah ¢GI¦[¡NAnointed One, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled times.

Daniel 9:24 Next, an explanation of the times and major events that would take place.KNOW THEREFORE AND UNDERSTAND. This is a command—"know and understand"THAT FROM THE GOING FORTH OF THE COMMANDMENT  or decree    TO RESTORE AND TO BUILD JERUSALEM                               UNTO THE MESSIAH THE PRINCE - The Messiah Yeshua    SHALL BE SEVEN SEVENS which is 49 years,    AND THREESCORE AND TWO SEVENS or sixty-two ‘sevens’ (or 62 x 7 years which is 434 years)   

Daniel 9:24 Next, an explanation of the times and major events that would take place.THE STREET SHALL BE BUILT AGAIN, (which is in Jerusalem)AND THE WALL which is of Jerusalem shall also be built again - Nehemiah 2:17,18; 6:15-19,EVEN IN TROUBLESOME TIMES (or in times of trouble)-Dan 9:25.

This gives a total of 483 years, leaving one week (or one period of 7 years) left. Jerusalem was to be rebuilt; however, it would not be easy. There would be times of trouble during this rebuilding.         

Daniel 9:24 Next, an explanation of the times and major events that would take place.THE STREET SHALL BE BUILT AGAIN, (which is in Jerusalem)AND THE WALL which is of Jerusalem shall also be built again - Nehemiah 2:17,18; 6:15-19,EVEN IN TROUBLESOME TIMES (or in times of trouble)-Dan 9:25.

This gives a total of 483 years, leaving one week (or one period of 7 years) left. Jerusalem was to be rebuilt; however, it would not be easy. There would be times of trouble during this rebuilding.