Okay brolys, I began typing some of this info on prophecy & why it's believed we are living in the end of time (pre-rapture). There is simply way too much for me to type, so I am typing & summarizing some of the most significant and particular info that relates to some of our discussions in this thread.
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Let me start by giving 'major' events both past & yet to come that has either been fulfilled or will be fulfilled in the future. (beginning to end)
Death enter the human race
(Gen. 6-8, Gen 2:17)
Birth of the jewish nation
(Gen. 9:26; 12:2; 17:4-6)
Israel's enslavement in and exodus from Eqypt
(Gen. 15:13,14,16; Ex. 3:8; 6:6)
Israel receives the Law and enters the Promised Land
(Gen 15:18-21; Ex. 3:12; 15:14-16; 17:14-16; 23:29,30 Num. 14:23,32-35 Deut. 7:1-5,17-26 Josh. 1:6 Judg. 1:2)
Birth if Kingdom of Israel
(Deut. 17:14 1Sam. 13:14;15:23,28; 25:30,31 2Sam. 7:12, 13)
The Kingdom divided
(1Kin. 11:11-13, 30-32)
Kingdom of Israel falls
(Hos. 1:4-6; 2:11-13; 10:4-8 Amos 3:11,12; 5:2, 3, 27 Mic. 1:3-7)
Judah's worship of God is restored
(1Kin. 13:2,3)
Judah falls to Babylon
(Deut. 29:22-28 Is. 2:6-21; 6:11, 12; 39:6,7 Jer 5:19; 18:15-17; 21:7; 32:28-32 Ezek. 5:11-17; 7:1-27 Amos 2:4,5 Mic 3:12 Hab 1:5-11 Zeph 1:4-18)
Remnant of Judah returns from exile
(Is. 1:9; :13; 43:5-7 Jer 3:18; 16:14,15; 25:11; 29:10 Ezek 11:17; 34:11-16; 36:22-24 Mic 4:10 Hab 3:16-19 Zeph 3:20 Zech 8:7,8; 10:9,10)
The temple is restored
(Jer 27:22 Obad 17 Hag 2:23 Zech 1:16; 4:8-10; 6:15; 8:9)
Birth of Christ the Messiah
(Is 6:1; 7:14; 9:6; 61:1-3 Dan 9:25 Mic 5:2 Mal. 3:1)
Birth and ministry of Christ
(Is 6:1;7:14; 9:6, 7; 11:1-3; 61:1-3 Jer 31:15 Mic 5:2 John 1:26-34)
Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension of Christ
(Gen 3:15 Ps 22:1, 7,8,14, 16-18; 34:20; 69:21 Is 50:6; 53:1-12 Dan 9:24-27 Zech 9:9; 11:12,13)
Pentecost and Descent of the Holy Spirit
(Joel 2:28-32 Luke 24:49 John 16:7-15)
Destruction of Jerusalem
(Dan 9:26 Matt 24:2)
Return of the Jews
(Is 11:11-16; 60:8-16 Jer 3:18; 16:14,15; 23:3-8; 31:8 Ezek 20:40-44; 34:11-28; 36:24-32; 37:1-28 Hos 3:4,5; 6:1,2 Amos 9:11,12)
Rapture
(1Cor 15:51,52 1Thess 4:16-18)
Judgement seat of Christ
(1Cor 3:13-15 2Cor 5:4,10 1Pet 5:4)
Tribulation
(Is 2:19-21; 28:20,21 Dan 12:1 Joel 2:1-11 Matt 24:4-26 Rev. 6:1-19:6)
Armageddon
(Is 11:4,5; 63:1-6 Ezek 39:1-29 Joel 3:1-17 Zeph 3:8 Zech 14:1-3 Rev 19:17-21)
Second coming of Christ
(Dan 7:9-14 Zech 12:9-14; 14:4-11 Mal 3:1-3; 4:1-6 Matt 24:27-30 Rev 19:11-16)
Judgement of Nations
(Matt 25:31-46)
The Millennium
(Ps 8:6 Is 2:2-4; 11:4-10; 35:1-10 Jer 31:27-34; 33:12-26 Ezek 36:33-38; 40:1-48:35 Joel 2:21-27; 3:18-21 Amos 9:13-15 Mic 4:1-7 Hab 2:14 Zeph 3:20 Hag 2:6-9 Zech 8:3,4; 14:16-21 rev 20:4-10)
Great White Throne Judgement
(Rev 20:11-14)
Destruction of the earth by fire
(2Pet 3:5-13 Rev 20:11; 21:1)
New Jerusalem
(Is 60:13-22; 65:17; 66:22 Rev 21:1-22:5)
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Now, to be more precise, there are over 8,300 verses in the Bible which contain predictive prophecy.
I have a list of over 600 of these currently. Again, I am not going to type hundreds of prophetic scriptures and thier fulfillment scriptures also. (I have not got that much time).
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How do we know we are living in the last days before the second coming of Christ?
1. Knowledge shall increase and people will travel to and fro (Dan. 12:4) Just look at how much knowledge has increased in the past few decades. I can't recall exactly, but it took several hundreds of years for knowledge to double. Now it doubles every 10 months or so. Look at travel, we now have supersonic planes,
automobiles, space shuttles, monorail speed trains, etc. From the Garden of Eden until 1900, men walked or rode horses. Within just a few years, mankind has invented all the above travel methods mentioned above.
2. The prophet Zechariah didn't know how to describe what he say in his vision, so he called it a plague. This "plague" was sent out to all who came to fight against Jerusalem in the last days.
The plague would consume a man's flesh while he was left standing. His eyes would dissolve in their sockets and his tongue would dissolve in his mouth. (Zech. 14:12-15) This was a mystery until the invention of the atomic bomb which can produce a 150 million Fahrenheit temperature in one millionth of a second! Atomic, nuclear, neutron weaponry will be used in the Middle East.
3. In the last days, there will be famines and pestilence. (Matt. 24:7,8) Although I don't believe this has fully hapened yet, it is ever increasing. The starving is on an increase. Also look at all the new & widespread diseases that have occured recently.
4. Mass deception: Jesus warned "Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name....and will
deceive many....for false christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect" (Matt. 24:4,5,24). Secular humanism, new age theroies and philosophies are all deception. The apostate church, which has a form of godliness, but denies the power of God, is deception.
5. As I described in a previous post, the two witnesses in Revelation whom are executed and whos dead bodies are seen for 3 1/2 days by all of the world at once. This was thought of as impossible until the inventions of televisions, satellites, and internet. This could never had happened in any other
previous times where people thought the end of the world was coming, not even 30 years ago. It is now, however, very possible.
6. Jesus said in Matthew, "But of that day and hour no one knows, no, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be." (Matt. 24:36,37). In the days of Noah, according to Genesis, man's wickedness on the earth was very great and that "every intent o fthe thoughts of his heart was only evil continually" (Gen. 6:5). I think the current news headlines speak volumes on this subject, so I won't elaborate.
7. Probably the one of the most important prophecies to ever come true was the rebirth of Israel. Every major prophet in the Old Testament testified that God would bring the Jewish people out of their Gentile graves (nations) and bring them back to Israel before the coming of the Lord. This is also prophesied in Isaiah 66:8. This happened in May 1948.
8. The bible predicts that Jerusalem will not be under Gentile rule in the last days. The Jewish people did not control the Holy City from 70 A.D. (when Romans took control) until the Six-Day War of 1967. Jesus said that Jerusalem would be "trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled" (Luke 21:24). king David said, "For the Lord shall build up Zion (Jerusalem); He shall appear in his glory" (Ps. 102:16). Jerusalem is under Jewish control for the first time in nearly two thousand years.
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There is also a lot of info I'd like to share concerning the battle of Armageddon (when nations come against Israel). I may type this if I get the time to.
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references: King James Version Bible, John C. Hagee Prophecy Study Bible, Jack Van Impe Ministries various publications, Dr David Jerimiah publications, and various excerpts from other sources