Wednesday, May 27, 2020

RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE TRIBULATION




2 Timothy 2:15

Pastor Rick Jackson

This is necessarily a brief synopsis. Thick volumes have been written on this subject and even on just parts of it.

I. THE SEVENTY WEEKS OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL [9:24-27]

1. Sixty-nine Weeks (483 years) of the Seventy Weeks (490 years) and the Clock is Stopped [v. 24-26a]

2. Destruction of Jerusalem by Rome approximately 70AD [v. 26b]

3. The Prince that shall Come Restarts the Clock [v. 26-27]

Many implications-revived Roman Empire, Antichrist, Temple Rebuilt, 3 ½ years before true colors are revealed

II. THE LORD LAYS IT OUT IN MATTHEW 24

1. The Prophecy of the Temple’s Destruction brings Questions [v. 1-3]

2. The Last Days (from the Incarnation to the Coronation) [v. 4-35]

-the Beginning of Sorrows [v. 4-8]
-the 70th Week [v. 9-13]
-the Abomination of Desolation Mid-week starting “The Great Tribulation” i.e., latter half of the tribulation [v. 14-22, Revelation 13:14-17]
-the false versus the True [v. 23-31]
-the Tribulation to Millennial Reign [v. 32-35]

3. Prewarned to be Prepared [v. 36-51] Be saved [v. 36-44] & Be Serving {v. 45-51]

III. PAUL’S CURE FOR FRIGHTENED FOLKS IN 2 THESSALONIANS

1. The Rapture of All Believers [2:1-3]

2. The Revelation of the Beast [2:3-12]

3. The Revelation of the True God & Only Saviour [1:7-2:8]

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