Central Truth: The Lord will come to establish His kingdom in its fullness.
Evangelism Emphasis: All who will can become citizens of God’s kingdom by accepting Christ as Lord.
Study Text: Zechariah 14:1-21
The next event in history, is going to be the rapture of the church.
(1 Thessalonians 4:16) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
(1 Thessalonians 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.
After the rapture, it will be the period called the Tribulation, which will begin with a peace treaty made by the Antichrist. For 3 ½ years, there will be peace. But afterwards, there will be chaos. The Antichrist will go back on the treaty he signed with the Jews, and desecrate their temple. He will command that all people worship him.
The battle of Armageddon is the final battle, when the armies of the Antichrist invade Jerusalem, and attempt to overthrow God’s people.
When the battle looks to be a lost cause, the Lord Himself, Jesus Christ, will emerge. He will return on the Mount of Olives, splitting it east to west, creating a way of escape for His people. With every road blocked, the Lord will open a way through the very center of the mountain, as He opened a path through the Red Sea.
The Battle of Armageddon will be a very great battle, like none other before. The blood is said to be the depth of a horse’s bridle and 200 miles long.
Cross Reference Scriptures
(Zechariah 12:2) See, I will make Jerusalem a cup of shaking fear to all the peoples round about, when Jerusalem is shut in.
Zechariah 12:3
(3) And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
Ezekiel 38:11
(11) And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
Ezekiel 38:12
(12) To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
Revelation 16:13-16
(13) And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
(14) For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
(15) Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
(16) And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Revelation 19:11-21
(11) And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
(12) His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
(13) And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
(14) And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
(15) And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
(16) And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
(17) And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
(18) That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
(19) And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
(20) And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
(21) And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
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