THE TIMELINE OF PROPHECY

"...I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from the ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure'"  Isaiah 46:9b, l0.

 

OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY

"The prophets...prophesied of the grace that would come to you, searching what or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow."  1st  Peter 1:10, 11.

THE PROPHETS SAW CHRIST

HIS BIRTH AND HUMANITY
A descendant of Seth...Noah, Shem...Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah...David...
Genesis 3:15: 4:25, 26; 5:3-32; 10:21-29; 11:11-26; 12:1-3; 17:15-21; 28:14; 49:10; 2nd Samuel 7:12-16; Psalm 89:3,4, 35-37: Isaiah 9:6,7.

BORN OF A VIRGIN
"..Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel." 
Isaiah 7:14.

BORN IN BETHLEHEM
"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from old, from everlasting."   Micah 5:2.

HIS SUFFERINGS AND GLORIES THAT FOLLOWED
"...The prophets...prophesied of the grace that would come to you...the Spirit of Christ Who was in them was indicating...beforehand, the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow."  1st Peter 1:10, 11.

THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST
"My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"
"I am poured out like water, and all My bones are out of joint..."
They pierced My hand and My feet."
                                                                             
Psalms 22:1, 14, 16.
"He is despised and rejected by men.  A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief..."
"Surely He has borne our grief's and carried our sorrows.  Yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.  But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities..." 
  Isaiah 53:3-5.

THE GLORIES THAT FOLLOWED

THE GLORY OF RESURRECTION
"Therefore, My heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will rest in hope.  For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will You allow your Holy One to see corruption."  Psalm 16:9, 10. 
Quoted in Acts 2:25-28; 13:35

THE GLORY OF EXALTATION TO THE FATHER'S RIGHT HAND
"The LORD said to my Lord, 'Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.'"  Psalm 110:1 
Quoted in Acts 2:30-36; Hebrews 10:12, 13.  See also Psalm 24:7-10.

THE GLORY OF AN ETERNAL THRONE
"His (David's) seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before Me."  Psalm 89:35.
"Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever."  Isaiah 9:7.

THE PROPHETS ALSO SAW CHRIST IN HIS OFFICES

AS PROPHET
"I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him."  Deuteronomy 18:18.
 

AS PRIEST
"The LORD has sworn and will not relent, 'You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.'"  Psalm 110:4.

AS KING
"Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; a King shall reign and prosper, and execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.  In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called; THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.'"  Jeremiah 23:5,6.


THE PROPHETS SAW ISRAEL

BLESSED BY GOD
Deuteronomy 28:1-14

TURNING FROM THE TRUE GOD TO FALSE GODS
Deuteronomy 31:16-18; 32.

CHASTISED BY GOD
Deuteronomy 28:15-63.

DISBURSED AMONG THE NATIONS
Deuteronomy 28:64-68.

RESTORED TO FULLNESS OF BLESSING
Jeremiah 23:3-8; Amos 9:11-15; Ezekiel 39:25-29 (Also see Romans 11:26-17)

THE PROPHETS SAW THE GENTILE NATIONS...ESPECIALLY BABYLON AND ROME
"Isaiah 13:19-22; 50:1-51:64' Daniel 2; 7; 9:24-27; Ezekiel 38; 39.

THE PROPHETS DID NOT SEE THE CHURCH
"...By revelation He made known to me the mystery...which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel."  Ephesians 3:3-6.

THE PROPHETIC VIEW OF THE FUTURE

MAJOR EVENTS ARE COMING INTO FOCUS
[See Premillennial Chart of the Future] - PowerPoint

THE CHURCH AGE

BEGAN AT PENTECOST
Believers baptized into body of Christ for first time.  Acts 1:5  (See 1st Corinthians 12:13).

COMPOSED IN TWO DISTINCT ENTITIES
1.  Visible, organized groups of professing Christians...true believers and unsaved professors.
2.  The spiritual Body of Christ...all children of God

VISIBLE ENTITY IS CHARACTERIZED BY GOOD AND EVIL
See Matthew 13.  A trend toward evil:  1st Timothy 4:1-3, 2nd Timothy 4:3,4.

TRUE BELIEVERS WILL BE CAUGHT UP TO BE WITH CHRIST
"I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also." John 14:3  (See also 1st Thessalonians 1:10: 2:19; 3:13-18; Philippians 3:20, 21;  Titus 2:11-13; 1st Corinthians 15:51, 52)
"Caught up"=rapture: movement from earth to heaven.
True believers will receive their rewards at the judgment seat of Christ (1st Corinthians 3:8-15).  They will then rejoice and celebrate at "the marriage supper of the Lamb."  Revelation 19:5-9.

THE VISIBLE, ORGANIZED CHURCH CONTINUES ON
A time when not one church on earth has  saved person in it.

LED INTO WORSHIP OF SATANIC WORLD LEADER,
"...And causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast..."  Revelation 13:8, 12.

BECOMES THE APOSTATE AGENCY THAT BRINGS THE SATANIC LEADER AND HIS TEN NATION FEDERATION TO WORLD DOMINANCE.  Revelation 17:1-18.

A WORLD LEADER ARISES
The Roman Empire will re-emerge in the form of a ten-nation federation. 
Daniel 2:41-43: 7:7, 8, 24; Revelation 13:1; 17:3, 7, 12-14.

An eleventh king will gain domination over three of these nations,  and then the other seven.  Daniel 7:8, 20, 23-25.  Daniel 9:26 identifies him as being of the people of Rome.

ISRAEL IS INVADED
Russia and a confederation of nations (mostly Muslim) will invade Israel.  [Ezekiel 382-6].  They will be destroyed by supernatural judgments from God

THE ROMAN LEADER BRINGS PEACE TO THE MIDDLE EAST WITH A SEVEN YEAR COVENANT THAT INCLUDES ISRAEL
The seven years is divided into two periods of 3 1/2 years each.  (Daniel 9:27 7:25; 12:7; Revelation 13:5).  The first 3 1/2 years is a time of relative peace.  It is broken when the Roman leaders enters the rebuilt Jerusalem Temple and demands to be worshipped as God.

THE GREAT TRIBULATION
Spoken of by Jeremiah as "the time of Jacob's trouble" (30:7); by Daniel as "the time of the end" (8:17-19; 11:35, 40, 12:4, 6, 9); by Jesus as "great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world."  (Matthew 27:21).  It is described in detail in Revelation, chapters 6-19.

THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST

IN POWER AND GLORY AS A CONQUERING KING
"...And behold, One like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven!"  Daniel 7:13.

"Thus the LORD my God will come, and all the saints with You." Zechariah 14:5b.

"...For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be...the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory."  Matthew 24:27, 30.

"...Now I saw heaven  opened, and behold, a white horse.  And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True and in righteousness He judges and makes war.  His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns...He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called the Word of God.  And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses."  Revelation 19:11-14.

TO DEFEAT THE NATIONS THAT HAVE REPUDIATED HIM; CHOSEN TO FOLLOW SATAN AND SLAUGHTERED HIS PEOPLE.
"And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever." 
Daniel 2:44 (See also Daniel 7-9, 10, 13-14, 26, 27.)

"Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle...and the LORD shall be King over all the earth..."  Zechariah 14:3, 9.

"Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations..."  Revelation 19:15.

TO DELIVER ISRAEL AND GENTILE BELIEVERS
"...It is the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it." 
Jeremiah 30:7.

"He shall...persecute the saints of the Most High...the saints shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time.  But the court shall be seated, and they shall take away his dominion and destroy it forever."  Daniel 7:25, 26 (See also Zechariah 12, 13, 14).

TO ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM ON EARTH
Daniel 2:44; 7:13, 14, 18, 22; 27; Revelation 19:16.
He shall be "King of Kings and LORD of lords."

A THOUSAND YEAR REIGN OF CHRIST ON EARTH
"Thousand years" specified six times:  Revelation 20:2-7
Satan cast into bottomless pit.
The world political leader and religious leader cast into lake of fire.  Revelation 19:20; 20:2.
True believers will reign over the earth with Christ.  Revelation 20:6.

SATAN RELEASED A BRIEF TIME
(Revelation 20:7-10)
We presume this is to test those born during the thousand years as to whether they choose for God or Satan.  Those deceived by Satan are cast into the lake of fire.

THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT
(Revelation 20:11-15)
Only God rejecters will be on trial.  "The dead (verse 12).  All believers are alive in Christ.  "...Anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire."  Revelation 20:15. 

THE ETERNAL NEW HEAVENS AND NEW EARTH
(Revelation 21-22.)
God will dwell with His people forever.  Revelation 21:3,4.
Sin will never be present.  21:27.
The New Jerusalem is the capitol and God's presence makes it a temple.  Revelation 21:10-23.
The kings of the earth and the nations of the earth have free access.  Revelation 20:24-26.
God's servants shall serve Him.  Revelation 22:3.

Whether man's destiny is spending eternity with God in the New Heavens and New Earth or separated from God forever in the lake of fire is determined by their response to God's offer.

Will they accept the provision God has made for their salvation in the sacrifice of Christ and receive Christ by faith as their Savior or will they refuse.  Each of us must make that decision.  There is no way to escape it.