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Matthew 24: Day of Vengeance Luke 4:18-20 Isaiah 61:1-2

Matthew 24: Five Signs 1. False Prophets and False Christs (vs. 11, 24) - Per Paul, false teachers were coming to Ephesus during the overseers time (Acts 20:30) - Per Paul, false teachers caused the problems in the churches of Galatia (Gal. 2:4) - Per John, false teachers were already present (I John 2:18, 2 John 7, etc) - Per Jude, it had already happened (Jude 4,18)

Matthew 24: Five Signs 2. The Gospel preached to the world (vs 14) - Per Paul, the Gospel had gone to the world Romans 10:18 Colossians 1:6 Colossians 1:23

Matthew 24: Five Signs 3. The great persecution (The Tribulation) (vs. 9,21) Per Paul, the persecution by the Jews was widespread by the Thessalonian (1 Thessalonians 2:14-15) letter, but Romans persecution was not known (Acts 18:14-16) until the end of Nero's reign (Revelation 1:9) Tacitus Annals XV44 Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace.

Matthew 24: Five Signs 4. The Abomination of Desolation (vs 15, Daniel 12:11) - Clarified as Luke render this passage: Luke 21:20 "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near.” - The Roman army committed to a final siege of Jerusalem in February 70AD

Matthew 24: Five Signs 5. The current generation would see all of this (vs 34) - A generation is 40 years in the Bible Numbers 32:13 "So the LORD'S anger was aroused against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was gone.”

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Hymns - Sing to the LORD, all the earth; 1 Chronicles 16:23 Sing to the LORD, all the earth; Proclaim good tidings of His salvation From day to day. Hymns Invitation Red Songbook - Supplemental

The CONQUERING Kingdom of PEACE

Creating a Frame of Reference Ephesians 3:8-12 “…the eternal purpose” Why can’t many see a kingdom in the church? The Absence of Peace The Absence of Victory

The Kingdom of Prophecy: Peace For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; …… there will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace Isaiah 9:6,7

The Kingdom of Prophecy: Peace And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the leopard will lie down with the young goat, And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little boy will lead them. Also the cow and the bear will graze, Their young will lie down together, And the lion will eat straw like the ox. The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra, Isaiah 11:6-7a

The Kingdom of Prophecy: Peace "The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent's food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain," says the LORD. Isaiah 65:25

The Kingdom of Prophecy: Peace For thus says the LORD, "Behold, I extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; Isaiah 66:12

The Kingdom of Prophecy: Peace And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in their midst forever. Ezekiel 37:26

The Kingdom of Prophecy: Peace "Yes, it is He who will build the temple of the LORD, and He who will bear the honor and sit and rule on His throne. Thus, He will be a priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace will be between the two offices.“ Zechariah 6:13

The Kingdom of Prophecy: Peace Many people see no PEACE of promise “The main task of the Messiah was to bring the world back to God and to abolish all war, suffering and injustice from the world. Clearly, Jesus did not accomplish this.” Kalpan, The Real Messiah?

The Kingdom of Prophecy: Peace Many people see no PEACE of promise “(Premillenialism) is the doctrine that Christ will return BEFORE the Millennium to destroy the wicked, take over the kingdoms of this world, and set up the Kingdom that His Father has promised Him…… (it) says that there will be no world peace until the Prince of Peace returns” Melton, 2nd Coming of Christ

The Kingdom of Prophecy: Victory "In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms” Daniel 2:44

The Kingdom of Prophecy: Victory And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no rain on them. Zechariah 14:17

The Kingdom of Prophecy: Victory For the nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish, and the nations will be utterly ruined. Isaiah 60:12

The Kingdom of Prophecy: Victory Many people see no VICTORY of promise “I’ll give you authority over the nations.” Wow, what does that mean? I believe that that clearly can be understood one way, you’re going to reign with Christ in an earthly millennial kingdom. If you don’t have a millennium, this promise makes no sense.” John MacArthur, Thyatira: The Church (etc) http://airocross.com/2013/05/19/christians-rule-the-nations-during-millennial-kingdom/

The Kingdom of Peace The breakdown is in defining “peace” With whom? - Romans 5:1-10 - Ephesians 2:14-19 How? - Colossians 1:19-20 Col 1:19 For it was the Father's good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, Joh 1:16; 3:34; Col 2:9; 3:11 20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

The Kingdom of Victory What is victory? 1 John 5:1-5 How has the victory come? "These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.“ John 16:33

The Victorious Kingdom of Peace The Greatest Enemy – God The Greatest Peace – Between God and Man The Greatest Peace Offering – the Messiah The Greatest Conquest – the Whole World

We are the Kingdom Christians are citizen

What the Kingdom Requires But when they believed Philip preaching the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were being baptized, men and women alike. Acts 8:12