The End Times and The Book of Revelation
The End Times and The Book of Revelation.
Pastor Barry Hagerty
Week 1 —— Introduction
“What are THE END TIMES?” “Are there signs of THE END TIMES?” “What do we KNOW for sure?”
These are all great questions.
Can we know for sure what this is all about?
I. Where To Start
1. What are THE END TIMES?
Merriam Webster defines them as: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Words and phrases that are synonymous: Judgement Day, End of the World, Armageddon, The end of all things, and more.
THE END TIMES will refer to: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. When did the END TIMES begin?
John 14:2-3 “In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.”
Acts 1:9-11 “Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, 11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
The END TIMES began: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. When will the END TIMES be over?
The END TIMES will end when all that was prophesied and spoken in the Bible is fulfilled, culminating in the New Heaven and New Earth – Revelation 21.
4. Why is it important to give consideration to the END TIMES and how the events
possibly play out?
a. Our Blessed Hope — _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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b. To Be Prepared — _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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c. To Have Confidence — ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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II. So Many Questions, So Many Opinions
Terminology
1. Eschatology:_________________________________________________________
2. Rapture: ____________________________________________________________
3. Tribulation/Great Tribulation: ___________________________________________
4. Millennium Reign: ____________________________________________________
Did Jesus Speak of Signs of the End Times?
1. The Sign of Deception
2. The Sign of Disputes Among Nations
3. The Sign of Devastation
4. The Sign of Deepening Anti-Christian Sentiment
III. The Book of Revelation
1. Overview of the Book
a. Author and date
b. Audience
c. Purpose
2. Five Interpretive Views
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3. The Natural Outline of the Book
4. The Promise Found in the Book
Conclusion:
What Can We Be Sure of?
Next Week: Revelation Chapter 1-3 – John and the Seven Churches of Asia.