I. Beginning Birth Pangs
"Beginning of birth pangs |
1st 4 seals |
1.
1st seal: Rider on white horse, a false messiah (Rev.6:2) |
|
2.
Wars, rumors of wars, nation rising against nation (Mat.24:6-7) |
2.
2nd seal: Rider on red horse takes away peace from earth
(Rev.6:3-4) |
3.
Famines (Mat.24:7) |
3.
3rd Seal: Rider on black horse holds balances, represents famine
(Rev.6:5-6) |
4.
Death through famine, and earthquakes (Mat.24:7) |
4.
4th seal: Rider on pale horse, represents death through famine,
pestilence, and wild beasts (Rev.6:7-8) |
II. Abomination of Desolation Mat.24:15 (Critical Events at the Midpoint of Daniel’s 70th Week)
1. War breaks out in heaven (Rev.12:7) and results in
Adversary being cast out of heaven (Rev.12:12).
2. Adversary empowers Anti-messiah (2 Thes.2:9;
Rev.13:12).
3. Michael’s restraining work against Adversary is
removed (2 Thes.2:6-7; Dan.12:1).
4. The man of sin is revealed (2 Thes.2:3)
5. The abomination of desolation takes place in the
temple (Mat.24:15, 2 Thes.2:4)
6. The covenant with Israel is broken (Dan.9:24)
7. Anti-messiah exalted above all others (2 Thes.2:4)
8. The worship of the mid Eastern world is demanded by
Anti-messiah (2 Thes.2:4; Rev.13:3-4,12,14-15)
9. The Babylonian Whore is destroyed (Rev.17:16)
10. The eonian evangel is proclaimed and a warning to
those who would take the mark of the Anti-messiah (Rev.14:6-9)
11. The 2 witnesses begin their ministry (Rev.11:1-14)
12. Persecution of faithful Israel, those who keep the
testimony of YAHWEH (Dan12:1; Mat.24:20-23; 2 Thes.1:4-6)
13. The apostasy or falling away increases (2 Thes.2:3; Mat.24:9-12).
III. Day of YAHWEH Mat.24:29-30
Pivotal Texts (sun,
moon, stars) |
Day of YAHWEH |
Isa.13:10 |
Isa.13:6,9 |
Eze.32:7-8 |
Eze.32:1-15 |
Joel
2:10 |
Joel
2:1 |
Joel
2:30-31 |
Joel
2:31 |
Joel
3:15 |
Joel
3:14 |
Amos
5:20 |
Amos
5:18-20 |
Zeph.1:15 |
Zeph.1:14-18 |
Acts
2:20 |
Acts
2:20 |
Rev.6:12-13 |
Rev.6:12-17 |