Matthew 24:1-14 [Olivet Discourse: Destruction of the Temple] 24:1 Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. 24:2 And Jesus said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down."
WITH NO APOLOGIES, IT IS THE INTENT OF THIS BOOK TO WARN AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE ABOUT THE ABUNDANT BIBLICAL EVIDENCE THAT THE END OF THE WORLD IS ALMOST HERE. THE END OF THE WORLD IS THAT AWESOME AND TERRIBLE MOMENT WHEN JESUS CHRIST, THE SUPREME RULER OF MANKIND, WILL COMPLETE THE JUDGMENT PROCESS THAT BEGAN IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN WHEN ADAM AND EVE DISOBEYED GOD.
Understanding the awesome idea that the world is very near the end of time requires a clear understanding of the nature and authority of God's Word, the Bible. The Bible sets forth fundamental principles that must be obeyed if we are to receive truth from God. These principles must be thoroughly imbedded in the minds of anyone who wishes to understand this awesome idea.
There are three especially important areas of truth that are in view as God, in our day, opens our eyes to much new truth that throughout the church age was not well understood. These areas are as follows. (1) The nature and timing of God's salvation plan. (2) The end-time details, which include the timeline of history. (3) The nature and character of God's plan of judgment.
In this study, we will focus to a small degree on the nature of God's salvation plan. Secondly, we will intensively focus on the end-time details. The nature and character of God's plan of judgment will be provided in a following book.
Read more: Finally, a Full Revealing of God’s Salvation Plan
The Bible teaches how God has given the Gospel message to the human race throughout the timeline of history. The Gospel includes the whole Bible. Therefore, by carefully studying the Bible, we learn that the unfolding of God's salvation plan is the timeline of history.
For the first 9,500 years of the history of the world, God did not use any kind of earthly organization to represent the kingdom of God to this world. During that period of time, God always worked through individual believers who were representatives of His kingdom. Abel, Enoch, who was taken to heaven, Noah and his family, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph are names that God recorded in the Bible as representatives of the kingdom of God.
As we carefully study the Bible, we discover that the world was created about 13,000 years ago.* The Bible is very precise, so when we harmonize the Biblical calendar with our modern calendar, we know that the year of creation was 11,013 B.C.
In all likelihood, during the first 9,500 years of earth's history, few individuals became saved. In Noah's day, for example, in the entire world that existed in the year 4990 B.C., when God destroyed the world with the flood, there were only eight people who were saved.
Read more: The Unfolding of God’s Salvation Plan is the Timeline of History
A few days after Christ's ascension into heaven, the great divine organization that was to represent the kingdom of God for the next 1,955 years had its beginning.
On Pentecost day in A.D. 33, about 3,000 people were saved (Acts 2). Those who were saved that day came from many different nations. This grand event marked the beginning of the church age. It was during this part of the beginning of the church age that much detail is given concerning missionaries being sent into countries that we now know as Turkey, Greece, and Italy. The church age was set forth by God as a divine plan by which God would send the Gospel into the entire world. Never again would the Jewish synagogues, the city of Jerusalem, the nation of Israel, or the temple in Jerusalem externally represent the kingdom of God. The local congregations that would be formed throughout the world would externally represent the kingdom of God. Therefore, spiritually, the Bible very frequently calls the local congregations "Jerusalem," "the temple," "Zion," "Israel," "Judah," "Judea," etc.
In Revelation 2 and Revelation 3, God tells us about the spiritual condition of seven typical churches. These conditions existed about 30 years after these churches had been formed. For example, the church at Ephesus had lost its first love (Revelation 2:4-5). Remember, to love God is to obey His commandments (John 14:21-23). Therefore, God threatened to remove their candlestick, which represents the light of the Gospel, because they were no longer obedient to God’s laws. This church would no longer be used by God to send the Gospel into the world.
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