The Real Seven Signs of Christ's Return

SEVEN REAL SIGNS OF THE RETURN OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST TO EARTH PASTOR JAMES WOODLEY, Th.D. A LITERAL, FUTURE 7 YEAR TIME PERIOD THE TYPICAL ‘SIGNS’ MENTIONED BY SOME FROM MATTHEW 24 = Wars, Earthquakes, Heart Attacks... Those are not the signs to watch for. Those are the conditions that will exist in the time period between Christ’s First and Second Coming. Here are SEVEN REAL SIGNS TO WATCH FOR: 1. ISRAEL BACK IN THE LAND Ezekiel 38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. Ezekiel 38:12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. 2. A HOSTILE RUSSIAN CONFEDERACY WILL INVADE ISRAEL EZEKIEL 38:1-9, 15; 39:1-2, 9 3. THE KINGS OF THE EAST IN A MIDEAST WAR Revelation 9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. According to Minister Serdyukov, the most vital aspect of this new strategic agreement is the allowing by Pakistan for Chinese military forces to begin the “immediate use” of the Karakoram Highway which will allow China’s massive ground forces direct access to the Middle East and into direct confrontation with the West. 4. BABYLON Revelation 17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. Revelation 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: Rev 17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. Rev 17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 5. THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE Daniel 7:7 ... a fourth beast... and it had ten horns. Dan 7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots... Daniel 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth... 7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them... and he shall subdue three kings. 7:25 ... until a time and times and the dividing of time. Revelation 17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. Rev 17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. 6. THE APOSTASY 2 THESSALONIANS 2:1-12 (REVELATION 3:14-22) The Man Of Sin & The Abomination Of Desolation & The False Prophet Must Occur Before The Second Coming. The Apostasy Must Occur Before The Man of Sin. 7. TECHNOLOGY THE WORLD WILL VIEW 2 DEAD MEN IN JERUSALEM Rev 11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. THE WORLD WIDE MARK OF THE BEAST Rev 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. SUMMARY AND ‘CHECKLIST’ ON HOW CLOSE WE MIGHT BE: A final warning from the Lord Jesus: Don’t wait to get saved – do it now. Don’t wait until you think its the end to serve God – do it now. Don’t think you can pinpoint the exact time – be ready every day. Matthew 24:32-36, 42