What About the End of the World?
Scott McKinney
July 16th, 2023
Acts 1:1-8, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-6
“After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days, and spoke about the kingdom of God.” —Acts 1:3 (NIV)
“Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
He said to them, “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”—Acts 1:6-8 (NIV)
Jesus left us behind not to make predictions.
He left us behind to be his
In the end human beings are not the solution we are the
When will we know that the end of the world has come?
Many believe that at any moment the followers of Christ will be
“Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful test you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you.” —1 Peter 4:12 (GNT)
“All who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” —2 Timothy 3:12 (ESV)
“Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for (that day will not come) until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction”. —2 Thessalonians 2:1-3 (NIV)
Rebellion= apostasy.
“He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.” —2 Thessalonians 2:4 (NIV)
“Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come.” —1 John 2:18 (NIV)
“Immediately after the tribulation of those days, shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” —Matthew 24:29-31 (KJV)
Apostasy/ Antichrist/ Tribulation/ Return of Christ.