1. The
that
Revelation 3:8, 10 NLT
8 “You obeyed my word and did not deny me.”
10 “Because you have OBEYED my command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world”
Revelation 4: 1-2 NLT
1 Then as I looked, I saw a door standing open in heaven, and the same voice I had heard before spoke to me like a trumpet blast. The voice said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this.” 2 And instantly I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne in heaven and someone sitting on it.
2 The
is
Luke 21:36
36 Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Hebrews 9:28 NLT
..”He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.
Matthew 26:41
41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation….
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
3. Falling
of the Church
1 Timothy 4:1 NLT
Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. 2 For people will love only themselves and their money. …boastful and proud, scoffing at God, …disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful…unloving unforgiving; slanderers w/ no self-control 4 betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. 5 They will act religious, but they will reject the POWER that could make them godly.
Joel 2:28
“And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.”
Acts 2:18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
