This Bible study provides an overview of the book of Matthew, Chapter 24, where Jesus Christ outlines prophetic fulfillments to come. We are encouraged to do further study on the subject in the book of Revelation. Please note that the video is voice and slides for the first three minutes.
Presented by Tim Martens, January 6, 2023, at United Church of God in Northwest Arkansas.
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The Four Horses of
Revelation 6
White Horse =
deceit
Red Horse = war
Black Horse =
famine
Pale Horse =
disease
3. Matthew 24 outline
Verses 1-3 End-time Destruction
of the Temple (Revelation ch. 1-5)
No stone left upon another
4. Matthew 24 outline
• Verses 1-3 End-time Destruction of the Temple (Revelation ch. 1-5)
• Verses 4-14 What are the signs of Your coming and the end of the age?
(Revelation ch. 6-9)
5. Matthew 24:4-14 …The Signs
• Don’t be deceived/misled
• Wars & rumors of wars.
• Famine, pestilence,
earthquakes
• Tribulation – you will be
hated and killed
• Many offended & betray one
another
• False prophets will deceive
many
• Lawless will abound
• Love of many will wax cold
• Endure to the end to be saved
• Gospel will be preached as a
witness to all nations – and
then the end (of the age) will
come
6. Matthew 24 outline
• Verses 1-3 End-time Destruction of the Temple (Revelation ch. 1-5)
• Verses 4-14 What are the signs? (Revelation ch. 6-9)
• Verses 15-28 Abomination of Desolation, Tribulation, False Prophet
(Revelation ch. 10-14)
7. Matthew 24:15-28
Abomination of Desolation, Tribulation, False Prophet
• Abomination of Desolation
Daniel 9:37
Daniel 11:31
Daniel 12:11
Great Tribulation
Those in Judea to flee
If/then…No flesh saved alive
• Deception
• False Christs/False Prophets
will show signs & wonders
IF POSSIBLE, even the elect can
be deceived
Christ’s return as lightning
…
8. Matthew 24 outline
• Verses 1-3 End-time Destruction of the Temple (Revelation ch. 1-5)
• Verses 4-14 What are the signs? (Revelation ch. 6-9)
• Verses 15-28 Abomination of Desolation, Tribulation, False Prophet
(Revelation ch. 10-14)
• Verses 29-31 Return of Jesus Christ (Revelation ch. 15-20)
9. Matthew 24:29-31
The Return of Jesus Christ to Earth
• Sun darkened
• Moon won’t shine
• Stars fall from the heavens
• Powers from the heavens
shaken
• Sign of the Son of Man will
appear
• Tribes of the Earth will
mourn
• Tribes of the Earth will see
Christ coming on the clouds
• Angels will come with the
sound of a trumpet
• Angels gather the Elect
from all parts of the Earth
10. Matthew 24 outline
• Verses 1-3 End-time Destruction of the Temple (Revelation ch. 1-5)
• Verses 4-14 What are the signs? (Revelation ch. 6-9)
• Verses 15-28 Abomination of Desolation, Tribulation, False Prophet
(Revelation ch. 10-14)
• Verses 29-31 Return of Jesus Christ (Revelation ch. 15-20)
• Verses 32-51 What we should be doing (Revelation ch. 21-22)
11. Matthew 24:32-51
What should we be doing?
• Parable of the fig tree
• Only God the Father knows exactly when this will be
• As in the days of Noah (life as usual)
• Be ready personally for the Return of Christ
• “Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he
comes, will find so doing.”
12. Matthew 24 outline
• Verses 1-3 End-time Destruction of the Temple (Revelation ch. 1-5)
• Verses 4-14 What are the signs? (Revelation ch. 6-9)
• Verses 15-28 Abomination of Desolation, Tribulation, False Prophet
(Revelation ch. 10-14)
• Verses 29-31 Return of Jesus Christ (Revelation ch. 15-20)
• Verses 32-51 What we should be doing (Revelation ch. 21-22)
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ADD A FOOTER
The Four Horses of
Revelation 6
White Horse =
deceit
Red Horse = war
Black Horse =
famine
Pale Horse =
disease