2. Revelation 22:20 ESV He who
testifies to these things says,
Amen.
Come, Lord Jesus!
3. Jesus is coming soon!
• Background Destruction of the Temple &
Jerusalem in 70 AD, Matthew 24:1-2.
• The disciples asked three separate questions.
Matthew 24:3 NKJV Now as He sat on the Mount of
Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying,
"Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be
the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?“
4. When will be the close of the age?
Matthew 24:36-44 NKJV
5. When will be the close of the age?
Matthew 24:36-44 continued
What does close of the age mean?
6. Matthew 28:18-20 NKJV And Jesus came and spoke to
them, saying,
When will be the close of the age?
7. According to Vines, “aion”, “an age, era”…signifies a
period of indefinite duration, or time viewed in relation
to what takes place in the period. The force attaching to
the word is not so much that of the actual length of a
period, but that of a period marked by spiritual or moral
characteristics.
When will be the close of the age?
8. Different Ages of Time
1. Patriarchal Age
• Romans 5:13-14 NKJV (For until the law sin was in
the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no
law. (14) Nevertheless death reigned from Adam
to Moses, even over those who had not sinned
according to the likeness of the transgression of
Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
9. Different Ages of Time
2. Mosaic Age
• Galatians 3:19 NKJV What purpose then does the law
serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the
Seed should come to whom the promise was made;
and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a
mediator.
• Galatians 3:23-26 NKJV But before faith came, we
were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith
which would afterward be revealed. (24) Therefore
the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we
might be justified by faith. (25) But after faith has
come, we are no longer under a tutor. (26) For you
are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
10. Different Ages of Time
3. Christian Age
• Hebrews 9:15 NKJV And for this reason He is the
Mediator of the new covenant, by means of
death, for the redemption of the transgressions
under the first covenant, that those who are called
may receive the promise of the eternal
inheritance.
• Hebrews 9:28 NKJV so Christ was offered once to
bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait
for Him He will appear a second time, apart from
sin, for salvation.
11. The Ages of Time
Patriarchal Age
From Adam to
Moses
Mosaical Age
From Moses to Christ
Christian Age
From Acts 2 to
Christ’s 2nd Coming
Eternal Age
From the 2nd Coming &
Judgement til - forever
12. The End of the Christian Age
Matthew 24:36-44 NKJV
The End
of the Age
The End will
come like in the
Days of Noah
15. Is there a rapture?
1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 NKJV (14) For if we believe that
Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him
those who sleep in Jesus. (15) For this we say to you by the
word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the
coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are
asleep. (16) For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven
with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the
trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. (17)
Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
16. Day will come like a Thief in the Night
1. Date is unknown, only God knows, Matt. 24:36.
2. When Jesus comes again:
• Revelation 1:7 NKJV Behold, He is coming with
clouds, and , even they who
pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will
mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
• Two-fold resurrection – Joy for the faithful, and
sadness for the lost
17. The Resurrection
John 5:28-29 NKJV Do not marvel at this; for the hour is
coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His
voice (29) and come forth-- those who have done good,
to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil,
to the resurrection of condemnation.
Daniel 12:2 NKJV And many of those who sleep in the
dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life,
Some to shame and everlasting contempt.
In scripture “many” sometimes means all, (Matthew
26:28; 1 Timothy 2:6).
18. Like a Thief in the Night
Matthew 24:42-44 NKJV Watch therefore, for you do
not know what hour your Lord is coming. (43) But know
this, that if the master of the house had known what
hour the thief would come, he would have watched and
not allowed his house to be broken into. (44) Therefore
you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an
hour you do not expect.
19. Like a Thief in the Night
1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 NKJV (1) But concerning the
times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I
should write to you. (2) For you yourselves know
perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in
the night. (3) For when they say, "Peace and safety!"
then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor
pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not
escape. (4) But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so
that this Day should overtake you as a thief. (5) You are
all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the
night nor of darkness. (6) Therefore let us not sleep, as
others do, but let us watch and be sober.
20. Like a Thief in the Night
2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 NKJV (7) and to give you who
are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed
from heaven with His mighty angels, (8) in flaming fire
taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and
on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ. (9) These shall be punished with everlasting
destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the
glory of His power, (10) when He comes, in that Day, to
be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all
those who believe, because our testimony among you
was believed.
21. Like a Thief in the Night
2 Peter 3:9-12 NKJV The Lord is not slack concerning His
promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward
us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come
to repentance. (10) But the day of the Lord will come as a
thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a
great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat;
both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
(11) Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what
manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and
godliness, (12) looking for and hastening the coming of the
day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved,
being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
