Before the End of All Things and the New Heaven & New Earth

Jamie Pantastico writes for Mesa Bible Study

Written by Jamie Pantastico

On March 24, 2023
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Before the Rapture or (right now, today), the world will be characterized by widespread godlessness and moral decay, as described by the apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 3:1-5. People will be lovers of self and money, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, and not lovers of the good. Furthermore, and what is the number one sign of the times that Lord Jesus Christ’s return is near is that the nation of Israel is back in their land, as predicted in the Bible. This fulfillment of Bible prophecy in combination with the worldwide abject rejection of the fundamental tenants of Christianity clearly indicates that the world is preparing for the return of the Lord and that the time is drawing near. As believers, we should be exhausting our study of His word and focused on living in a way that honors God and sharing the Gospel with those around us.

Take a look at what will occur before the end of all things and then the new heaven and earth:

 

  • Before the Rapture… Romans 11:25; 1 Corinthians 15:51-53; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 2 Thessalonians 2:1
  • Before God, the Son, Jesus the Christ comes forward to take the scroll from God the Father… Revelation 5:5
  • Before the anti-Christ comes on the scene and signs a peace treaty with Israel… Daniel 9:26-27
  • Before the two witnesses… Revelation 11:3
  • Before the 144,000 Jews are sealed… Revelation 7:1-14
  • Before the false prophet gives power to the image of the beast… Revelation 13:14-15
  • Before the great earthquake… Revelation 16:18-20: Revelation 6:12
  • Before the Anti-Christ turns on the Jews and defiles their temple… 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Daniel 9:27
  • Before Christ delivers His chosen people from the Anti-Christ and his armies… Zechariah 14:1-5; Matthew 24:21-31; Revelation 7:9-17
  • Before the twelve apostles rule the twelve tribes during the Lord’s earthly kingdom… Matthew 19:28
  • Before the Kingdom on earth… Daniel 2:44; 7:27
  • Before the thousand years of Jesus Christ’s rule on earth from David’s throne in Jerusalem, Satan is locked away in the bottomless pit… Revelation 20:1-2
  • Before Christ utterly destroys Satan and his armies at the end of the thousand years… Revelation 19:11-21
  • Before Satan is tossed into the lake of fire where the Anti-Christ and the false prophet have been for 1000 years… Revelation 20:10
  • Before the Great White Throne Judgement… Revelation 20:11-15
  • Before the new heaven and new earth… Revelation 21:1
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Jamie Pantastico

Mesa Bible Study

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Another important principle to sound Bible interpretation is to read Scripture “in-time”. In other words, we have to read and study the Bible as a progressive revelation. Not getting ahead of God’s revelation.

God’s plan of redemption for mankind wasn’t revealed all at once to Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah, or any of the other old testament prophets. Not even Peter and the eleven were given the full counsel of God. The Lord revealed to each of the aforementioned what they needed at their particular time in Biblical history. A hermeneutical method that does not approach Scripture as a progressive revelation leads to erroneous interpretations.

To be a good bible student one must maintain a literal, grammatical and historical (in-time) hermeneutic. There has been much too much of man’s theology governing Scripture when it is God’s Word alone that reigns over theology.

 

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Salvation is a FREE GIFT from God. SALVATION IS BY FAITH ALONE & FAITH IS BELIEVING WHAT GOD SAYS.

  1. God declares all mankind sinners and we all fall short of Glory of God. Romans 3:23
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All God asks is that you believe by faith alone in 1, 2, & 3. That you’re a sinner, separated from God but God sent his Son to die for your sins, was buried & rose again 3 days later.

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