Signs Pt. 7

Sign  Twelve-

Mat 24:14  And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

We have no real way of knowing when the gospel of the kingdom will have been preached in all the world- for witness unto all nations, do we?

But we do know this is one of the signs and this will have happened before our Savior returns.

This verse and this one-

Luk 21:24  And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Have a lot in common.

Luke 21 corresponds with Matthew 24- different writers of the same events giving different details of something very important.

When we read 'witness unto all nations' and 'until the times of the Gentiles (nations) be fulfilled', we get the idea that there is a time limit set here, as there has to be.

I put Gentiles(nations) because the word is the same word, translated interchangeably, check your Greek.

If during the time of the Gentiles(nations) the gospel would be preached in all the world for a WITNESS, then we read that Jerusalem would be trodden down until this time is fulfilled, we have to ask ourselves if this has occurred.

Has the time of the nations (gentiles) been fulfilled?

Is Jerusalem still trodden down by Gentiles or is it in the control of the Jewish nation?

In 1948 the Jews amazingly fought against the gentiles controlling Israel and took control of it once more, however, they did NOT have control of Jerusalem then.  It wasn't until 1967 that they took control of Jerusalem.  Then it wasn't until 1980 that they actually moved their capital to Jerusalem.

For 32 years the imminent sign that Jerusalem would no longer be under control of the Gentiles was in play and then it occurred.

So, in 1980 the TIMES OF THE GENTILES(NATIONS) was fulfilled and Jerusalem was NO long trodden down of the Gentiles.

What's this tell us?  Seriously?

We don't WANT to say it means that this has come to pass-

Mat 24:14  And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Why don't we want to say that? Because of the misconception that it means that all who will believe will have believed and no one else gets a chance. It doesn't say that at all! It says- the GOSPEL of the KINGDOM shall be PREACHED in all the WORLD for a WITNESS unto ALL NATIONS, and then…...shall…. the end come. 

It will be preached, and then...shall… then it will happen, not in that moment the end comes.  This is another SIGN of the closeness of the end.

1980.

If in 1980 this sign was complete in the way of God's comprehension- not ours- then we have to realize just what time we are living in, don't we?

Yesterday we talked about the Abomination of Desolation and how things pointing to it's Papal phase fulfillment are CURRENTLY underway.

WHAT MORE DO WE NEED TO WAKE US UP?!

We are NOT living in a time when every single prophecy has been fulfilled, if that were the case we would not be here.  There are UNFULFILLED prophecies, and this one in Daniel 11:45 is a critical prophecy for us because as we read-

Dan 11:45  And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

Dan 12:1  And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

MICHAEL stands up, our SAVIOR FINISHES HIS MEDIATING IN HEAVEN FOR US!

And when He is finished- we are going to face a TIME OF TROUBLE SUCH AS NEVER WAS.

And when that time of trouble has gone through its course we shall be DELIVERED!

1980-  A fulfilled prophecy that we can look back upon in our history and comprehend its fulfillment.

1980- NOT 1880!  Just 33 years ago!

33 years ago a prophecy was fulfilled.  Shouldn't we be WATCHING?! Shouldn't we be PRAYING?!

Why don't we realize the times we are living in?!  Why don't we comprehend? Why are we so caught up in the cares of this life?

Satan is working extremely hard to keep us blinded and he'll stop at NOTHING to see that we are not saved, that we are not Jesus', this is the entire reason for his existence now, to steal all those he can from the conquering Savior and King, Jesus Christ our Lord!

Please LORD, keep us from EVIL!

Please SAVE US!

Wake us up, LORD!

Help us SEE!

It's YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS not ours!

YOUR GRACE AND MERCY!

All FAITH in YOU!