What’s about to Happen next A Biblical look at current affairs in light of prophecy and the last days Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. Amos 3:7 “And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe. John 14:29 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, “I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not… Matthew 24:4-8 …troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. Matthew 24:4-8 What’s about to happen next 1. The War of Psalm 83 / Isaiah 17 Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And… Psalms 83:1-8 …consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.” 5 For they have consulted together with one consent; … Psalms 83:1-8 …They form a confederacy against You: 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites; 7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8 Assyria also has joined with them; Psalms 83:1-8 In that day I will make the governors of Judah like a firepan in the woodpile, and like a fiery torch in the sheaves; they shall devour all the surrounding nations on the right hand and on the left, but Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place—Jerusalem. Zechariah 12:6 Behold, He shall come up and fly like the eagle, And spread His wings over Bozrah; The heart of the mighty men of Edom in that day shall be Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs. 23 Against Damascus. “Hamath and Arpad are… Jeremiah 49:22-27 …shamed, For they have heard bad news. They are fainthearted; There is trouble on the sea; It cannot be quiet. 24 Damascus has grown feeble; She turns to flee, And fear has seized her. Anguish and sorrows have taken her like a… Jeremiah 49:22-27 …woman in labor. 25 Why is the city of praise not deserted, the city of My joy? 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, And all the men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the LORD of hosts. 27 “I will kindle a fire in the wall… Jeremiah 49:22-27 …of Damascus, And it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.” Jeremiah 49:22-27 The burden against Damascus. “Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, And it will be a ruinous heap. Isaiah 17:1 What’s about to happen next 1. The War of Psalm 83 / Isaiah 17 2. The War of Ezekiel Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 and say, “Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Behold, I am… Ezekiel 38-39 …against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. 4 I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and… Ezekiel 38-39 …shields, all of them handling swords. 5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; 6 Gomer and all its troops; the house of Togarmah from the far north and all its troops—many people are with you. … Ezekiel 38-39 …7 “Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your companies that are gathered about you; and be a guard for them. 8 After many days you will be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land of those brought back from the sword… Ezekiel 38-39 …and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell safely. Ezekiel 38-39 What’s about to happen next 1. The War of Psalm 83 / Isaiah 17 2. The War of Ezekiel 3. The War of Conquest It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Revelation 13:7-8 What’s about to happen next 1. 2. 3. 4. The War of Psalm 83 / Isaiah 17 The War of Ezekiel The War of Conquest The War of the Spirits …and a foul and loathsome sore came upon the men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. … 11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds. Revelation 16:2, 11 What’s about to happen next 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The War of Psalm 83 / Isaiah 17 The War of Ezekiel The War of Conquest The War of the Spirits The War of the Heavens What’s about to happen next 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The War of Psalm 83 / Isaiah 17 The War of Ezekiel The War of Conquest The War of the Spirits The War of the Heavens The War of the Saints …and a foul and loathsome sore came upon the men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. … 11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds. Revelation 12:17 What’s about to happen next 7. The War of the Middle East What’s about to happen next 7. The War of the Middle East 8. The War of Armeggeddon And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon. (Jezreel) Revelation 16:16 What’s about to happen next 7. The War of the Middle East 8. The War of Armeggeddon 9. The War of Wars What’s about to happen next 7. 8. 9. 10. The War of the Middle East The War of Armeggeddon The War of Wars The Rapture has never been closer than tonight But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in… 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 …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… 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 …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… 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 …the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 “Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning; 36 and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master… 37 Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find them watching… 40 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” Luke 12:35-36, 37, 40