📖 “Unveiling the End: Ready for the King!”
Key Texts:
📜 Matthew 24:32-44 – The parable of the fig tree & watching for His coming
📜 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 – The rapture of the Church
📜 Revelation 22:12 – “Behold, I come quickly…”
I. Israel: God’s Prophetic Timepiece
✅ Israel’s rebirth (Ezekiel 37) signals we are living in the last generation
✅ The fig tree has budded (Matt. 24:32) — we are not waiting for the end times, we are living in them!
✅ God’s faithfulness to Israel proves His faithfulness to us.
Application: Be alert; don’t treat prophecy as optional.
II. The Two-Phase Tribulation: Tribulation of the Saints & Wrath of God
✅ The first 3½ years – Great tribulation against the saints (Rev. 13:7)
✅ The midpoint – Antichrist declares himself God (2 Thess. 2:3-4)
2 Thessalonians 2:3–4 (The Man of Sin Revealed at the Midpoint)
"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God."
(2 Thessalonians 2:3–4, KJV)
"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God."
(2 Thessalonians 2:3–4, KJV)
1 Thessalonians 5:9 (Not Appointed Unto Wrath)
"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,"
(1 Thessalonians 5:9, KJV)
✅ The last 3½ years – God’s wrath poured out on unrepentant humanity (Rev. 16)
Application: Endure trials now with courage; know persecution purifies faith.
III. The Blessed Hope: The Rapture of the Bride
✅ Christ will return for a perfected, ready Bride (1 Thess. 4:16-17; 1 Cor. 15:51-52)
1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 (The Rapture of the Bride)
"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
(1 Thessalonians 4:16–17, KJV)
✅ This is not escapism, but God’s promise of deliverance before His wrath
2 Thessalonians 2:6–7 (The Restrainer Removed)
"And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way."
(2 Thessalonians 2:6–7, KJV)
✅ After the rapture, the restrainer (Holy Spirit in the Church) is removed, and judgment follows
Application: Purify yourself; make yourself ready for His coming (1 John 3:3).
IV. The Return of the King and Eternal Glory
✅ Jesus will come visibly to reign (Rev. 19:11-16)
✅ He will establish the Millennial Kingdom — the lion will lie with the lamb, and justice will fill the earth
✅ Then, a new heaven and earth await — eternal joy with Jesus (Rev. 21-22)
Application: Live today in light of eternity; share this hope urgently with others.
Conclusion:
🚨 The clock is ticking. The signs are undeniable.
❤️ Jesus says: “Surely I come quickly.” Will He find faith in you?
🙏 Let us wake up, clean up, and look up — the King is coming!
Altar Call / Response:
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For Believers: Rededicate your life in readiness for His coming.
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For Seekers: Receive Jesus today; don’t delay — eternity hangs in the balance.
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For the Church: Commit to evangelize urgently, knowing the time is short.
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