The End of the World

I. In Relation to the Signs at the End of the Age - Matthew 24:1-31

A. The destruction of the temple in 70 A.D. - Matt. 24:1-3 (cf. Josephus, Books V & VI)
B. The birth pangs - Matt. 24:4-14
1. Deception - vv. 4-5, 11
2. Wars and rumors of wars - vv. 6-7
3. Famines and earthquakes - v. 7
4. Plagues - Luke 21:11
5. Persecution - v. 9
6. Betrayals - v. 10
7. A lukewarm professing church - v. 12
8. Overcoming believers - v. 13-14
C. The great tribulation - Matt. 24:15-26 (cf. Dan. 9:24-27)
D. The Lord's open coming - Matt. 24:27-30
1. The battle of Armageddon (cf. Rev. 19:17-21)

II. In Relation to God's Plan and Dealings with Israel as a Nation

A. The divine view to understand the nation
1. The divine analysis of the human race - 1 Cor. 10:32; Rom. 11:1-2a,7, 11-12,
15-21, 23-29, 33; Luke 21:24; Rev. 11:2
2. The divine sovereignty over the world situation - Acts 17:24-27; Dan. 2:21;
4:17, 28-37; 5:18-21
3. The divine program for the present age - Acts 1:6-8; 1 Cor.12:13; Acts 15:12-18;
Eph. 3:8-11; Rom. 16:25-26; Matt. 24:14
B. The prophetic beginning of the nation
1. The calling of the nation - Gen. 12:1-3
2. The promises to the nation
a. A great nation - Gen. 12:2
b. The land of Canaan - Gen. 12:7; 13:14-17; 15:18-21; 17:8
c. A multiplied seed - Gen. 13:15-16; 15:18; 17:1-8; 22:17-18
d. An everlasting covenant and possession - Gen. 17:7-8
C. The prophetic history of the nation
1. The continuance of the nation - Jer. 30:10-11; 31:35-37
2. The promise of the land - Isa. 11:11-12; 14:1-3; 43:5-7; 60:21; Jer. 16:14-15;
30:1-7; 32:36-41; Ezek. 20:33-38, 41-42; 34:13; 36:23-24; 37:21-22; 39:25-29; Zech. 8:1-8
3. The promises to David - 2 Sam. 7:4-17; 1 Chron. 17:3-17; Acts 15:13-18
4. The new covenant - Jer. 31:31-37; Ezek. 36:25-38; Heb. 8:7-12
5. The 70 weeks of Daniel - Dan. 9:24-27
a. The nature of the 70 weeks - Dan. 9:24
b. The commandment to restore - Dan. 9:25
(1) The beginning of the 70 weeks (the edict of Artaxerxes, Neh. 2:1-8 - March 14, 445 B.C.)
c. The 7 weeks (Dan. 9:25) = 49 years to the rebuilding of Jerusalem
(Neh. 3-6)
d. The 62 weeks (Dan. 9:26a) = 434 years to Messiah the Prince
(Matt. 21:1-11 and 27:33-50; 32 A.D.)
e. The destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. (Dan. 9:26b)
f. The parenthesis between the 69th and 70th week = the mystery of the church - Matt. 16:18-19; Eph. 3:1-11; Rom. 11:25
g. Rapture of the overcoming believers (Rev. 12:1-5; 14:1-5; Matt. 24:40-42)
h. The 1 week (Dan. 9:27) = 7 years to the open coming of Christ
(Matt. 24:27, 30; Rev. 1:7; Zech. 12:10)
(1) The first 3 1/2 years - Antichrist makes a covenant with Israel for 7 years (Dan. 9:27)
(2) The last 3 1/2 years - Antichrist breaks the covenant and begins the abomination of desolation (Dan. 9:27; Matt. 24:15). This ushers in the great tribulation (Matt. 24:21; Rev. 11:2; 12:6, 14; 13:1-5) lasting 42 months = 1260 days = 3 1/2 years.
D. The rejection of the nation
1. Rejecting their King - Matt. 21:1-17
2. Cursing the fig tree - Matt. 21:18-20; Jer. 24:2-3, 5, 8
3. Transferring the Kingdom of God - Matt. 21:33-46
4. Forsaking Jerusalem with its temple - Matt. 23:37-39; 24:1-2 (note: Matt. 23:39
will take place at the Lord's coming back - cf. Rom. 11:23, 26)
E. The present position of the nation
1. The beginning of birth pangs - Matt. 24:4-14
2. Jews received on an individual basis - John 1:10-13; Rom. 11:1-6
3. The restoration of the nation of Israel (1948)
4. The return of Jerusalem (1967 - cf. Luke 21:24)
5. The rebuilding of the temple (?? - cf. 2 Thess. 2:1-4)
6. The 70th week of Daniel and the great tribulation (Dan. 9:27; Matt. 24:15-26)
F. The future position of the nation
1. Restoration - Acts 1:6; 3:21 (See II. C. 1-5 in this outline)
2. Conversion of the nation - Zech. 12-14; Rom. 9-11; Matt. 24:27-31
3. The earthly part of the millennium
a. The kingdom of the Messiah - 2 Sam. 7:13
b. The tabernacle of David - Acts 15:16
c. The kingdom of the Son of man (Matt. 13:41; Rev. 11:15) with the saved
Israelites (Rom. 11:26-27; Zech. 12:10; Ezek. 36:25-28) as the priests
(Zech. 8:20-23; Isa. 2:2-3)
4. The New Jerusalem - Rev. 21:9-15, 21