How Will the World End?
Lesson 4
1. Before Jesus went back to heaven, what promise did
He make?
John 14:3
2. To what “blessed hope” did the apostle Paul look
forward?
Titus 2:13
3. Jesus came once already to bear the sins of many.
Unto whom will He
come the second time?
Hebrews 9:28
“For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his
Father with his
angels; and then he shall reward every man according
to his works.”
Matthew 16:27 .
“Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong,
fear not:behold,
your God will come . . . he will come and save you.”
Isaiah 35:4 .
4. The disciples understood that Jesus’ coming would
mark what point in
the world’s history?
Matthew 24:3
5. Why is it important for us to know the vital
details about how Jesus
will come?
Matthew 24:24
The first chapter of Acts describes how Jesus went
back to heaven.
Notice the emphasis on the fact that the disciples
actually watched Him
go up: “while they beheld” (verse 9) “their sight”
(verse 9) “while
they looked” (verse 10) “gazing” (verse 11) “ye have
seen him go” (verse
11)
6. What were they then told about the manner in which
He will return?
Acts 1:11
7. How many people will see Jesus coming?
Revelation 1:7
8. How easy will it be to see Him?
Matthew 24:27
9. Who will come with Jesus?
Matthew 25:31
10. How many angels are there?
Revelation 5:11
11. What effect can the sight of one angel have upon
humans?
Matthew 28:2-4
The coming of Jesus with all His angels will be
literally
earthshattering. Notice Revelation’s description:
“And the heaven
departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and
every mountain and
island were moved out of their places. And the kings
of the earth, and
the great men, and the rich men, and the chief
captains, and the mighty
men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid
themselves in the dens
and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the
mountains and rocks,
Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that
sitteth on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of
his wrath is come;
and who shall be able to stand?” Revelation 6:14-17 .
“And there was a great earthquake, such as was not
since men were upon
the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. . .
. And the cities of
the nations fell. . . . And every island fled away,
and the mountains
were not found. And there fell upon men a great hail
out of heaven, every
stone about the weight of a talent.” Revelation 16:18-20 .
12. What did Jesus say to do when they tell you that
He is coming
secretly?
Matthew 24:26
“Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a
fire shall devour
before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round
about him. He shall
call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that
he may judge his
people. Gather my saints together unto me; those that
have made a
covenant with me by sacrifice.” Psalm 50:3-5 .
13. All the tribes of the earth will mourn as they
see Jesus doing what?
Matthew 24:30
14. What will they be mourning?
Jeremiah 8:20
“And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather
together his elect
from the four winds.” Mark 13:27 .
15. The Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a
what?
1 Thessalonians 4:16
“I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south,
Keep not back: bring
my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of
the earth.” Isaiah
43:6 .
16. As Jesus descends, what is the first thing that
will happen?
1 Thessalonians 4:16
17. Then what will happen to the righteous who are
alive?
1 Thessalonians 4:17
18. Where will we meet the Lord?
1 Thessalonians 4:17
“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come
again, and receive
you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be
also.” John 14:3 .
19. Where is the place Jesus has promised to prepare
for us?
John 14:2
20. Where is His Father’s house?
Matthew 7:21
21. So where is our inheritance?
1 Peter 1:4
“Behold, your reward is great in heaven.” Luke 6:23 .
22. What will be heard as the angels gather together
His elect?
Matthew 24:31
23. Whether alive or asleep, what will happen to all
the righteous when
the trumpet sounds?
1 Corinthians 15:51, 52
24. This corruptible will put on what?
1 Corinthians 15:53
25. This mortal will put on what?
1 Corinthians 15:53
26. Death will be swallowed up in what?
1 Corinthians 15:54
“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy
victory?” 1
Corinthians 15:55 .
27. What must we do now in order to stand before Him
then?
1 John 2:28
28. What does every man do that has this hope in Him?
1 John 3:3
29. What offer does the Lord make to every sinner?
Isaiah 27:5
30. Then when Jesus comes, what will we be able to
say?
Isaiah 25:9
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