There is so much condensed subject matter,
that all this section will do is list the information, especially because
it is already covered both in the Old Testament/Tenach and in other parts
of the New Testament.
Because the "test of a prophet" was 100%
accuracy in the Old Testament/Tenach, this rule will be applied here to
the Gospels accounts.
C.S. Lewis once said,
"A man who was merely a man and said the
sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would
either be a lunatic - on the level with the man who says he is a poached
egg - or else he would be the devil of Hell. You must make your choice.
Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something
worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and Kill him
as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But
let us not come with any patronising nonsense about His being a great human
teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to." (Mere
Christianity)
MATTHEW
Ch. 24
False Messiahs,
wars & rumors of wars,
persecutions,
love growing cold/distance from Torah
(law),
Good News announced throughout the whole
world,
the adomination that causes desolation
in the Holy Place,
trouble worse than ever before & ever
again,
Son of Man coming like lightening,
sun dark, moon will stop shining, stars
will fall, heaven shaken,
all the people groups of the Land will
mourn,
Son of Man coming on clouds, will gather
chosen people from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other,
the day or hour...no one knows...only
the Father,
one taken & one left, be ready,
the Son of man will come when you are
not expecting him.
MARK
Ch. 13
False Messiahs,
wars & rumors of wars,
earthquakes, famines,
persecution,
the Good News proclaimed to the gentiles,
the abomination that causes devastation
where it shouldn't be,
worse trouble than ever has been and ever
will be again,
sun dark, moon stops shining, stars fall,
heaven shaken,
Son of Man coming in clouds, gather his
chosen people,
stay alert - you do not know the time.
LUKE
Ch. 17
comparison to Noah's flood,
unexpected destruction,
don't go back, remember Lot's wife, one
taken & one left
Ch. 21
False Messiahs,
wars & revolutions,
earthquakes, epidemics, famines,
signs from Heaven,
persecution, betrayal by relatives and
friends,
when jerusalem is surrounded by armies..she
is about to be destroyed,
signs in the sun, moon stars, & earth,
surge of sea, heaven shaken,
Son of Man coming in a cloud, stay alert.
GOSPELS:
actual?
prophetic
talk, imagery?
other?__________
THE LETTERS
I Thes. 4:16-17 Lord will descend, trumpet/shofar,
dead will rise, alive caught up... in the clouds
one taken
and one left" (as in the Gospels)?
end of
the world?
death?
rapture?
different interpretations - (pre-tribulation/ mid-trib/post-trib/combination/other)
other?__________
II Thess. 2:2-12 the lawless one who exalts
himself above God... with all signs and wonders
Anti-Messiah/AntiChrist?
ungodly
leadership?
prophetic
imagery?
other?________
II Peter 3:6-12 destruction: once by water,
once by fire/no time given
actual?
imagery?
other?_________
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