Why Study End Times?
- To see Jesus (Rev. 1:1; 1-3; 19:10)
- To discern His Church (Rev. 1:20)
- To purify and strengthen God’s people (1 John 3:2-3; Rev. 1:3)
- God says a lot about it (Dan; Zech; Matt. 24-25; Rev [“final exam”])
4 End Times Viewpoints
- Futurism – fulfilled in Israel, immediately preceding Christ’s return
- Preterism – fulfilled in AD 70 temple destruction
- Historicism – fulfilled in entirety of church age; “amillennial”
- Idealism/Spiritualism – gives general principles; not time-space
Daniel — Matthew 24 — Revelation
- Dan. 9:27 (11:31; 12:11) & Matt. 24:15 – “abomination of desolation”
- Daniel = Part 1; Revelation = Part 2
- Face (Dan. 10:6; Rev. 1:14) // Fire eyes (Dan. 10:6; Rev. 1:14) // Bronze feet (Dan. 10:6; Rev. 1:15) // Voice (Dan. 10:6; Rev. 1:15; 17:15) // Falls (Dan. 10:8-9; Rev. 1:17) // Touches (Dan. 10:10; Rev. 1:17) // Don’t Fear (Dan. 10:12; Rev. 1:17) // Son of Man (Dan. 10:16; Rev. 1:13) // Scroll (Dan. 12:4, 9; Rev. 5:4-5)
Daniel Overview
- Dan. 1; 3; 5-6 = historical (during 70 years of Babylonian captivity)
- Dan. 2 & 7 = (1) Babylon, (2) Medo-Persia, (3) Greece, (4) Rome, (5) God (versus Antichrist)
- Dan. 4 = Babylon
- Dan. 8; 10-11 = Medo-Persia
- Dan. 8; 10-11 = Greece
- Dan. 9 (and 12) = Kingdom of God (versus Antichrist)
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