THE ANTICHRIST AND THE TRIBULATION: THE CHURCH’S GREATEST HOUR The two End-Time prophetic themes most emphasized in the Scripture are Jesus’ return to establish His worldwide Millennial Kingdom and the Antichrist’s counterfeit evil worldwide empire. This shows us how important these two themes are to God and thus, to the Church. The Church will be [...]

By Robert Hawes Of all the doctrinal topics that divide evangelical Christians, the study of Eschatology (“last things” or end-times prophecy) is surely one of the most polarizing, particularly where it touches on the “rapture” of the church. While evangelicals believe that Jesus Christ will personally, physically return to the earth someday, and that He [...]

REVIEW FROM PREVIOUS SESSIONS 1 Concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night (to the unprepared and/or to unbelievers)…4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, [...]

By Greg Baker As a young pastor just getting started, I was filled with ambition for the Lord and a desire to build a strong work. Naturally, as most preachers do eventually, I turned to Revelation since I knew that most people were instinctively interested in the prophetic book. I began teaching a year long [...]

INTRODUCTION Daniel had four visions (Dan. 7-12). The Antichrist’s great power, fierce cruelty and eventual defeat by the sudden manifestation of God’s sovereign power was central to each vision. God’s people must feed on Daniel’s revelations before the Antichrist emerges on the world stage. The two most detailed prophecies about the Antichrist in the OT [...]