Two Questions

MATTHEW 24-25

                                     Any Day Now
-Any day now we could see the rapture of the church & more last day signs occur
vs29 – 31 — everything goes dark after the 7 year tribulation period ends
-the powers of heaven will be shaking – it’s all dark & Rev 19:11-18 happens
-everything will be shaken – Haggai 2:7
*It is a time of adversity
                       ADVERSITY INTRODUCES YOU TO YOURSELF
***During times of adversity we need to have victory and Holy Spirit power.  We must cry out to the Lord — Acts 4:31
***Look what happens when we pray and cry out to the Lord
1. THEY WERE SHAKEN – this was an earthquake, a shaking and things were falling all around them
2. THEY WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
—James 1:2 – various kinds of trials…It means many colored
—1 Peter 4:10 – there are manifold graces
-It means many colored graces
3. THEY RECEIVED BOLDNESS – confidence
-to stand strong during adversity
vs 32-35 – THE FIG TREE
v32 – learn – means to embrace something thoroughly
         fig tree – is the nation of Israel
-as the fig tree begins to blossom and have leaves, know the return of the Lord is close to occurring
v34 – assuredly – this will happen
-the people who see these signs will see the return of Jesu sand be raptured
v35 – Pass – means to renovate and not to destroy or annihilate
-2 Peter 3:10-14 & Revelation 21:1-5
-the Word of the Lord remains strong and permanent no matter what is going on around us or across our nation and the global community
v36 – no one knows the day or time when Jesus is returning
vs37-39 – our culture and world today will be just like the days of Noah
v38 – this speaks of normal life and the cares of this world
v39 – Noah preached for 120 years
flood – means to wash down —- were washed down and away from heaven
         HERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN LEARN FROM THE DAYS OF NOAH & THAT ARE HAPPENING TODAY
1. LIFE WAS MANIFESTED – Genesis 6:5-8
-this is God’s love
-there was a preacher
-there was time
2. SIGNS WERE PRESENT  – Genesis 2:1-2, 5. 11-13
vs11-12 – Corruption
v13 – violence
vs1-2,5 – wickedness or immorality
3. GRACE WAS AVAILABLE – Genesis 6:8-9 & 8:1
-the ark represents  Jesus Christ
-the ark had one window and one door