12-Signs Of The Second Coming - NAS

1. Jesus Disciples Ask What Will Be the Signs of His Coming.
Matthew 24:3 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the _disciples_ came to Him _privately_, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"

2. False Religious Teachers.
Matthew 24:4-5 And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it that no one misleads you. [5] "For many will come in My name, _saying_, 'I am the _Christ_,' and will mislead many.

Matthew 24:11 "Many false _prophets_ will arise and will _mislead_ many.

Matthew 24:24 "For false Christs and false _prophets_ will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if _possible_, even the elect.

3. Wars and Rumors of War.
Matthew 24:6-7 "You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not _frightened_, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. [7] "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be _famines_ and _earthquakes_.

4. Nations Are Angry.
Revelation 11:18 "And the _nations_ were _enraged_, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the _prophets_ and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth."

5. Men's Hearts Failing.
Luke 21:26 Men _fainting_ from fear and the _expectation_ of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

6. Peace Talks.
1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 For you _yourselves_ know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. [3] While they are saying, "Peace and safety!" then _destruction_ will come upon them _suddenly_ like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.

7. Natural Disasters.
Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be _famines_ and _earthquakes_.

8. More Crime and Violence.
Matthew 24:12 "Because _lawlessness_ is _increased_, most people's love will grow cold.

9. Moral Decay.
2 Timothy 3:1-4 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. [2] For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, _disobedient_ to parents, ungrateful, unholy, [3] unloving, _irreconcilable_, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, [4] _treacherous_, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

10. Intemperance.
Matthew 24:37-39 "For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. [38] "For as in those days before the flood they were eating and _drinking_, _marrying_ and giving in _marriage_, until the day that Noah entered the ark, [39] and they did not _understand_ until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

11. Economic Difficulties.
James 5:1-5 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. [2] Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. [3] Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure! [4] Behold, the pay of the _laborers_ who mowed your fields, and which has been _withheld_ by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the _harvesting_ has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. [5] You have lived _luxuriously_ on the earth and led a life of wanton _pleasure_; you have _fattened_ your hearts in a day of _slaughter_.

12. Overwhelming Cares of Life.
Luke 21:34 "Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with _dissipation_ and _drunkenness_ and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

13. Gospel Preached to the Whole World.
Matthew 24:14 "This gospel of the kingdom shall be _preached_ in the whole world as a _testimony_ to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Revelation 14:6-7 And I saw another angel flying in _midheaven_, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people; [7] and he said with a loud voice, "Fear God, and give Him glory, because the hour of His _judgment_ has come; _worship_ Him who made the heaven and the earth and sea and _springs_ of waters."

14. God Wants to Save Everyone.
2 Peter 3:8-10 But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. [9] The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count _slowness_, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to _repentance_. [10] But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the _heavens_ will pass away with a roar and the _elements_ will be _destroyed_ with _intense_ heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.

15. Some People Say That the Lord Will Not Come Soon.
Matthew 24:48 "But if that evil slave says in his _heart_, 'My _master_ is not coming for a long time,'

16. God Counsels Us to Be Ready.
Matthew 24:42-44 "Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. [43] "But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have _allowed_ his house to be _broken_ into. [44] "For this _reason_ you also must be _ready_; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not _think_ He will.

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