12-Signs Of The Second Coming - NIV

1. Jesus Disciples Ask What Will Be the Signs of His Coming.
Matthew 24:3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the _disciples_ came to him _privately_. "Tell us," they said, "when will this 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 Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. [5] For many will come in my name, _claiming_, 'I am the _Christ_, ' and will deceive many.

Matthew 24:11 And many false _prophets_ will appear and _deceive_ many people.

Matthew 24:24 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and _miracles_ to deceive even the elect--if that were _possible_.

3. Wars and Rumors of War.
Matthew 24:6-7 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. [7] Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be _famines_ and _earthquakes_ in _various_ places.

4. Nations Are Angry.
Revelation 11:18 The nations were angry; and your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for _rewarding_ your servants the _prophets_ and your saints and those who _reverence_ your name, both small and great-- and for destroying those who destroy the earth."

5. Men's Hearts Failing.
Luke 21:26 Men will faint from terror, _apprehensive_ of what is coming on the world, for the _heavenly_ bodies will be shaken.

6. Peace Talks.
1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 For you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. [3] While people are saying, "Peace and safety," _destruction_ will come on them _suddenly_, as labor pains on a _pregnant_ woman, and they will not escape.

7. Natural Disasters.
Matthew 24:7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and _earthquakes_ in _various_ places.

8. More Crime and Violence.
Matthew 24:12 Because of the _increase_ of _wickedness_, the love of most will grow cold,

9. Moral Decay.
2 Timothy 3:1-4 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. [2] People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, _disobedient_ to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, [3] without love, _unforgiving_, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, [4] _treacherous_, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God--

10. Intemperance.
Matthew 24:37-39 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. [38] For in the days before the flood, people were eating and _drinking_, _marrying_ and giving in _marriage_, up to the day Noah entered the ark; [39] and they knew _nothing_ about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

11. Economic Difficulties.
James 5:1-5 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon you. [2] Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. [3] Your gold and silver are corroded. Their _corrosion_ will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. [4] Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the _harvesters_ have reached the ears of the Lord _Almighty_. [5] You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have _fattened_ _yourselves_ in the day of _slaughter_.

12. Overwhelming Cares of Life.
Luke 21:34 "Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, _drunkenness_ and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you _unexpectedly_ like a trap.

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

Revelation 14:6-7 Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to _proclaim_ to those who live on the earth--to every nation, tribe, _language_ and people. [7] He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his _judgment_ has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the _springs_ of water."

14. God Wants to Save Everyone.
2 Peter 3:8-10 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. [9] The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some _understand_ slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to _repentance_. [10] But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will _disappear_ with a roar; the elements will be _destroyed_ by fire, and the earth and _everything_ in it will be laid bare.

15. Some People Say That the Lord Will Not Come Soon.
Matthew 24:48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to _himself_, 'My master is _staying_ awaya long time,'

16. God Counsels Us to Be Ready.
Matthew 24:42-44 "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. [43] But _understand_ this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was _coming_, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be _broken_ into. [44] So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not _expect_ him.

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