12-Signs Of The Second Coming - NKJ

1. Jesus Disciples Ask What Will Be the Signs of His Coming.
Matthew 24:3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the _disciples_ came to Him _privately_, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? 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: "Take heed that no one deceives you. [5] For many will come in My name, _saying_, 'I am the _Christ_,' and will deceive many.

Matthew 24:11 Then many false _prophets_ will rise up and _deceive_ many.

Matthew 24:24 For false christs and false _prophets_ will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if _possible_, even the elect.

3. Wars and Rumors of War.
Matthew 24:6-7 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not _troubled_; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. [7] For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, _pestilences_, and _earthquakes_ in various places.

4. Nations Are Angry.
Revelation 11:18 The _nations_ were angry, and Your wrath has come, And the time of the dead, that they should be judged, And that You should reward Your _servants_ the _prophets_ and the saints, And those who fear Your name, small and great, And should destroy those who destroy the earth."

5. Men's Hearts Failing.
Luke 21:26 Men's hearts _failing_ them from fear and the _expectation_ of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of heaven will be shaken.

6. Peace Talks.
1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 For you _yourselves_ know _perfectly_ that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. [3] For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden _destruction_ comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.

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

8. More Crime and Violence.
Matthew 24:12 And _because_ _lawlessness_ will abound, the love of many will grow cold.

9. Moral Decay.
2 Timothy 3:1-4 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: [2] For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, _disobedient_ to parents, unthankful, unholy, [3] unloving, _unforgiving_, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, [4] traitors, _headstrong_, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

10. Intemperance.
Matthew 24:37-39 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. [38] For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and _drinking_, _marrying_ and giving in _marriage_, until the day that Noah _entered_ the ark, [39] and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also 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 that are coming upon you! [2] Your riches are _corrupted_, and your garments are moth-eaten. [3] Your gold and silver are corroded, and their _corrosion_ will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up _treasure_ in the last days. [4] Indeed the wages of the _laborers_ who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. [5] You have lived on the earth in _pleasure_ and luxury; you have _fattened_ your hearts as in a day of _slaughter_.

12. Overwhelming Cares of Life.
Luke 21:34 "But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, _drunkenness_, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you _unexpectedly_.

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

Revelation 14:6-7 Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the _everlasting_ gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth--to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people-- [7] saying with a loud voice, "Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His _judgment_ has come; and _worship_ Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and _springs_ of water."

14. God Wants to Save Everyone.
2 Peter 3:8-10 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. [9] The Lord is not slack _concerning_ His promise, as some count _slackness_, but is _longsuffering_ toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to _repentance_. [10] But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the _elements_ will melt with _fervent_ heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.

15. Some People Say That the Lord Will Not Come Soon.
Matthew 24:48 But if that evil _servant_ says in his heart, 'My master is _delaying_ his coming,'

16. God Counsels Us to Be Ready.
Matthew 24:42-44 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. [43] But know this, that if the _master_ of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have _watched_ and not allowed his house to be _broken_ into. [44] Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not _expect_.

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