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 ________________ came to him ________________. "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, ______________, 'I am the __________, ' and will deceive many.

Matthew 24:11 And many false ______________ will appear and ____________ many people.

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

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 ____________ and ___________________ in ____________ 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 ________________ your servants the ______________ and your saints and those who ________________ 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, _____________________ of what is coming on the world, for the ______________ 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," ___________________ will come on them ______________, as labor pains on a ______________ 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 ___________________ in ____________ places.

8. More Crime and Violence.
Matthew 24:12 Because of the ______________ of __________________, 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, ___________________ to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, [3] without love, ___________________, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, [4] ___________________, 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 ______________, ______________ and giving in ______________, up to the day Noah entered the ark; [39] and they knew ____________ 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 ________________ 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 __________________ have reached the ears of the Lord ______________. [5] You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have ______________ __________________ in the day of ________________.

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

13. Gospel Preached to the Whole World.
Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be ______________ in the whole world as a ________________ 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 ______________ to those who live on the earth--to every nation, tribe, ______________ and people. [7] He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his ______________ has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the ____________ 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 __________________ slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to __________________. [10] But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will ________________ with a roar; the elements will be ________________ by fire, and the earth and __________________ 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 ____________, 'My master is ____________ 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 __________________ this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was __________, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be __________ into. [44] So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not __________ him.

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