heavenly & earthly signs

Hebrew: ôth =“sign,token”môphēth = “wonder,sign,portent”

Greek: sēmeion =“sign,marksignal”

“Wordconnotingavisibleeventintendedtoconveymeaningbeyondthatwhichisnormallyperceivedintheoutwardappearanceoftheevent.”

(BakerEncyclopediaoftheBible,p.1961)

VITALSIGNS

Chest Pain

Sweating

Shortness of Breath

Indigestion

Fatigue

Anxiety

Nausea

Wheezing

PalpitationsDizziness

Genesis1:14-15 ThenGodsaid,“Lettherebelightsinthefirmamentoftheheavenstodividethedayfromthenight;andletthembeforsignsandseasons,andfordaysandyears;15 andletthembeforlightsinthefirmamentoftheheavenstogivelightontheearth”;anditwasso.

Zodiac

HebrewwordZodi istheetymologyofZodiac =“theway”

Historyofthe

• WilhelmGundel,Germanhistorianandastronomer,notesthatthefirstZodiacwithwhichheisfamiliaroriginates5400BC.

• Josephus,Jewishhistorian,writesthattheZodiacisantediluvian.

• ThePersians(Zoroastrianism)saythatAdam,SethandEnochoriginatedtheZodiac.

Psalm19:1–4TheheavensdeclarethegloryofGod;andthefirmamentshowsHishandiwork.2Dayuntodayuttersspeech,andnightuntonightrevealsknowledge.3 Thereis nospeechnorlanguagewhere theirvoiceisnotheard.4 Theirlinehasgoneoutthroughalltheearth,andtheirwordstotheendoftheworld.InthemHehassetatabernacleforthesun,5 whichis likeabridegroomcomingoutofhischamber,And rejoiceslikeastrongmantorunitsrace.6 Itsrisingis fromoneendofheaven,anditscircuittotheotherend;andthereisnothinghiddenfromitsheat.

Romans1:20ForsincethecreationoftheworldHisinvisibleattributesareclearlyseen,beingunderstoodbythethingsthataremade,evenHiseternalpowerandGodhead,sothattheyarewithoutexcuse.

“Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.”Immanuel Kant

38 ThensomeofthescribesandPhariseesanswered,saying,“Teacher,wewanttoseeasignfromYou.”39 ButHeansweredandsaidtothem,“Anevilandadulterousgenerationseeksafterasign,andnosignwillbegiventoitexceptthesignoftheprophetJonah.

Matthew12:38–39

29 “Immediatelyafterthetribulationofthosedaysthesunwillbedarkened,andthemoonwillnotgiveitslight;thestarswillfallfromheaven,andthepowersoftheheavenswillbeshaken.30 ThenthesignoftheSonofManwillappearinheaven,andthenallthetribesoftheearthwillmourn,andtheywillseetheSonofMancomingonthecloudsofheavenwithpowerandgreatglory.31 AndHewillsendHisangelswithagreatsoundofatrumpet,andtheywillgathertogetherHiselectfromthefourwinds,fromoneendofheaventotheother.

25 “Andtherewillbesignsinthesun,inthemoon,andinthestars;andontheearthdistressofnations,withperplexity,theseaandthewavesroaring;26 men’sheartsfailingthemfromfearandtheexpectationofthosethingswhicharecomingontheearth,forthepowersoftheheavenswillbeshaken.27 ThentheywillseetheSonofMancominginacloudwithpowerandgreatglory.

144,000Witnesses

7years

RaptureoftheChurch

Psalm83War

SatanreignsonEarththroughtheAntichrist

2Witnesses Armaged

don

3½years3½years

“thegreattribulation”

WarofG

og&M

agog

ReturnofChrist

“The Time of Jacob’s Trouble”

6SealJudgments 7th Seal=7Trumpets

7th Trumpet=7BowlJudgments

Isaiah13:10Forthestarsofheavenandtheirconstellationswillnotgivetheirlight;thesunwillbedarkenedinitsgoingforth,andthemoonwillnotcauseitslighttoshine. (alsoIsa.5:30,50:3)Joel2:10 Theearthquakesbeforethem,theheavenstremble;thesunandmoongrowdark,andthestarsdiminishtheirbrightness. (alsoJoel2:31,3:15)

Amos8:9“Anditshallcometopassinthatday,”saystheLordGOD,“ThatIwillmakethesungodownatnoon,andIwilldarkentheearthinbroaddaylight”

16versesintheBiblerefertothedarkeningofthesun,moonandstars

Revelation6:12IlookedwhenHeopenedthesixthseal,andbehold,therewasagreatearth-quake;andthesunbecameblackassackclothofhair,andthemoonbecamelikeblood.(alsoRevelation16:10-11)

16versesintheBiblerefertothedarkeningofthesun,moonandstars

Ezekiel32:7WhenI putoutyourlight,Iwillcovertheheavens,andmakeitsstarsdark;Iwillcoverthesunwithacloud,andthemoonshallnotgiveherlight.

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A.Solar:Mt.24:29“Immediatelyafterthetribulationofthosedaysthesunwillbedarkened”

Mark13:24 “Butinthosedays,afterthattribulation,thesunwillbedarkened,andthemoonwillnotgiveitslight;

Lk.21:25“…therewillbesignsinthesun”

B.Lunar:

Mt.24:29 “themoonwillnotgiveitslight”

Lk.21:25“therewillbesigns...inthemoon”

Joel2:31Thesunshallbeturnedintodarkness,andthemoonintoblood,beforethecomingofthegreatandawesomedayoftheLORD.

Mark13:24 “Butinthosedays,afterthattribulation,...themoonwillnotgiveitslight;

C.Stellar:

Lk.21:25-26“therewillbesignsinthesun,inthemoon,andinthestars...thepowersoftheheavenswillbeshaken.”

Mt.24:29 “thestarswillfallfromheaven,andthepowersoftheheavenswillbeshaken.”

A.Globally:Lk.21:25 “ontheearthdistressofnations,withperplexity”

B.Geologically:

Lk.21:25“theseaandthewavesroaring”

Mt.24:7–8Fornationwillriseagainstnation,andkingdomagainstkingdom.Andtherewillbefamines,pestilences,andearthquakesinvariousplaces.8 Alltheseare thebeginningofsorrows.

Zechariah14:4AndinthatdayHisfeetwillstandontheMountofOlives,whichfacesJerusalemontheeast. AndtheMountofOlivesshallbesplitintwo,fromeasttowest,making averylargevalley;halfofthemountainshallmovetowardthenorthandhalfofittowardthesouth.

1.Creation

2.Noah’sFlood

3.Sodom&Gomorrah

4.LawonMountSinai

5.AuthenticationofMoses’leadership

6.FallofJericho

7.VindicationofHebrewprophets

9.ResurrectionofChrist

8.CrucifixionofChrist

10.Pentecost(Acts4:31)

11.PhilippianPrison(Acts16:26)

12.Endtimeincrease(Mt.24:8)

13.Gog’sInvasion(Ezek.38-39)

14.ReturnofChrist(Rev.6:12)

Luke21:25-26“andontheearthdistressofnations,withperplexity...26 men’sheartsfailingthemfromfearandtheexpectationofthosethingswhicharecomingontheearth”

C.Individually:

Isaiah7:14 ThereforetheLordHimselfwillgiveyouasign:Behold,thevirginshallconceiveandbearaSon,andshallcallHisnameImmanuel.

Luke2:12Andthiswillbe thesigntoyou: YouwillfindaBabewrappedinswaddlingcloths,lyinginamanger.”

Luke2:12Andthiswillbe thesigntoyou: YouwillfindaBabewrappedinswaddlingcloths,lyinginamanger.”

Matthew2:1–2NowafterJesuswasborninBethlehemofJudeainthedaysofHerodtheking,behold,wisemenfromtheEastcametoJerusalem,2saying,“WhereisHewhohasbeenbornKingoftheJews?ForwehaveseenHisstarintheEastandhavecometoworshipHim.”

A.“allthetribesoftheearthwillmourn”

Mt.24:30 ThenthesignoftheSonofManwillappearinheaven,andthenallthetribesoftheearthwillmourn,andtheywillseetheSonofMancoming...”

B.Hewillcomewithpowerandgreatglory

Mt.24:30...theywillseetheSonofMancomingonthecloudsofheavenwithpowerandgreatglory.

C.HewillgatherelecttogetherMt.24:31 AndHewillsendHisangelswithagreatsoundofatrumpet,andtheywillgathertogetherHiselectfromthefourwinds,fromoneendofheaventotheother.

Matthew13:24–30 AnotherparableHeputforthtothem,saying:“Thekingdomofheavenislikeamanwhosowedgoodseedinhisfield;25 butwhilemenslept,hisenemycameandsowedtaresamongthewheatandwenthisway.26 Butwhenthegrainhadsproutedandproducedacrop,thenthetaresalsoappeared.27 Sotheservantsoftheownercameandsaidtohim,‘Sir,didyounotsowgoodseedinyourfield?Howthendoesithavetares?’28 Hesaidtothem,‘Anenemyhasdonethis.’Theservantssaidtohim,‘Doyouwantusthentogoandgatherthemup?’29 Buthesaid,‘No,lestwhileyougatherupthetaresyoualsouprootthewheatwiththem.30 Letbothgrowtogetheruntiltheharvest,andatthetimeofharvestIwillsaytothereapers,“Firstgathertogetherthetaresandbindtheminbundlestoburnthem,butgatherthewheatintomybarn.” ’ ”

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