Chapter 4:1-2
Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. – 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 (NASB)
There will be signs in the (Laodicea)
“And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, ‘These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God: – Revelation 3:14 (NKJV)
Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.” For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, – 2 Peter 3:3-5 (NASB)
Israel becomes a (Ezekiel 36-39)
After many days you will be visited. In the latter years (last years BBE) you will come into the land of those brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell safely.
– Ezekiel 38:8 (NKJV)
The Big Theme of the Last Days:
Matthew 24:3-5,11,24
1 Timothy 4:1
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
2 Timothy 3:13
And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to perform in the presence of the beast (theeriou)…and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast to be killed. And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark (charagma) on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark
– Revelation 13:14-17 (NASB)
Beast: theeriou – a little beast, little animal; an animal (Thayer’s)
Mark: charagma – a scratch or etching; from charax, to sharpen to a point (Strong’s)
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place.
– Revelation 1:1