Will you know when?
* When we see the destruction of Russia, Islam, and Egypt. (Ezekiel 38:1 – 39:16; 30:1-5)
* When we see the first stage of the conversion of Israel and also Gentiles. (Ezekiel 39:7)
* When we see the ancient city of Babylon begin to be rebuilt. (Zechariah 5:5-11)
* When we seen a world church and the rise of the False Prophet. (Revelation 17:1-5, 18; 13:11-17)
* When we see a world economic system in place. (Revelation 13:15-17)
* When we see a world government. (Daniel 7:23)
* When we see the world government break into 10 divisions. (Daniel 7:24)
* When we see the rebuilding of the Temple. (Revelation 11:1-2; 2 Thessalonians 2:4)
* When we see an amazing man rise out of obscurity and begin to solve the world’s problems. (Daniel 7:20, 24; 8:9; Revelation 13:1-10)
* When we see the rumblings of the “overflowing scourge.” (Joel 2:1-11; Isaiah 28:15)
* When we see the people of the world say, “Peace and safety!” (1 Thessalonians 5:3)
* When we see the prophet Elijah appear in Jerusalem. (Malachi 4:5)
* When we see indications of the impending covenant between Israel and the Antichrist. (Isaiah 28:15; Daniel 9:27)
When we see the “Signs in the sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows; men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.” (Luke 21:25-26)
And when those signs begin to take place, the day star will arise in your heart, giving you the assurance to look up in obedience and thus escape all of the events that are happening in the world and then you will know when…
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up [Rapture] in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18)
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. (1 Corinthians 15:51-53)