The End Times

Time Line of Final Events

Perhaps you are new to the study of Bible prophecy and are trying to study the signs of the end
times. If so, the more you delve into this arena the more confused you may become! One
purpose of this document is to clarify “Facts verses Fiction” concerning God’s “sure word of
prophecy” 2 Peter 1:19. So let’s first look at the time line of end time events and then conclude
with the Biblical signs of the end times. The following sequence reveals what the Bible says is on
the horizon in these end times.

1. YOU ARE HERE: (We are in the year 2010 AD)

2. EARTH’S LAST CRISIS: Luke 21:35; Revelation 3:10. No one knows when it will come, yet it
will hit at an unexpected time, like September 11. This crisis could stem from many causes such
as economic, natural (such as a huge earthquake, etc.), or possibly, a terrorist attack.

3. 666 AND THE MARK OF THE BEAST IS ENFORCED BY LAW: Revelation 13:16-17. “666
and the mark of the beast” will be enforced by governments around the world as a supposed
“solution” to a global, desperate crisis. The majority of Earth’s inhabitants will not realize this is
“the mark,” for they will be deceived. Revelation 19:20. The terms “beast” and “mark” are code
words in the book of Revelation that God’s people alone will understand. They will know who the
“beast” is, and what his “mark” is, while the rest of the world has no clue.

4. THE THREE ANGELS MESSAGES ARE HEARD WORLDWIDE: Revelation 14:6-12. Before
anyone receives “the mark,” God will send a special, final message to warn and enlighten a
world filled with people He loves and earnestly wants to save. This special message is the
message of “The Three Angels.” These angels represent human beings who understand and
communicate this exact message with “a loud voice” to “every nation, tribe, tongue, and people”
Revelation 14:6-7. The message is given before the return of Jesus Christ (Revelation 14:14-16).

5. THE FINAL CHOICE - THE SEAL OR THE MARK?: Revelation 7:1-3; 13:16-14:1. In the end
times, during Earth’s last crisis, every living human being will make a final choice, choosing the
side of Jesus Christ and the truth (receiving the “seal of God”) or the side of Satan and the
“beast” (receiving his “mark”). Humanity will be divided into two great, final classes.

6. THE CLOSING OF HEAVEN’S DOOR OF SALVATION: Revelation 22:11. After everyone has
had a chance to make an enlightened, intelligent decision, then the “door of mercy” will close
forever, just like the door closed to Noah’s ark before the flood (See also Genesis 7:16). Every
human being will either be “righteous” and “holy,” or “filthy” and “unjust” (Revelation 22:11).
There will be no more changing sides.

7. THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES FALL: Revelation 16; 14:9-12. The seven last plagues are
God’s final judgments upon a world that has rejected His love, the cross of Jesus Christ, the
worship of the Creator and full authority of the Ten Commandments (14:7, 12).

These plagues fall only upon those who have chosen “the beast” and received its “mark”
(Revelation 16:1-2). This time period is also called the “time of trouble” (Daniel 12:1). During this
awesome period, God’s people will be fully protected, just like the Israelites were during the
falling of the ten plagues in Egypt (see Exodus 7-12; Psalms 91). At the end of this period, God’s
faithful ones will be “delivered” (Daniel 12:1).

8. THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON: Revelation 16:14-16. This is the final “battle of that great
day of God Almighty.” Jesus Christ returns as “KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS”
(Revelation 19:11-16) to defeat the global forces of Satan, sin and Babylon (Revelation 16:19)
and to deliver His blood-bought, obedient people.
9. THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST: Matthew 24:30-31; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.
Jesus Christ will return visibly, “with power and great glory,” with “a great sound of a trumpet,”
accompanied by billions of shiny, holy angels. He will resurrect “the dead in Christ” (this is the
First Resurrection) and “catch up” His living saints into the air. “Sudden destruction” falls upon
the lost who have survived the seven plagues (1 Thessalonians 4:16-5:3).

10. 1000 YEARS, THE SECOND RESURRECTION, THE FINAL JUDGMENT, THE LAKE OF
FIRE AND THE NEW EARTH: Revelation 20:1-15; 21:1. After the return of Jesus Christ comes
the 1000 years (Revelation 20). At the end of this period comes the second resurrection of “the
rest of the dead” who did not participate in the first resurrection (see Revelation 20:5a; 12-3), the
final judgment, “the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:14-15) and then the creation of a new heaven
and earth (Revelation 21:1).

In God’s New Earth, there will be “no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there
be any more pain, for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said,
Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me, Write: for these words are true and faithful”
Revelation 21:4-5. Sin will be gone, and God’s love will reign forever!

Earthquakes and Tsunamis: A Sign of the End Times?

Everyone knows about the terrible Tsunami that hit South Asia and killed so many people. Much
has been written, yet here I will look at that deadly current from a perspective not normally
explored by news agencies, a prophetic one.

At this moment, the official death toll is near 155,000, yet analysts say the actual numbers are
closer to 300,000, and may even reach half a million. This quake/wave disaster is being called:
“The Worst Disaster in History,” “The Most Expensive Disaster in History,” “The Largest Relief
Effort in History.” U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called it “an unprecedented global
catastrophe.” Newsweek even labelled it, “A cataclysm of Biblical proportions.”

Secularists see it as a random act of Mother Nature, yet millions who believe the Bible sense
that somehow, in some way, God Almighty is involved. Is the tsunami a sign of the end? In one
of His end-time messages, Jesus Christ predicted:

“And there will be SIGNS in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of
nations, with perplexity, THE SEA AND THE WAVES ROARING; men’s hearts failing them from
fear and for looking at the things that are coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens
will be shaken. THEN THEY WILL SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING IN A CLOUD WITH
POWER AND GREAT GLORY. Now when these things begin to come to happen, look up and lift
up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” Luke 21:25-28 (emphasis added).

Did you catch that? On December 26, 2004, “the sea and the waves roared” like never before
devastating the coastlines of 11 nations. Jesus listed this very thing as one of the “signs” of His
return. In the days following, people around the globe were “looking” at footage of this event on
CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox News, and all other news networks. For thousands of years–until our
modern era–it was impossible for people to “look at the things that are coming upon the earth,”
but now they can. To me, Christ’s words pinpoint our generation. The next event is that the same
people will “see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.” The sequence is:
the sea and the waves roaring, then the Second Coming. Jesus even said that when these things
“begin to happen” we should starting looking up, because our “redemption draws near.”

There was no warning. Vacationers, natives and fisherman mostly knew nothing until the waves
overwhelmed them. There’s a lesson here. Paul wrote:

“For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For
when they shall say, “Peace and safety!” then SUDDEN DESTRUCTION comes upon them, as
labour pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.” 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3.
“The day of the Lord” (when Jesus Christ returns) will arrive unexpectedly like a thief. It will hit
like “labour pains upon a pregnant woman.” This is significant. Labour pains don’t come all at
once but they build up gradually until the moment when the baby comes. The Day of the Lord will
come similarly. On December 26, 2004, a major contraction occurred. Birth pains are increasing.
Paul’s said we should understand this “perfectly.”

The Book of Revelation predicts that at the very end of the world “every mountain and island was
moved out of its place” (Revelation 6:14). Much of Revelation is symbolic, but not all of it. Some
is perfectly literal. Some may have viewed the idea of islands moving as farfetched. No longer.
On December 26, 2004, the Indonesian island of Sumatra literally “moved” 100 feet. Maps are
being redrawn. Thus islands can move. More will shift in the future. Believe it.

Revelation also says that at the very end there will be a “great earthquake as has not occurred
since men were upon earth.” Revelation 16:18. In a parallel passage, Isaiah predicted:

“The earth is violently broken, the earth is split open, THE EARTH IS SHAKEN EXCEEDINGLY.
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall totter like a hut; Its transgression shall be
heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.” Isaiah 24:19-20.

Thus someday Planet Earth will be “shaken exceedingly.” “Impossible,” skeptics may have
thought. Not now. On December 26, 2004, one report declared: “All the planet is vibrating,” and
later, “the entire planet shuddered in its orbit.” Thus the earth can be shaken. According to
prophecy and more movement is on the horizon.

Powerful Earthquakes are on the increase

Signs of the “End Times” are all around us. Jesus said, “…Nation will rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom. And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines
and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” Luke 21:10-11.
Just look at this chronology of MAJOR earthquakes (excludes 100’s of powerful earthquakes with
smaller fatalities) over the last fifteen years:

December 12, 1992 — Indonesia: A quake measuring 6.8 killed at least 2,200 people throughout
an eastern section of islands.
September 30, 1993 — India: A string of quakes killed almost 10,000 people in western and
southern India. The largest quake measured 6.4.
June 6, 1994 — Columbia: A quake and resultant mudslides killed about 1,000 people in the
Paez River valley in south-western Colombia.
January 17, 1995 — Japan: A quake measuring 7.2 killed 6,430 people in Kobe.
May 28, 1995 — Russia: An earthquake measuring 7.5, Russia’s largest on record, killed 1,989
people in the eastern portion of the country.
February 28, 1997 — Iran: A quake measuring 5.5 killed about 1,000 people in northern Iran.
May 10, 1997 — Iran: A quake measuring 7.1 killed 1,560 people in eastern Iran near the Afghan
border.
February 4, 1998 — Afghanistan: A quake measuring 6.1 killed at least 4,500 people in the
Takhar province.
May 30, 1998 — Afghanistan: A quake measuring 6.9 killed about 4,000 people in the Takhar
province.
July 17, 1998 - Papua New Guinea: An under-sea quake measuring 7.1 created three tidal
waves, which killed approximately 2,100 people.
January 25, 1999 — Columbia: A quake measuring 6.3 killed about 1,170 people in the central
region.
August 17, 1999 — Turkey: At least 17,800 people were killed by a 7.4 quake.
September 21, 1999 — Taiwan: A quake measuring 7.6 killed at least 2,000 people in central
Taiwan.
January 26, 2001 — India: A monster earthquake measuring 7.7 struck the western state of
Gujarat and neighbouring Pakistan, killing at least 19,700 people.
March 26, 2002 — Afghanistan: At least 1,800 people were killed when a series of earthquakes
struck northern Afghanistan and destroyed the district capital of Nahrin.
June 22, 2002 — Iran: A quake measuring a 6 killed at least 500 people in north-western Iran.
February 24, 2003 — China: A magnitude 6.3+ earthquake killed at least 266 people in western
China.
May 1, 2003 — Turkey: A 6.4 quake killed 167 people in south-western Turkey.
December 26, 2003 — Iran: A massive earthquake killed more than 30,000 people in Bam, Iran.
December 26, 2004 — Off the coast of Northern Sumatra: A 9.0 underwater earthquake
devastated the Indian Ocean region with tsunamis that killed over 283,000 people.
October 8, 2005 — Kashmir: A 7.6-7.8 earthquake killed between 100,000 and 150,000 people.
Many more people are still homeless.
May 27, 2006 — Java, Indonesia: A 6.3 earthquake killed over 6,200 people and seriously
injured another 33,000. More than 200,000 are homeless.
August 15, 2007 — Chincha Alta, Peru: An 8.0 earthquake killed 519 people and injured 1366.
May 12, 2008 — Sichuan, China: More than 51,000 people killed by a magnitude 7.9
earthquake. Injured count is greater than 300,000. Office buildings swayed 92km away.
January 12, 2010 — Haiti: A catastrophic magnitude 7.0 earthquake. An estimated 3,000,000
people were affected by the quake. The Haitian government reported an estimated 230,000
dead, 300,000 injured and 1,000,000 homeless.

Just some useful information to pass along to the viewer

Pastor Cuthbert, Garry