The Rapture - Beam me up, Jesus Introduction There is much media attention surrounding the turn of the millenium. At any event so momentous as a new millenium, there will be always be people predicting doom related to the event. Some are saying Y2K could ruin society, some thing there will be massive warfare erupting, others are saying that Jesus will return. In v. 6-16, Jesus tells of a number of things that must pass before he comes again. It is interesting to note here that wars are more numerous, widespread and destructive than at any time in history.
Famines affect more people in the world than ever before.
It is just this century that the gospel has reached every nation in the world. Missionaries and Christian radio are reaching every nation in the world. The primary reference in Daniel was to 168 BC, when Antiochus Epiphanes erected a pagan altar to Zeus on the sacred altar in the temple of Jerusalem. There are some good reasons to believe that the return of Jesus is close, as we will see in this study. Not mentioned in the study are these two.