Jesus second coming

Before Jesus crucifixion and resurrection, Jesus delivered the end- time prophecies to his disciples. He was asked by His disciples: "When will these things be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?" (Matthew: 24:3). The seven prophecies are:

Mankind has the ability to end life, all life, on earth. That is, until 1945, when the world entered the nuclear age with the atomic bomb. And since then, the entire world is under threat of a nuclear holocaust that could end all human life on earth.

 A Jewish homeland had to be re-established in the Middle East. The prophet Daniel, in what is known as the Seventy Weeks Prophecy, talks of animal sacrifices being made in Jerusalem and interrupted by an outside power.

The end-time King of the North and King of the South. The King of the North will retaliate by invading several Middle Eastern nations and coming right into what the Bible calls "the Glorious Land"—which is today, the State of Israel.

An end-time union of European nations. In 1957, the Treaty of Rome was signed by six European nations that formed the European Economic Community. Today the EEC has grown into the European Union (EU) with 27 member nations. Out of these will likely come the 10 nations or 10 leaders that form the final resurrection of the Roman Empire.

End-time rise and fall of Israel and Judah. It's been almost 3,000 years since the kingdom of Israel was split in two. Ten of the 12 tribes of Israel rebelled against King Rehoboam, the son of King Solomon and grandson of King David. The Bible continued to refer to these 10 tribes as Israel while the other two tribes (Judah and Benjamin) that remained loyal to David's descendants were known as the kingdom of Judah or simply Judah.

The gospel will be preached in the entire world. The gospel is the good news of the coming Kingdom of God. This message could not be preached around the world without the Bible and freedom of religion. Both came gradually with the ascendancy of the English-speaking peoples from the 16th century until the present day.

Instant worldwide communications and God's final witnesses. In His major end-time prophecy of Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21, Jesus gave an outline of disasters that would occur on the world scene with increasing frequency and magnitude—to the point where people would be shaken with fear (Luke 21:26). Discerning an increase in the scale of these events and reacting to them requires knowing about them.