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And Then the End Shall Come
What is the most important sign that we are living in the season of the Lord’s Return? Some might say the re-establishment of the nation of Israel (Mat.24:32-33). Others will say it is the declining condition of our nation (Luke 17:26-29), others think it is the growing apostasy in the Church (1 Tim.4:1-3). But we should consider the clearest and most critical sign is the Promise Jesus gave His disciples: Mat.24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. (KJV)
The disciples had been admiring the Temple and its courts, when Jesus surprised them by saying, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left on another; which will not be torn down.” I’m sure that His Words shocked them, and they asked: Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? (verse 3).
The response Jesus delivered listed several events and circumstances that would occur before “His coming” and “the end of the age.” But we see in verse 14, He said, this Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come . . . SO, in other words, when the disciples asked Jesus, “When are You coming back?”, His answer was, “Only after the Gospel has been preached to all nations.”
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? To understand Jesus’ answer and how it points to His imminent Return, we need to consider the concept of “the nations” in Scripture. Just how close we are to seeing His command . . . to preach the Gospel to all the nations . . . fulfilled?
Mat. 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: (KJV)
We call this the Great Commission. Jesus commands His apostles (and us today) to “go and make disciples of all nations.” It is important to understand that when Jesus gave this command to His followers, He was not simply giving them a difficult task for them to do while He was away. Instead, He was commanding them to fulfill the Promise God had made all through His Word . . . that the blessings of the Gospel were NOT just for the Jews, but for EVERY nation, red, yellow, black and white, Jews and Gentiles! From Genesis to Revelation . . . God’s Word states what His Heart felt for the nations (Gentiles).
Gen. 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; (KJV)
Right after Abraham had presented Isaac for sacrifice, God promises to bless him and to multiply and prosper his descendants. And then He promises: Gen. 22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. (KJV)
When God says “thy offspring” here, He is speaking of the coming Messiah, who humanly would be a distant descendant of Abraham. And when He says that “all nations” will be blessed through Him, He is promising that His gift of salvation would apply to every one of them. That same Promise is repeated over and over in Scripture.
Psalm 72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. (KJV)
Psalm 86:9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. (KJV)
Psalm 117:1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. (KJV)
Isa. 49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. (KJV)
Isa. 66:18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. (KJV)
Dan 7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. (KJV)
Mal. 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. (KJV)
Rom 15:11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. 13 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. (KJV)
Acts 10:34-35 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: 35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. (KJV)
Rev. 7:9-10 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. (KJV)
Over and over again, God declares that His Gospel Promises apply to ALL nations, and ALL peoples will be included in His Kingdom. At the Great Wedding Feast of the Lamb, when Jesus and His church are united forever, the multitude will contain men and women from every nation on earth . . . not one nation will be left out.
The MARRIAGE SUPPER of the LAMB
The Marriage of the Lamb will be one of the most amazing events in all human history! It will be an accomplishment that will carry out the desires of the Father for His Son. The "bride" is the New Testament church (born again believers), who will become the Lamb's wife. This includes all believers from the day of Pentecost (Acts 2), to the Rapture (1 Thes.4;16-17; 1 Cor.15:51-52).
The church is described in the New Testament as the "bride of Christ."
Rev. 21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. [KJV]
Rev. 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. [KJV]
A "virgin espoused to her husband." 2 Cor. 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. [KJV]
Christ is pictured as the bridegroom of the "bride" (church, born again believers), while God the Father is portrayed as the husband of His wife (Israel). Jeremiah 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord: [KJV]
When will the marriage Supper take place? After the Rapture (1 Thes.4:13-18; 1 Cor.15:51-52; Mat.24:36-44; John 14:1-3; Titus 2:13), and BEFORE the Return of Christ to the Earth (Zec.14:3-4; Mat.24:27-30; 25:31-34; 2 Thes.2:1-8; Jude 1:14-15), two very special events shall take place. Those being the Judgment Seat of Christ (Rom.14:10; 1 Cor.3:11-15; 2 Cor.5:10), and the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. See: Judgment Seat.
The "bride" is depicted in the following verse. Rev. 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. [KJV] Please remember that ANY righteousness that saints have comes only from Jesus! 1 Cor. 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: [KJV] Any/all righteousnesses we have, or claim to have are completely unacceptable to God the Father! Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. [KJV] We MUST believe, accept and receive Jesus or we are "unclean" in God's eyes. 1 John 5:10-12 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. (KJV)
Only the Bridegroom (Christ) and the bride (the church, born again believers) will participate in the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Old Testament and Tribulation saints will apparently just be "guests" at this wondrous event, along with a multitude of angels.
Some scholars, which I am not, think this celebration will take place in Heaven, but will continue on Earth during the Millennium (the 1000 years), while others think it will last for eternity. To me, it really does not matter if it is in Heaven or on Earth, or it lasts one day, 1000 years, or for eternity. What matters to me is that ALL who have accepted Christ (John 1:12-13), will be eternally blessed . . . that means from here on!
John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. [KJV]
2 Cor. 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. [KJV]
WHERE DO WE STAND? The church has been working for two thousand years to fulfill the Great Commission, and much has been accomplished. But where do we really stand in the struggle to make disciples of “all nations?”
Over half of Churchgoers know NOTHING about the Great Commission!
Amazingly, today there are believers in all but about 200 of the world’s 12,000 people groups. About 6,000 groups would be classified as “reached,” meaning that they have a significant Christian population. Nearly that many would be considered “unreached,” meaning that while they have some Christian presence, it is very small . . . less than 2% of the population. But about 200 groups remain that are called “unengaged,” meaning that no one has ever shared the Gospel with them . . . and there has never been a single Christian among them. These remaining unreached groups are mostly very small . . . maybe a few thousand people. They are found in remote, difficult, dangerous places: in vast deserts, high mountains, and deep jungles. Many are Muslim groups. Some are very hostile to any outsiders. Most are illiterate. They are the last groups for a reason! But over the last few years, the number of unreached groups has fallen dramatically. In 2005, there were more than 3,500 unreached people groups. Even as recently as 2017, there were still more than 1,400 groups with no known Christians. But today, there are only a few hundred unreached groups remaining. One group that has recently come into God’s Kingdom are the Gorose, an animist group found in western Ethiopia. Animism (from Latin: anima meaning 'breath, spirit, life') is the belief that objects, places and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.
Even though Ethiopia has a Christian heritage that traces back to Bible times, no one had ever gone to the Gorose to tell them about Jesus. As far as anyone knows, there has never been even one Gorose believer. However, early in 2022, a team of missionaries led by an Ethiopian believer named Amasaganalu climbed the mountain to the Gorose villages. There they met the parents of a boy named Getenet, who had been paralyzed and mute for five years. His parents had taken him to the hospital and the witch doctors, but nothing had worked. Desperate, they asked the missionaries to pray for their boy, and as they prayed in Jesus’ Name, God miraculously healed him, enabling him to speak and walk. The parents began to praise God and quickly gave their lives to Jesus! As word of the healing spread, hundreds of Gorose received the Gospel. Entirely on their own, many of the new believers brought their charms and fetishes to be burned as a sign of their commitment to Christ.
Getenet with his parents told that same story . . . and is being repeated hundreds of times each year around the world. The Holy Spirit is working with urgency, in places where until recently the Name of Jesus had never been heard, to gather in a great end times harvest. With God’s grace, it is possible that the church will reach all the remaining groups by the end of 2023. We are very close to the finish line!
And THEN the End Will Come
Mat. 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. (KJV)
Jesus’ promised that “this Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.” When will the end come? Only after the Gospel has been preached to “all nations.”
If we are only a few years away from finishing this project . . . could it be only a few years away from the return of Christ? I, personally believe we could! None of us are sure just where the Great Commission finish line lies. Peter tells us: 2 Pet. 3:9-10 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (KJV)
Even after the Gospel has been preached to every group of people, Jesus could tarry so that every person has the chance to hear. But once that line is crossed . . . and there are disciples in every one of the Earth’s people groups . . . the Return of Christ will be even more close than it has been in 2,000 years. Jesus said that the Gospel would be preached to all nations, “and then the end will come.” We can’t know for certain if that will be immediate, but based on Jesus’ Promise, the clock is ticking for His Return, and He could come at any time. I think it will be soon!
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