The document discusses Jesus' second coming and the end of the age. It notes that Jesus asked his disciples about the signs of his coming and the end of the age. The document then explores what "the end of the age" means, describing different ages throughout history from the Patriarchal Age to the Christian Age. It suggests the Christian Age will end with Jesus' second coming, which will occur without warning, like in the days of Noah, and believers will be raptured up to meet Jesus in the air. Unbelievers will face eternal destruction when Jesus comes to judge the living and the dead. Believers are urged to watch and be ready for Jesus' unexpected return.

1. Matthew 24:36-44
Maud church of Christ
By Jim Bradshaw
Sunday Evening, Sept. 7, 2014

2. Revelation 22:20 ESV He who
testifies to these things says,
Amen.
Come, Lord Jesus!

3. Jesus is coming soon!
• Background Destruction of the Temple &
Jerusalem in 70 AD, Matthew 24:1-2.
• The disciples asked three separate questions.
Matthew 24:3 NKJV Now as He sat on the Mount of
Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying,
"Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be
the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?“

4. When will be the close of the age?
Matthew 24:36-44 NKJV

5. When will be the close of the age?
Matthew 24:36-44 continued
What does close of the age mean?

6. When will be the close of the age?
Matthew 28:18-20 NKJV And Jesus came and spoke to
them, saying,

7. When will be the close of the age?
According to Vines, “aion”, “an age, era”…signifies a
period of indefinite duration, or time viewed in relation
to what takes place in the period. The force attaching to
the word is not so much that of the actual length of a
period, but that of a period marked by spiritual or moral
characteristics.

8. Different Ages of Time
1. Patriarchal Age
• Romans 5:13-14 NKJV (For until the law sin was in
the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no
law. (14) Nevertheless death reigned from Adam
to Moses, even over those who had not sinned
according to the likeness of the transgression of
Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.

9. Different Ages of Time
2. Mosaic Age
• Galatians 3:19 NKJV What purpose then does the law
serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the
Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it
was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator.
• Galatians 3:23-26 NKJV But before faith came, we were
kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which
would afterward be revealed. (24) Therefore the law was
our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by
faith. (25) But after faith has come, we are no longer
under a tutor. (26) For you are all sons of God through
faith in Christ Jesus.

10. Different Ages of Time
3. Christian Age
• Hebrews 9:15 NKJV And for this reason He is the Mediator
of the new covenant, by means of death, for the
redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant,
that those who are called may receive the promise of the
eternal inheritance.
• Hebrews 9:28 NKJV so Christ was offered once to bear the
sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will
appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

11. The Ages of Time
Patriarchal Age
From Adam to
Moses
Mosaical Age
From Moses to Christ
Christian Age
From Acts 2 to
Christ’s 2nd Coming
Eternal Age
From the 2nd Coming &
Judgement til - forever

12. The End of the Christian Age
Matthew 24:36-44 NKJV
The End of
the Age
The End will
come like in the
Days of Noah

13. Is there a rapture?

14. Is there a rapture?
Matthew 24:40-41 NKJV

15. Is there a rapture?
1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 NKJV (14) For if we believe that Jesus
died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who
sleep in Jesus. (15) For this we say to you by the word of the
Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the
Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. (16) For the
Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead
in Christ will rise first. (17) Then we who are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the
Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

16. Day will come like a Thief in the Night
1. Date is unknown, only God knows, Matt. 24:36.
2. When Jesus comes again:
• Revelation 1:7 NKJV Behold, He is coming with clouds, and
, even they who pierced Him. And all
the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so,
Amen.
• Two-fold resurrection – Joy for the faithful, and sadness for
the lost

17. The Resurrection
John 5:28-29 NKJV Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in
which all who are in the graves will hear His voice (29) and come
forth-- those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and
those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.
Daniel 12:2 NKJV And many of those who sleep in the dust of the
earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and
everlasting contempt.
In scripture “many” sometimes means all, (Matthew 26:28; 1
Timothy 2:6).

18. Like a Thief in the Night
Matthew 24:42-44 NKJV Watch therefore, for you do not know
what hour your Lord is coming. (43) But know this, that if the
master of the house had known what hour the thief would come,
he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken
into. (44) Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is
coming at an hour you do not expect.

19. Like a Thief in the Night
1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 NKJV (1) But concerning the times and the
seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you.
(2) For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so
comes as a thief in the night. (3) For when they say, "Peace and
safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains
upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. (4) But you,
brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake
you as a thief. (5) You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We
are not of the night nor of darkness. (6) Therefore let us not
sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.

20. Like a Thief in the Night
2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 NKJV (7) and to give you who are troubled
rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His
mighty angels, (8) in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who
do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ. (9) These shall be punished with
everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from
the glory of His power, (10) when He comes, in that Day, to be
glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who
believe, because our testimony among you was believed.

21. Like a Thief in the Night
2 Peter 3:9-12 NKJV The Lord is not slack concerning His promise,
as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, 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 which the heavens will pass away with a great noise,
and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and
the works that are in it will be burned up. (11) Therefore, since all
these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you
to be in holy conduct and godliness, (12) looking for and
hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the
heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will
melt with fervent heat?