Oakwood Church
Orientation to the End of the World
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”
Revelation 4:11
Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God.”
Revelation 5:9
Revelation 5:9
Jesus Reigns over All Things
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.”
Revelation 5:13
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.”
Revelation 5:13
What to Expect when the World is Ending:
1. Increasing “Birth Pains”
o Deception & Devastation
“All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.”
Matthew 24:8
1. Increasing “Birth Pains”
o Deception & Devastation
“All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.”
Matthew 24:8
1. Increasing “Birth Pains”
o Deception & Devastation
“From the fig tree learn its lesson… when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates.”
Matthew 24:32-33
o Deception & Devastation
“From the fig tree learn its lesson… when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates.”
Matthew 24:32-33
1. Increasing “Birth Pains”
o Deception & Devastation
“You are not in darkness for that day to surprise you like a thief.”
1 Thessalonians 5:4
o Deception & Devastation
“You are not in darkness for that day to surprise you like a thief.”
1 Thessalonians 5:4
1. Increasing “Birth Pains”
o Persecution & Proclamation
“This gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all nations, as a testimony to them, and then the end will come.”
Matthew 24:14
o Persecution & Proclamation
“This gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all nations, as a testimony to them, and then the end will come.”
Matthew 24:14
What to Expect when the World is Ending:
2. (The Secret Rapture of the Church)
“For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command… Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.”
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
2. (The Secret Rapture of the Church)
“For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command… Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.”
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
What to Expect when the World is Ending:
3. The Great Tribulation
o A Conquering Leader
o 3.5 years of Peace
“The ruler who is to come… will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’”
Daniel 9:26-27
3. The Great Tribulation
o A Conquering Leader
o 3.5 years of Peace
“The ruler who is to come… will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’”
Daniel 9:26-27
3. The Great Tribulation
o A Conquering Leader
o 3.5 years of Peace, 3.5 years of Wrath
“In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice… and he will set up an abomination...”
Daniel 9:27 (NIV)
o A Conquering Leader
o 3.5 years of Peace, 3.5 years of Wrath
“In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice… and he will set up an abomination...”
Daniel 9:27 (NIV)
3. The Great Tribulation
o A Conquering Leader
o 3.5 years of Peace, 3.5 years of Wrath
“When you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place.”
Matthew 24:15
o A Conquering Leader
o 3.5 years of Peace, 3.5 years of Wrath
“When you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place.”
Matthew 24:15
3. The Great Tribulation
o A Conquering Leader
o 3.5 years of Peace, 3.5 years of Wrath
“When you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place.”
Matthew 24:15
o A Conquering Leader
o 3.5 years of Peace, 3.5 years of Wrath
“When you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place.”
Matthew 24:15
3. The Great Tribulation
o A Conquering Leader
o 3.5 years of Peace, 3.5 years of Wrath
“The man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.”
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
o A Conquering Leader
o 3.5 years of Peace, 3.5 years of Wrath
“The man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.”
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
What to Expect when the World is Ending:
4. The Return of Christ
“And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.”
2 Thessalonians 2:8
4. The Return of Christ
“And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.”
2 Thessalonians 2:8