THE DAY OF THE LORD, STUDY GUIDE
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Table of Contents
QUESTIONS
Foreword
Worldwide Revival; the Harvest (Latter) Rain, Will Fall From Heaven
Righteousness and Lawlessness Will Come to Maturity
The Love of the Majority Will Grow Cold (the Apostasy)
The Man of Sin (Antichrist) Will Drive the Saints Into Hiding
The Man of Sin Will Take His Seat in the Temple in Jerusalem
The Last Trumpet Will Sound, and Christ will Gather His Saints to Himself and Pour Out Destruction on the Wicked
Christ and His Saints Will Descend To Establish the Kingdom of God on the Earth
ANSWERS
Foreword
Worldwide Revival, the Harvest (Latter) Rain, Will Fall From Heaven
Righteousness and Lawlessness Will Come to Maturity
The Love of the Majority Will Grow Cold (the Apostasy)
The Man of Sin (Antichrist) Will Drive the Saints Into Hiding
The Man of Sin Will Take His Seat in the Temple in Jerusalem
The Last Trumpet Will Sound, and Christ will Gather His Saints to Himself and Pour Out Destruction on the Wicked
Christ and His Saints Will Descend To Establish the Kingdom of God on the Earth
QUESTIONS
Foreword
1. How does our vision of the coming of Christ affect us?
2. Are the Christian saints ever called on to endure tribulation?
3. What is the difference between tribulation and wrath?
4. What does Paul teach in the second chapter of II Thessalonians?
5. Will the second coming of Christ be a secret event?
6. What are the elect, the saints, to do as we behold the rise of lawlessness in the earth; as we see man making himself God?
7. What will Christ do when He returns?
8. What is the ancient hope of the Church?
THE DAY OF THE LORD
1. Name seven major events in the coming of the Day of the Lord.
Worldwide Revival; the Harvest (Latter) Rain, Will Fall From Heaven
1. Read Matthew 24:14. 2. What spiritual season are we in now?
3. What are to be restored to the Church during the “latter rain”?
4. When will the end of the present age arrive?
5. Will everyone be saved?
6. What is the Gospel?
7. Why will Christ empower His saints to bring a mighty witness to the earth just before He returns?
8. Who came to earth in the spirit and power of Elijah in order to announce the first coming of King Jesus?
9. Who will announce the second coming of King Jesus?
10. What is the purpose of the harvest (latter) rain?
11. What will follow the harvest rain?
12. What is the purpose of the “sun of tribulation”?
13. What else will come to maturity at the same time?
14. What will take place at the end of the age?
15. What should the saints be praying today?
Righteousness and Lawlessness Will Come to Maturity
1. Read Matthew 13:30.
2. Of what is harvesting a symbol?
3. When will Christ return?
4. What are the “tares”?
5. What is the evidence that Christ is coming to maturity in a saint?
6. What will the Lord do at His coming?
The Love of the Majority Will Grow Cold (the Apostasy)
1. Read Matthew 24:12.
2. What happens to the saints when they are persecuted?
3. What destroys professing Christians?
4. What is the greatest enemy of the churches of the end-time?
5. Read II Timothy 3:1-4.
6. How does Satan lead astray the disciple of Christ?
7. What dual technique will Antichrist use in order to persuade believers not to live a fervent, godly life?
8. What will happen to the saint who stands resolutely against Antichrist?
9. What is true today of many of the Lord’s people?
10. What is true of the individual who will not forsake all he has?
11. What should we be, as far as the ways of the present age are concerned?
12. Read Revelation 3:15,16.
13. What church will be on the earth during the days of Antichrist?
14. How can we keep from being deceived by the Laodicean spirit?
The Man of Sin (Antichrist) Will Drive the Saints Into Hiding
1. Read Daniel 7:25; 12:7; Revelation 12:14; 3:7.
2. What will God allow Antichrist to do before Jesus returns?
3. Will Antichrist permit the spiritually dead Christian churches, schools, and other institutions to remain?
4. Why will God allow the anointed testimony to be forced out of the centers of civilization?
5. Will the saint himself be overcome so that his personal relationship with Christ is harmed?
6. What will happen to the saints during the reign of Antichrist?
7. Read II Thessalonians 2:7.
8. What power is restraining the full manifestation of lawlessness and Antichrist?
9. In what way will the Holy Spirit be “taken out of the way”?
10. Read Revelation 11:7. 11
What will take place on the earth during the space of time in which Antichrist is allowed to reign?
12. What will such international moral corruption permit?
13. What would happen if a human being were to make such a claim today?
14. What decision must be made by each believer in Christ?
15. How will Antichrist present himself?
16. What will be easy for the Christian to do during the Laodicean period?
17. What will be difficult for the Christian to do during the Laodicean period?
18. What will happen to the saint who loses his fervent love for Jesus and allows his thinking and actions to be molded by world opinion?
19. Who shall be saved?
20. What will be true during the days of darkness that are ahead?
21. What will take place when sin abounds in the earth?
The Man of Sin Will Take His Seat in the Temple in Jerusalem
1. Read II Thessalonians 2:3,4; Daniel 11:36.
2. What is the “abomination of desolation”?
3. How long has Antichrist been in the world?
4. Read I John 2:18.
5. What will happen just before the Lord returns?
6. What can we observe over the last several hundred years of world history?
7. What is being taught today in the institutions of learning of some of the nations of the earth?
8. What should we do when we see man making himself God?
9. What corruption already is at work in the world and in the churches?
10. What does “666” mean?
11. What is the mark in the right hand?
12. What is the mark in the forehead?
13. What will characterize Antichrist?
14. To what lengths will his lust for power drive him?
15. What will his political ability enable Antichrist to understand?
16. Why will the world’s people be inclined to accept someone who associates himself with God?
17. What is the greatest abomination that a student of the Scriptures could imagine?
18. What are young people being taught today?
19. What may we who love Jesus have to do at some point in the future?
The Last Trumpet Will Sound, and Christ Will Gather His Saints to Himself and Pour Out Destruction on the Wicked
1. Read Matthew 24:27.
2. What will be true when Jesus returns with His saints and holy angels?
3. What will the world behold when the King, Christ, returns to assume the rulership of the nations of the earth?
4. Read Isaiah 60:2.
5. What will the peoples of the earth do when they see and hear this tremendous demonstration of the majesty of God; when they realize that the Lord has raised His people to eternal life?
6. What will happen to the wicked of the earth when the Lord Jesus returns?
7. Will the saints show mercy and spare the evildoers in the Day of the Lord?
8. How will relief come to the embattled saints?
9. Read II Thessalonians 1:7,8.
10. What will happen to the saints as soon as their spirits have been reunited with their bodies?
11. Read Luke 17:27,29,30.
12. What will be true of the victorious saints at the coming of the Lord?
13. What will the Lord Jesus Christ inherit at the first resurrection?
14. What will the overcomer inherit at the first resurrection?
15. Where will Christ be enthroned?
16. What nation will be exalted to preeminence?
17. What will be true of the nations of the earth during the Kingdom Age?
18. What will flow from each saint during the Kingdom Age?
19. What will the Spirit flowing from the saints accomplish for the nations of the earth?
Christ and His Saints Will Descend To Establish the Kingdom of God on the Earth
1. Read Jude 1:14,15; Revelation 19:11.
2. What will happen to those who have accepted the way of Antichrist?
3. What will take place after the vials of God’s wrath have been poured on the earth?
4. Read Joel 2:11. 5. What will be true of every saint who rides with Christ in that Day?
6. What power can withstand the approach of Christ and His army?
7. What will happen to the Beast and the False Prophet?
8. What will happen to the remainder of the wicked of the earth?
9. What will occur as soon as the Battle of Armageddon has ended?
10. What decision will King Jesus make concerning the assembled nations of the earth?
11. On what basis will the nations of the earth be judged in the Day of the Lord?
12. What will all the peoples of the earth behold in the Day of the Lord?
13. Read II Thessalonians 1:10.
14. What will be true of the victorious saints in the Day of the Lord?
15. Read Colossians 3:4. 16. Why will the peoples of the earth, in the Day of the Lord, believe that Christ has come from the Father?
17. Read John 17:21. 18. What will the saints be in the Day of the Lord?
19. How does God the Father regard each saint who has been made an eternally inseparable part of Christ?
20. Read John 17:23.
ANSWERS
Foreword
1. How does our vision of the coming of Christ affect us?
Our vision of the return of Christ to the earth affects the sincerity with which we prepare ourselves to do our Lord’s will.
2. Are the Christian saints ever called on to endure tribulation?
Yes.
3. What is the difference between tribulation and wrath?
Tribulation is necessary for the perfecting of the saint. We enter the Kingdom of God through much tribulation. Wrath falls on the wicked and is not redemptive. God has not appointed us to wrath but to obtain salvation through our Lord, Christ.
4. What does Paul teach in the second chapter of II Thessalonians?
That the Day of Christ will not come until after the revolt against authority and the revealing of the man of sin.
5. Will the second coming of Christ be a secret event?
No.
6. What are the elect, the saints, to do as we behold the rise of lawlessness in the earth; as we see man making himself God?
We are to flee to the mountain of prayer with God as we behold the rise of lawlessness. In the future we may have to literally flee to a wilderness area of the earth because of the wickedness in the cities of the earth.
7. What will Christ do when He returns?
He will destroy Antichrist with the power and glory of His Presence.
8. What is the ancient hope of the Church?
The return of Christ to set up His Kingdom on the earth.
THE DAY OF THE LORD
1. Name seven major events in the coming of the Day of the Lord.
- Worldwide revival: the harvest (latter) rain will fall from Heaven in the days to come.
- Righteousness and lawlessness will come to maturity.
- The love of the majority will grow cold (the apostasy).
- The man of sin (Antichrist) will drive the saints into hiding.
- The man of sin will take his seat in the Temple in Jerusalem.
- The last trumpet will sound, and Christ will gather His saints to Himself and pour out destruction on the wicked.
- Christ and His saints will descend to establish the Kingdom of God on the earth.
Worldwide Revival: the Harvest (Latter) Rain Will Fall From Heaven in the Days To Come
1. Read Matthew 24:14.
“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come. (Matthew 24:14)
2. What spiritual season are we in now?
The season of the harvest (latter) rain—the outpouring of which the Prophets spoke.
3. What are to be restored to the Church during the “latter rain”?
The ministries and gifts of the Spirit.
4. When will the end of the present age arrive?
As soon as the Gospel of the Kingdom has been preached in all the world for a witness to all nations.
5. Will everyone be saved?
No.
6. What is the Gospel?
A witness.
7. Why will Christ empower His saints to bring a powerful witness to the earth just before He returns?
The purpose of the end-time witness is to save as many people as possible from destruction in the Day of the Lord.
8. Who came to earth in the spirit and power of Elijah in order to announce the first coming of King Jesus?
John the Baptist.
9. Who will announce the second coming of King Jesus?
The “remnant” of the believers.
10. What is the purpose of the harvest (latter) rain?
To bring the wheat to maturity, ready for the harvest.
11. What will follow the harvest rain?
The burning sun of tribulation.
12. What is the purpose of the “sun of tribulation”?
To bring the wheat to maturity, ready for the harvest.
13. What else will come to maturity at the same time?
The tares (wickedness).
14. What will take place at the end of the age?
The messengers of the Lord will remove from the Kingdom of God all that is offensive to the Lord, including the people who refuse to be separated from their iniquities.
15. For what should the saints be praying today?
That God will empower each of us with a double portion of His Holy Spirit and send us forth to labor in His vineyard until the work is finished.
Righteousness and Lawlessness Will Come to Maturity
1. Read Matthew 13:30.
‘Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’” (Matthew 13:30)
2. Of what is harvesting a symbol?
Judgment.
3. When will Christ return?
As soon as the saints reach spiritual maturity.
4. What are the “tares”?
The expression of Satan in the peoples of the earth.
5. What is the evidence that Christ is coming to maturity in a saint?
Godly behavior.
6. What will the Lord do at His coming?
Separate the tares from the wheat, binding the tares in bundles to be burned.
The Love of the Majority Will Grow Cold (the Apostasy)
1. Read Matthew 24:12.
“And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many [most] will grow cold. (Matthew 24:12)
2. What happens to the saints when they are persecuted?
Their love for Christ becomes white hot.
3. What destroys professing Christians?
Iniquity (wickedness). Plenty to eat and drink, abundance of leisure time, the ready availability of sin, the social acceptance of godless living—these will pull down to destruction all but the strongest of the saints.
4. What is the greatest enemy of the churches of the end-time?
Self-centered, self-directed, pleasure-seeking lawlessness.
5. Read II Timothy 3:1-4.
But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:
For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good,
traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, (II Timothy 3:1-4)
6. How does Satan lead astray the disciple of Christ?
By the offer of easy, comfortable “Christian” living—a form of godliness that contains none of the Presence of the Holy Spirit of God.
7. What dual technique will Antichrist use in order to persuade believers not to live a fervent, godly life?
Ready access to easy living and sin combined with economic pressure and other persecution.
8. What will be true of the saint who stands resolutely against Antichrist?
The saint who is willing to stand resolutely against the Antichrist spirit will no longer be able to have fellowship with the lukewarm believers
9. What is true today of many of the Lord’s people?
They are being led astray by the doctrine that states we can indulge in all the pleasures of the world and then reign with Christ at His appearing.
10. What is true of the individual who will not forsake all he has in order to follow the Master?
He is not a true Christian.
11. What should we be, as far as the ways of the present age are concerned?
Strangers and pilgrims.
12. Read Revelation 3:15,16.
“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.
“So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. (Revelation 3:16)
13. What church will be on the earth during the days of Antichrist?
Laodicea.
14. How can we keep from being deceived by the Laodicean spirit?
By being especially careful that we keep our love for Christ fervent and pure, and that we do not allow the world spirit to seep into our soul. In this manner we can keep from being deceived by the Laodicean spirit.
The Man of Sin (Antichrist) Will Drive the Saints Into Hiding
1. Read Daniel 7:25; 12:7; Revelation 12:14; 3:7.
He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, shall persecute [wear down] the saints of the Most High, and shall intend to change times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time. (Daniel 7:25)
Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever, that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; and when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered [crushed], all these things shall be finished. (Daniel 12:7)
But the woman [the elect] was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. (Revelation 12:14)
It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. (Revelation 13:7)
2. What will God allow Antichrist to do before Jesus returns?
To scatter the Christians saints over the face of the earth, driving them into hiding and preventing them from teaching and preaching in the centers of civilization.
3. Will Antichrist permit the spiritually dead Christian churches, schools, and other institutions to remain?
Yes.
4. Why will God allow the anointed testimony to be forced out of the centers of civilization?
In order that lawlessness may come to maturity and be judged.
5. Will the saint himself be overcome so that his personal relationship with Christ is harmed?
The saints themselves, their personal relationship with Christ, cannot be overcome.
6. What will happen to the saints during the reign of Antichrist?
God will provide every need for His true saints wherever they are located in the remote areas of earth. There they will be protected until Jesus returns to exalt them to glory.
7. Read II Thessalonians 2:7.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. (II Thessalonians 2:7)
8. What power is restraining the full manifestation of lawlessness and Antichrist?
The anointed Christian testimony.
9. In what way will the Holy Spirit be “taken out of the way”?
As soon as God decrees that the testimony of the saints has been completed He will permit Antichrist to crush the testimony and scatter the disciples so they no longer can affect world opinion.
10. Read Revelation 11:7.
When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them. (Revelation 11:7)
11. What will take place on the earth during the space of time in which Antichrist is allowed to reign?
The foulest, most hideous orgies of all time.
12. What will such international moral corruption permit?
A Satan-possessed human being to sit on the throne, on the Mercy Seat, in the restored Temple of God in Jerusalem, and declare that he indeed is God and that he is greater than all the other gods that have been worshiped by mankind.
13. What would happen if a human being were to make such a claim today?
The Christian people, and the devout Jews as well, would rise up and pray and object until the pretender was overcome.
14. What decision must be made by each believer in Christ?
Whether or not to follow the Lord
15. How will Antichrist present himself?
As a benefactor of all persons of good will.
16. What will be easy for the Christian to do during the Laodicean period?
To agree and have fellowship with the lawless majority.
17. What will be difficult for the Christian to do during the Laodicean period?
To be a Spirit-filled saint of Christ and bear a true witness of Christ.
18. What will happen to the saint who loses his fervent love for Jesus and allows his thinking and actions to be molded by world opinion?
He will lose his crown of life.
19. Who shall be saved?
He who endures to the end shall be saved.
20. What will be true during the days of darkness that are ahead?
Divine Virtue always shall triumph over wickedness.
21. What will take place when sin abounds in the earth?
The Light of God Almighty will suddenly shine through the saints and the end of sin and rebellion will be at hand.
The Man of Sin Will Take His Seat in the Temple in Jerusalem
1. Read II Thessalonians 2:3,4; Daniel 11:36.
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away [rebellion] comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition [destruction],
who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. (II Thessalonians 2:3,4)
“Then the king shall do according to his own will: he shall exalt and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been accomplished; for what has been determined shall be done. (Daniel 11:36)
2. What is the “abomination of desolation”?
Antichrist sitting between the wings of the Cherubim of Glory in the rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem.
3. How long has Antichrist been in the world?
Since the first century.
4. Read I John 2:18.
Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. (I John 2:18)
5. What will happen just before the Lord returns?
The spirit of Antichrist will come to the fullness of expression in one man, just as in the same period of time the Spirit of Christ will come to maturity in God’s people.
6. What can we observe over the last several hundred years of world history?
The rise of lawlessness.
7. What is being taught today in the institutions of learning of some of the nations of the earth?
People should not be hindered from doing as they please.
8. What should we do when we see man making himself God?
Flee from lawlessness, from the things and practices of the world, and live with God in prayer.
9. What corruption already is at work in the world and in the churches?
The spirit of the love of money and of lawlessness.
10. What does “666” mean?
Man will be deified.
11. What is the mark in the right hand?
The conforming of our deeds to the spirit of the world.
12. What is the mark in the forehead?
The conforming of our mind to the spirit of the world.
13. What will characterize Antichrist?
Antichrist will be a man of tremendous political ability and charm. He will enlist the aid of supernatural forces.
14. To what lengths will his lust for power drive him?
His lust for power will drive him until Satan is able to possess him completely. 15. What will his political ability enable Antichrist to understand?
The man of sin will perceive the political advantage of associating himself with God.
16. Why will the world’s people be inclined to accept someone who associates himself with God?
Many of earth’s peoples believe in God and fear God. Also, the rise of Antichrist will be preceded by an outpouring of God’s Spirit of unparalleled glory and power.
17. What is the greatest abomination that a student of the Scriptures could imagine?
A human being entering past the sacred veil into the Holy of Holies and there taking his place on the Mercy Seat between the wings of the Cherubim of Glory.
18. What are young people being taught today?
Man should rule the world apart from God.
19. What may we who love Jesus have to do at some point in the future?
Flee into the wilderness with God rather than partake of the spirit of lawlessness that is all about us today.
The Last Trumpet Will Sound, and Christ Will Gather His Saints to Himself and Pour Out Destruction on the Wicked
1. Read Matthew 24:27.
“For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. (Matthew 24:27)
2. What will be true when Jesus returns with His saints and holy angels?
The light of the Holy Spirit suddenly will shine through the saints—the saints on earth and the saints coming from Heaven with the Lord Jesus. The light of God in the saints, the same light that was separated from the darkness in the beginning of the creation, will reach from horizon to horizon. This will take place when spiritual darkness is at its peak.
3. What will the world behold when the King, Christ, returns to assume the rulership of the nations of the earth?
Earth’s peoples will see the Light of God’s Glory on the saints.
4. Read Isaiah 60:2.
For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the LORD will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you. (Isaiah 60:2)
5. What will the peoples of the earth do when they see and hear this tremendous demonstration of the majesty of God; when they realize that the Lord has raised His people to eternal life?
The peoples of the earth will stagger about in frightened confusion. Their terror and frustration will turn to unbearable remorse as they realize that the gates of redemption may be closed to them for eternity. Remorse will turn to rage as the lost confront their leaders, their deceivers—those who have taught them that man can bring peace on earth apart from Christ.
6. What will happen to the wicked of the earth when the Lord Jesus returns?
The vials of Divine wrath will be poured on the wicked, on the servants of Antichrist.
7. Will the saints show mercy and spare the evildoers in the Day of the Lord?
The sons of God will show no mercy on evildoers in that Day but will crush the wicked under their feet.
8. How will relief come to the embattled saints?
Not by a mythical “rapture” but by the reinforcements that will descend from Heaven and destroy the forces of Satan.
9. Read II Thessalonians 1:7,8.
and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels,
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. (II Thessalonians 1:7,8)
10. What will happen to the saints as soon as their spirits have been reunited with their bodies?
The saints of all ages will ascend from the face of the earth.
11. Read Luke 17:27,29,30.
“They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. (Luke 17:27)
“but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone [burning sulfur] from heaven and destroyed them all.
“Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed. (Luke 17:29,30)
12. What will be true of the victorious saints at the coming of the Lord?
There will be no more trials for them (according to our understanding in the present hour), no more sickness or death. They are forever with their Lord. They are immortal, having been clothed with bodies of glory. This is the first resurrection, the reward of the overcomer. The saints now will be assigned their places of authority and service.
13. What will the Lord Jesus Christ inherit at the first resurrection?
The earth and earth’s peoples.
14. What will the overcomer inherit at the first resurrection?
The earth and earth’s peoples.
15. Where will Christ be enthroned?
On the Throne of David in Jerusalem.
16. What nation will be exalted to preeminence?
The nation of Israel.
17. What will be true of the nations of the earth during the Kingdom Age?
The Gentile nations that have survived Armageddon and have been accepted of the Lord will have a thousand years to inhabit a redeemed earth. During this period of time they will be compelled to obey the laws of the Kingdom of God.
18. What will flow from each saint during the Kingdom Age?
The living waters of the Holy Spirit.
19. What will the Spirit flowing from the saints accomplish for the nations of the earth?
Salvation and healing.
Christ and His Saints Will Descend To Establish the Kingdom of God on the Earth
1. Read Jude 1:14,15; Revelation 19:11.
Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men [‘Christian’ sinners] also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints,
“to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” (Jude 1:14,15)
Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. (Revelation 19:11)
2. What shall happen to those who have accepted the way of Antichrist?
They shall “drink of the wine of the wrath of God.” They will have no rest day or night but will be “tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.”
3. What will take place after the vials of God’s wrath have been poured on the earth?
Suddenly the heaven will open and the Lord Jesus will appear on a white horse followed by “ten thousands of his saints.” They will be arrayed in ranks, ready to “judge and make war.”
4. Read Joel 2:11.
The LORD gives voice before His army, for His camp is very great; for strong is the One who executes His word. For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; who can endure it? (Joel 2:11)
5. What will be true of every saint who rides with Christ in that Day?
He or she will be “called, chosen and faithful.
6. What power can withstand the approach of Christ and His army?
There is no power in the heavens or on the earth that can withstand the Lord Jesus and His saints.
7. What will happen to the Beast and the False Prophet?
The Beast and the False Prophet will be taken and thrown alive into the Lake of Fire.
8. What will happen to the remainder of the wicked of the earth?
The remnant of evildoers will be slain by the Word of God issuing from the mouth of Christ.
9. What will occur as soon as the Battle of Armageddon has ended?
The Lord Jesus will take His seat on the Throne of David in the City of Jerusalem. “And all nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.”
10. What decision will King Jesus make concerning the assembled nations of the earth?
Which of the nations are permitted to enter into eternal life, into the Kingdom of God.
11. On what basis will the nations of the earth be judged in the Day of the Lord?
Whether or not a nation is allowed to enter the Kingdom will depend on how it treated the Lord’s brothers, His servants, His witnesses.
12. What will all the peoples of the earth behold in the Day of the Lord?
The Glory of the Lord shining from within the saints.
13. Read II Thessalonians 1:10.
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. (II Thessalonians 1:10)
14. What will be true of the victorious saints in the Day of the Lord?
The saints will appear with Christ, being an integral part of His appearing.
15. Read Colossians 3:4.
When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. (Colossians 3:4)
16. Why will the peoples of the earth, in the Day of the Lord, believe that Christ has come from the Father?
The saints will be one in the Father and the Son.
17. Read John 17:21.
“that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that you sent Me. (John 17:21)
18. What will the saints be in the Day of the Lord?
An inseparable part of Christ, being married to Him and in every way the fullness of His Person and expression of His Glory, His majesty, His deeds, His words, and His thoughts.
19. How does God the Father regard each saint who has been made an eternally inseparable part of Christ?
God loves the saints as He loves His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
20. Read John 17:23.
“I in them, and you in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that you have sent Me, and have loved them as you have loved Me. (John 17:23)
(“A Study Guide For the Day of the Lord”, 3228-1)