Pt.2
51. I charge you
that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. (I Tim. 6:14)
52.
storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for that which is about to come, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed. (I Tim. 6:19)
53. In the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self
Avoid these men. For of these are those who enter into households and captivate weak women
These also oppose the truth
But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all
(II Tim. 3:1-2,5-6,8-9)
54. I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is about to judge the living and the dead
(II Tim. 4:1)
55. God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son. (Heb. 1:1-2)
56. Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who are about to inherit salvation? (Heb. 1:14)
57. He did not subject to angels the world about to come. (Heb. 2:5)
58.
and have tasted
the powers of the age about to come. (Heb. 6:5)
59. "For ground that drinks the rain which often falls upon it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near a curse, and it's end is for burning. (Heb. 6:7-8)
60. When He said, 'A new covenant,' He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear. (Heb. 8:13)
61. The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way of the [heavenly] Holy Places has not yet been revealed, while the outer tabernacle is still standing, which is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience, since they relate only to food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation. (Heb. 9:8-10; Compare Gal. 4:19; Eph. 2:21-22; 3:17; 4:13)
62. But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things about to come
(Heb. 9:11)
63. Now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin. (Heb. 9:26)
64. For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things about to come
(Heb. 10:1)
65.
as you see the Day drawing near. (Heb. 10:25)
66.
the fury of a fire which is about to consume the adversaries. (Heb. 10:27)
67. For yet in a very little while, He who is coming will come, and will not delay. (Heb. 10:37)
68. For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the one that is about to come. (Heb. 13:14)
**. "Speak and so act, as those who are about to be judged by the law of liberty." (Jms. 2:12)
70. Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.
It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure! (Jms. 5:1,3)
71. Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. (Jms. 5:7)
72. You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. (Jms. 5:8)
73.
salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (I Peter 1:6)
74. He
has appeared in these last times for the sake of you. (I Peter 1:20)
75. They shall give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. (I Peter 4:5)
76. The end of all things is at hand; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer. (I Peter 4:7)
77. "For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God. (I Peter 4:17)
78.
as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is about to be revealed. (I Peter 5:1)
79. We have the prophetic word
which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the Day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. (II Peter 1:19)
80. Their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. (II Peter 2:3)
81. In the last days mockers will come.
For this they willingly are ignorant of
(I Peter 3:3,5)
82. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God. (II Peter 3:10-12)
83. The darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining. (I Jn. 2:8)
84. The world is passing away, and its desires. (I Jn. 2:17)
85. It is the last hour. (I Jn. 2:18)
86. Even now many antichrists have arisen; from this we know that it is the last hour. (I Jn. 2:18; Compare Matt. 24:23-34)
87. This is that of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world. (I Jn. 4:3; Compare II Thess. 2:7)
88. For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation.
About these also Enoch
prophesied, saying, 'Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly
' (Jude 1:4,14-15)
89. But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they were saying to you, 'In the last time there shall be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.' These are the ones who cause divisions
(Jude 1:17-19)
90.
to show to His bond-servants, the things which must shortly take place. (Rev. 1:1)
91. The time is near. (Rev. 1:3)
92. Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I come. (Rev. 2:25)
93. I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is about to come upon the whole world. (Rev. 3:10)
94. I am coming quickly. (Rev. 3:11)
95. And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is about to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. (Rev. 12:5)
96. "And in her [the Great City Babylon] was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all who have been slain on the earth." (Rev. 18:24; Compare Matt. 23:35-36; Lk. 11:50-51)
97.
to show to His bond-servants the things which must shortly take place. (Rev. 22:6)
98. "Behold, I am coming quickly. " (Rev. 22:7)
99. "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near." (Rev. 22:10; Compare Dan. 8:26)
100. "Behold, I am coming quickly. (Rev. 22:12)
101. "Yes, I am coming quickly." (Rev. 22:20)
Now it seems to me that there are only two ways to "get around" these 101 Scriptures and remain a Futurist. One of those ways is to dismiss the spirit of imminence that saturates the New Testament and to say that it only indicates things that are "soon in God's sight." There are some major problems with that approach
If the imminence saturating the New Testament was only an "in-God's-sight" imminence, then (1) why was the Old Testament not also saturated with an "in-God's-sight" imminence?
(2) Why did God not tell Adam and Eve, "The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand?" Why did He not tell Abraham, "The Son of Man is about to come in the glory of His Father with His angels; and will then recompense every man according to his deeds?"
(3) Why did He not say to Malachi, "This generation will not pass away until all these things take place?"
The fact is that what God said was near to the Apostles, He said was not near to the earlier prophets. Perhaps the clearest illustration of this truth is found in a comparison of Dan. 8:26 and Rev. 22:10:
(Daniel 12:4) But thou, O Daniel, (shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end) many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
(Revelation 22:10) And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
A direct parallel to Daniel 12:4 is Revelation 22:10. Daniel as well as John received a vision of the time of the end. Daniel is told to seal up the book, till the time of the end. From Daniel's time 586 to Christ was approximately 500 years. Ok, that is a good reason for God to tell Daniel to seal up the book. Five hundred years is an incredibly long time for a book to be un-sealed if the end was not (at hand) So God told Daniel to seal up his book. Anyway at the end the seal of the book would be loosened, right?
So after five-hundred years (many days) had passed from Daniel to Johns book of Revelation, the angel of the Lord tells John at the end of the book: (Revelation 22:10) And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
"Seal not", why? "at hand". If Johns vision was referring to events nearly 2000 years to come, the book should have been sealed up with John just as well as it was with Daniel. The visions that Daniel received of the end were referring to "many days". "At hand" has nothing to do with events 2000 years to come.
