Opened Scriptures Bible Studies

Jesus said false teachers will crop up and say here is Christ, or He is over there. This instructs us that there will be many false teachers setting a date for Christ's return. We must never listen to a man or woman who says they know the date and the hour of Christ's coming as Judge. Matthew 24:36  But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.   Here is another area where Christians must be discerning.    Over the last few centuries, hundreds of false teachers have set an exact date for Christ's return, including well known author, Hal Lindsay. He wrote a pamphlet titled "88 reasons why the rapture will be in 1988." 1988 came and went but there was no return of Christ because Mr. Lindsay did not know. He certainly sold a lot of books by using sensationalism, but like every single date setter, he was wrong. If we hear any teacher, or pastor or anyone claiming to speak for God, who sets a date for Christ's return, we...

Matthew 24:30-31  And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.  31  And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.  We need to look at this text again because there are important connections with Jesus' teaching for us. At the Day of the LORD judgment all people and nations will see Jesus coming with great power and glory. He will send His angels to gather the elect, who are primarily Jewish people who believed God's Word and remained faithful to Him.  The elect will be mostly believing Jews, who will be gathered from all corners of the earth. Matthew 13:36-43  Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable o...

Jesus began answering three questions from His disciples. First, when will the end of the world come?  Second, what signs will accompany the return of Christ?  Third, what will the end of the world be like? So far in this chapter, Jesus warned against false prophets and false Christs. He described the end times as having ongoing wars and conflicts, earthquakes, famine and disease. The primary differentiator is that they will increase in frequency and intensity as the end of the world draws closer. Those who preach the gospel and seek to live in a way that glorifies God, will come under increasing persecution, betrayal, or physical attacks. These terrible times will be followed by the last seven years of history, as the rise of the antichrist begins. He will sign a seven year peace treaty, but in the middle of it he will betray Israel and demand to be worshiped as God. The antichrist will seek to exterminate the Jewish people and Jesus warned them to flee into the wilderness wh...