[...]... cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel who comes in the name of THE PROPHESIED END-TIME 19 the LORD” (John 12:12-13) If the Jewish leaders were going to get help from the Roman government to execute Jesus, then they had to have cause They misused what others said about His being the King of Israel who had come to deliver them If they accused Jesus of claiming to be that King, then He would have been... down And as He sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the world [Gk.– “age”]?” (Matthew 24:1-3) The disciples were admiring the buildings of the temple as they walked with Jesus Christ told them that there would come a time when all the stones of the temple would be cast... them about the events of the past few days However, they did not know that it was Jesus who spoke until He departed from them But notice how He departed “ And their eyes were opened, and they knew Him; and He vanished out of their sight” (Luke 24:31) He simply disappeared before their very eyes Later that evening, Jesus appeared before the disciples Notice THE PROPHESIED END-TIME 31 the account “Then... account “Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and said unto them, Peace be unto you” (John 20:19) The doors where the disciples were gathered together were shut, yet Jesus Christ suddenly appeared in their presence and spoke to them Here is another account of... confusion comes from scriptures that refer to the Kingdom in the context of heaven Therefore, they believe they must go to heaven to be in the Kingdom They simply fail to grasp that the Kingdom comes from God It receives its power and authority from God, but THE PROPHESIED END-TIME 29 it will come to reign on the earth at the end of this age But what is that Kingdom? “Then Jesus said unto His disciples, verily... and that John is the witness of the testimony given by Jesus Christ If people believe this, then they must accept what God has given to be recorded If someone will not receive these words as being true, then they are actually calling God and Jesus Christ liars They are saying that their testimony is not true! 20 The End-Time Messiah Notice the emphasis God places on these verses At the end of this book... help unravel the discrepancies between these two opposing faiths If they would simply acknowledge what is stated in these verses, then they would be able to reconcile with each other Peter and the other apostles were gathered together to observe the annual Holy Day of Pentecost On this occasion, soon after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, Peter quotes Old Testament scriptures from the Psalms... on the earth, in the Kingdom of God, is a story referred to throughout the New Testament as the gospel (Greek for “good news”) However, much of traditional Christianity has limited the gospel to a message about the personage of Jesus Christ Therefore, they overlook the good news that Jesus Christ brought: He is returning to establish the Kingdom of God to rule and reign on the earth! The Gospel of the. .. form to the disciples and taught them for forty days Spirit beings can appear in human form when God gives them the power to do so When these beings are in their spirit form, physical human beings cannot see them After Jesus was resurrected from the dead, He appeared to Mary the following morning and told her to go tell the disciples that He was now going to ascend to his Father and their Father Later... hand because the One who will reign in that Kingdom was THE PROPHESIED END-TIME 25 then on the earth He was not going to establish His Kingdom then, but He was bringing good news concerning it Jesus brought this same good news as He went about preaching to the Jews on the Sabbath “And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom ” (Matthew 4:23) . alt="" THE PROPHESIED END-TIME Chapter 1 The End-Time Messiah 1 Chapter 2 The Seventh Seal 33 Chapter 3 The End-Time Elijah 72 Chapter 4 The End-Time. key to the truth, they are unable to reconcile their differences. Therefore, they don’t understand the far greater revelation concerning the role of the prophesied