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When will Christ When will Christ return?return?
Can we know the time?
NoNo YesYes
Matthew 24:36
Revelation 3:3
II Peter 3:10
Amos 3:7
I Thessalonians 5:4
Matthew 25:1-13
Can we know the time?
NoNo
Matthew 24:36
Revelation 3:3
II Peter 3:10
“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son but the Father only.”
Can we know the time?
NoNo
Matthew 24:36
Revelation 3:3
II Peter 3:10
“If you will not awake, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you.”
Can we know the time?
NoNo
Matthew 24:36
Revelation 3:3
II Peter 3:10
“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.”
Can we know the time?
YesYes
Amos 3:7
I Thessalonians 5:4
Matthew 25:1-13
Can we know the time?
YesYes
Amos 3:7
I Thessalonians 5:4
Matthew 25:1-13
For the lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
Can we know the time?
YesYes
Amos 3:7
I Thessalonians 5:4
Matthew 25:1-13
But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. For you are all children of light, children of the day.... So then let us not sleep, as others do.
Can we know the time?
YesYes
Amos 3:7
I Thessalonians 5:4
Matthew 24:32-33
“From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also when you see these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates.”
Can we know the time?
Those who are ‘awake’, or prepared, will recognise the time as having arrived:
I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams...
Acts 2:17
Can we know the time?
• We can learn from the Pattern of Restoration:-• Need a Foundation to receive the Messiah
– Foundation of faith• Central person• Time period: 40, 21, 70
– Foundation of Substance• Cain and Abel• Leader and followers• External and internal• Religion and science/technology• Hellenism and Hebraism
• Pattern of restoration
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Accomplishment of Accomplishment of RestorationRestoration
5 % Human Responsibility5 % Human Responsibility
++95 % God’s Responsibility95 % God’s Responsibility
Our Portion of Responsibility
FulfilmentFulfilment
God’s Plan God’s Plan RealisedRealised
Restoration Restoration CompletedCompleted
Our Portion of Responsibility
FailureFailure
God’s Plan God’s Plan Not Not
RealisedRealised
Restoration Restoration ProlongedProlonged
CentralCentralPersonPerson
FulfilsResponsibility
God’s will accomplished
FailsResponsibility
• New central person
• Similar situation
• New time
Pattern of Restoration
1600 400 120 40 21 40
AdaAdamm
AbrahamAbraham
NoahNoah JacobJacobJacob toJacob toHaranHaran
Jacob Jacob ReturnsReturns
Jacob toJacob toEgyptEgypt
IsaacIsaac
400 400
Slavery in EgyptSlavery in Egypt
Jewish History• Abraham’s failure in the
offering• Jacob’s 12 sons and 70
kinsmen in Egypt• Maintained their identity• Pyramid building• Moses - Pharaoh humbled• Exodus• Mount Sinai - Covenant and
Torah• Entered Promised Land
Gen. 15:13
400 400
Slavery in EgyptSlavery in Egypt
JudgesJudges
Jewish History• Judges
– Prophet, priest, king– 12 tribes
• Struggles with Philistines• “Went after other gods”• Lack of unity between
tribes
120 120
Slavery in EgyptSlavery in Egypt
JudgesJudges
United Israelite MonarchyUnited Israelite Monarchy
Jewish History• Samuel anointed Saul
– Lack of unity
• Samuel anointed David– Bathsheba & Uriah affair– Too much bloodshed
• Solomon built Temple– Married foreign women– Went after other gods
1040 - 922 BCSaul, David & Solomon, 3 x 40
400 400
Slavery in EgyptSlavery in Egypt
JudgesJudges
United Israelite MonarchyUnited Israelite Monarchy
Divided KingdomsDivided Kingdoms
Jewish History• Cain:
Israel - Jeroboam– 19 kings in 260 years– Prophets– No repentance– 721 BC Assyrians
• Abel: Judah - Rehaboam– 20 kings in 394 years– Prophets– Corruption– 597 BC Babylonians
• Collapse of autocratic society
922 - 597 BCKingdom divided intoIsrael (North) and Judah (South)
210 210
Slavery in EgyptSlavery in Egypt
JudgesJudges
United Israelite MonarchyUnited Israelite Monarchy
Divided KingdomsDivided Kingdoms
Exile and ReturnExile and Return
Jewish History• Babylonian Exile
– 10,000 Jews– 597 - 527 BC– Purification
• Return to Jerusalem– Edict Cyrus 538 BC– Rebuilding Temple– Ezra the Scribe 458 BC
– Nehemiah 445 BC
Captivity 70 years: 597- 527 BCReturn 140 years: 527- 400 BC
400 BC – Birth of Christ
400 400
Slavery in EgyptSlavery in Egypt
JudgesJudges
United Israelite MonarchyUnited Israelite Monarchy
Divided KingdomsDivided Kingdoms
Exile and ReturnExile and Return
Prep. for the MessiahPrep. for the Messiah
Jewish History• Malachi• Other religious leaders
– Buddha (565 - 485 BC)– Confucius (552 - 479 BC)– Socrates (470 - 389 BC)
• Empire of Alexander the Great (356 - 323 BC)
– Spread Hellenism
• Synthesis Hebraism and Hellenism
• Roman Empire– Roads, Buildings– Pax Romana
Slavery in EgyptSlavery in Egypt
JudgesJudges
Israelite MonarchyIsraelite Monarchy
Divided KingdomsDivided Kingdoms
Exile and ReturnExile and Return
Prep. for the MessiahPrep. for the Messiah400 400
210 210
400 400
120120
400 400
400 400
Jewish History
JesusJesus
Slavery in EgyptSlavery in Egypt
JudgesJudges
Israelite MonarchyIsraelite Monarchy
Divided KingdomsDivided Kingdoms
Exile and ReturnExile and Return
Prep. for the MessiahPrep. for the Messiah400 400
210 210
400 400
120120
400 400
400 400
Jewish History
JesusJesus Killed
400400400 400
Slavery in EgyptSlavery in Egypt
Jewish History Christian History
Suffering under RomeSuffering under Rome
• Abraham’s failure in offering
• Jacob’s 12 sons and 70 kinsmen in Egypt
• Maintained identity• Pyramid building• Moses - Pharaoh humbled• Mount Sinai - Covenant
and Torah• Entered Promised Land
• Jesus killed• Jesus’ 12 apostles and 70
disciples in Roman Empire• Persecution • Established identity• Constantine converted• Church councils, Canon• 392 Christianity becomes
official religion
Genesis 15:13 6 BC – 392 AD
400400400 400
JudgesJudges Church PatriarchsChurch Patriarchs
Jewish History Christian History
• Judges– Prophet, priest, king– 12 tribes
• Struggles with Philistines• “Went after other gods”• Lack of unity between
tribes
• Patriarchs– Prophet, priest, king– 5 Patriarchates
• Invasion of barbarians• Influenced by paganism• Doctrinal controversies• Rise of Islam
392 – 800 CE
120 120
United Israelite MonarchyUnited Israelite Monarchy
120120
Christian EmpireChristian Empire
Jewish History Christian History
• Samuel anointed Saul• Lack of unity • Samuel anointed David• Bathsheba & Uriah affair• Solomon - Temple• Married foreign women• Went after other gods
• Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne - 800
• Donation of Constantine• Struggle between Church
and State• Constant civil wars
1040 – 922 BCE 800 – 919 CE
400 400
Divided KingdomsDivided Kingdoms
400400
Divided EmpireDivided Empire
Jewish History Christian History
• Kingdom divided into Judah and Israel
• Rehaboam and Jeroboam• Cain: Israel
– 19 kings in 260 years– Prophets, no repentance– 721 BC Assyrians
• Abel: Judah– 20 kings in 394 years– Prophets, corruption– 597 BC Babylonians
• Collapse of autocratic society
• Empire divided East and West Franks - Germany and France
• Henry I ‘The Fowler’ crowned King of the Germans 919
• Church divided East and West 1054
• Vatican corruption• Internal reformation: saints,
monastics and scholars• External chastisement:
Crusades 1096-1248• Decline of autocratic feudalism
922 – 597 BCE 919 - 1309 CE
210 210
Exile and ReturnExile and Return
210210
Papal Captivity & ReturnPapal Captivity & Return
Jewish History Christian History
• Babylonian Exile– 10,000 Jews– 597 - 527 BC– Purification
• Return to Jerusalem– Edict Cyrus 538 BC– Rebuilding Temple– Ezra the Scribe 458 BC – Nehemiah 445 BC
• Papal captivity– Avignon in France– 1309 -1377
• Return to Rome– Papal Schism– 1378 -1417– Council of Constance 1414
• Reform movements– Wycliffe and Lollards– Jan Huss
70 years: 597- 527 BC140 years: 527- 400 BC
70 years: 1309 -1377140 years: 1378 -1517
400 400
Prep. for the MessiahPrep. for the Messiah
400400
Prep. for Second AdventPrep. for Second Advent
Jewish History Christian History
• Malachi• Other religious leaders
– Socrates (470-389 BC) – Buddha (565-485 BC)– Confucius (552-479 BC)
• Roman Empire• Synthesis Hebraism and
Hellenism
• Renaissance• Reformation• Enlightenment• Great Awakening• Missionaries• British Empire• Democracy & free market• Science & technology
400 BC – Birth of Christ1517 (Martin Luther)to 1917 (400 years)
Slavery in EgyptSlavery in Egypt
JudgesJudges
Israelite MonarchyIsraelite Monarchy
Divided KingdomsDivided Kingdoms
Exile and ReturnExile and Return
Prep. for the MessiahPrep. for the Messiah
Suffering under RomeSuffering under Rome
Church PatriarchsChurch Patriarchs
Christian EmpireChristian Empire
Divided EmpireDivided Empire
Papal Captivity & ReturnPapal Captivity & Return
Prep. for 2nd AdventPrep. for 2nd Advent
MalachiMalachi LutherLuther15115177
Jewish History Christian History
400 400
210 210
400 400
120120
400 400
400 400