Featured Snippet: The mark of the Beast is described in Revelation 13 as a sign identifying those who submit to and worship the Beast and its authority. The Bible connects the mark with allegiance, worship, obedience, and economic pressure. Revelation contrasts those who receive the Beast’s mark with God’s faithful people, who keep God’s commandments … Read more
Featured Snippet: The Four Horsemen of Revelation represent four devastating conditions that culminate before the return of Jesus Christ: religious deception, war, famine, and widespread disease and death. Revelation 6 describes these as riders on white, red, black, and pale horses. Jesus described the same sequence of conditions in Matthew 24 when His disciples asked … Read more
Featured Snippet: The Bible reveals several major signs that will precede the return of Jesus Christ, including humanity’s ability to destroy itself, Jerusalem becoming a focal point of world events, conflict involving the Middle East, the rise of a powerful end-time political system, increasing global turmoil, widespread religious deception, and the preaching of the gospel … Read more
Featured Snippet: Bible prophecy reveals that God is actively working out His purpose in human history. Christians should study prophecy because it strengthens faith, encourages repentance and righteous living, helps us understand the times, and prepares us spiritually for the return of Jesus Christ and the coming Kingdom of God. For many people, the words … Read more
The Bible does not teach a secret Rapture where Christians disappear before the tribulation. Scripture describes one visible Second Coming of Jesus Christ, accompanied by the resurrection of the dead, the sounding of the last trumpet, and the establishment of God’s Kingdom on earth (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; 1 Corinthians 15:52; Zechariah 14:4). Introduction Few doctrines … Read more