"7 Signs of Christ's Return" (Questar
Video, 1997)
Summary and Analysis by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.
0 - Introduction
What are the presuppositions of the narrator & producers of this video?
How do they define "Bible Prophecy"?
What are their expectations for the year 2000?
1 - Return to the Holy Land of the Jewish People (May 1948)
"Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land
that I will show you." (Gen 12:1 - God speaking to Abram)
"I will save my people from the east country and from the west country;
and I will bring them to live in Jerusalem. They shall be my people. "
(Zech 8:7-8)
"I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel. I will plant them upon
their land, and they shall never again be plucked up out of the land that
I have given them." (Amos 9:14-15)
2 - Reunification of Western Europe into an unprecedented Super-Power
(E.U. 1958, as continuation of Roman Empire)
Summary of Nebuchadnezzar's dream-vision of the statue made of four metals
and clay (Dan 2:31-45; which the video interprets as referring to Babylon,
Persia, Greece, Rome, and the "New Rome")
"Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries,
for you have been able to reveal this mystery!" (Dan 2:47 - King Nebuchadnezzar
speaking to Daniel)
Daniel's dream-vision of the four beasts (Dan 7:1-28; which the video interprets
as same four + one kingdoms)
3 - Coming of the Anti-Christ; the Rise of a Monstrous Dictator
worse than Hitler
"I was considering the horns, when another horn appeared, a little one
coming up among them; to make room for it, three of the earlier horns were
plucked up by the roots. There were eyes like human eyes in this horn,
and a mouth speaking arrogantly." (Dan 7:8)
4 - World-Wide Dominance of a New Religion, whose "Unholy Trinity"
is Satan, Anti-Christ, & False Prophet
"And I saw a beast rising out of the sea having ten horns and seven heads.One
of its heads seemed to have received a death-blow, but its mortal wound
had been healed. In amazement the whole earth followed the beast.." (Rev
13:1, 3)
"Then I saw another beast that rose out of the earth; it had two horns
like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. It exercises all the authority
of the first beast on its behalf, and it makes the earth and its inhabitants
worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed." (Rev 13:11-12)
"It [the beast] was given authority over every tribe and people and language
and nation, and all the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, everyone
whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the
book of life." (Rev 13:7b-8)
"For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and produce great signs
and omens, to lead astray, if possible, even the elect." (Matt 24:24)
5 - Building of the Third Temple of Jerusalem, on a site also
considered one of the holiest shrines by Muslims
"Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, "Come and
measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there." (Rev
11:1)
6 - Invasion of Israel by a Ruthless Army from the North, not
defeated by military forces but by nature
"Thus says the Lord GOD: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech
and Tubal. I will lead you out with all your army, horses and horsemen.Persia,
Ethiopia, and Put are with them, all of them with buckler and helmet; Gomer
and all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the remotest parts of the north
with all its troops--many peoples are with you." (Ezek 38:1-6 excerpted)
"You shall advance, coming on like a storm; you shall be like a cloud covering
the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you." (Ezek 38:9)
"On that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel, says the Lord
GOD, my wrath shall be aroused.the fish of the sea, and the birds of the
air, and the animals of the field, and all creeping things that creep on
the ground, and all human beings that are on the face of the earth, shall
quake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs
shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground." (Ezek 38:18, 20)
7 - Bloodiest, Most Destructive Battle Ever to be Fought by Human
Beings: Armageddon
"Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse! Its rider is called
Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.On his
robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, 'King of kings and Lord
of lords.' " (Rev 19:11, 16)
Name of place mentioned as "Harmagedon" (Rev 16:16)
Number of troops mentioned as "two hundred million" (Rev 9:16)
"For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the
city shall be taken and the houses looted and the women raped; half the
city shall go into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off
from the city. Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations
as when he fights on a day of battle." (Zech 14:2-3)
"See, I am coming soon; my reward is with me, to repay according to everyone's
work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning
and the end." (Rev 22:12-13)
Video Timing:
0:00
[Introduction]
9:00
1
Return to the Holy Land of the Jewish People
15:00
2
Reunification of Western Europe into an Unprecedented Super-Power
21:00
3
Coming of the Anti-Christ, a Monstrous Dictator
worse than Hitler
28:00
4
World-Wide Dominance of a New Religion
35:30
5
Building of the Third Temple of Jerusalem
44:00
6
Invasion of Israel by a Ruthless Army from the
North
51:00
7
Bloodiest Battle Ever: Armageddon
58:00
[End]
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