End Times and the Age to Come: A Prophetic Insight to the Second Advent

There have been many books written on this subject and there are many viewpoints from doctrinal and theological interpretation. The church has always since early apostolic times been given three main doctrines of belief on this subject: Premillennialism, Postmillennialism, and Amillennialism. I am not going to expound on any of these, although I do believe after reading this book, I will be placed in one of those schools of thought. That is not my intention. I am determined to give the most objective view possible on End Times and, from my prophetic understanding, bring clarity to an otherwise confusing but important subject. I am focused on giving the reader an understanding of this topic from a prophetic unction. I know the subject matter itself is a prophetic pronouncement of what lies ahead for the church and the age to come; however, my intention is to see this topic from a heaven/earth connection. It will be completely vertical in its interpretation and any reference to horizontal viewpoints will be to drive home a spiritual/eternal dissertation.

Theological Terminology
It is important to come to an understanding of various topics within the Second Advent interpretations.

• This present age: the world in which we find ourselves before the Second Advent.
• The Age to Come: Our existence as Christians after the resurrection, ascension, and Pentecost events.
• The 1,000 year reign: The time of the reign of the throne of David, the Lamb upon the throne, and the era before the Second Advent.
• The rapture, the Gentile age, and the age of the church: The events of our going home, united in the covenant of Abraham, and the preaching of the Gospel of Christ.
• Israel, the throne of David, and the Spiritual Covenant of Abraham: An apostate nation, joined to the church through Christ, and David’s established throne through Christ.
• God’s Chosen People: The Jewish people and the Gentiles grafted into the covenant of Abraham.
• A new heaven and a new earth: The old has passed away and the new has risen.
• The Antichrist: the role of Satan in the end and his ultimate demise.
• The 144,000 and the multitude in Heaven: The numerical description of the church and the salvation of the many who have been counted among the brethren.
• The Cherubim around the throne and banners of Israel: the symbolism and the relationship in a heaven/earth connection of the kingdom of God.
• The 70 weeks of Daniel: 490 years of prophetic fulfillment to the arrival of the Messiah, Jesus Christ.
• The Olivet Discourse: The prophetic pronouncements of Jesus Christ.

In the course of this dissertation, I will expound on many of the terms listed above. And because this subject matter can be confusing to the layperson at times, it is my intention to keep the explanation of these terms as simple as possible. The element of End Times study for the layman is to realize that we walk in the midst of this teaching. This is not some future events that we are waiting on. We are a very real part of this narrative. The church is in a historical progression toward the Second Advent and this progression is ruled and reigned from the throne of David where ‘The Lamb that was slain’ sits [Ephesians 1:19-23].