Journey to Future Events: Volume 3

By James McClain

Want to know about future events mentioned in the Bible? Here are twenty-four topics each dealing with you and the Bible.

“The bottom line is this—faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Aug 3, 2022
• ISBN: 9781664273870

James McClain

James McClain is a semiretired structural engineer and has enjoyed a great fifty-two year career. He asked God to be part of his life years ago through His Son, Jesus. Now he devotes his time to God, his wife, taking care of two homes, and a little woodworking. He loves studying and digging deep into God’s Word and has a special love for the study of end times.

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Thanks to my wife, Michelle, for her love, understanding and support in the making of Journey to Future Events Volume 3. She knows my heart’s desire in sharing Christ through eschatology, the study of end times.

Which leads me to Psalm 71:18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.

I was honored to present an Overview of Revelation to a local church group recently. This overview was crowded into one night per week over a period of six weeks. Please find these presentations in Chapter 19 through Chapter 24.

Events are converging rapidly as we wait for the Rapture, the next event on the prophetic calendar. And with all that is going on in the world today, I say, keep your eyes on Israel!

My favorite saying—prophecies become clearer as end times draw nearer.

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1     Treatise of Old Earth and New Earth Creationism

Chapter 2     The Nephilim

Chapter 3     Biblical Climate Change

Chapter 4     Two Inspiring Articles

Chapter 5     Mark of the Beast

Chapter 6     Idolatry Today

Chapter 7     Origin of Races

Chapter 8     Mystery: Babylon the Great

Chapter 9     Prophetic Babylon

Chapter 10   Sex and Gender

Chapter 11   Statement of Faith

Chapter 12   Oligarchs

Chapter 13   Cults and Religions

Chapter 14   Quantum Computing

Chapter 15   UFO’s and UAP’s

Chapter 16   Time to Preach

Chapter 17   75 Days

Chapter 18   Predestination

Chapter 19   Overview of Revelation

Introduction

Chapter 20   Overview of Revelation

Seven Churches

Chapter 21   Overview of Revelation

Church Age and Gap Period

Chapter 22   Overview of Revelation

First Half of Tribulation

Chapter 23   Overview of Revelation

Second Half of Tribulation

Chapter 24   Overview of Revelation

Millennium

Next Steps

References

About the Author

Preface

Volume 3 contains twenty-four manuscripts that have been completed and are being produced as videos on YouTube and on the website, journeytofutureevents.com.

Volume 2 was published in December, 2020, and Volume 1 was published in July, 2019. All the books may be used as a standalone read, or you can coordinate the books with the videos located on the website.

These manuscripts are biblically based and the topics chosen by the author. Each topic is related to end-time events as spelled out in the Bible. The desire is that readers will find interest in the topics discussed, dig deeper for their own understanding, and come to the place where they will have a true relationship with God through His Son, Jesus.

There is only one way to eternal life in Heaven and that is through Jesus.

Chapter 1

Treatise of Old

Earth and New

Earth Creationism

I have spent a number of months studying both the Old Earth Creation (OEC) position and the New Earth Creation (NEC) position. New Earth Creation is also known as Young Earth Creation. My plan is to present both positions in this chapter. And to let you know right up front, I do not agree in full with either position. Therefore, I will endeavor to share my thoughts and reasoning with you at the end of this chapter.

This has been a rewarding study and I have really enjoyed it. I do not have the answers—only God does! We must accept that God gave to Moses the words He wanted written. Moses did that between 1445 BC to 1405 BC.

So, let’s jump right in—what is Old Earth Creation? Here is a chart to explain.

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Here is the bottom line—Genesis 1:1 is the original creation of God and it was perfect in every way. Between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 Satan rebelled in Heaven and was cast out which led to a heavenly war in which the earth was reduced to its formless and empty state. Billions of years occurred between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. Thus the earth was reconstructed or recreated starting with Genesis 1:3.

Please note that there are variations with Old Earth Creation some of which are: Gap Theory—Ruin and Restoration; Theistic evolution; Progressive creationism; and Day-Age Theory. We will discuss the Gap Theory in this chapter.

The OEC puts the age of the universe at approximately 13.7 billion years old and the creation of Adam and Eve between 30,000 to 70,000 years ago. OEC also incorporates evolution and puts death, disease and suffering before the fall of Adam. Please note that there are some within the OEC camp that claim evolution did not happen. God created pre-Adamic spirit creatures along with animals including dinosaurs that lived during this time. The flood of Genesis 1:2 destroyed all physical life on earth. Long before the six days of re-creation God created the angelic world with its multiplicity of dominions and authorities.

OEC uses the fossil records, geologic column, radiometric dating, red-shift of light from distant stars, carbon dating and other scientific data to back their date setting.

Sin did not begin on earth as Satan is the originator of sin—long before Adam. Lucifer became dead to God when he sinned and then became known as Satan. God pushed Lucifer from the Heaven of Heavens and one-third of the angels followed. Satan came to earth and tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden. The war in Heaven continues to this day.

Here are some references for those of you who wish to dig deeper into Lucifer’s creation, position, fall and judgment. All of this can be found in Ezekiel 28:12-19 and Isaiah 14:12.

Let’s move on—what is New Earth Creation? Here is a chart to explain.

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New Earth Creationists are also known as biblical creationists. NEC takes the Genesis account literally and believes that God directly created the universe and all within in six literal days. Genesis 1:3 to 2:3 gives the details of the six days of creation. Here are the six days of creation.

SIX DAYS OF CREATION

DAY 1: GENESIS 1:3-5, DAY AND NIGHT, EVENING AND MORNING

DAY 2: GENESIS 1:6-8, SKY, VAULT BETWEEN WATERS. WATER BELOW AND ABOVE VAULT

DAY 3: GENESIS 1:9-13, DRY LAND APPEARED, SEAS, VEGETATION—PLANTS AND TREES

DAY 4: GENESIS 1:14-19, LIGHTS IN VAULT, TWO GREAT LIGHTS, STARS

DAY 5: GENESIS 1:20-23, SEA LIFE AND BIRDS

DAY 6: GENESIS 1:24-31, LIVESTOCK, WILD ANIMALS, CREATURES THAT MOVE ALONG GROUND, MANKIND—MALE AND FEMALE, GREEN PLANTS FOR FOOD

DAY 7: GENESIS 2:1-3, HEAVENS AND EARTH COMPLETED, GOD RESTED, DAY MADE HOLY

Some major beliefs of NEC are: hold to the global flood of Noah’s day; vast fossil record is and always has been compatible with Noah’s global flood (Genesis 7:21-23); resists the doctrine of human evolution; death did not exist prior to Adam; dinosaurs became extinct during the Ice Age which occurred after Noah’s flood; and it is likely that Satan did not fall until 100 years after creation.

Here are some comments I wish to share that were found in the study of NEC:

Angels were created by Day 6, or maybe Day 4, or possibly early on Day 1—in other words the exact day is not known.

Day 3—it appears that God created one giant ocean and one giant continent which included the Garden of Eden.

Day 4—It is assumed that the Heaven of Heavens was created with the physical heavens. That includes the moon and stars. God was the light for the first three days.

Satan fell after Day 6 or likely soon after Day 7. It could have also been 100 years later. Therefore, the exact day is not known.

Day 6—Adam and Eve were created along with all animals including dinosaurs.

Now to my version of the creation story. Before I begin, I want to list some important