The things which will announce, accompany and follow after the return of Christ No 10. The End of the Old, the Beginning of the New. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful, Revelation 21:5. It is our privilege as believers, to possess a knowledge of how all things pertaining to this present world will end. It is a most desirable knowledge as is indicated by man's interest in every form of sooth-saying and prediction of the future. However, men refuse God's revelation of the future. This is because it reveals the doom of the wicked and the triumph of God and His people. The spirit that was in Ahab keeps men from the prophecies of the Bible. And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil, 1 Kings 22:8. Such a knowledge is revealed for our encouragement and comfort --VICTORY IS ASSURED. It is intended as a warning that nothing contrary to God will prosper. It is also given us that we might testify to a dying world as Jonah did to Nineveh. We have considered the Millennial reign of Christ and the blessedness of the earth during that time. But at the end of the 1000 years, there occurs an upsurge of sin again.