This index is a virtually exhaustive listing of biblical future prophecy passages in chronological-topical order. (Prophecies related to the first advent of Christ are also listed in this index since the eschatological age i.e., the “last days,” began at the first advent, cf. Heb. 1:2. ) Passages are grouped according to time and topic, so finding related passages is simplified. This post does NOT include a listing of passages in biblical order, but that information can be found in the “Index to Future Prophecy” in: What the Bible Says About the Future, (by Sam A. Smith), beginning on page 333.
How to use this index
To find references to topics related to a particular period:
- Locate the time period by scanning through the listing in the index.
- Once the appropriate section of the index is found, references to the subject or time period will be listed together.
Note: A question mark (?) indicates uncertainty regarding the categorization of a reference. In addition, subheadings may not be in strict chronological order when compared to other subheadings in the same section.
[A] Christ’s first coming
Birth
Gen. 3:15; 49:10-12
Isa. 7:14-16; 9:1-7; 11:1-2; 28:16; 59:20
Jer. 22:24-30
Dan. 9:24-27
Mic. 5:2
Matt. 1:20-23
Lk. 1:34-38
Ministry
Deut. 18:15-18
Isa. 42:1-3; 61:1-2a
Zech. 9:9
Matt. 1:20-23; 3:11-12; 16:17-19; 26:26-29
Mk. 1:2-8
Lk. 2:29-35; 3:16-17
Jn. 1:26; 1:29-34; 3:14-16
Rejection/death
Ex. 12:46
Num. 21:8-9
Ps. 34:20; 118:22
Isa. 8:13-15; 52:13-53:12
Dan. 9:24-27
Zech. 11:1-17
Matt. 12:39-40; 16:21; 21:33-46; 26:2, 6-13, 20-25, 26-29, 31-32
Mk. 8:31; 14:17-21, 22-25, 26-28;
Lk. 9:21-22; 20:9-18; 22:15-23, 19-23
Jn. 3:14-16; Jn. 10:11; 12:32-33; 13:21-30
Resurrection
Ps. 16:10
Isa. 53:10-12
Matt. 26:31-32
Mk. 14:26-28; 14:28
Jn. 2:9; 2:18-22
Accension
Ps. 68:18
Jn. 20:16-17
[B] The Church
Beginning
Jn. 14:15-17
Progression toward the end of the age
Matt. 13:24-30, 31-33, 47-50
Mk. 4:30-32
Lk. 13:20-21
2 Tim. 3:1-9
2 Pt. 2:1-22
Rapture
Matt. 24:36-25:30
Jn. 5:24-30 (?); 14:3
Rom. 8:20-23
1 Cor. 1:7-8; 15:35-58
Eph. 1:13-14
Philp. 1:6, 10; 3:10-11, 20-21
Col. 3:4 (?)
1 Thess. 1:9-10; 4:13-18
Tit. 2:11-14
James 5:7-9
1 Pt. 1:3-5
1 Jn. 2:28; 3:2
Rev. 3:10-11 (?)
Judgment Seat of Christ
Rom. 14:10-12
1 Cor. 3:10-17; 4:5
2 Cor. 5:10
Marriage of Christ to the Church
Rev. 19:7-9
[C] The Day of the LORD (including the tribulation and millennium)
The Tribulation and/or the day of the LORD
General references-the tribulation
Ps. 110:1-7
Isa. 2:10-11; 13:6-16; 24:1-23; 26:20-21; 34:1-15; 63:1-6; 66:4-6, 14b-18
Jer. 25:30-38; 30:4-7, 23-24
Ezek. 38:1-39:24 (?)
Dan. 2:1-45; 7:1-28; 9:27; 12:1,5-12
Joel 2:1-11; 3:1-16
Amos 5:18-20
Mic. 5:10-15
Zeph. 1:2-3:11;
Matt. 24:4-31
Mk. 13:1-37
Lk. 17:20-37; 21:34-35
1 Thess. 5:1-11
Heb. 12:25-26
Jude 14-15
Rev. 4:1-20:3
The heavenly scene (during the tribulation period)
Rev. 4:1-6:17; 7:9-8:6; 10:1-11; 15:1-8; 19:1-10
The Antichrist
Dan. 7:7-28; 9:24-27; 11:36-45
2 Thess. 2:1-10
Rev. 6:1-2; 13:1-18
Spiritual deception
Rev. 13:1-10; 19:20
Matt. 24:4-5, 11, 23-28
Mk. 13:5-6, 21-23
Lk. 21:8
2 Thess. 2:8-12
Rev. 13:11-18
Jewish temple to be rebuilt
Dan. 9:27; 12:11
Matt. 24:15
2 Thess. 2:3-4
Rev. 11:1-2
War
Ezek. 38:1-39:24 (?)
Matt. 24:6-7
Mk. 13:7-8
Lk. 21:9-11, 20-24
Rev. 6:3-4; 9:13-21 (?); 16:12-16
Disease/famine/pestilence
Matt. 24:7
Lk. 21:10-11
Rev. 6:5-6, 7-8; 16:1-2, 3, 4-7
Israel converted to Christ
Isa. 44:1-5, 21-23
Jer. 3:15; 23:14-18; 31:1, 27-34
Ezek. 11:19-20; 20:1-44; 36:25-32; 37:11-14, 21-28; 43:6-9
Hos. 6:1-3; 14:4-8
Joel 2:12-17, 28-32
Mic. 7:18-20
Zech. 13:7-9
Rom. 11:25-27
Salvation of the Gentiles
Zeph. 3:9-10
Zech. 2:10-13; 8:20-23
Matt. 24:14
Satan and his host confined to earth
Rev. 12:7-12
Abomination that makes desolate
Dan. 9:27; 12:11
Matt. 24:15-22
Mk. 13:14-19
Lk. 21:20-24
2 Thess. 2:3-4
Rev. 13:1-10
The False Prophet (person and work)
Rev. 13:11-17; 19:20
Persecution/martyrdom
Dan. 7:25
Matt. 24:9, 15-22
Mk. 13:9-13, 14-19
Lk. 21:11-18
Rev. 6:9-11; 11:15-12:6; 12:13-16
Apostasy
Matt. 24:10
2 Thess. 2:3
The two witnesses of God
Rev. 11:3-13
Moral/spiritual degradation
Matt. 24:12
144,000 Jews sealed
Rev. 7:1-8; 14:1-5
Physical/astrophysical disturbances
Isa. 2:19-21; 13:6-13; 24:17-23; 34:1-10
Joel 2:30-31; 3:15 (?)
Amos 8:9 (?)
Matt. 24:7, 29-30
Mk. 13:8, 24-25
Lk. 21:10-11, 25-26
Rev. 6:12-17; 8:7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13; 16:8-9, 10-11, 17-21
Demonic plague
Rev. 9:1-12, 13-21 (?)
The nations arrayed against Israel
Mic. 4:11-5:4
Zech. 12:2-9; 14:1-4
Luke 21:20
Gentile world power broken
Jer. 30:8
Dan. 2:31-35, 44-45; 9:27
Joel 3:1-3
Amos 9:11-12
Mic. 7:10-11, 16-17
Destruction of the world religious and economic system
Rev. 17:1-18; 18:1-24
Second Coming of Christ
General passages
Isa. 2:12-21; 35:4; 61:2b-3
Joel 3:9-17
Mic. 5:4
Zech. 2:10-13; 9:10; 14:1-8
Matt. 24:29-30, 44; 26:63-64
Mk. 8:38; 13:24-27; 14:61-62
Lk. 9:26; 17:22-24; 21:27-28
Acts 1:10-11
2 Thess. 1:6-10
Rev. 19:11-21
War at the second coming
Ezek. 38:1-39:24 (?)
Rev. 19:17-21
Retribution at the second coming
Matt. 24:36-51
Lk. 17:26-37
2 Thess. 1:6-10
Rev. 19:19-21
Judgment of the Beast and his prophet at the second coming
Rev. 19:19-20
Rescue of the righteous at the second coming
Isa. 35:4-10
Zech. 14:1-3
Matt. 24:13, 22, 30-31
Mk. 13:9, 20, 27
Lk. 21:27-28
Satan confined at the second coming
Rev. 20:1-3
Judgment of the nations at the second coming
Matt. 7:21-23; 16:27; 25:31-46
Lk. 13:22-28
The millennium
General passages
Gen. 15:18-21
Ps. 1:5-6; 2:1-12; 9:1-20; 22:1-18; 46:8-11; 72:7-19; 89:1-4; 96:1-13; 98:1-9; 102:15-17; 110:1-7
Isa. 2:2; 9:7; 11:1-12:6; 24:23; 25:6-12; 32:1-8; 35:1-10; 40:3-11; 42:4
Jer. 23:5-6; 30:9; 33:14-18
Ezek. 34:23-24; 37:24-25
Dan. 2:44-45; 7:13-14, 17, 21-22 , 27; 12:11-12
Mic. 4:1-8
Nah. 1:15
Zech. 2:10-12
Matt. 26:26-29
Lk. 1:32-33
Resurrection of the righteous in the millennium
Job 19:25-27
Isa. 25:8; 26:19
Dan. 12:2, 13
Jn. 5:29-40
Rev. 20:4-6
The regathering of Israel in the millennium
2 Sam. 7:10, 13, 16
Ps. 14:7
Isa. 11:11-12; 12:1-6; 41:8-16; 43:1-7; 49:8-26; 51:11-23; 54:1-3; 60:4; 66:7-20
Jer. 3:11-18; 16:14-18; 23:1-8; 30:1-24; 31:1-23, 38-40; 33:7-18; 46:27-28; 50:17-20
Ezek. 11:14-21; 20:33-38; 28:25-26; 34:11-31; 36:6-36; 37:1-29; 38:7-8
Hos. 1:10-11; 2:14-3:5; 11:8-11
Joel 2:18-20; 3:20-21
Amos 9:11-15
Mic. 7:7-20
Zeph. 3:12-20
Zech. 8:1-23; 10:6-12
Division of the Promised Land in the millennium
Ezek. 45:1-8; 47:13-48:35
Israel to be preeminent among the nations in the millennium
Isa. 45:14-25; 52:1-10; 54:1-17; 60:1-22; 61:4-9; 62:1-12
Jer. 16:14-18; 30:18-22
Mic. 4:1-2
Zeph. 3:20
Gentiles to follow the LORD in the millennium
Zech. 2:11
The millennial temple
Ezek. 40:1-47:12
Worship/religion in the millennium
Ezek. 43:18-47:18
Mic. 4:2
Social/political/economic conditions in the millennium
Isa. 2:2-5; 4:1-6; 11:4-10; 35:5-10; 44:1-5; 60:12; 61:10-11; 65:18-25; 66:18-24
Jer. 30:8-9
Ezek. 34:25-28
Joel 2:21-27; 3:18-21
Amos 9:13
Mic. 4:1-8
Zech. 14:16-21
The final rebellion
Ezek. 38:1-39:24 (?)
Rev. 20:7-9
Satan’s doom
Rev. 20:10
[D] Interlude between the millennium and the new heavens and earth
Dissolution of the present heavens and earth
2 Pt. 3:10-11
Rev. 20:11
Resurrection of the unrighteous
Dan. 12:2
Jn. 5:29
Rev. 20:5, 11-15
Final judgment of the unrighteous
Matt. 10:26; 12:41-42
Lk. 10:1-16; 12:8-9; 19:11-27
Philp. 3:18-19
Rev. 14:9-11; 20:11-15; 21:8
[E] The new heavens and earth
General passages
Isa. 65:17; 66:22
Dan. 12:3
2 Pt. 3:13
Heb. 12:25-29
The reward of the righteous in eternity
Rev. 21:1-8
Physical description of eternity
Rev. 21:9-22:5
Social/political/economic conditions in eternity
Rev. 21:1-8
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(Adapted in 2017 from What the Bible Says About the Future, by Sam A. Smith. Click or tap for the print edition, [350 pages] or the e-book edition [233 pages-abridged]. This index does not appear in the e-book edition.)
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