a question for all religious people, specially JW, LDS, born again and all prophetic faiths?

Question

I'm a buddhist, so i dont belive in god, but I'm truly interested, I've heard over and over here that "the end of the world is nigh" according to your faith, when is that going to happen? is there a date, an estimate or how long do you feel its giong to take?

minutes, seconds, days, months, years, generations, centuries?

Please dont answer with "hoever long the lord decides" in that case just tell me when do you "feel" it will be

atheists and agnostic, if you have heard any recent answers to these please quote them

ok, give me something cleares, neptune, when is your guess, aproximatedly, im not going to judge you on court if it doesnt happen

mrs. H i've searched it, but everyone seems to have their own view these days after what happened with thatr sort of stuff the second half of the twenieth century

Answer 1

Well, according to the bible, it has to start during the generation of Israel becoming a nation again, and a generation in the bible is 70 years, and Israel became a nation again in 1948, so it is getting close. There will be wars, and rumors of wars, which could basically fit in any time period. Many natural disasters, which you gotta admit are getting more and more frequent. This time will be called the tribulation, and its suppose to last for 7 years, but might be cut in half. After the tribulation is the final wrath, which will be the end of the earth as we know it. Theres a lot more, but this is short and to the point.

Nobody can tell you the exact time, no one knows but God. All we're given is clues so we'll be ready.

I should add that the reason for the tribulation is to get our attention before its too late, not to save the world, but to save our souls.

Answer 2

No one knows when.
We can only guess by events of the world according to the Bible.

To give a guess......
2012 or 6 years from now.

There is a lot of turmoil in the middle east involving Isreal. I know war with Isreal has been pretty constant through the ages, but With countries like Iran, and Syria coming into the mix, it seems worse than in other years. Also rumors of North Korea, and the fact we are still at war with Iraqi terrorists as well as Afghanistan.
How many nations does it take for it to be considered ww3? Do you see what I'm saying?

That and the Bible talks about an information age and transportation age. Where people will trade info at alarming rates.
Just look at the internet alone. It is the opitamy of trading knowledge and information. With advances in transportation, an individual flew into space wiithout the aid of NASA. How remarkable is that?!

I could go on and on about things, like microchips will be implanted in human beings to buy and trade. Kind of like a bar code. These "chips" are being used right now by the way. Anyways, I could say that microchip will be the mark of the beast. The Bible talks of a universal money system. The Euro is proving that correct. But, my job here is not to try and predict things. I'm here to try and do what God wants me to. Which is live right at all times, so I need not worry about the end. Just to observe and pay attention. Also, maybe we shouldn't be worried about the fighting, maybe we should be worried when peace is made. That is when the Bible mentions the AntiChrist. Peace will be made. This is a Christian/scientist point of view. But more importantly, just my opinion.

If you know the Bible at all, you will know what I'm talking about. If you know technology at all, you will know what I'm talking about. If you apply prophecies in the Bible to technology today, you will know EXACTLY what I'm talking about.

Like I said no one knows, and I may be way off with my logic. Only time will tell............

Answer 3

We can't be for certain because there are many passages of Scripture that bear out the fact that man wasn't told by God when it would happen. But he did say that we should be ready at all times, especially as the signs of the times are revealed more and more each day. If I had to put a personal stamp on a guess as to when His return would be, I'd say between now and 2020. At the rate the world is digressing morally and spiritually, we couldn't expect God to hold off much longer, lest we totally destroy ourselves.

Answer 4

I am LDS.

The scriptures, both biblical and modern, abundantly testify that the era just preceding the second advent of the Savior will be "perilous" (2 Tim. 3:1) and filled with "tribulation" (Matt. 24:29). At that time "the devil shall have power over his own dominion" (D&C 1:35). The resulting judgments upon the wicked are part of the preparations for the Millennium.

The righteous as well as the unenlightened will experience these times of tribulation. LDS sources teach that the Lord will gather the righteous together in "holy places" (D&C 101:22), which include Zion and her stakes (D&C 115:6). These places are described in terms of "peace," "refuge," and "safety for the saints of the Most High God" (D&C 45:66). The promise is that God "will not suffer that the wicked shall destroy the righteous. Wherefore, he will preserve the righteous by his power…Wherefore, the righteous need not fear" (1 Ne. 22:16-17).

Attempts to predict the time of the coming of the Messiah are legion in both Jewish and Christian traditions. Latter-day Saints consider the second coming "near, even at the doors" (D&C 110:16). But they also accept the decree of scripture that "the hour and the day [of Christ's coming] no man knoweth, neither the angels in heaven, nor shall they know until he comes" (D&C 49:7 [italics added]; cf. Matt. 24:36).

With many other Christians, Mormons believe the second coming will be preceded by the battle of Armageddon and by Christ's appearance on the Mount of Olives (see Last Days). Of this event the Doctrine and Covenants says:

And then shall the Jews look upon me and say: What are these wounds in thine hands and in thy feet? Then shall they know that I am the Lord; for I will say unto them: These wounds are the wounds with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. I am he who was lifted up. I am Jesus that was crucified. I am the Son of God. And then shall they weep because of their iniquities; then shall they lament because they persecuted their king [D&C 45:51-53; cf. Zech. 13:6].

"From that day forward," it has been proclaimed, "the Jews as a nation become holy and their city and sanctuary become holy. There also the Messiah establishes his throne and seat of government" (Clark, p. 258).

Before Christ's coming in glory, "there shall be silence in the heaven for the space of half an hour; and immediately after shall the curtain of heaven be unfolded…and the face of the Lord shall be unveiled" (D&C 88:95). This apparently is the time when "all flesh shall see me together" (D&C 101:23; Rev. 1:7).

The Doctrine and Covenants declares that "the earth shall pass away so as by fire" (D&C 43:32). Some have conjectured that this could occur through a nuclear holocaust. Though certain apocalyptic passages may seem to describe the effects of nuclear warfare (e.g., Isa. 34:1-10), a modern revelation teaches that the "fire" of the Second Coming is the actual presence of the Savior, a celestial glory comparable to the glory of the sun (D&C 76:70) or a "consuming fire" (Heb. 12:29; cf. Mal. 3:2; 4:1). "So great shall be the glory of his presence that the sun shall hide his face in shame" (D&C 133:49). "The presence of the Lord shall be as the melting fire that burneth, and as the fire which causeth the waters to boil" (D&C 133:41; cf. Isa. 64:2; JS—H 1:37). "Element shall melt with fervent heat" (D&C 101:25) and "the mountains shall flow down at thy presence" (D&C 133:44). The Doctrine and Covenants repeats Isaiah's declaration that "the Lord shall be red in his apparel, and his garments like him that treadeth in the wine-vat" (D&C 133:48; cf. Isa. 63:2).

The apostle Paul wrote to the Thessalonian Saints that those living on the earth at the time of Christ's appearing would be caught up to meet him (1 Thess. 4:16-17). The Doctrine and Covenants, using similar language, adds that these righteous saints will be "quickened" and will join those "who have slept in their graves," who will also "be caught up to meet him in the midst of the pillar of heaven" (D&C 88:96-97; see Resurrection). Christ will descend to earth "in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven" (Acts 1:11).

With the coming of Christ, the millennial era of peace, harmony, and righteousness will begin. Satan will then have "no power over the hearts of the people, for they dwell in righteousness, and the Holy One of Israel reigneth" (1 Ne. 22:26; see also Millennium).

Answer 5

I am LDS. This is not church doctrine or anyhting like that.

It's just with the way things are going in the world, it makes me believe that the end times are very close. I think that my grand children will be alive during that time. Maybe my children (when I have them). Maybe (a big maybe) even my wife and I.

Just my feelings on the subject

Answer 6

Nobody knows when it will happen, that's the whole mystery. We need to be as prepared as possible at all times. Once we die we no longer have the chance to earn Heaven. This life is a test, and it's up to us whether we pass or not.

Answer 7

i know you're probably hearing "we don't know!!!" a lot, but i can tell you that i think it has to be soon b/c of how much perversion there is in the world. it's probably frustrating to u to hear that nobody knows when it's going to happen, but in the bible Jesus says that he will come "like a theif in the night", when no one is expecting it, and everyone is caught up in sin . . . i don't think we could be more caught up in sin than we already are, so i thyink probably in the next two, maybe three centuries . . . that is my personal quess.

Answer 8

Nobody knows when. That can't be stressed enough. The general guess seems to be sometime in the next few decades, but that could very easily be wrong.

Answer 9

i feel that maybe in like 10 - 30 years the owrld may end, i might be wrong but who knows.

Answer 10

Im pretty keen to know myself.I dont have any idea.Not many ppl do.