Do you believe this world is in the end times?

Question

With all the destruction in the Middle East, God says a political leader will be raised up who will bring world peace--but it will be false peace bec after 3 and a half years of peace, the leader will force pple to worship him and kill those who don't.
I despise when pple say the antichrist is George Bush because the bible says that the antichrist will be someone who everyone loves. In this case, not everyone loves George Bush so it is impossible for him to be the antichrist. The antichrist will be loved by many. pple will be deceived.
The Bible clearly states the things that need to happen before the return of Christ. One of those things is many wars and rumors of wars, many earthquakes and rumors--also the same with floods and other weather related things.
The bible also says that the temple will be rebuilt first and when it is, that will be a sign that Christ will come soon.
I don't play date setting games but I believe we are close and I believe in the pretribulational rapture

Answer 1

Yes, I believe we are in the last days, and the time is coming, though it's hard to say when that might happen. Might be ten, 100, 1000 years. But we better get ready because it may happen at any minute, I men, Christ's return!

Answer 2

Yeah-its begun. And I agree with you. George is not the anti-Christ. I did read somewhere that the anti-Christ was born in the Middle East but raised elsewhere. People will love him-he's going to be a hero of sorts. Follow & worship him. Come on~how many people worship Georgie?

I did also read about the temple & also that there would be 2(or 3?) more Popes after Pope John Paul II before the anti-Christ presents himself.

I don't like actual dates either~but its fun.....and I am watching closely to those reported asteroids heading towards Earth (2014 & 2029). The fire in the sky mentioned in Revelations. Hmmmmm.......

Answer 3

Yes. U got to get ready for nothing just be ready. Like the story of the seven virgins who waited for the bride groom well you have to get the wicks and oil so you wont be left behind for the great party of all parties the rapture in the sky. I believe in world peace but the Bible is real. God is real. We look for lots of signs.
O for one men who dress as women .. They look better than us women do. Boy George was my first sign... and other related excepted things Then the wars and rumors of war and peace treaties. I cant really pin it down. The world must come to a end and the choice of whose side you are on is always. The Gospel has reached all nations. The world weather and global warming.
Even the Polar Bears are having hard times. I don't judge anyone I like to think We all are going to Heaven. I do know Hell is in existance. As the Church we are not prepared or ready or studied up. U got to Pray to JESUS. Confess your sins and ask Him for forgiveness and forgive others as you want him to forgive you. So much of life we cant control. We did not ask to come here but we are all needed. Get Ready Now...
U see the space ships cant stay up in the orbit the outerspace has mystery. The world has things we do not understand. Life is wonderful and we know our bodies wont last. U got to enjoy all you can in this life and dont worry. Try to be a good person is not enough. Get baptised in a real church is OK or say siners prayer...Just name and make your election sure. I feel God will hear all who call on him. Its kind of like Noahs Ark a little but U know It feels like peace now... Regan said to visit all the countries and things on vacation that you can because world relations are being tight. Get where you want to be and keep looking up.

Answer 4

Not at all. I think it is foolish to take a book as old as the Bible, that has been transcribed thousands of times, literally. In fact, there is compelling evidence that the Book of Revelations is simply a clever work of politics, not religion. The Seven Heads of the Beast can be taken as Seven Hills, and the Whore of Babylon, dressed in purple, as the city of Rome. The mortally wounded head symbolizes Nero, who recently committed suicide, but was rumored to be alive. The reason it was written was to bring hope to the oppressed Christians, who were daily tortured and murdered by the Roman empire, a regime St. John himself had every reason to despise.

Answer 5

Not exactly a history question, but here goes. Much of biblical apocalyptic writings were likely referring to the times that they were written. Writings in the book of Daniel tended to refer to the time that the Seleucids were in power in Judah. Revelations tended to deal with the aftermath of the failed Jewish revolt of 70 CE. They were written with the idea of providing contemporary believers with a sense of hope that they would prevail.

I think it very dangerous to try and apply end-times eschatology to current events. It's like a kind of wish-fulfillment that might actually lead to a global disaster. I feel that it is a much better idea to work on problems in the world instead of hoping for more of them. Furthermore, I would say this should be Christianity's viewpoint. Why focus on the gloom and doom that is to come when there are things that can be done today?

Answer 6

God talked about political leaders??? You are inventing the parliamentary god, dear! There is a holly book you read that speaks about that? I'm underlining YOU READ (or have read).
And I think that humanity still have some years to live, although it is caught in a self-destructive process... As a matter of fact, an universal law of nature is in the act: the strongest survive. Wars, global heating etc just keep the demographic balance. Keep religion for the problems reason cannot explain.

Answer 7

Well you are in good company. Lots of people who are now dead and buried believed the same thing.

What makes any of us believe that this will happen in our life time and why would you want it to??

For me that the big question for all who desire the Rapture. Life is God's greatest gift to us....let's not throw it away in the hope of something that no one comprehends.

I do not believe we live in the end times, but you must believe what your heart tells you.

And for all those who will join you in the Rapture, just tell the rest of us where you left your car keys.

Answer 8

yes we are seeing alot of the preditions from in the bible with the wars earthquakes etc but the rebuilding of the temple has yet to come israel is in a very bad war right now and the bible predicts peace will come first to that nation

Answer 9

Since Christ went back up to heaven after his resurrection every generation has thought they lived in the end times. Christ told his disciples that only the Father knew that, not even the Son. So we don't know and we aren't supposed to know. What we are supposed to do is live with watchfulness over our own lives and faithfulness to His teachings.

Answer 10

yeah i do believe the world is in the end times, because all the things that religion says is wrong is happening more now than before, and it's happening simultaneously, plus there is many nuclear weapons, so if there was a world war 3, it would strictly be nuclear. i think that mankind will end itself though. think about it-hiroshima, rwanda, genocide, 9/11, we are ending our own species everyday, so when there is a war, all those negative elements will shift into overdrive and we will kill eachother off, because we are our own worst enemy.