Someone asked this question: Are we really in the final days?what are the ''signs I should be aware of?""

Question

The answer to that can be found in the bible at Matthew 24:3-14 also Luke 21:7-11. The bible is the only place we can find an answer. At Luke 21:7-11 the disciples asked Jesus, “Teacher, when will these things actually be, and what will be the sign when these things are destined to occur?” He said: “Look out that YOU are not misled; for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The due time has approached.’ Do not go after them. Furthermore, when YOU hear of wars and disorders, do not be terrified. For these things must occur first, but the end does not [occur] immediately.”
Then he went on to say to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be great earthquakes, and in one place after another pestilences and food shortages; and there will be fearful sights and from heaven great signs."
We can see that we are living in the last days based on these signs that Jesus told us.
read the entire 24th chapter of Matthew

Answer 1

He was speaking of "in the next few years!" That has already passed. Go back and read it again.

Jesus warns his disciples that the destruction of Jerusalem would be soon. In fact it would occur in their generation (Matthew 23:36; 24:34). The words translated "this generation" do not refer to an age, but to the people living at the time Jesus was speaking. For example, in Matthew 11:16-19, Jesus scolds the people of that generation for not giving heed to John and Jesus. Later, Jesus said there would be some of that generation who would not see death before Jesus' kingdom was established (Matthew 16:28).

The times leading up to the destruction of Jerusalem would be unusual. There would be an increase in the number of wars, famines, and earthquakes (Matthew 24:6-8). The persecution of the disciples would also increase (Matthew 24:9-13). These predictions have been supported by historians of the time period between A.D. 50 and A.D. 70, when Jerusalem was destroyed.

In addition to general signs, Jesus gives his disciples specific signs to watch for which would tell them that the destruction of Jerusalem would be soon. Before Jerusalem would be destroyed, the gospel would be preached to the whole world (Matthew 24:14). Paul stated this was accomplished in Colossians 1:23. Just prior to the destruction, the "abomination of desolation," which Daniel prophesied, would take place. In Luke's account of these same matters, Jesus said that the Roman army would surround Jerusalem just prior to the desolation (Luke 21:20). Josephus speaks of a tyrant, named Simon, who slew the priests "as they were about their sacred duties... many persons, who came thither with great zeal from the ends of the earth, to offer sacrifices at this celebrated place... fell down before their own sacrifices themselves, and sprinkled that altar... with their own blood; till the dead bodies of strangers were mingled together with those of their own country, and those of profane persons with those of the priests, and the blood of all sorts of dead carcases stood in lakes in the holy courts themselves." This happened just prior to Titus marching on Jerusalem.

These signs would give those who paid heed to them plenty of advance warning (Matthew 24:32-33). When they saw the signs, Jesus urges his followers to flee Jerusalem as fast as they possibly could (Matthew 24:16-22). He urged them to pray that the time would not come during a time in which flight would be hindered, such as during the winter or on the Sabbath when the gates of Jerusalem would be closed. Jesus also warned them not to delay because of misleading statements by people falsely calling themselves the Christ (Matthew 24:23-28). Many people will ignore Jesus' warnings because of these people. However, the Christians have their warning (Matthew 24:24-25). According to traditional history, Christians heeded their master and not one Christian perished in the destruction of Jerusalem.

The destruction prophesied, while severe, was limited only to Jerusalem and the nation of Israel (Matthew 23:25; 24:1-2). Descriptive terms are used to show the severity of this destruction which are similar to the terms used for the destruction of Babylon (Isaiah 13:9-11, Joel 2:10) and of Egypt (Isaiah 11:12; 19:1).

Answer 2

“Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be great earthquakes, and in one place after another pestilences and food shortages; and there will be fearful sights and from heaven great signs."

When has that not happened at anytime in history? There has always been war...there has always been earthquakes, there has always been pestelence and food shortages, there have always been fearful sights and as for heavens 'great signs'...Well I havn't seen any of those...ever...I'm sorry but you can apply the end of days to any time period with a war (which is pretty much all of human history)

Answer 3

Then, haven't we been in the end times for thousands of years now? Like the plague, potato famine, etc. We're still going strong from what I can tell.

Answer 4

WOOOh scary hey. There were wars and earthquakes and pestilence in Jesus's time and here we are 2000 years later still waiting for the final days.

Waiting............still waiting..........here it comes .....no, false alarm......waiting

Answer 5

"The bible is the only place we can find an answer"

And if the only evidence of something is a verse in a book it can not possibly be true.

Answer 6

I read Matt. 24. Jesus said that all those things would happen in that generation. Do you think they did??
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Answer 7

HAHAHAHAHAHA people are only thinking this because of the pollution and the changes to the weather and sea levels. and the what makes it really funny they think god is doing it! HA you can't get more ignorant then that! the fact is its all done by man. the planet will kill us before we kill it i expect.

Answer 8

religious nuts should not be allowed to watch fox news. seriously.