Why is it that generation after generation of religious people speak so endlessly about the "last days"??

Question

.....to hear the so-called "Christians" and "born agains" tell it, we have been living in the last days for millineums! So. When are the "last days."
OR is it that the "last days" will come for everyone sooner or later----when we all die, at different times?.

Answer 1

A day is like a thousand years and a thousand years is as a day, to God. He is omnipresent. Believers have looked forward to the returning of Jesus Christ, ever since He rose from death on the third day, and promised to return. He said He was going up to His Fathers house, to prepare a place for us. He said the world would continue to become more drawn to the ways of the antichrist, and gave many prophesies that would be fufilled, before His return. He described how people would act, think, and that they would continue in a downward spiral, away from the truth, away from God. He said the day was coming where men would not have patience for sound teaching, but will cater to their passions and gather around themselves teachers who say whatever their ears itch to hear.(2 Timothy3&4) He warned that their would be alot of false prophets, that would decieve many people. He said that there would be wars and rumors of wars, floods, earthquakes, right would be wrong, and wrong would be seen as right, he said that Israel would once again become a nation, that there would be signs, and when you see the signs; know that it is close, even at the doors. There are many more that I have not stated. He says that in those days, that people would not even believe. Those days, according to all I have read, are now. We fit the description perfectly. God will hold out until everyone has heard the truth. He wants to give everyone the opportunity to choose Him. If you are not for Him, you are against Him. Look, I could go on and on, but if you want to know the truth you are going to have to put a little effort into it. There a tons of websites. Try Rapture Ready. http://www.raptureme.com/

Answer 2

generation after generation has read the Bible a different way due to those times. but they never understood it fully.

but today they say it due to the information age and the ability to cross reference all religions and anent text and they all point to one thing, a higher power and a end time. for today we do understand it.

then when you read Revelations, and understand its metaphors for what people saw in a vision of the future and then put it with today, how things fit, words used, colors used, descriptions used, locations used.....well....it lines up perfectly.

some thought that the SS number was the mark of the beast but that was more fear than anything. for a SS number was never on the forehead nor the hand like the bible says it will be.

but this new IRFA or what not chip....IS in the forehead or in the hand EXACTLY as the bible says it will be. only a fool will accept this chip, and once you accept it, you can NEVER get into heaven no matter what.

then you can look at prince Charles and his position in his family and what number he is and that matches him as the Antichrist. and if research his blood it does go back to that time, etc. Plus the name Charles alone means man so the bible can actually read " charles number is 666 ". Then look into coding for these chips and see what you find (hint).

its just too in depth to put all here....I would recommend your own research on it all. Just sit back and watch a ton of vids say from YouTube to get a better understanding.

I use to think it was all fairy tales and stories till I sat down and did my own homework. And still doing my homework today.

Answer 3

Sorry-------this has been a carefully planned scheme by hollyweird to confuse and confound the masses.------The truth is the world will exist forever. The "END" is actually the end of an "AGE" we are in the "Church-Age"----and as this age is drawing to a close there exists much confusion as to what's up.-------if we study the Scriptures with an open heart we discover the Word is true and everything it says will happen is happening--------problem is people just refuse to accept the truth.---------this is similar to the way people were acting when Noah built the Ark. (That also was the changing an Age)

Answer 4

BIBLE

O.T. 1110 years, 39 books, many write, done 443 BC
N.T. 50 to 100 years after Christ, 27 books, many write.

Did the apostles know when the world would get the bible for the last days, or would the world get the bible in the last days?

Dan.8:12-14 [ 2300 years after Babylon Empire #3, ended Judah king, word of truth to in world, THERE WILL BE NO KING UNTIL JESUS AT HIS SECOND COMING, at 300 years circulation is 2600 after Empire #3, WHAT EMPIRE ARE WE IN? Here in 2007 after Jesus was in Roman Empire #6, is 2613 after Babylon Empire #3 ];

WHAT DID REALLY HAPPEN

KJV Bible 1611 published, at 300 years is 1914 after Christ at WW1, an excepted translation by law of man and God. What has happened to world Empire #6, was there going to be and Empire #7, what would happen in Empire #7 as prophecy is based on the Empires of the world, how many Empires will Satan be in?

We have one life to live, it is just as much our place to figure out what God is saying as it is for other people to do so.

It is just as much your place to tell me [ and others ], as it is my place to tell you [ and others ] and just as much the place of others to give you and me something to go on.

Matt.24:3 [ end of world ] 7 [ Major wars as WW1 & WW2 with holocaust ], 14 [ Satan is out and Jesus is in ], 15 [ Dan.8:12-14; Dan.12:1-13 end times and Rev.12:1-12; end times when satan has a short time ], 22 [ for Elect sake ], 34 [ the generation that see it as Dad, son and his son, so it is about 150 years of pass it down ]; 36 -38 [ only God knows day and hour satan from Rev.12:1-12; ends at Rev.20:1-6,12,13 for 1000 years ];
If Satan has 6,130 years after Eden does any one know the day or hour?
If Satan has 2670 years after Babylon Empire #3, does anyone know day and hour.
If we are at 2613 and had the bible circulating 300 years what does that say about us.
If Satan has 150 years for Dad, son and his son, after 1914, who knows the day and hour?

Answer 5

The "Last Days' are that time referred to in end time prophecy where the end of this current age we live in now comes to an end and the world as we know it does come to an abrupt end. That time is now, and all points of prophecy do point to this time as being the "Last Days".
The end of a person's time in this life may be a type of last days, or hours for them, but this is not in reference to what your primary question refers to.
The "Last Days" are those years, and possibly days, before the church, also referred to as the 'Bride of Christ' is taken out of this world and a time of dread horror begins for those still on this earth. It is a time of judgment, but also of one last effort for evangelism. Those Evangelist will be 144000 Jews from all 12 of the Tribes of Israel. Who exactly they are, only God knows, but they will be calling people to repent of their sin and to accept Jesus Christ as their savior, and Lord. There will be a 1 world government, and the person who brings this to being will have a peace treaty with Israel, until he tries to declare himself to be god and take the position of God in the Jewish temple, which shall be built. It really will be an exciting, but also very deadly time, to be on this earth.

Answer 6

I see it as a kind of release for some minds. The "last days" phenomenon is most intense leading to the end of a century. To feel smothered to insignificance in a large community would be tempting. The end is nay!!! or nigh or something like that. I would not pay it much attention.

Answer 7

Yea, i think it's just that we're always in the last days and have been for 2,000 years. who really knows when are the last days. The trouble is that in the bible , everyone thought the last days were at that time, so they were wrong about that. Gee, do you think they might have been wrong about any of the other information?

Answer 8

chum, i might provide here regulations to the young ones and the present era: "stay like a individual in this existence.....substitute right into a individual interior the subsequent existence..... stay like an animal in this existence.....substitute into an animal interior the subsequent existence..... The action would be yours.....however the reaction would be from God....."

Answer 9

There are two things all major religions contain: Instructions for living, and the reward for following those instructions in the after-life (or punishment for NOT complying).

Without keeping people focused on the dying part, why would they follow the living rules?

"Hell and damnation, fear it." Or, "love and eternal peace, strive for it." Either way, better listen up!

That's the method of power and influence for organized religion.

Answer 10

Harpazo = Rapture

END-TIME BIBLE PROPHECY

The Messiah Lord Jesus said BIRTH PANGS would signal the time of the end (Matthew 24:8). There are NINE birth pangs, they are all PRE-TRIBULATIONAL and the 1st three already occurred.

The first birth pang was worldwide conflict coupled with famines and earthquakes (Matthew 24:7-8). Worldwide conflict was fulfilled in 1914-1918, major famines happened in 1918-1921 and most of the world’s major earthquakes began to occur since 1900.

The second birth pang was the restoration of a Jewish State (Ezekiel 20:33-38; Ezekiel 22:17-22; Ezekiel 36:22-24; Zephaniah 2:1-2). This was fulfilled in 1948.

The third birth pang was Jewish control of the Old City of Jerusalem (Revelation 11:1-2). For the third Jewish Temple (Tribulation Temple) to be rebuilt, Jerusalem needs to be under Jewish control and this was accomplished in the Six Day War in 1967.

The fourth birth pang will be the Ezekiel 38 war. Russia, allied states of Iran, Ethiopia, Somalia, Germany and Armenia will invade Israel. God will miraculously destroy the invading army by earthquake, civil war among the invading soldiers, pestilence, blood, flood, hailstones, fire and brimstone. This will bring a revival in Israel where many Jews will turn to the Lord, and Israel will spend 7 years and 7 months burying the bodies and burning for fuel the military equipment left behind (Ezekiel 39:9-16).

The 5th birth pang will be the development of a one world government (Daniel 7:23-24).

The 6th birth pang will be the splitting of the one world government into 10 kingdoms and this Ten Kingdom Stage will continue until mid-Tribulation (Daniel 7:24).

The 7th birth pang will be the revelation of the Antichrist (II Thessalonians 2:1-3; Daniel 7:24).

The 8th birth pang will be a period of peace and false security that will be shattered by the Tribulation (1 Thessalonians 5:1-3).

The 9th and final birth pang before the Tribulation is the signing of the 7-year covenant between Israel and the Antichrist. THIS EVENT IS WHAT BEGINS THE (7-year) TRIBULATION - NOT THE RAPTURE!

The Rapture of the Church (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18) is also a pre-tribulational event (Luke 21:34-37; 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10; Revelation 3:10; Revelation 19:6-8). The fact that the Church is not mentioned in any of the Tribulation Scriptures proves the Rapture is pre-tribulational. All raptured Christians will receive glorified bodies (Romans 8:22-23; 1 Corinthians 15:50-54)) and it can happen at any second.


THE FIRST HALF OF THE TRIBULATION (SUPPORTING VERSES IN REVELATION 6-9 AND 17)

The Ministry of 144,000 sealed Jewish believers will bring many throughout the world to accept Christ.

There will be a powerful Ministry of Two Witnesses who will also be anointed Jewish believers.

A one world religious system (Babylon the Harlot) will rule. Under this one world religious system, many who are saved during the Tribulation will suffer persecution and death.

The Political system of the 10 kings of the one world government will continue.

During the first half of the Tribulation there will also be war, worldwide famine, death (1/4 of the world’s population will die), a huge earthquake, a blackout and a meteor shower. 1/3 of earth’s dry surface will be destroyed, 1/3 sea life and salt water will be destroyed, a fallen angel called Wormwood will make 1/3 of earth’s fresh water bitter, 1/3 of earth’s natural light sources will be destroyed, there will be another blackout and demons in the form of “locust-scorpions” will come up out of the abyss led by Abaddon their king and they will inflict harm and pain for five months upon those who are not sealed by God (unbelievers). Another demonic invasion will occur and the demons involved will be led by four fallen angels who will be released from the Euphrates River and this army will kill 1/3 of the earth’s population.


MID-TRIBULATION (SUPPORTING VERSES IN REVELATION 10-14 AND 17)

The Antichrist will war against the 10 kings, and during the war the Antichrist will be killed.

Satan will be cast out of the atmospheric heavens onto earth and will resurrect the Antichrist.

The Antichrist will kill 3 kings (the kings of Syria, Egypt and Mesopotamia) and the 7 other kings will submit to him.

The Antichrist will kill the Two Witnesses in Jerusalem and the wicked people will celebrate this event. Three and a half days afterwards, God will resurrect the Two Witnesses and take them up to Heaven and the people who celebrated will become terrified. The city of Jerusalem where the murder of the Two Witnesses occurred will then suffer an earthquake which will kill 7,000 people.

The False Prophet will receive from Satan the power to perform great miracles and will deceive many. The False Prophet will command all people to worship the Antichrist and have persons create an image to the Antichrist. The False Prophet will use his satanic powers to give it life and the ability to speak. The False Prophet will cause those who refuse to worship the Antichrist and the image to be killed.

The False Prophet will issue his own counterfeit seal known as the Mark of the Beast and it will be placed on all those who surrender to the Antichrist’s authority and accept him as god. Those who refuse to take this mark will not be able to buy or sell. Those who take this mark will spend eternity in the Lake of Fire.

The Antichrist will break the seven-year covenant he made with Israel, cause the sacrifices to stop, sit in the Jewish Temple, declare to the world that he is really God and set up an idol called the Abomination of Desolation in the Temple (Daniel 9:27; Daniel 12:11; Matthew 24:15-16; 11Thessalonians 2:3-4; Revelation 13:11-15).

Through the Antichrist and the False Prophet, Satan will attempt to destroy the Jews once and for all but he will fail because 1/3 of the Jews will succeed in fleeing into the wilderness. These Jews who escape will accept the Lord Jesus as their Saviour during the Tribulation (Zechariah 13:7-9) and while they are in hiding, God will miraculously provide for them (Zechariah 13:8-9; Isaiah 41:17-20). Divine intervention will also destroy the pursuing army.


THE SECOND HALF OF THE TRIBULATION (SUPPORTING VERSES FOUND IN REVELATION 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)

In the second half of the Tribulation, those with the Mark of the Beast will suffer skin sores, the remainder of sea water and fresh water will be destroyed, the sun will cause terrible burns and the wicked will blaspheme God. There will be yet another blackout and persons will suffer gnawing pains.

Babylon will be the center of world economy and political system but Babylon will be swiftly destroyed by fire and become uninhabitable for man.

The Antichrist will locate the Jews who sought refuge in the wilderness and surround them with his armies to wipe them out. The Lord Jesus will then descend from Heaven with His angels and Saints. He will come with great glory riding upon a horse and will destroy the Antichrist, the False Prophet and all of their armies. After this, a loud voice will cry out “It is done!” followed by the greatest earthquake in the earth’s history and hail weighing 120 pounds will fall.

At the end of the Tribulation, there will be another blackout, the stars will fall from the sky and the heavenly bodies will be shaken (Matthew 24:29), the Antichrist and the False Prophet will be thrown into the eternal Lake of Fire and Satan will be cast into the Abyss and bound for 1,000 years.


THE MILLENNIUM

The Lord Jesus will reign over the entire earth during the Millennium. The Jewish and Gentile believers who survive the Tribulation will go on to populate the Millennium. Believers who died before and during the Tribulation and believers who were raptured will be present on earth during the Millennium and because they will have glorified bodies they will not reproduce. All believers will be given special tasks by the Lord Jesus (Revelation 20:4-6). There will be no wars (Isaiah 2:2-4), animals will return to the Edenic state and become vegetarians (Isaiah 11:6-9), people will not labour in vain but eat what they plant and inhabit what they build, there will be renovations in the heavens and earth and there will be righteous and unrighteous children born during the Millennium (Isaiah 65:17-25).

At the end of the Millennium, Satan will be loosed from the Abyss and will deceive and gather the unrighteous for a war against the righteous. This will be his final attempt to destroy the righteous and when the unrighteous of the Millennium surround the good people, God will send fire down from Heaven which will suddenly and massively annihilate all of the wicked people. Satan will then be cast into the Lake of Fire where he will remain in torment for eternity (Revelation 20:7-10).


THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT

The Great White Throne Judgment will be the next main event. The old heavens and earth will be done away with and all will stand before God’s throne to be judged (Revelation 20:11-12). Those whose names are not found written in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire which will be their final and eternal abode (Revelation 20:14-15).


THE ETERNAL ORDER (REVELATION 21 AND 22)

Those whose names are found in the Book of Life will enjoy paradise with God forever. The heavens and earth will be made new and the New Jerusalem will come down upon the earth making the earth like Heaven. All curses from the fall will be removed and the earth will be inhabited by the Triune God (The Father, Son and Holy Spirit), all angels and all of the righteous. The seas, moon, night and sun will be done away with and the glory of God will illuminate the earth. The River of Life will flow from God’s throne, the Tree of Life will bear health-giving fruits and leaves and the name of Jesus will be on the foreheads of all of the righteous.


God’s Plan of Salvation for Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZkDk1GZ7do