What are the signs that we are living in the last days?.?

Answer 1

HOW can we be sure that we are living at the time when God's Kingdom will take action against this present system of human rule? How can we know that we are very close to the time when God will bring an end to all wickedness and suffering?

The disciples of Jesus Christ wanted to know those things. They asked him what "the sign" would be of his presence in Kingdom power and "of the conclusion of the system of things." (Matthew 24:3) Jesus answered by detailing world-shaking events and conditions that would combine to show that mankind had entered "the time of the end," "the last days" of this system of things. (Daniel 11:40; 2 Timothy 3:1) Have we in this century seen that composite sign? Yes, we have, abundantly so!

World Wars
Jesus foretold that 'nation would rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom.' (Matthew 24:7) In 1914 the world became involved in a war that saw the mobilizing of nations and kingdoms in a way that was different from any war before it. In recognition of that fact, historians at the time called it the Great War. It was the first war of its kind in history, the first world war. Some 20,000,000 soldiers and civilians lost their lives, far more than in any previous war.

World War I marked the beginning of the last days. Jesus said that this and other events would be "a beginning of pangs of distress." (Matthew 24:8) That proved true, as World War II was even more deadly, some 50,000,000 soldiers and civilians losing their lives. In this 20th century, well over 100,000,000 people have been killed in wars, more than four times as many as in the previous 400 years put together! What an enormous condemnation of human rule!

Other Evidences
Jesus included other features that would accompany the last days: "There will be great earthquakes, and in one place after another pestilences [disease epidemics] and food shortages." (Luke 21:11) That well fits events since 1914, as there has been a huge increase in the distresses from such calamities.


The Bible foretold the events that would make up "the sign" of the last days

Major earthquakes are regular occurrences, taking many lives. The Spanish influenza alone killed about 20,000,000 people following World War I—some estimates being 30,000,000 or more. AIDS has taken hundreds of thousands of lives and could take millions more in the near future. Each year millions of people die of heart ailments, cancer, and other diseases. Millions more die the slow death of hunger. Without a doubt the 'horsemen of the Apocalypse' with their wars, food shortages, and disease epidemics have been cutting down large numbers of the human family since 1914.—Revelation 6:3-8.

Jesus also foretold the increase in crime that is experienced in all lands. He said: "Because of the increasing of lawlessness the love of the greater number will cool off."—Matthew 24:12.

Further, Bible prophecy foretold the moral collapse so evident throughout the world today: "In the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power . . . Wicked men and impostors will advance from bad to worse." (2 Timothy 3:1-13) All of that has come true right before our eyes.

Another Factor
There is another factor responsible for the huge increase in suffering in this century. Coinciding with the beginning of the last days in 1914, something happened to put mankind in even greater danger. At that time, as a prophecy in the last book of the Bible relates: "War broke out in heaven: Michael [Christ in heavenly power] and his angels battled with the dragon [Satan], and the dragon and its angels [the demons] battled but it did not prevail, neither was a place found for them any longer in heaven. So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him."—Revelation 12:7-9.

Answer 2

The problem with this statement is these signs are also the signs of the second coming or presence of Christ.

"And as he sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?" Matthew 24:3

Before you begin discussing the signs, you need to consider whether they are the signs that Christ is on his way, or that he has already arrived?

Most Bible translates the word as "coming", but only in reference to Christ. In all other scriptures, they translate the word as presence.

Buy an Interlinear Greek Translation of the News Testament from any Bible Book Store and look it up. So, the first question you have to ask is why they use the word coming here but not elsewhere? And, if it really does mean "presence", does that mean that Christ has made his return and most Christians have missed it, or that the signs have not really taken place? If so, perhaps we are decades, even hundreds of years from the last days.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

it was stated in the bible that the sign of the last day would be happen after the the war of the nation that is world war 1,2,storms,tragedy,hungriness,thirstiness,difficulties,different
problem and the emerging of the last messenger that was happen in 1914 exactly the world war 1..this fact is written inthe bible that the last messenger of God is came from the far eastern nation,and they will bring his men and woman into the flock!!God said he will guide and protect the messenger.so the second coming of Jesus is getting near because all of this phinominal was already happen.

Answer 5

Here is my opinion from what I have gathered after reading the scriptures.
The primary mark is that there will be an increase in the rise of false Christs and false prophets. Many of these false prophets will come with counterfeit signs and wonders to try to deceive people. Satan and his demons will be loosed to deceive the entire world. Great apostasy will exist within the church. Lawlessness and wickedness will abound.
The gospel's power to save will be diminished and the power of God's people will be shattered.

Answer 6

Every day since Jesus ascension into heaven is a last day. We need to live as if the day were tomorrow at all times.

Answer 7

L ook at Matthew 24 and come to your own conclussion

Answer 8

The number one sign is that all the whacko's keep saying so. Other than that, nothing.

Answer 9

Anything vague enough to allow every generation to believe it was nigh.

"Increase of knowledge"
"Men running to and fro"
"False prophets"

Answer 10

People have been saying that for a long, long time.