Given the information below and your current knowlege do you think we are in living in the End Times?

Question

Mathew 24:7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains

Luke 12:55 And when the south wind blows, you say, 'It's going to be hot,' and it is. 56 Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don't know how to interpret this present time?

Mathew 16:3 And early in the morning you say, "It is going to rain, because the sky is red and dark.' You can predict the weather by looking at the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs concerning these times! 4 How evil and godless are the people of this day! You ask me for a miracle?

Matthew 24:44 So then, you also must always be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you are not expecting him.

Answer 1

Yes, and I'm excited about it. Thanks for reminding me, really. What I'm seeing now is Apostasy and a "falling away" within the Church itself. That's the biggest sign, I think. Have you heard or read anything about the true Church coming out of their various denominations and forming their own small groups? I'm interested in taking part in this. I wish I knew some people nearby. A small group for fellowship and study. There are a lot of megachurches where I live and they have a lot of brainwashed people in them.

Answer 2

The fact that there is strife within and among the churches MAY be one of the signs of the end times.

The folks at Family Radio believe the Final Judgment and Second Coming of Christ will be in the fall of 2011.

For example see the book “Time Has an End” on line at:
http://www.timehasanend.org/public/en_time_has_an_end_cont.html

This group, whose primary teacher is one Harold Camping, also believes the Church Age has ended in 1988 and believers are to come out of the churches as they are now under the control of malevolent forces now that the Tribulation has begun. According to this group, this is why there is so much strife between and within church groups. Mr. Camping’s interpretations of the bible are highly allegorical, so let the reader beware.

See the book Time Has an End, Ch. 10:
http://www.timehasanend.org/public/en_time_has_an_end_ch10.html

That said, the online audio lectures at Family Radio, are illuminating and worth a listen:
See: http://worldwide.familyradio.org/zusa/english/connect/audio_archive/echoes/frame/download/download.html

Finally, for the offline version of the Family Radio nightly call in show, where folks ask questions about the bible to Mr. Camping, see:
http://worldwide.familyradio.org/zusa/english/connect/audio_archive/forum/frame/

I am not endorsing Family Radio’s doctrines, but one is able to learn quite a bit by listening to these materials.

Most of what you will read about the end times are pre-millennial views: the view that Christ's return will usher in a future millennium of Messianic rule mentioned in the book of Revelation before the final judgment. The believers of this doctrine also hold to the notion of a Rapture of the righteous beforehand.

Others hold that there will be only one second coming of Christ, at the time of the Final Judgment.

Then there are mixtures involving the views of the seven year tribulation and whether it is happening now, occurs later, etc.

These doctrines all fall under the general heading known as the study of end times, or eschatology.

For explanations of the various eschatological beliefs see: http://www.religioustolerance.org/millenni.htm

I am a Amillennialist. I believe we are currently living in the Millennium and in the Tribulation period. Events described in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 and in most of the book of Revelation have already happened. To me the Antichrist is figurative and not a real person. I believe that the Kingdom of God is today present in the world through the presence of the heavenly reign of Christ, the Bible, the Holy Spirit and Christianity. Both good and evil continues in the world until the current Church Age ends suddenly when Christ returns to the sky above the earth. Then the Rapture immediately occurs. The Redeemed are transported to heaven where they will adopt spiritual bodies. The rest of humanity will be condemned at this time to eternal punishment. The world will be abandoned. History is no more.

Answer 3

Dear Lady Eagle,

The Scriptures are pretty clear that nobody knows the hour or the day. i think the Bible has always presented a view that what is important is that when Jesus returns we are ready (particularly as we read the parables found in the gospels).

Most certainly we know that the world is not getting any better (in Thessalonians how it talks about in the last days- men will be lovers of self, ungrateful, etc.) Most certainly our world is growing more and more disrespectful, and we know with each passing moment we are one moment closer to Christ's return.

Also as we look at world wide missions- we see that the number of countries in the 10/40 window are being reached, and as Matthew says when the gospel of the kingdom is preached in every nation the end will shortly come.

i live with the thought that Christ is coming back in my lifetime. How glorious that will be- but even if not- then praise the Lord that it means more time for people to come to know Christ.

Hope that helps. Kindly,

Nickster

Answer 4

Mat 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers place

Luk 12:55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be2071 heat; and it cometh to pass.
Luk 12:56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern thistime?
Mat 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh

Basing on these verses although there are more verses as our guide, the return of Jesus Christ is nearing as it is written on the bible. He will come to judge us. so you non believers , prepare for your judgment. You are happy today but tomorrow you will repent.
jtm

Answer 5

Everyone believes that the "End Times" are coming in their own generation.

1. These prophecies are vague and could refer to any time. There have always been earthquakes, plagues, famines, and wars in "various places".

2. The Gospels were written shortly after the destruction of the Temple by the Romans, is it any wonder the authors were obsessed with chaos and destruction?

3. In the Gospels, Jesus also says that his current generation would see the "End Times". Obviously this isn't so.

4. Christians who take these prophecies literally have made an idol out of time itself.

Answer 6

Jesus said we would not know the hour but we will know the time and in Matt 24 : 14 he said the gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
The gospel of the kingdom is not being preached everywhere. we hear the gospel of faith, gospel of prosperity, gospel of the death, burial, and ressurection, etc. but no or not much about the good news of the kingdom. His Kingdom has come and not many know.

Answer 7

Yes I do---at the door. If you study the Bible you will see from Ezekiel and other scriptures that Israel must be reborn in the "last days". After that, a new Jewish Temple must be rebuilt before Christ returns. There's many signs, apart from earthquakes, wars, etc., including the one that first the Gospel must be preached unto all the world (now rapidly being fulfilled via satellite TV, missionaries, etc.).

Answer 8

There are times of late when I have had similar thoughts when I hear of all the disasters that seem to be happening more and more often recently

Answer 9

I didn't read the paragraphs, but unfortunately we are living in the times of revelation, this could go on for hundreds of years, but never the less we are living in the last days. I wish it weren't true but there is a lot of suffering going on, a lot of greed and i think god has just about had enough.

Answer 10

Those verses have applied since the days of St Paul. Why not refer to the dry bones, or the olive tree that Jesus spoke of. The return of Israel is the biggest sign that we are in the End Times. Also, read Zechariah. Some of that stuff sounded like the daily headlines during Gulf War I.