For those who think we are living in the end times...?

Question

Why? Given how many times the end of the world has been predicted (and Tuesday happened instead), what makes this time period any more likely to be the end times than other periods? Wouldn't those alive during times like WWII have been more justified in this belief than we are today?

Along with this question, I am often shocked at how eager and desperate people are to see the end of the world. Doesn't this attitude directly contradict the teachings of Jesus? Why hunger for the end of the world when you could be working to improve it instead?

Answer 1

first of all no one can predict when the world will end, only God knows. second of all, i actually do feel that it is about to end. the things that you hear or see these days. the other day, a boy at noon, followed this girl out of the bus stop and raped her in a parking lot in wal-mart!! in broad daylight!!! you heard of this stuff at night, but now people have more balls! before the hunger was more or less only in Somalia, now it's ethopia, darfur and i can name more. everyone is at war with each other! murders are sky high! poverty and hunger are even worse! half of me wants this shithole to end cause people cant be living like this, but the other part wants to live because i'm only 23

Answer 2

What indicates that we today are living in the last days?

The Bible describes events and conditions that mark this significant time period. ''The sign Is a a composite one made up of many evidences; thus its fulfillment requires that all aspects of the sign be clearly in evidence during one generation. The various aspects of the sign are recorded at Matthew chapters 24,25, Mark 13, and Luke 21; there are further details at 2Timothy 3:1-5, 2 Peter 3:3, 4, and Revelation 6:1-8. Today we see more and more of these things happening on a far grander scale earth wide.

Will anyone at all be alive on earth after the end of the present world system?

Yes. The end of the present global system will come, not as a result of indiscriminate slaughter in nuclear war, but in a great tribulation that includes ''the war of the great day of God the Almighty,'' (Rev. 16:14, 16) That war will not bring all mankind to ruin.

Matt. 24:21,22: ''Then there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world's beginning until now . no, nor will occur again. In fact, unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved; but on account of the chosen ones those days will be cut short,'' (So some ''flesh,'' some of humankind, will survive.)

Prov.2:21,22: ''The upright are ones that will reside in the earth, and the blameless are the ones that will be left over in it. As regards the wicked, they will be cut off from the very earth' and as for the treacherous. they will be torn away from it.''

Ps. 37:29,34: ''The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it. Hope in Jehovah God and keep his way, and he will exalt you to take possession of the earth. When the Wicked ones are cut off, you will see it.''

Answer 3

I don't understand why we called the time period of 1000-1800's the "Middle Ages/ Medieval Ages" ... this implies that we have left the middle of time and subconsciously, we are left to say if those were the middle then logically we should be at the "End Ages/ Endevil Ages / or Revelations."

So, since our historic "Labeling" has forced this to be the "End" ... we might subconsciously be acting as if it were the "End" ... or maybe, just maybe, we're hard wired into a supernatural power which has unanimously clued us in to the fact that we are in fact at the End Ages / Revelations ... and as such we are fulfilling the prophecy of our language. So, in this case are historian’s prophets (telling the future) or historians who tell the past???

I wonder what will happen if we continue civilization for another 10,000 years ... is the time between 1000-1800's still going to be called "Middle Ages"?

Answer 4

I think a lot of people who believe we are living in the end of times right now want to believe it because they also believe that a "golden age" will follow this time period. Some believe they will get to live in paradise after this time. Personally, the idea of the end of times scares the crap out of me and I hate thinking about it, but I have heard people almost partying at the thought of the world ending for reasons like the ones I've given.

Answer 5

Because there will be wars and rumors of wars. The bible is clear. - - - - - - Oh that has been happening throughout human history hasn't it.

Well it also says that Children will no longer listen to their parents - - - - That too huh.

Well there will be earthquakes and fires - - - - Hmmmm lots of those through history too.

I guess this whole predicting the end thing is pretty easy, when you predict that common events will be happening.


Heres a prediction -

At the time of the end, siblings will squabble with one another, there will be shooting stars in the heavens, and employees will be fired for spending too much time on forums rather than working.

Answer 6

well We have not been put here to improve the world. Christians are put here to preach the Gospel of the kingdom of Jesus Christ and his second coming. The end of the age and world is a part of that preaching..
The prophecies that have been fulfilled show that we are close to the end times. Jesus says we will not know the exact time, but we will have an idea when it is close..
Christians are not hungering for the end, but we are expecting it because it is fore told.
This world is going to be destroyed and not improved and folks that are not ready are going to lose their eternal souls in hell.
You may make fun of it, but it has been put in the Bible so we can study and be prepared for the wrath that is coming..

Answer 7

I'm also shocked by this sense of happy expectation. One priest who writes articles I love to read says that if we are indeed living the end of times God is NOT going to be happy with the peole waiting for it just to say "I told you so."

Our focus should be on the people in need. The hungry, the indigent, the homeless, the poor, the opressed.

Answer 8

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

Answer 9

Well put.

People love to scare themselves and validate their fears.

The end of days/time etc. is metaphorical for the end of time spent in any reality of suffering.

Salvation from misery is available to us in every now moment. But, we have to give up the "sack of rocks" we carry around and have faith in.

Answer 10

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