what are the signs that the world is going to end according to the bible.?

Answer 1

According to those who believe in the rapture and all that stuff:

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1. False Christs
2. Occult
3. Satanism
4. Unemployment
5. Inflation
6. Interest Rates
7. The Economy
8. Oil Supply/Price
9. Debt and Trade
10. Financial unrest
11. Leadership
12. Drug abuse
13. Apostasy
14. Supernatural
15. Moral Standards
16. Anti-Christian
17. Crime Rate
18. Ecumenism
19. Globalism
20. Tribulation Temple
21. Anti-Semitism
22. Israel
23. Gog (Russia)
24. Persia (Iran)
25. The False Prophet
26. Nuclear Nations
27. Global Turmoil
28. Arms Proliferation
29. Liberalism
30. The Peace Process
31. Kings of the East
32. Mark of the Beast
33. Beast Government
34. The Antichrist
35. Date Settings
36. Volcanoes
37. Earthquakes
38. Wild Weather
39. Civil Rights
40. Famine
41. Drought
42. Plagues
43. Climate
44. Food Supply
45. Floods

Answer 2

God reveals himself to mankind through his Word.

He has revealed how long this world will exist before it is destroyed and a new heaven and earth are created.

When God created the physical realm, he did so in six days and rested on the seventh. Each day is symbolic of 1000 years. You see, God could have created all things in a second, but he choose to do it in six days.

He did this not because he just felt like it, but to reveal to man the length of the life of this earth before the new earth.

If you read in Revelations, it tells us that after God brings his judgment upon the earth, which is around the 6000 year mark, Jesus will set up his kingdom on this earth and for 1000 years reign as Lord and King. This is what is viewed as the seventh day. God worked six days, and rested on the seventh. And the last day, the last 1000 years will be a time of rest. It is written that even the lion and lamb will lie side by side in the field.

Satan is looked away for this period, removing temptation from men.

Yet, near the end of the 1000 years, the devil is released to tempt the world one last time.

And then comes the end of this world, men are judged.

The devil, his angels, and all the unrighteous will be cast into the lake of fire and brimestone.

All that are of God are taken and relocated on the new earth.

Answer 3

The signs in the Bible include wars and rumors of wars, false prophets and false teaches, natural disasters, pestilences and plagues to name a few. Take special note of this passage from Matthew 24:14 "

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come"....This has almost been accomplished with evalgelists, missionaries, the internet and the media.

Matthew 24:4 "And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

There are many signs which indicate that the battle of 16:16 is approaching. (Revelations: And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.) The Bible has nearly been preached to every nation, and tongue, and people. This was one task that had to be accomplished before the end could come.

There are wars and rumors of wars. Of course, this has always been the case. But they have not always been in Muslim nations and the Muslims have not always actively murdered innocent men, women and children.

Last Spring and early summer we had a record Fire, Flood and Tornado season in the United States. The entire nation of Greece even burned.

Russia and China have been conducting joint military exercises on Russian soil. Vladimir Putin has threatened global war if Bush puts his European missile defense plan in place. Putin has also spent the last eight years building his military to near Soviet levals. Last spring he overflew Britian with eight heavy nuclear bombers in an exercise, and did the same 100 miles off the coast of Alaska.

Some people have guessed Putin to be the Anti-Christ, but it is all speculation. However, the Anti-Christ must be seen as a good person and liked throughout the world. Putin currently has 80% approval ratings in his own country, and good relations with the rest of the world. (except the Bush administration)Vladir Putin has been named Time Magazine’s Man of the Year. They call him the new Russian Tsar.

China was in the news every day last summer for another toy recall. The head of Mattell apologized to this Communist Regime for causing them so much trouble by making them recall the poisoinous toys. These news stories were only about tainted products, but the fact is we constantly heard about China.

Strange and unusual things have happened in the recent past, such as the world renowned aviator Steve Fossit who went missing in a 100 square mile area and has never been found. Or how about the two month Anna Nicole Smith funeral and saga. No one cared about her when she was alive, then suddenly in death she was Marilyn Monroe. There were many other bizarre celebrety stories.

I could go on for ten pages but then people would just say "these things have always been with us". And to some extent they are correct, but not in the volume of the past several years. Who could forget the Tsunami of 2004 that killed 200,000, or Katrina?

Only God knows if this is the beginning of the end, but if you look at the news and the prophecies of Revelation, you could easily conclude that it is the beginning of the end. Of course, no man will know the hour or the day. It is possible that the end is 1,000 years away, or 1 year away. We will not know untill it happens.

Answer 4

The Major Signs of the Day of Judgment (part 1 of 7):

Answer 5

When people still believe in false dogma from the stone age ,even though we are in the 21st century. All religions were created in the absence of Science,in order to control the ignorant masses! The world may end,but only if we let it!

Answer 6

Matthew 24 and Luke 17 contain a nice list of signs.

GOD bless

Answer 7

Merry Christmas to you as well.

Answer 8

everything that is happening now-a-days, read revelations, earhtquakes, floods, famine,ect...ect....

Answer 9

How We Know We Are in "the Last Days"
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.

What were the consequences for the human family? The prophecy continues: "Woe for the earth and for the sea, because the Devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing he has a short period of time." Yes, Satan knows that his system is nearing its end, so he is doing everything he can to turn humans against God before he and his world are put out of the way. (Revelation 12:12; 20:1-3) How debased those spirit creatures are because they misused their free will! How awful conditions have been on earth under their influence, especially since 1914!

It is no wonder that Jesus foretold of our time: "On the earth anguish of nations, not knowing the way out . . . Men become faint out of fear and expectation of the things coming upon the inhabited earth."—Luke 21:25, 26.

End of Human and Demon Rule Near
How many Bible prophecies remain to be fulfilled before God destroys this present system? Very few! One of the last is at 1 Thessalonians 5:3, which states: "While they are talking of peace and security, all at once calamity is upon them." (The New English Bible) This shows that the end of this system will begin "while they are talking." Unforeseen by the world, destruction will strike when least expected, when the attention of humans is on their hoped-for peace and security.

Time is running out for this world under Satan's influence. Soon it will come to its end in a time of trouble of which Jesus said: "Then there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world's beginning until now, no, nor will occur again."—Matthew 24:21.

The climax of the "great tribulation" will be God's war of Armageddon. That is the time spoken of by the prophet Daniel when God will "crush and put an end to all these kingdoms." This will mean the end of all present human rulerships independent of God. His Kingdom rule from heaven will then take over complete control of all human affairs. Never again, Daniel foretold, will governing authority be left "to any other people."—Daniel 2:44; Revelation 16:14-16.

At that time all satanic and demon influence will also cease. Those rebellious spirit creatures will be put out of the way so that they cannot "mislead the nations anymore." (Revelation 12:9; 20:1-3) They have been sentenced to death and await destruction. What a relief it will be for mankind to be free from their debasing influence!

Who Will Survive? Who Will Not?

Soon, at Armageddon, those who do not submit to God's rule will be cut off. Those who do submit will survive into a righteous new world

When God's judgments are executed against this world, who will survive? Who will not? The Bible shows that those who want God's rule will be protected and will survive. Those who do not want God's rule will not be protected but will be destroyed along with Satan's world.

Proverbs 2:21, 22 says: "The upright [those who submit to God's rule] are the ones that will reside in the earth, and the blameless are the ones that will be left over in it. As regards the wicked [those who do not submit to God's rule], they will be cut off from the very earth; and as for the treacherous, they will be torn away from it."

Psalm 37:10, 11 also says: "Just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more . . . But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, and they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace." Verse 29 adds: "The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it."

We should take to heart the counsel of Psalm 37:34, which states: "Hope in Jehovah 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." Verses 37 and 38 say: "Watch the blameless one and keep the upright one in sight, for the future of that man will be peaceful. But the transgressors themselves will certainly be annihilated together; the future of wicked people will indeed be cut off."

How comforting, yes, how inspiring it is to know that God really does care and that soon he will put an end to all wickedness and suffering! How thrilling it is to realize that the fulfillment of those glorious prophecies is but a short time off!