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Apparently, we've been in the last days since Apostle Paul, and a thousands years is like a day to the Lord.Hi everyone! I hope everyone is having a good day so far!
In Matthew, Jesus states that there will be many coming and saying they are Jesus in the last days.
Then, as he talks about the last days, he seems to tell them what's going to happen in the order its going to happen.
If we look and see there's not a lot of people saying they are Jesus and the fact that Jesus tells us the order all these things will happen, that should let you know that we are NOT in the last days yet.
I can think of two examples right off the bat.What constitutes a "fixation"? More attention to the Last Days than you prefer to give them?
In my view what constitutes a "fixation" is how much skin you put in the game. Such as when someone requires other Christians to literally sell themselves to their false hope.
You’ll need to look up what the Greek word is. It’s aion. a space of time, as, a lifetime, generation, period of history, an indefinitely long period; in NT of an indefinitely long period, an age,
I suspect that there are rather more people on the earth now. No one knows the hour or the day and I'm not one to speculate. It could be today or another 100 years. The oceans are polluted and overfished. There is not enough land for everyone. Climate change is due to hot air emanating from politicians who speak great things and do very little. Governments around the world are increasingly authoritarian. The bastion of democracy, the good old USA, has become a woke, socialist nightmare. Now Dr Seuss is being criticised. The thought police are taking over and free speech can cost you everything.
I want Jesus to come back and put an end to this insanity. I'm nearly 70, so I'll miss the worst of what's to come. But the stage is being set for the Antichrist to rise up. Will Christians be ready?
In Matthew 24, Jesus give us important events to look for. Something I think many miss is verse 34.
Matthew 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
The events will happen in the time span of one generation. Let's look at the events Jesus gave in Matthew 24 and see if they match up with events of the current generation.
It should be noted that these are types of events that take place all throughout the end time, which started with Jesus and will not end until the second coming. Thus some of these happened in the past, but all of them will happen within the same generation; history repeating itself at the end.
✓ Fulfilled
≡ Pending
The beginning of sorrows:
More sorrows:
- ✓ Deception. False Christs. "Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many."
- ✓ Wars and rumors of wars. "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. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom."
- ✓ Natural disasters, pestilence."And there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in diverse places."
The last events:
- ✓ Christian persecution. "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."
- ✓ Being offended. Betrayal. Hate. "And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another."
- ✓ False prophets. "And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many."
- ✓ Sin abounds. Love grows cold. "And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold."
- ✓ As in the days of Noah.
All of these have taken place within one generation. Of those that are not yet fulfilled, they are being fulfilled in current events.
- ≡ The gospel goes to the world. "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." (see Revelation 14:6-12)
- ≡/✓ The abomination of desolation in the temple. Where before, it was the temple in Jerusalem, in the last days it is the temple of God, the body of the church and the physical body of the Christian. "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand)" (see Daniel 9:27, Daniel 11:31)
- ≡ The great tribulation. "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened."
- ≡ The impersonation of Christ on earth by Satan before the second coming. "For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."
More confirmation is found in 2 Timothy 3.
Perilous times in the last days:
Every one of these descriptors can be applied to society today. No other time in history can you find this happening in one generation.
- ✓ For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
That's just Matthew 24 and 2 Timothy 3. The books of Daniel and Revelation give clear prophetic markers that match with history and show we are in the very last days of the end time. It would be a much longer post to go into Daniel and Revelation.
As in the days of Noah...
2 Peter 3:3-7It would be wise to take heed and pay attention. We are indeed living in the last days.
✓ Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
✓ For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
That's a few. Jesus said "many". If there were many and they were showing signs we would have heard of them by now.
According to Peter he was living in the last days:
Acts 2: 14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. 15 These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! 16 No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 “‘In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
If Peter was living in the last days then we must be too
These are the ones I can name off the top of my head. They exist, and more will come.
I hate to tell you, but been in the last days for 2,000 years. Peter at Pentecost said what was happening was what Joel prophesied would occur in the last days - and scripture also says you that God has, in these last days, spoken by His son.
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:” Acts 2:17 (KJV 1900)
Happened at Pentecost
What says end of the world?It says end of the world. You mean to tell me aion was somehow translated into end of the world?
How many are showing up per year?
These are the end times since the first century.That happens in the end BUT just because it's happening now doesn't mean this is the end.
There are two sides to that coin from my experience. Certainly some dismiss biblical prophecy entirely while it is just as likely they are only dismissing someone else's personal over valued teaching on a prophetic topic.react by dismissing biblical prophecy entirely.
7 seconds has already passed and it didn't happen. Therefore, not likely after all. There is no chance to calculate.My conclusion is that the world will end in 7000 years, or 7 seconds and that either is just as likely.
Hi everyone! I hope everyone is having a good day so far!
In Matthew, Jesus states that there will be many coming and saying they are Jesus in the last days.
Then, as he talks about the last days, he seems to tell them what's going to happen in the order its going to happen.
If we look and see there's not a lot of people saying they are Jesus and the fact that Jesus tells us the order all these things will happen, that should let you know that we are NOT in the last days yet.
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