The bible tells us that many things will come to pass that will warn us that the end of days and God's judgment is near. In 2 Timothy 3:15 it says men will love themselves, be covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, false accusers, incontinent, and fierce, despise those that are good, be traitorous, heady and highminded, love pleasure more than God, and will appear to be godly but will deny God's power. In Matthew 24:4-14 Jesus tells his disciples that there will be false prophets, and many false people who come forward claiming to be Him, that there will be wars and rumors of war, that nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, that there will be famines, pestilences, and that earthquakes will occur in divers places. In 2 Peter 3:2-10 the bible tells us that people will be scoffers, walking in their own lusts, disbelieving in Jesus' return.
People certainly do not believe that Jesus is going to return. If one tries to bring this up in discussion, they are met with derision, and mocked. People go on about their daily lives thinking that they are secure, and that they have all the time in the world. Jesus died in about 33 A.D., almost 2,000 years ago, so people assume that Jesus' return is far off in the future. 2 Peter 3:2-10 goes on to tell us that to God a thousand years is like one day, and that the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night. 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 tells us again that the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, and tells the Thessalonians to watch for His return, and to warn others that He will return; for sudden destruction shall come upon those are not paying attention, and they shall not escape it. In Matthew 25:13 Jesus himself told his disciples “Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.” In Revelation, Jesus told John twice that he is coming quickly; in Revelation 3:11 and Revelation 22:7.
WAR
There is certainly a lot of rumor of war in the world. China is rising against Taiwan. Iran and Israel have tense relations and were shooting missiles at each other earlier this year. There is talk that Russia may invade Ukraine. There is a conflict with migrants at the border of Poland and Belarus. Tensions appear to be rising between the United States and China.
EARTHQUAKES
According to www.earthquaketrack.com there have been 58,981 earthquakes in the last 365 days as of today, 11/12/2021.
PESTILENCE
Miriam-Webster defines pestilence two ways: a contagious or infectious disease that is virulent and devastating, OR something that is destructive or pernicious. According to this article https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/30/us/2021-murder-hornets-cicadas-scary-bugs-trnd/index.html, there would be many scary bugs continuing from 2020 into 2021. And of course, we have COVID-19 which has affected the entire world. The Word Health Organization's Disease Outbreak News website, https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news, has quite an extensive list of active events; 28 listings just for the year of 2021, ranging from plague, ebola, avian flu, influenza, polio, monkeypox, yellow fever, zika, cholera, and others. In the bible, frogs were cited as a pestilence used by God against Egypt.
FALSE PROPHETS
Wikipedia gives a list of 25 people who have claimed to be Christ or God in Christianity, with an additional 13 people who claimed to be divinity that didn't fit into Christianity, Judaism, or Islam. There are additional listings for Islam and Judaism as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_messiah_claimants This article, dated December 24, 2017 lists 7 people throughout the world claiming to be Christ: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/seven-men-around-the-world-who-each-claim-to-be-jesus-christ/2W27IHL7PIQLTO5SFAPPAMN5HM/. This website lists additional people who have claimed to be Christ through the 18th - 21st centuries: https://crazyfacts.com/people-who-claimed-to-be-jesus/.
We are completely guilty of all of the things listed in 2 Timothy 3:15. As a society we definitely love pleasure and ourselves more than we love God. We live in a time of self gratification, and sexual promiscuity is extremely prevalent in all aspects of our culture. (Lovers of pleasure.) If we were truly living for God, we would not be living in this manner. We use the name of Jesus Christ as a curse. (Unholy.) Children are definitely disrespectful to their parents; I have witnessed teenagers telling their parents to shut up while I was out in stores, or just blatantly ignoring their parents' instructions. People generally have a sense that they are entitled to things they did not work for, and nowhere is this more evident that in the political push for socialism happening across the world. (Unthankful.) People are definitely not happy with the things they already have; there is a large focus on the materialistic: the latest phone, the newest cars, the designer clothes and shoes. (Unthankful, lovers of pleasure.) A search on the internet can quickly help you find several people and sources that claim that God doesn't exist. (Blasphemers, unholy.) Atheism has certainly risen in our culture. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/atheism-fastest-growing-religion-us/598843/ and https://www.barna.com/rise-of-atheism/, respectively. (Blasphemers, unholy.) What about covetous? Well, how about our idolization of celebrities: the musicians, the movie stars, the athletes, etc. Then there's the “keeping up with the Joneses” mentality. (Covetous) We desire the things that others have that we do not. We spend money we don't have on electronics, clothes, purses, travel, homes, and cars that we desire but cannot afford, and we use these things as status symbols to portray a certain image to others. (Lovers of selves, lovers of pleasure, highminded.) We strive to find worth in material possessions which is about as far away and opposite from the teachings of Jesus as things can be. (Lovers of pleasure, highminded.) We judge others, and view others with contempt and derision, thinking ourselves better than them. (Highminded, heady.) We think more about ourselves rather than the needs of others. (Lovers of self, without natural affection.) We talk badly about people behind their backs, and as a society we will do almost anything for our own gain. (Lovers of self, without natural affection.) We are definitely fierce and heady. Crime levels have been rising across the world. In the United States, places like New York and California have enacted laws that do nothing to deter crime. Often, an incident where someone was killed by a police officer results in mass riots, like what happened over the death of George Floyd in 2020. Chaos spread throughout the cities of the United States with rioting, looting, arson, vandalism, and even breakdowns and seizures of local governmental offices and buildings occurring, and it lasted for months. (Fierce, heady, without natural affection.) Combined with the shutdowns of businesses due to COVID-19, this devastated communities and forced many businesses across the country to close their doors permanently. Random violent attacks against individuals who were walking down the street minding their own business appear to have become prevalent. (Fierce, heady.) As a society, we are practically lawless. Fear of COVID-19 has divided families and friends even more than political viewpoints already had. (Without natural affection.) People have become incredibly cruel to one another on both sides of the opinions of vaccinated and unvaccinated. (Without natural affection.) Across the world, people who haven't been vaccinated are being denied their freedoms and entry to the very basic needs, such as grocery stores, thereby barring them from being able to obtain food or other necessities. (Without natural affection.) People are becoming isolated from each other from fear of spreading the virus, or of dying, leading to increases in alcoholism and substance abuse, domestic violence, and suicides.(Fierce, without natural affection.) People are being denied the opportunity to speak freely under the label of “fact checking” and “misinformation.” And people are supporting the push for all of these things to happen, especially in favor of those who choose not to be vaccinated. (Without natural affection.) The United States government is full of traitors who aren't being held accountable for their crimes. You hear about people making false accusations against other people everywhere you go. One good example I can think of surrounds the issue of hate crimes. In the last few years there have been several instances of people claiming to have been the target of hate crimes, only to be discovered later that the crimes in question were fabricated by the very people who claimed to be the victim of the crime. Jussie Smollet is a very prominent example of this from 2019. Here is a list of a few other articles that cover this:
https://fakehatecrimes.org/(False accusers.) And let's face it: we all know people who talk about being Christian, are involved in their churches, profess to pray, yet do not act in the way that Jesus taught, who gossip about others and say mean things behind their backs, who engage in sexual promiscuity, who get into fights, who abuse substances, and all other manner of sins. (Lovers of pleasure, lovers of self, fierce, heady, appearing godly but denying the power thereof.) Also, as a society, no one wants to seem to do what is right: ie. acting with honesty and integrity, putting the needs of others first, giving to the needy, etc. (Despisers of those that are good.) People are generally unaccustomed to someone who does these things. A person who abstains from drinking, drug use, and/or sexual promiscuity is labeled as a prude, told that they are no fun, and are held at arm's length by people. (Despisers of those that are good, lovers of pleasure, lovers of self.)
Revelation 12:1-3
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: and she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
This sign of the woman has occurred before. The most recently on 9/23/2017. https://earthsky.org/human-world/biblical-signs-in-the-sky-september-23-2017/. But, to my knowledge the dragon has not appeared before but did on 9/23/2017, and this article contends that this was hidden by NASA and Google. https://www.sciencenatures.com/2020/10/red-dragon-of-revelation-area-in-space.html. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L9Yyi9VpS4
So, an honest look and review of events in the world and of how our society operates shows proof of the signs that Jesus is returning and that the end is approaching as told of in the bible. A prophecy from Revelation has been fulfilled. And to God, only one full day has passed by since the crucifixion of Jesus, and the second day is almost over; in consideration of this that certainly counts as coming quickly to me. The signs are unmistakably evident, and only a fool would ignore them, to their own peril and destruction. The good news, is that you can be saved.
The ONLY way you can be saved, is to repent of your sins, and accept and confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is your Lord and Savior, believing that He died on the cross in the place of your sin, that He was resurrected three days later, and that He ascended to heaven, where He is seated on his throne at the right hand of the Father. Jesus Christ told us in His own words that He is the way, the truth, and the life, and that no one comes to the Father except through Him. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father but by me.
I beg you to take this seriously. Your very soul depends on your decision on whether or not to listen, believe, and obey God.
Amen.
SUPPORTING VERSES
2 Timothy 3:15
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 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.
Matthew 24:4-14
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye not be 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; and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. 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. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 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.
2 Peter 3:2-10
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. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-2
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Matthew 25:13
Watch therefore, for ye know neither he day nor he hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Revelation 3:11
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Revelation 22:7
Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
Revelation 12:1-3
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: and she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father but by me.
Matthew 24:4-14
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumors 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: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. 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. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 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. (End)
Nibiru? https://youtu.be/SalWR6Q0F1A
2 Timothy 3:1–5
Godlessness in the Last Days
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power.
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
Indonesian earthquake 12/30/2021
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