For centuries, that is a question that has plagued mankind. Are we ready for the end of the world? Are we in the latter days? In this blog I’m going to detail prophecies for you to use to help you with this question.
Prophets of doom have been around for centuries, telling their flock to get ready for armageddon. Only until now though can these predictions really be intelligently made with what is written in the Bible. God promised the people of Israel that He would bring them back into their land many times in the OT, especially in Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Hosea. While many say that was already done, that land didn’t belong to the Jews anymore. Israel was in the hands of the Gentiles for nearly 2500 years before it once again became a nation in 1948. Jesus predicted that when Jerusalem’s control came back into the hands of the Israelites, that the end would be ready. You can look at that as Jesus’ prediction that Jerusalem would come under Israel’s control in a separate event, which it did in the wake of the Six Day War in 1967. Also, it says that in Revelation 12 that Satan would come after the woman that beared the man child. As I say so often, don’t let traditional teachers fool you on this. They’ll say the woman is the church that bears the man child, Jesus. The woman referred to there is an actual woman. Mary beared the man child. The reason why it’s written that way that Satan would come after the woman instead of the man child is because it separates them Jew from Christian. Anyone that believes in Jesus is a Christian. Mary was a Jew. That was the whole point in separating them. Satan will have much of the world under his control, and where do they meet at the end? Megiddo, which is in northern Israel. That’s where the word “armageddon” comes from. That is how Satan comes after the woman that beared the man child. In generation’s past, that was impossible to do so therefore the prophets of doom couldn’t use God’s words accurately to predict the end.
Israel is the biggest component and indicator of the end times, but there isn’t going to be any “end of the world” stuff. When the disciples came to Jesus asking for signs of his return and the end of the world, that word “world” was mistranslated from the original Greek. If you’ve read my blogs before, you know I make this point often, but I feel it’s necessary to always clear this up. The Greek word for “world” is cosmos, but in Matthew 24:3 the word there is actually “αιων” (ahee-OWN) which means age, not world. When Jesus returns, that ends this age. Armageddon isn’t the last worldly battle before the end of the world because there won’t be any end of the world. Read Revelation 20 keeping in mind all the while that when Jesus returns that he ends this age only, and it will finally make sense for you. No one can make sense of Revelation 20 unless you have that knowledge.
There also is the prediction of times. Jesus said that after he dies, that he would rise on the third day. That he did. It is also written that to God, a thousand years is one day (2nd Peter 3:8, Psalm 90:4 ). In the eyes of God, Jesus lived two days ago and will rise on the third day. It’s been very close to two thousand years, afterall since his life and death. The rise being the millennial age as is written in the original Greek where he reigns on Earth with his saints (Rev. 20). Also since God created this age, it’s been close to six days in His sight. On the seventh day He rests. This is my very strong held belief that we indeed are in the latter days, but not yet in the tribulation period.
In my gut since childhood, I always had it in me to know that not only would I see the end, but play a major role in it. That I will have a job to do. After answering my call when I turned 25, God put that in my mind always to motivate me. I even told people before I read that I felt that these evil things upon us will rise to a climax and something will happen in my lifetime to change everything. I’ve always known this. It took my dedicated reading and studying to find the proof. I will not escape by some rapture, and neither will you. There won’t be one, mark my words. That is one thing I don’t want to say “I told you so” from. To know what my job will be and that I will be here while those who have the audacity to think they just get to fly away angers me. I know what I am and I know what they aren’t, but I have to be here while they get a free ride out of this? I don’t think so. I’ll leave a blog link at the bottom here.
Whether or not we are in the end times, one must always be prepared spiritually. That means not “living each day to its fullest”, “live life with no regrets”, or any other foolish cliche that our latest, most selfish generation have made a charter of. You better not believe you are above regrets and wrongdoing. You will most certainly have something to answer for. What that means is to be diligent in seeking Him. Find your spiritual center. Find that connection between God and yourself. It’s there for everyone. Perhaps you should strengthen that, eh? Read and study God’s word with the point of view that the Bible are His words and let Him explain Himself to you without any influence of men’s teaching. If you can do that, you’ll be in great shape with our Creator. Don’t be slack when it comes to God, or this time will come upon you unawares.
