With all that has happened in the last year or so, things have intensified so much in the last few months, that the whole world has been plunged into a crisis that apparently no one saw coming....or at least not the average person in the street.
Just with the disasters that have occurred during the last year...fires, floods, earthquakes, destructive weather events and other "natural" disasters in unprecedented numbers globally, it looks as if we were set up for this virus to finish us off....both financially, socially and physically. Covid 19 is targeting the elderly and those with chronic health conditions. Comparatively few young people and small children have been victims. Can someone tell us why?
Is there a time in history when we were more vulnerable? Even with all our technology and advanced medical science in this 21st century....we still cannot prevent another "plague" from decimating the world's population.
So in view of the "sign" that Jesus gave concerning "the time of the end" or the time when Jesus was to return to bring the world to an accounting, (Matthew 24:3-14; 37-39) how many "Christians" out there can really deny that this world system is in its death throes?....that we are seeing intensified events of which Jesus spoke, that are making many people very nervous about the immediate future?
Here is a list of the events that Jesus said would mark the "last days".....
Are there Christians who think "the end" is still a long way off? If so, what makes you think so?
Just with the disasters that have occurred during the last year...fires, floods, earthquakes, destructive weather events and other "natural" disasters in unprecedented numbers globally, it looks as if we were set up for this virus to finish us off....both financially, socially and physically. Covid 19 is targeting the elderly and those with chronic health conditions. Comparatively few young people and small children have been victims. Can someone tell us why?
Is there a time in history when we were more vulnerable? Even with all our technology and advanced medical science in this 21st century....we still cannot prevent another "plague" from decimating the world's population.
So in view of the "sign" that Jesus gave concerning "the time of the end" or the time when Jesus was to return to bring the world to an accounting, (Matthew 24:3-14; 37-39) how many "Christians" out there can really deny that this world system is in its death throes?....that we are seeing intensified events of which Jesus spoke, that are making many people very nervous about the immediate future?
Here is a list of the events that Jesus said would mark the "last days".....
- War on a large scale.—Matthew 24:7; Revelation 6:4.
- Famine.—Matthew 24:7; Revelation 6:5, 6.
- Great earthquakes.—Luke 21:11.
- Pestilences, or epidemics of “terrible diseases.”—Luke 21:11, Contemporary English Version.
- Increase of crime.—Matthew 24:12.
- Ruining of the earth by mankind.—Revelation 11:18.
- Deterioration of people’s attitudes, as shown by many who are “unthankful, disloyal, . . . not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride.”—2 Timothy 3:1-4.
- Breakdown of the family, with people who have “no natural affection” and children who are “disobedient to parents.”—2 Timothy 3:2, 3.
- Love of God growing cold in most people.—Matthew 24:12.
- Noteworthy displays of religious hypocrisy.—2 Timothy 3:5.
- Increased understanding of Bible prophecies, including those related to the last days.—Daniel 12:4.
- Global preaching of the good news of the Kingdom.—Matthew 24:14.
- Widespread apathy and even ridicule toward the evidence of the approaching end.—Matthew 24:37-39; 2 Peter 3:3, 4.
- The simultaneous fulfillment of all these prophecies, not just a few or even most of them.—Matthew 24:33.
https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/end-times-prophecy-sign/
Are there Christians who think "the end" is still a long way off? If so, what makes you think so?