God is obligated by His character to warn the world of the imminent return of His Son. The reason is that Jesus is returning in great wrath to "judge and wage war" (Revelation 19:11), and God never pours out His wrath without warning.



God does not wish that any should perish, but that all should be brought to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). Therefore, God always warns before He executes His wrath. He warned the world through Noah for 120 years. He warned Sodom and Gomorrah through Abraham. He sent Jonah to warn the pagan city of Ninevah, and He sent Nahum to the same city 150 years later.



Likewise, God is warning the world today that His Son is about to return. He is calling the world to repentance. The message of the hour to unbelievers can be summed up in these words: "Flee from the wrath that is to come by fleeing into the loving arms of Jesus now." Jesus came the first time as an expression of God's love; He came to die for the sins of Mankind. But when He returns, He will come in vengeance to pour out the wrath of God on those who have rejected God's love and grace.



The soon return of Jesus also carries with it a message for believers. Lukewarm Christians and carnal Christians are being called to commit their lives to holiness: "The night is almost gone, and the day is at hand. Let us therefore lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts." (Romans 13:12-14)



God's Method of Warning

God is alerting believers of the soon return of His Son through what are called "signs of the times." These are prophecies concerning world events that we are told to watch for, prophecies that will identify the season of the Lord's return.



The Bible is full of these signs. There are about 500 prophecies in the Old Testament that relate to the Second Coming of the Messiah. In the New Testament, one out of every 25 verses is concerned with the return of Jesus.



In fact, there are so many signs that it is difficult to grasp all of them. The best way I have found to do this is to put them in categories:



1) The Signs of Nature — We are told to watch for earthquakes, famine, pestilence, and signs in the heavens (see Matthew 24:7 and Luke 21:11).



This is the least respected category of signs for several reasons. For one thing, many people simply shrug their shoulders and say, "There have always been natural calamities, so what else is new?" Note that Jesus says these signs will be like "birth pangs" (Matthew 24:8) — that is, they will increase in frequency and intensity as the time draws near for His return. In other words, there will be more intense earthquakes and more frequent ones. That is exactly what is happening today.



Another reason these signs are given little respect is because most Christians are so rationalistic that they do not really believe in the supernatural, and they therefore find it difficult to believe that God speaks to the world through signs of nature. Yet, the Bible teaches this principle from start to finish.



God dealt with the world's sin through a great flood in the days of Noah (Genesis 6). He called the nation of Judah to repentance through a terrible locust invasion (Joel 1). In like manner, He called for the nation of Israel to repent by sending drought, wind storms, mildew, locusts, famine and pestilence (Amos 4:6-10). The prophet Haggai pointed to a drought as evidence that God was calling the people to get their priorities in order (Haggai 1:10-11).



The New Testament begins with a special light in the heavens marking the birth of the Messiah (Matthew 2:2). On the day that Jesus was crucified, there was three hours of darkness and an earthquake (Matthew 27:45-51). And when Jesus returns, the earth will experience the greatest earthquake in its history as every mountain is lowered, every valley is raised, and every island is moved (Revelation 16:17-21).



God has always spoken through signs of nature, and He continues to do so today. We had better pay close attention to them.



2) The Signs of Society — Jesus said that society will become increasingly lawless and immoral as the time approaches for His return. In fact, He said it would become as evil as it was in the days of Noah (Matthew 24:12,37-39).



Paul paints a chilling picture of end time society in 2 Timothy 3:1-5. He says it will be characterized by three loves — the love of self (Humanism), the love of money (Materialism), and the love of pleasure (Hedonism). He then points out that the payoff of this carnal lifestyle will be what the philosophers call Nihilism — that is, a society wallowing in despair. Men's minds will become depraved (Romans 1:28), and people will call evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20).



We are seeing these prophecies fulfilled before our eyes today as we watch our society reject its Christian heritage and descend into a hellish pit of lawlessness, immorality, and despair. Even worse, we are exporting our nihilism around the world through our immoral and violent movies and television programs.



3) The Spiritual Signs — There are both positive and negative spiritual signs that we are to watch for. The negative ones include the appearance of false christs and their cults (Matthew 24:5,11,24), the apostasy of the professing church (2 Thessalonians 2:3), an outbreak of Satanism (1 Timothy 4:1), and the persecution of faithful Christians (Matthew 24:9)



These negative spiritual signs began to appear in the mid-19th Century when Christian cults started forming. First came the Mormons, then the Jehovah's Witnesses, and then a great variety of spiritualist groups like the Church of Christ Scientists and the Unity Church.



The apostasy of the mainline Christian denominations began in the 1920's when the German school of higher criticism invaded American seminaries and undermined the authority of the Scriptures, teaching that the Bible is Man's search for God rather than God's revelation to Man.



During the 1960's Satanism exploded on the American scene and has since been exported worldwide through American movies, books, and television programs. Dabbling in the occult has become commonplace in the form of astrology, numerology, crystal gazing, transcendental meditation, and channeling. The whole trend has consummated in the appearance of the New Age Movement with its teaching that Man is God.



As society has secularized, true Christianity has come under increasing attack. Judeo-Christian values, once the foundation of Western Civilization, are now openly mocked, and those who still adhere to them are castigated as "intolerant fundamentalists" by the media.



The positive spiritual signs include the proclamation of the Gospel to the whole world (Matthew 24:14), a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Joel 2:28-32), and spiritual illumination to understand prophecies that have been "sealed up" until the end times (Daniel 12:4,9).



As with the negative signs, we are seeing these positive signs fulfilled in our day and time. Through the use of modern technology, the Gospel has been proclaimed throughout the world in this Century, and the Bible has been translated into all major languages.



The great end time pouring out of the Holy Spirit that was prophesied by the prophet Joel has also begun. Joel called it "the latter rain" (Joel 2:23), and he said it would occur after the Jews had returned to their land. The state of Israel was re-established in 1948. In 1949 God anointed two ministries that would have a worldwide impact — the ministries of Billy Graham and Oral Roberts. Then, in the 60's, came the Charismatic Movement which prompted renewal in worship and gave emphasis to the continuing validity of the gifts of the Spirit.



The acceleration in the understanding of Bible prophecy began in 1970 with the publication of Hal Lindsey's book, The Late Great Planet Earth. It seemed to open up to popular understanding many prophecies that had been "sealed up" until the end times (Daniel 12:4, 9). Remarkably, it became the number one best seller in the world — with the sole exception of the Bible — for the next ten years!



4) The Signs of Technology — The book of Daniel says that there will be an explosion of knowledge in the end times and that people will move about quickly (Daniel 12:4). There are many Bible prophecies that cannot be understood apart from modern technology. For example, how can the whole world look upon two bodies lying in the streets of Jerusalem (Revelation 11:8-9)? Modern television satellite technology makes it easy. How can the False Prophet build an image of the Anti-Christ that appears to be alive (Revelation 13:15)? The answer, of course, is the science of robotics. How can the False Prophet require all people on earth to take the mark of the Anti-Christ in order to buy and sell (Revelation 13:16-17)? It would not be possible apart from computers and lasers.



Jesus said that the Tribulation will be so terrible that all life on earth would cease to exist if He did not cut the period short (Matthew 24:21-22). How could all life be threatened prior to the advent of nuclear weapons? Another reference to nuclear power is likely contained in Luke's statement that men in the end times will "faint from fear" because "the powers of the heavens will be shaken" (Luke 21:26). That certainly sounds like a reference to the splitting of the atom.



5) The Signs of World Politics — The Bible prophesies that there will be a certain pattern of world politics that will characterize the end time geopolitical map.



The focus will be the re-established state of Israel (Zechariah 12:2-3). It will be besieged by a menacing nation from the "remote parts of the north," the nation of "Rosh" — or modern day Russia (Ezekiel 38:2,6). There will also be a threatening nation to the East that will be capable of sending an army of 200 million — namely, China (Revelation 9:13-16 and Revelation 16:12-13). A third source of danger to Israel will be the Arab nations that immediately surround it. They will covet the land and will try to take it from the Jews (Ezekiel 35:10 and 36:2).



Another key player on the world political scene in the end times will be a coalition of European nations that will form a confederation centered in the area of the old Roman empire (Daniel 2:41-44, Daniel 7:7,23-24, and Revelation 17:12-13). This confederation will serve as the political base for the rise of the Anti-Christ and the creation of his worldwide kingdom (Daniel 7:8).



Other international political signs include wars and rumors of wars (Matthew 24:6), civil wars (Matthew 24:7), and general international terrorism and lawlessness (Matthew 24:12).



6) The Signs of Israel — The signs related to the state of Israel are prolific and very important.



The most frequently repeated prophecy in the Old Testament is the prediction that the Jewish people will be regathered from the "four corners of the earth" in the end times (Isaiah 11:10-12). The Bible states that a consequence of this regathering will be the re-establishment of the state of Israel (Isaiah 66:7-8). The Scriptures say that once the Jews are back in their land, the land itself will experience a miracle of reclamation (Isaiah 35). The desert will bloom and people will exclaim, "This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden" (Ezekiel 36:35).



Another end time miracle will be the revival of the Hebrew language (Zephaniah 3:9). Most people are not aware of the fact that when the Jews were dispersed from their land in 70 A.D., they ceased to speak the Hebrew language. The Jews who settled in Europe developed a new language called Yiddish — a combination of German and Hebrew. The Jews who migrated to the Mediterranean basin created a language called Ladino — a combination of Hebrew and Spanish.



Other significant signs of Israel that we are told to watch for in the end times include the re-occupation of Jerusalem (Luke 21:24), the resurgence of Israeli military strength (Zechariah 12:6), and the re-focusing of world politics on Israel (Zechariah 12:3).



All these signs have been fulfilled in this century. The nation has been re-established, the land has been reclaimed, the ancient language has been revived, the Jews are back in Jerusalem, and Israel is the focal point of world politics.



Jesus says in Luke 21:28 that when these signs begin to happen, we should "straighten up and lift up our heads" because "our redemption is drawing near."



The Key Signs

The most important signs are the ones that relate to Israel because God uses the Jews throughout the Scriptures as His prophetic time clock. By this I mean that very often when the Lord is revealing an important event that will take place in the future, He will point to the Jewish people and state that when a certain thing happens to them, the important event will also occur.



A good example of this principle can be found in Daniel 9 in the famous "Seventy Weeks of Years" prophecy. The prophet tells us to watch for a decree to be issued that will authorize the rebuilding of Jerusalem. He then says that the Messiah will come sixty-nine weeks of years (483 years) after that decree is issued to the Jewish people.



There are two key prophecies which relate the return of Jesus to events that have occurred in Jewish history since 1948. These two events clearly established the period in which we are now living as the season of the Lord's return.



The State of Israel

The first is the re-establishment of the state of Israel which occurred on May 14, 1948. Jesus singled out this event as the one that would signal His soon return.



His prophecy is contained in the fig tree parable (Matthew 24:32-35) which He presented in His Olivet Discourse. The day before He delivered this speech, He had put a curse on a barren fig tree, causing it to wither (Matthew 21:28-29). This was a symbolic prophecy that God would soon pour out His wrath upon the Jewish people because of their spiritual barrenness in rejecting His Son.



The next day Jesus reminded His disciples of the fig tree. He said to watch for it to bloom again. In other words, He said watch for the rebirth of Israel. He indicated that when the fig tree blooms again, He would be at the gates of Heaven, ready to return (Matthew 24:33).



Equally significant, He added an interesting observation: "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place" (Matthew 24:34). What generation? The generation that sees the fig tree blossom.



We are that generation. The fig tree has blossomed. Jesus is at the gates.



The City of Jerusalem

The second key event was prophesied by Jesus in the same speech, as recorded by Luke: "[The Jews] will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled" (Luke 21:24).



The first half of this prophecy was fulfilled in 70 A.D., forty years after Jesus spoke the words. In that year the Romans under Titus conquered Jerusalem and dispersed the Jews among the nations. Jerusalem remained under Gentile occupation for 1,897 years — until June 7, 1967, when Israel won the city back during the Six Day War.



The Jewish re-occupation of the city of Jerusalem is proof positive that we are living in the season of the Lord's return. Jesus said it would mark the end of the Gentile Age.



A Call to Action

There is no way to escape the conclusion that we are living on borrowed time. The signs of the times are upon us, and they are shouting for our attention.



Are you ready? If Jesus were to return today, would He be your "Blessed Hope" (Titus 2:11-14) or would He be your "Holy Terror" (Revelation 6:12-17)? If you have never received Him as your Lord and Savior, now is the time to act. Repent of your sins, and call upon the name of the Lord that you might be saved (Acts 2:14-39).



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Lenbenherehear wrote:

God is obligated by His character to warn the world of the imminent return of His Son. The reason is that Jesus is returning in great wrath to "judge and wage war" (Revelation 19:11), and God never pours out His wrath without warning.



God does not wish that any should perish, but that all should be brought to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). Therefore, God always warns before He executes His wrath. He warned the world through Noah for 120 years. He warned Sodom and Gomorrah through Abraham. He sent Jonah to warn the pagan city of Ninevah, and He sent Nahum to the same city 150 years later.



Likewise, God is warning the world today that His Son is about to return. He is calling the world to repentance. The message of the hour to unbelievers can be summed up in these words: "Flee from the wrath that is to come by fleeing into the loving arms of Jesus now." Jesus came the first time as an expression of God's love; He came to die for the sins of Mankind. But when He returns, He will come in vengeance to pour out the wrath of God on those who have rejected God's love and grace.



The soon return of Jesus also carries with it a message for believers. Lukewarm Christians and carnal Christians are being called to commit their lives to holiness: "The night is almost gone, and the day is at hand. Let us therefore lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts." (Romans 13:12-14)



God's Method of Warning

God is alerting believers of the soon return of His Son through what are called "signs of the times." These are prophecies concerning world events that we are told to watch for, prophecies that will identify the season of the Lord's return.



The Bible is full of these signs. There are about 500 prophecies in the Old Testament that relate to the Second Coming of the Messiah. In the New Testament, one out of every 25 verses is concerned with the return of Jesus.



In fact, there are so many signs that it is difficult to grasp all of them. The best way I have found to do this is to put them in categories:



1) The Signs of Nature — We are told to watch for earthquakes, famine, pestilence, and signs in the heavens (see Matthew 24:7 and Luke 21:11).



This is the least respected category of signs for several reasons. For one thing, many people simply shrug their shoulders and say, "There have always been natural calamities, so what else is new?" Note that Jesus says these signs will be like "birth pangs" (Matthew 24:8) — that is, they will increase in frequency and intensity as the time draws near for His return. In other words, there will be more intense earthquakes and more frequent ones. That is exactly what is happening today.



Another reason these signs are given little respect is because most Christians are so rationalistic that they do not really believe in the supernatural, and they therefore find it difficult to believe that God speaks to the world through signs of nature. Yet, the Bible teaches this principle from start to finish.



God dealt with the world's sin through a great flood in the days of Noah (Genesis 6). He called the nation of Judah to repentance through a terrible locust invasion (Joel 1). In like manner, He called for the nation of Israel to repent by sending drought, wind storms, mildew, locusts, famine and pestilence (Amos 4:6-10). The prophet Haggai pointed to a drought as evidence that God was calling the people to get their priorities in order (Haggai 1:10-11).



The New Testament begins with a special light in the heavens marking the birth of the Messiah (Matthew 2:2). On the day that Jesus was crucified, there was three hours of darkness and an earthquake (Matthew 27:45-51). And when Jesus returns, the earth will experience the greatest earthquake in its history as every mountain is lowered, every valley is raised, and every island is moved (Revelation 16:17-21).



God has always spoken through signs of nature, and He continues to do so today. We had better pay close attention to them.



2) The Signs of Society — Jesus said that society will become increasingly lawless and immoral as the time approaches for His return. In fact, He said it would become as evil as it was in the days of Noah (Matthew 24:12, 37-39).



Paul paints a chilling picture of end time society in 2 Timothy 3:1-5. He says it will be characterized by three loves — the love of self (Humanism), the love of money (Materialism), and the love of pleasure (Hedonism). He then points out that the payoff of this carnal lifestyle will be what the philosophers call Nihilism — that is, a society wallowing in despair. Men's minds will become depraved (Romans 1:28), and people will call evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20).



We are seeing these prophecies fulfilled before our eyes today as we watch our society reject its Christian heritage and descend into a hellish pit of lawlessness, immorality, and despair. Even worse, we are exporting our nihilism around the world through our immoral and violent movies and television programs.



3) The Spiritual Signs — There are both positive and negative spiritual signs that we are to watch for. The negative ones include the appearance of false christs and their cults (Matthew 24:5, 11, 24), the apostasy of the professing church (2 Thessalonians 2:3), an outbreak of Satanism (1 Timothy 4:1), and the persecution of faithful Christians (Matthew 24:9)



These negative spiritual signs began to appear in the mid-19th Century when Christian cults started forming. First came the Mormons, then the Jehovah's Witnesses, and then a great variety of spiritualist groups like the Church of Christ Scientists and the Unity Church.



The apostasy of the mainline Christian denominations began in the 1920's when the German school of higher criticism invaded American seminaries and undermined the authority of the Scriptures, teaching that the Bible is Man's search for God rather than God's revelation to Man.



During the 1960's Satanism exploded on the American scene and has since been exported worldwide through American movies, books, and television programs. Dabbling in the occult has become commonplace in the form of astrology, numerology, crystal gazing, transcendental meditation, and channeling. The whole trend has consummated in the appearance of the New Age Movement with its teaching that Man is God.



As society has secularized, true Christianity has come under increasing attack. Judeo-Christian values, once the foundation of Western Civilization, are now openly mocked, and those who still adhere to them are castigated as "intolerant fundamentalists" by the media.



The positive spiritual signs include the proclamation of the Gospel to the whole world (Matthew 24:14), a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Joel 2:28-32), and spiritual illumination to understand prophecies that have been "sealed up" until the end times (Daniel 12:4, 9).



As with the negative signs, we are seeing these positive signs fulfilled in our day and time. Through the use of modern technology, the Gospel has been proclaimed throughout the world in this Century, and the Bible has been translated into all major languages.



The great end time pouring out of the Holy Spirit that was prophesied by the prophet Joel has also begun. Joel called it "the latter rain" (Joel 2:23), and he said it would occur after the Jews had returned to their land. The state of Israel was re-established in 1948. In 1949 God anointed two ministries that would have a worldwide impact — the ministries of Billy Graham and Oral Roberts. Then, in the 60's, came the Charismatic Movement which prompted renewal in worship and gave emphasis to the continuing validity of the gifts of the Spirit.



The acceleration in the understanding of Bible prophecy began in 1970 with the publication of Hal Lindsey's book, The Late Great Planet Earth. It seemed to open up to popular understanding many prophecies that had been "sealed up" until the end times (Daniel 12:4, 9). Remarkably, it became the number one best seller in the world — with the sole exception of the Bible — for the next ten years!



4) The Signs of Technology — The book of Daniel says that there will be an explosion of knowledge in the end times and that people will move about quickly (Daniel 12:4). There are many Bible prophecies that cannot be understood apart from modern technology. For example, how can the whole world look upon two bodies lying in the streets of Jerusalem (Revelation 11:8-9)? Modern television satellite technology makes it easy. How can the False Prophet build an image of the Anti-Christ that appears to be alive (Revelation 13:15)? The answer, of course, is the science of robotics. How can the False Prophet require all people on earth to take the mark of the Anti-Christ in order to buy and sell (Revelation 13:16-17)? It would not be possible apart from computers and lasers.



Jesus said that the Tribulation will be so terrible that all life on earth would cease to exist if He did not cut the period short (Matthew 24:21-22). How could all life be threatened prior to the advent of nuclear weapons? Another reference to nuclear power is likely contained in Luke's statement that men in the end times will "faint from fear" because "the powers of the heavens will be shaken" (Luke 21:26). That certainly sounds like a reference to the splitting of the atom.



5) The Signs of World Politics — The Bible prophesies that there will be a certain pattern of world politics that will characterize the end time geopolitical map.



The focus will be the re-established state of Israel (Zechariah 12:2-3). It will be besieged by a menacing nation from the "remote parts of the north, " the nation of "Rosh" — or modern day Russia (Ezekiel 38:2, 6). There will also be a threatening nation to the East that will be capable of sending an army of 200 million — namely, China (Revelation 9:13-16 and Revelation 16:12-13). A third source of danger to Israel will be the Arab nations that immediately surround it. They will covet the land and will try to take it from the Jews (Ezekiel 35:10 and 36:2).



Another key player on the world political scene in the end times will be a coalition of European nations that will form a confederation centered in the area of the old Roman empire (Daniel 2:41-44, Daniel 7:7, 23-24, and Revelation 17:12-13). This confederation will serve as the political base for the rise of the Anti-Christ and the creation of his worldwide kingdom (Daniel 7:8).



Other international political signs include wars and rumors of wars (Matthew 24:6), civil wars (Matthew 24:7), and general international terrorism and lawlessness (Matthew 24:12).



6) The Signs of Israel — The signs related to the state of Israel are prolific and very important.



The most frequently repeated prophecy in the Old Testament is the prediction that the Jewish people will be regathered from the "four corners of the earth" in the end times (Isaiah 11:10-12). The Bible states that a consequence of this regathering will be the re-establishment of the state of Israel (Isaiah 66:7-8). The Scriptures say that once the Jews are back in their land, the land itself will experience a miracle of reclamation (Isaiah 35). The desert will bloom and people will exclaim, "This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden" (Ezekiel 36:35).



Another end time miracle will be the revival of the Hebrew language (Zephaniah 3:9). Most people are not aware of the fact that when the Jews were dispersed from their land in 70 A.D., they ceased to speak the Hebrew language. The Jews who settled in Europe developed a new language called Yiddish — a combination of German and Hebrew. The Jews who migrated to the Mediterranean basin created a language called Ladino — a combination of Hebrew and Spanish.



Other significant signs of Israel that we are told to watch for in the end times include the re-occupation of Jerusalem (Luke 21:24), the resurgence of Israeli military strength (Zechariah 12:6), and the re-focusing of world politics on Israel (Zechariah 12:3).



All these signs have been fulfilled in this century. The nation has been re-established, the land has been reclaimed, the ancient language has been revived, the Jews are back in Jerusalem, and Israel is the focal point of world politics.



Jesus says in Luke 21:28 that when these signs begin to happen, we should "straighten up and lift up our heads" because "our redemption is drawing near."



The Key Signs

The most important signs are the ones that relate to Israel because God uses the Jews throughout the Scriptures as His prophetic time clock. By this I mean that very often when the Lord is revealing an important event that will take place in the future, He will point to the Jewish people and state that when a certain thing happens to them, the important event will also occur.



A good example of this principle can be found in Daniel 9 in the famous "Seventy Weeks of Years" prophecy. The prophet tells us to watch for a decree to be issued that will authorize the rebuilding of Jerusalem. He then says that the Messiah will come sixty-nine weeks of years (483 years) after that decree is issued to the Jewish people.



There are two key prophecies which relate the return of Jesus to events that have occurred in Jewish history since 1948. These two events clearly established the period in which we are now living as the season of the Lord's return.



The State of Israel

The first is the re-establishment of the state of Israel which occurred on May 14, 1948. Jesus singled out this event as the one that would signal His soon return.



His prophecy is contained in the fig tree parable (Matthew 24:32-35) which He presented in His Olivet Discourse. The day before He delivered this speech, He had put a curse on a barren fig tree, causing it to wither (Matthew 21:28-29). This was a symbolic prophecy that God would soon pour out His wrath upon the Jewish people because of their spiritual barrenness in rejecting His Son.



The next day Jesus reminded His disciples of the fig tree. He said to watch for it to bloom again. In other words, He said watch for the rebirth of Israel. He indicated that when the fig tree blooms again, He would be at the gates of Heaven, ready to return (Matthew 24:33).



Equally significant, He added an interesting observation: "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place" (Matthew 24:34). What generation? The generation that sees the fig tree blossom.



We are that generation. The fig tree has blossomed. Jesus is at the gates.



The City of Jerusalem

The second key event was prophesied by Jesus in the same speech, as recorded by Luke: "[The Jews] will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled" (Luke 21:24).



The first half of this prophecy was fulfilled in 70 A.D., forty years after Jesus spoke the words. In that year the Romans under Titus conquered Jerusalem and dispersed the Jews among the nations. Jerusalem remained under Gentile occupation for 1, 897 years — until June 7, 1967, when Israel won the city back during the Six Day War.



The Jewish re-occupation of the city of Jerusalem is proof positive that we are living in the season of the Lord's return. Jesus said it would mark the end of the Gentile Age.



A Call to Action

There is no way to escape the conclusion that we are living on borrowed time. The signs of the times are upon us, and they are shouting for our attention.



Are you ready? If Jesus were to return today, would He be your "Blessed Hope" (Titus 2:11-14) or would He be your "Holy Terror" (Revelation 6:12-17)? If you have never received Him as your Lord and Savior, now is the time to act. Repent of your sins, and call upon the name of the Lord that you might be saved (Acts 2:14-39).



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Most of these signs are the equivalent to saying "we'll still breath air if we're alive tomorrow."

dude, that was way too fucking long for me to read all of it. i know what it says anyway, since, as sinister said, you fuckers have been spouting for for way too long.



look, the apocolypse is coming, but not in the way you think. i say that within the next few hundred years religion will be phased out of our society, and do you know why, because holy wars will engulf this fucking planet and we atheists and agnostics will be the only ones left.

Mr. Sinister wrote:

What is with you apocalypse preachers, there is no damn holy bible end times scenario in the making. You people have been screaming that shit for thousands of years and it has not happend YET!

>>>Guess what? : you and those like you canNOT see the clear and unmistakable "signs of the times" BECAUSE YOU DWELL IN UTTER spiritual-darkness. - and GOD will leave you there if you don't wise up and pursue The Truth and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.



Israel and Jerusalem are the KEYS to GOD's Prophetic Timetable. - the signs I have listed are REAL and they are PRESENT-DAY. Only the spiritually BLIND cannot and WILL NOT see it.

Yet people like you have been saying this for the last 1500 years or so.

Lenbenherehear wrote:

>>>Guess what? : you and those like you canNOT see the clear and unmistakable "signs of the times" BECAUSE YOU DWELL IN UTTER spiritual-darkness. - and GOD will leave you there if you don't wise up and pursue The Truth and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.



Israel and Jerusalem are the KEYS to GOD's Prophetic Timetable. - the signs I have listed are REAL and they are PRESENT-DAY. Only the spiritually BLIND cannot and WILL NOT see it.

what the fuck are you talking about, israel and jerusalem have been fought over in countless wars throughout history, and every time it happens, guess what else comes along with it ^

Boojum© wrote:

Magical!

HOLY Find out what a BLOG is and use it, BATMAN!!!



OP-er, that cut and paste crud is more suited for your blog!

SEE:



http://www.harpazo.net/101/List.html





The Bible foretells many signs that would culminate in the last days.

Jesus indicated these signs would arise together as His return drew near (Matthew 24:33-34). Though many of these prophecies won’t climax until the tribulation period, our generation is the first to see every trend in place. As the final seconds of this age tick away, these events will come into even clearer focus. Keep in mind as you read through this list that these prophecies were penned 1900 to 3500 years ago!





Note: The 101 Last Days Prophecies booklet is now in it's 3rd Printing!

The list below reflects the most recent changes.



~ These are just a few of over 100 signs and prophecies referenced . . .



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Last Updated: April 19, 2006

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Mankind would be capable of destroying all life (Matthew 24:21-22). Consider that when Jesus made this prophecy the armaments of His day were swords and spears. But today, with nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, it is possible to wipe out all flesh on planet earth.

See:

-Iran Could Produce Nuclear Bomb in 16 Days (bloomberg)

-World Condemns Iran for Enriching Uranium (times uk)

-U.S. Rolls Out Nuclear Plan (la times)

-Rice Defends US-India Nuclear Deal (aljazeera)



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The use of nuclear weapons anticipated (Zechariah 14:12). The neutron bomb melts (dissolves) its victims – just as God warned 2500 years ago – “Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths”. This was unimaginable in Zechariah’s day.

See:

-What is a Neutron Bomb? (manuels web)





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There would be a global cry for peace (1 Thessalonians 5:3). Never has there been such a concerted, global effort to bring about peace at any cost as there is today.

See:

-Peace & Safety (harpazo network)





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The Antichrist would use (false) peace to destroy many (Daniel 8:23-25). With all the problems facing mankind, multitudes are looking for a “savior” to usher in peace and prosperity without moral accountability. The Antichrist will promise the world and Israel such a peace if they follow him – but his intentions will be sinister.

See:

-Profile of the Antichrist (harpazo network)





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In the last days Israel would have a peace treaty in place that the Antichrist will confirm and eventually break (Daniel 9:27). Currently the world’s governments are striving for an Israeli peace treaty.

See:

-The Center for Middle East Peace & Economic Cooperation

-The Oslo Accords (the peace encyclopedia)

-The Peace Process is Dead, Long Live the Peace Process (mideastweb.org)

-Jordan Seen as Key to Solving the P.A. Problem: 3 Plans (arutz 7)

-New Mideast Peace Bids - A Pocket Guide (ha'aretz)

-Camp David: Bush, Jordanian King Continue Work on Mideast Peace (fox news)

-A Guide to the Mideast 'Road Map' (washington post)





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Damascus would be destroyed (Isaiah 17:1, 14; Jeremiah 49:23-27; Amos 1:3-5; Zechariah 9:1-8). Damascus, Syria is increasingly in the news and is extremely anti-Semitic. Many terrorist organizations have their bases in Damascus. God declares that they will become a ruinous heap because they have violently taken what was not theirs.

See:

-The Burden of Damascus (harpazo network)





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Chaotic weather would be prevalent (Luke 21:25-26). Jesus foresaw “the seas and the waves roaring” in the last days. He also likened these signs to birth pangs (Matthew 24:8). The Greek word odin, often translated as sorrows in Matthew 24:8, literally means birth pangs. Furthermore, the apostle Paul reminded us that the creation itself will be delivered from the curse at the end of the age (Romans 8:21). And that the “the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs” (Romans 8:22). As delivery draws near, birth pangs always increase in both intensity and frequency. Therefore, the creation itself would travail as the time of delivery draws near. Of course chaotic weather is not new, but there are indications that we are witnessing an increase in strange weather.

See:

-End Times Forecast (harpazo network)

-Earth Watch (disaster relief)

-Federal Emergency Management Agency (fema)

-Climate change (abc news)

-Residents Flee as Cyclone Heads for Australian Coast (afp)

-Asian Tsunami Survivors Look Back at 6 Months of Suffering (voa news)

-The Planet Goes Haywire (guardian)

-Australia - Worst Drought On Record (abc net)

-Nowhere Safe As Weather Goes Haywire (the scotsman)

-Floods Leave One Million Homeless In India's Northeast (terra daily)

-Hurricanes Predicted to Double (cnn)





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There would be a move toward a global government (Daniel 2:40-44; 7:23; Revelation 13:7-8). The former Roman Empire – which encompassed present-day Europe – would revive and eventually dominate the world. The European Union has steadily moved forward in its attempt to unite Europe politically and economically. It has succeeded in creating a European parliament, a court, and a common currency.

See:

-The Rise of the European Superstate (koinonia house)

-Euro Information (euro.gov.uk)

-Euro Hits Record vs Yen (reuters)

-Europe Wants to Rival US as Military Superpower (crosswalk)

-Javier Solana to Head EU Defense Agency (xinhuanet)

-Tens of Thousands of Activists Converge to Forge New Vision of Europe (terradaily)

-EU Viewed by China as World Power to Rival US (telegraph)

-Europe Tests Its Military Wings (guardian)

-War Crimes Court On Trial As EU, US Square Up (dailytimes)

-'Old Europe' presses ahead with plans for an EU army (telegraph)

-EU Peacekeeping Force Ready (the age)







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Literal Babylon (formerly called Babel – Genesis 10:10) would reemerge in the land of Shinar – known today as Iraq (Zechariah 5:11; Isaiah 13). Saddam Hussein spent over 20 years rebuilding the city of Babylon. Today, with Saddam’s regime overthrown, the international community is discussing how to rebuild Iraq.

See:

-The Mystery Of Babylon (koinonia house)

-Babylon (harpazo network)

-Photo Tour of Babylon

-Chaldean Bishop: Iraq Needs Help From Outside To Be "Reborn" (national review)

-Council Ousts Babylon Governor (washington times)

-New Patriarch of Babylonia of the Chaldeans, Iraq, Elected (ewtn)

-Plan for Rebuilding Iraq Given Unanimous OK (world net daily)

-UK Pledges £300m for Rebuilding Iraq (bbc)

-New Iraqi Currency (ndtv)

-University of Babylon Re-opens (bb)

Like I said, Mr.Sin: THE SIGNS AND PROPHECIES ARE VERY VERY CLEAR and RIGHT THERE FOR ANYONE TO EXAMINE FOR THEMSELVES.



Only *the spiritually-blinded* cannot and *will not* see it.

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The earth would be filled with violence (Luke 17:26; Genesis 6:11-13). In the United States alone, violent crime has increased nearly 500% since 1960. Fifty years ago abortion (the violent murder of an unborn child) was illegal in most countries. Today abortion is legal in most countries and 50 million children are aborted each year.

See:

-United States Crime Rates 1960 - 2000 (disaster center)

-Preliminary Uniform Crime Report, 2002 (fbi)

-Painkillers for Aborted Babies? (wnd)

-Lawmakers Vote to 'Celebrate' Abortion (world net daily)

-'Pro-Choicers' Clap After Partial-Birth Abortion (world net daily)



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Jesus foretold that there would be fearful sights (Luke 21:11). The Greek word translated fearful is phobetron, which can also be translated terror. According to the U.S. State Department, between 1981 and 2004, there were 10, 605 international terrorist attacks.

See:

-Total International Terrorist Attacks, 1981-2001 (u.s. department of state)

-U.S. Figures Show Sharp Global Rise In Terrorism (washington post)

-FBI, ATF Point to Threat of Domestic Terrorism (cnn)

-Terror Message: Civilian Deaths Justified (cnn)

-Bin Laden 'is Alive' (news 24)

-‘Al Qaeda Vows Back-Breaking Strike’ (indian express)

-Cities Ramp Up Security On Terror Alert Rise (cnn)

-Report: Hamas Planned Attacks in U.S. (world net daily)

-Istanbul Blasts At Least 27 Killed - 450 Injured (cnn)

-'Dirty-Bomb' Plot Underway in U.S.? (world net daily)

-Al-Qaida Training Manual Shows Seaports Top Target (world net daily)

-New al-Qaida Threat: 15-Ship Mystery Navy (world net daily)

-Al-Qaida Tape Warns of 'Crusade' (world net daily)

-Saudis Seize 'Terror' Missiles (bbc)

-Officials: Suicide Airliner Hijackings Possible (cnn)





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Multitudes would travel to and fro (Daniel 12:4). Prior to the Industrial Revolution, few individuals traveled beyond their community. Until recently, horse, foot, and boat were the only modes of transportation. Yet today we travel by car, bus, plane, train, subway, etc. Millions and millions are running to and fro just as Daniel prophesied 2500 years ago!

See:

-Travel Statistics and Trends (tia)





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Knowledge would increase (Daniel 12:4). Today we are witnessing an explosion of available knowledge. With the advent of the internet, it is estimated that our cumulative knowledge is doubling every five years. This exponential increase is beyond what any one could have imagined!

See:

-Knowledge Will Increase (harpazo network)





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Deadly diseases (which the Bible calls “pestilences”) would be common (Matthew 24:7). Emerging diseases such as AIDS, ebola, Hanta virus, Dengue, West Nile, SARS, bird flu, etc., underscore this fact. Ironically, just a few decades ago, some scientists were forecasting that advances in medicine might soon eradicate deadly diseases.

See:

-LA Woman Hospitalized With Bubonic Plague (ap)

-Mumps Outbreak (cnn)

More News & Links:

-Pestilence (harpazo network)





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The final generation would be open to receiving a mark on their right hand or on their forehead (Revelation 13:16). Consider how the up and coming generation is tattooed, pierced and marked with all kinds of insignia.

See:

-The Mark of the Beast (harpazo network)





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A global economic system would exist (Revelation 13:16-17). This was unthinkable in the apostle John’s day. Yet today, globalists in every level of government are seeking to unite the world. Connecting the world monetarily is crucial to their goal.

See:

-Global Economic System (harpazo network)





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A man would control all banking and commerce (Revelation 13:17-18). Remember, this prophecy was penned 2, 000 years before our computer-driven society. Yet, until recently, you couldn’t have even dreamed how a person could control all commerce.

See:

-Cashless Society (harpazo network)

-Technology (harpazo network)





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Famines would be common (Luke 21:11; Revelation 6:5-8). According to the United Nations, an estimated 852 million people went hungry in 2004.

See:

-Famines (prophecy central)

-Zimbabwe: Govt Admits Food Aid Required (irinnews)

-UN Appeals for Cash to Halt Famine in Sudan (dawn)

-Food Crisis Hits Mozambique as Drought Continues (reuters)

-World Hunger Situation Worsening (cnn)

-Egypt Fears Bread Shortage (menl)



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Lenbenherehear wrote:

Mr. Sinister wrote:

What is with you apocalypse preachers, there is no damn holy bible end times scenario in the making. You people have been screaming that shit for thousands of years and it has not happend YET!

>>>Guess what? : you and those like you canNOT see the clear and unmistakable "signs of the times" BECAUSE YOU DWELL IN UTTER spiritual-darkness. - and GOD will leave you there if you don't wise up and pursue The Truth and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.



Israel and Jerusalem are the KEYS to GOD's Prophetic Timetable. - the signs I have listed are REAL and they are PRESENT-DAY. Only the spiritually BLIND cannot and WILL NOT see it.

Ummm...Just because some of us do not wallow in the "woe is me's" of Christianity does not meen that we dwell in spiritual darkness. It only meens that we refuse to allow a religion that boasts a violent history and promises more violence in our future to turn us unto the raving fanaticism that we are witnessing here. Man...not God, has murdered, pillaged, and burnt whole ethnicities into extinction. Christians are so busy trying to rid themselves of impureness, they leave no time to actually learn from those so called "sins" they have commited...let alone embrace them and except them as only another part of what makes them who they are....Goddess!

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The earth would be filled with violence (Luke 17:26; Genesis 6:11-13). In the United States alone, violent crime has increased nearly 500% since 1960. Fifty years ago abortion (the violent murder of an unborn child) was illegal in most countries. Today abortion is legal in most countries and 50 million children are aborted each year.

See:

-United States Crime Rates 1960 - 2000 (disaster center)

-Preliminary Uniform Crime Report, 2002 (fbi)

-Painkillers for Aborted Babies? (wnd)

-Lawmakers Vote to 'Celebrate' Abortion (world net daily)

-'Pro-Choicers' Clap After Partial-Birth Abortion (world net daily)



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Jesus foretold that there would be fearful sights (Luke 21:11). The Greek word translated fearful is phobetron, which can also be translated terror. According to the U.S. State Department, between 1981 and 2004, there were 10, 605 international terrorist attacks.

See:

-Total International Terrorist Attacks, 1981-2001 (u.s. department of state)

-U.S. Figures Show Sharp Global Rise In Terrorism (washington post)

-FBI, ATF Point to Threat of Domestic Terrorism (cnn)

-Terror Message: Civilian Deaths Justified (cnn)

-Bin Laden 'is Alive' (news 24)

-‘Al Qaeda Vows Back-Breaking Strike’ (indian express)

-Cities Ramp Up Security On Terror Alert Rise (cnn)

-Report: Hamas Planned Attacks in U.S. (world net daily)

-Istanbul Blasts At Least 27 Killed - 450 Injured (cnn)

-'Dirty-Bomb' Plot Underway in U.S.? (world net daily)

-Al-Qaida Training Manual Shows Seaports Top Target (world net daily)

-New al-Qaida Threat: 15-Ship Mystery Navy (world net daily)

-Al-Qaida Tape Warns of 'Crusade' (world net daily)

-Saudis Seize 'Terror' Missiles (bbc)

-Officials: Suicide Airliner Hijackings Possible (cnn)







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Multitudes would travel to and fro (Daniel 12:4). Prior to the Industrial Revolution, few individuals traveled beyond their community. Until recently, horse, foot, and boat were the only modes of transportation. Yet today we travel by car, bus, plane, train, subway, etc. Millions and millions are running to and fro just as Daniel prophesied 2500 years ago!

See:

-Travel Statistics and Trends (tia)





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Knowledge would increase (Daniel 12:4). Today we are witnessing an explosion of available knowledge. With the advent of the internet, it is estimated that our cumulative knowledge is doubling every five years. This exponential increase is beyond what any one could have imagined!

See:

-Knowledge Will Increase (harpazo network)





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Deadly diseases (which the Bible calls “pestilences”) would be common (Matthew 24:7). Emerging diseases such as AIDS, ebola, Hanta virus, Dengue, West Nile, SARS, bird flu, etc., underscore this fact. Ironically, just a few decades ago, some scientists were forecasting that advances in medicine might soon eradicate deadly diseases.

See:

-LA Woman Hospitalized With Bubonic Plague (ap)

-Mumps Outbreak (cnn)

More News & Links:

-Pestilence (harpazo network)





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The final generation would be open to receiving a mark on their right hand or on their forehead (Revelation 13:16). Consider how the up and coming generation is tattooed, pierced and marked with all kinds of insignia.

See:

-The Mark of the Beast (harpazo network)





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A global economic system would exist (Revelation 13:16-17). This was unthinkable in the apostle John’s day. Yet today, globalists in every level of government are seeking to unite the world. Connecting the world monetarily is crucial to their goal.

See:

-Global Economic System (harpazo network)





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A man would control all banking and commerce (Revelation 13:17-18). Remember, this prophecy was penned 2, 000 years before our computer-driven society. Yet, until recently, you couldn’t have even dreamed how a person could control all commerce.

See:

-Cashless Society (harpazo network)

-Technology (harpazo network)





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Famines would be common (Luke 21:11; Revelation 6:5-8). According to the United Nations, an estimated 852 million people went hungry in 2004.

See:

-Famines (prophecy central)

-Zimbabwe: Govt Admits Food Aid Required (irinnews)

-UN Appeals for Cash to Halt Famine in Sudan (dawn)

-Food Crisis Hits Mozambique as Drought Continues (reuters)

-World Hunger Situation Worsening (cnn)

-Egypt Fears Bread Shortage (menl)



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In honesty and fairness, I am not here to tell anyone how they should worship, or even if they should worship at all. I wouldn't lower myself to the point of passing judgement. But for real...if you WERE a Christian, you wouldn't pass judgement either...that, sir, is not your job..."Judge not, lest yea be judged", remeber? Why does your God insist on scaring morality into His followers anyway...telling of end days, the apocolypse, fire, sulfur, brimstone?...According to the Bible, I am going to Hell for a number of things that, up until the Christian religion raped The Old Ways of the Pagans, were natural and honored actually. I find it hard to believe that such a loving God would flood a work of art such as Earth Herself...And to send His own Son, on behalf of our sins, in to the hands of men he knew would murder him only to send that same man back upon the Appocolypse to destroy those people he had died to save??? How confusing is that? I'm sorry if you are offended by any of this, but I just don't see the reason in what you preach

Mr. Sinister wrote:

What is with you apocalypse preachers, there is no damn holy bible end times scenario in the making. You people have been screaming that shit for thousands of years and it has not happend YET!

FEAR is their best tool and weapon. ;)

the only END time I forsee is my death and until then, fuck your damn bible in the ass, its loaded with shit that you cant decipher so what the hell's the point? the only REAL time i have is 7:55 AM. get off your high horse of your unprophetic ego and shut up.