1.
People living without
regard to whether God exist -
"And
GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every
imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil
continually."
2.
Jesus said that the
end will be like the day of Noah when God flooded the Earth because of the same
sins that are in this world, and even worse today then back in those days.
Luke 17:26-27
"And as it was in the days
of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.27 They
did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the
day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all."
--Explosion of knowledge and travel ---
Daniel - 12:4
" But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,
and knowledge shall be increased."
**Why was the prophecy sealed and kept
secret? It was to be sealed and preserved to give people in the end times the
needed hope that God will ultimately
conquer all evil. Daniel did not understand the exact meaning of the times and
events in his vision. We can see events as they unfold, for we are in the end
times. The whole book will not be understood until the climax of earth's
history. **
3. Wars and rumors of wars -
" And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye
not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. 8 For nation shall rise
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in
divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows."
4. Widespread acceptance of immoral behavior -
"And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person,
a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the
ungodly; 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes
condemned them with an overthrow, making the man
ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
The Godly will be delivered
7And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy
conversation of the wicked: 8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and
hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful
deeds;)"
5. Instability in world leadership -
" 1 Why do the heathen rage,
and the people imagine a vain thing?2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take
counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,3 Let us break their bands asunder, and
cast away their cords from us."
" 4-And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast:
and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the
beast? who is able to make war with him? 5 And there was given unto him a mouth
speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue
forty and two months. 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy
against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in
heaven.7 And it was given unto him to make war
with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all
kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall
worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain
from the foundation of the world. 9 If any man have an ear, let him hear."
6. Widespread abandonment of the Christian faith -
" Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times
some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and
doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking
lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding
to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be
received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth."
"For
the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their
own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto
fables."
7. Increased demonic activity -
" Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times
some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and
doctrines of devils;"
8. Significant shifts in political power and influence -
"And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his
deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave
power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like
unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking
great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue
forty and two months. 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against
God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.7And it was given unto him to make war with the
saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and
tongues, and nations."
9. People mocking the Word of God -
" Knowing this first, that there shall come in the
last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 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."
" But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken
before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 How that they told you there should be
mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts."
10. Antichrist declares himself to be God -
"Let
no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not
come, except there come a falling
away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth
himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God
sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God."
11. General disrespect for others -
"For
men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers,
incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of
pleasures more than lovers of God;"
12. Spirit of selfishness and materialism -
" This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall
come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves,
covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful,
unholy,"
By Missionary Dinah Ramos
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