"Until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled"

This is a continuation of the previous post, not the Special Edition. Please take note.



In Luke's version of the Olivet discourse(Matt. 24-25), Jesus prophesied that 'Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled'(Luke 21:24). In the next four verses, the Lord Himself put a time frame on the 'times of the Gentiles,' which began with the Babylonian captivity in 606 BC and will continue to the end of the Tribulation and the coming of Christ.

In Israel's famous Six Day War, the war hero General Moshe Dayan planed the Israeli flag on the Muslim Dome of the Rock(which now occupies the place where the Jews must rebuild their temple). In a conciliatory move toward his Muslim captives, he decided to take down the flag and give the Muslims control over that sacred spot. This strange and placatory act fulfilled the prophecy of Luke. Indeed, the "times of the Gentiles" have not yet come to an end.

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Today's Special:Alert! We're in the third day!

Dear reader, whatever I am writing now does not link with the other posts. Enjoy.

2 Peter 3:8

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

When the Bible says 'do not forget', please 'do not forget'! Now this means that with every thousand years we spend here, it's actually like a day in the Lord's eyes. And everyday someone stops short of believing the truth, it's like a thousand years to the Lord. He is waiting, and waiting. This shows that the Lord is very patient with us, for he does not want anyone to perish but to have everlasting life. But the patience of the Lord is wearing thin.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope.We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words.

This is the rapture. What is the rapture? It is the changing of our earthly bodies into heavenly bodies in a twinkling of an eye. So what will happen? Very simple. It is as written,"we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air."Then we shall be with the Lord for a very, very long time. Forever. When you read the Book of Revelations, you will understand that there will be a marriage supper of the Lamb. We will feast with the Lord in the air. How wonderful that is! As the Lord was risen from the dead, so will those who are in Christ.


Hosea 6:1-2

Come, and let us return to the LORD;For He has torn, but He will heal us;He has stricken, but He will bind us up.After two days He will revive us;On the third day He will raise us up, That we may live in His sight.

Now this shows us who the Lord is talking about. 'He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.' All these promises are for Christians. For those who believe in our Lord. What about the two days and the third day? Now as I've mentioned above, a thousand years is like one day in the Lord's eyes. Two days times one thousand is two thousand years. 'After two days He will revive us;On the third day He will raise us up.' Doesn't 'He will raise us up' sound familiar? It certainly means the rapture! Now the interesting part is when it will take place. Do you want to know when it would?

"After two days He will revive us;On the third day He will raise us up, That we may live in His sight. " After two days(two thousand years of his death), He will revive us. On the third day, (the period after AD 1999), He will raise us up. Hallelujah! He will raise us up! Alright, if this is not specific enough, I will show you more. There is a significance in the phrase 'the third day'. Do you realise that Jesus was raised on the third day? Do you know that Jonah was spat from the big fish's belly on the third day? What is the significance of the third day? Let's look at this passage.

Mark 16:1-2

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb.

When was Jesus raised from the dead? On the third day. Mary Magdalene went to anoint Jesus' body 'very early, just after sunrise' on the third day of His death. Do you see it now? VERY EARLY, JUST AFTER SUNRISE! We will also be raised in the same way! Very early of the third day. Are we living in the third day? From AD 1 to AD 2007, 3007 years have passed. We're in the third day period. And in which part of the period? The early part of the period.

Brothers and sisters in Christ, I urge you in the name of the Lord to hope for this blessed hope. Like Paul says, "It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. Christians, look out for the fulfillment of Bible prophecy. The Lord wants us to be ready for His coming. We are His bride, and He is our bridegroom. We will be caught up in the air for the marriage with our beloved bridegroom, our Lord Jesus. Let's live with hope, and look forward to this day. God bless you.

God's promise of Israel

Ezekiel 37:7-11

So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.
Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they may live.' "So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.
Then he said to me: "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, 'Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.'

Ezekiel 37:21-23

and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land. I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms. They will no longer defile themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding, and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

The gradual growth of the Israeli nation from scattered skeleton to full body development is startling. As Ezekiel's prophecy indicates:" There was a noise, and...a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone".Then, "the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above:but there was no breath in them"

From the sound of an earthshaking event, which was WWI, the seemingly dead nation of Israel was to gradually formulate a body, after which the spirit would be breathed into it. This was how Israel was formed, beginning in 1917.

During WWI, german machine guns and other advanced weaponry were cutting down the flower of Europe's manhood. England was desperate to find a rapid method of manufacturing TNT and a smokeless gunpowder. A brilliant Jew named Chaim Weizmann invented such a formula that made possible the rapid production of these vital materials, thus changing the course of the war.

Could it be mere coincidence of language that the impetus to officially start the regathering of Israel was prophesied as a 'noise and shaking,' and that the fulfillment took place during the loudest war--due to the prodigious amounts of TNT and gunpowder used--the world had ever yet known?

In return of Chaim Weizmann invention of the formula, David Lloyd George, representing the British government, told Dr. Weizmann to name his price. Rejecting personal award, Weizmann requested that Palestine be declared the international homeland for the Jewish people. And it was granted.

The gathering of the Jews into Palestine after the signing of the agreement was indeed a gradual development--'bone to his bone.'In 1917, it was estimated that less than 25,000 Jews lived in the land. By 1922, there were 83,000;by 1932, there were 180,000; by 1935, there were 300,000; by 1937, 430,000; and by 1945, more than 500,000. Today, the population is at 5 million and growing. So as the Bible says,"bone came to [his] bone."

But while God blessed Israel, Britain reneged on her 1917 agreement. In 1939, after much deliberation over the growing conflicts between Arabs and Jews, Britain issued a white paper that favored Arab independence and control of the area. After failing to keep peace between the Arabs and the Jews following WWII, the British withdrew from Palestine; shortly thereafter the National Council and the General Zionist Council proclaimed from Tel Aviv the establishment of the sovereign state of Israel. The date was May 14, 1948. Since then, God's time clock has started ticking.

Jerusalem, A Burdensome Stone

Zechariah 12:2-3

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.

Isn't Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, the Palestinians and the Arabs? Jerusalem is now hated and in danger of being attacked by the Muslims. But God also says in this verse that 'all who heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.' Though Iran might try to attack Israel, they will never NEVER SUCCEED!

This was predicted long ago. Many ancient prophecies are unfolding before our eyes...but they could not be fulfilled until Israel was back in her land, as she is today after 2000 years in exile. Praise the Lord!

Israel and Jerusalem - Focus of world attention

Has it ever seemed strange to you that the tiny nation of Israel always appears in the news? Why this nation of only five million people? The answer is simply that the Hebrew and Christian prophets had so much to say about Israel and Jerusalem in the end times. The valley of Megiddo is there, probably the most famous valley in the world, where two end-time battles will be fought. The Mediterranean and the Arab allies of Russia will do battle there, and Jerusalem - mentioned in prophecy more than any other city on earth - will be a pain in the neck to the rest of the world, just as it seems to be today.(If you are those who don't read the news, please update yourself at http://www.google.com/.)

The city of Jerusalem, although it is home to many sacred places such as the traditional Mount Calvary and the garden tomb where it is believed Jesus rose from the dead, it isn't really a beautiful place. It is crowded, smelly, and extremely noisy. It has been built and destroyed and rebuilt more than any other city, and today is thriving. Unlike the great cities of the world, it is not famous for any great river that flows through it, nor does it have a harbor to connect it to the great shipping routes of the world; in fact, it is many miles even from the nearest airport. It is not the headquarters of any world government body or banking instituition - yet it remains at the center of world attention.

The Second Hebrew Idiom

Matthew 24:6-8



You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8All these are the beginning of birth pains.



Everyone realizes that World War One did not usher in the time of the end, for only 21 years later the world was plunged into World War 2. Jesus did not say the first sign would usher in the end, but said,"All these are the beginning of sorrows." This term 'beginning of sorrows' is the second Hebrew idiom Jesus used. It was used by four of the Hebrew prophets to describe a woman in labor and pain Israel will endure at the end of the age.

Unless a woman's labour is medically induced, her 'sorrows...in childbirth' mirror those of mother Eve after her sin and expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Her first birth pain does not mean her baby will be born immediately; in fact, she may have thirty of fifty birth pains, some of which are days apart, before giving birth. In most cases, these pains follow a pattern: The first birth pain warns her that her nine months of waiting are nearly over. Still, in most cases she does not look for the birth of the child immediately; she looks for another birth pain.And when it comes, she looks for another. When at last they become more intense and regular - usually three minutes apart for a period of ten minutes - then she and her husband know the birth is near.

World War I did not signal that we should look for the immediate coming of Christ of 'the end of the age.' It signaled that we should look for more birth pains. And it is my thesis that many other signs, or birth pains, have arisen during these more than eighty years since that 'Great War.' Many of them grew out of that first 'sign,' until today the 'brith pains' are very intense - and may even be in the last phase. If so, 'the end' may be rapidly approaching. In fact, it may be as Jesus said:"Near, even at the doors"( Matthew 24:33)

The First Idiom: A Special Kind of War

Once more recall Jesus' words from Matthew 24:7-8 in response to His disciples' question about the end of the age:

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.


Notice it's nation, not nations. Our Lord used two Hebrew idioms here that His Jewish friends would quickly recognize. The first, based on 2 Chronicles 15:1-7 and Isaiah 19:1-2, is "Nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom". He was speaking of a war started by two nations, each combatant soon joined by the surrounding kingdoms until all the nations involved in the prophet's vision are included. In Matthew 24 our Lord had the world in view. so He's saying, "When you see a war started by two single nations that is soon joined by the kingdoms of the world - followed by unprecedented famines, pestilence, and multiple earthquakes at the same time - you have the sign."


That is exactly what occurred in June 1914 when the Archduke of Austria, prince Francis Ferdinand, was shot by a Serbian zealot in the very area of the world where in these days UN preackeepers must be stationed to keep the Serbs and Croats from killing each other. One month later Austria declared war on Serbia, followed shortly by the other kingdoms of the world, until all but seven nations officially joined the conflict (and even the seven 'neutral' countries sent mercenaries). At first historians officially called it 'the Great War,' for indeed, to that point it was the greatest war in human history. the war involved more men in uniform(estimates total 53 million, 13 million of whom were killed) than all the troops in all the wars before it. But it didn't end there, for an incalculable number of civilians on both sides were injured or killed in the bombings and skirmishes. Not many years later the war's original title was replaced by the even more descriptive title, World War 1, thus fulfilling the first idiom our Lord used to describe 'the sign'.


If this were all that happened in 1914-1918, however, it would not be sufficient to fulfill all of our Lord's prophecy. Remember, He added,"There will be famines, pestilences...in various places." A look at history reveals that the flu epidemic of 1918 spread throughout Europe, Canada, and the US and took more lives than were lost on the battlefields. In Europe, much of this vulnerability to disease was caused by malnutrition and famine as a result of the war. In fact, because of this acute lack of food due to the first World War, farmers were exempted from military service in World War II.


So three parts of the first sign Jesus gave His disciples- a special kind of war, famines, and plagues-were fufilled at the beginning of the twentieth century. The fourth part, multiple earthquakes at the same time, is more difficult to pin down, but it's nonetheless fufilled. Major earthquakes have occurred since World War I in such various places as Kansu province, China; Tokyo, Japan; Persia;India;Peru;Taiwan;and southern California. The only known multiple earthquakes in history have been recorded since World War I. For example, during the Turkish earthquakes similar reports came in from Africa, S. America, S. Carolina, and S. California. During a prolonged quake in Helena, Montana, there were similar reports in New York and Honduras.

Something unusual is transpiring with planet Earth! One seismologist at the Scripps Research Center in La Jolla, California, said," It is almost as though the earth's plates are gyrating in anticipation of the world's greatest earthquake." In the book of Revelation, the apostle John forewarned that the worst earthquakes ever to hit the planet will occur during the Tribulation.(Please refer to the post titled New Testament Prophetic Event)

Now we know that these four parts of this 'sign' were fufilled, I believe is reasonable to conclude that our planet has already witnessed the beginning of the end.

The sign of wars and rumors of wars

Everytime I talk about a prophecy, please refer to Matthew 24. Let's continue.

Did you know that there have been approximately fifteen thousand wars in recorded human history? But the wars the twentieth century in particular have been far bloodier than any century that preceded it. Far more people have died in wars during the past hundred years.

Brutal ethnic confrontations have erupted around the globe- in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, India, in the territories of the former Soviet Union, and elsewhere- and more of these simmering hot spots seem about to break out in open war.

Yet how did Jesus tell us to respond to such reports?

"See that you are not troubled,"He said, And why should we not be troubled?The two reasons are found in Matthew 24:6.

1."All these things must come to pass"
2."But the end is not yet."

Obviously, wars are not 'the sign' of the end! The fact is, however, Christ did inject the subject of war into His answer to His disciples' question "What will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?" This can only mean that 'the sign' had to be a special kind of war.

Steps to avoid being deceived

1. Know you Bible!
Jesus said that 'the truth shall make you free.' The Bible is the truth of God, so the better you know the Scriptures, the better prepared you will be to withstand Satan's deceptive ways. So I recommend that you all engage in the daily reading of the Scriptures, particularly the New Testament.

2. Test the spirits! (1 John 4:1)
Everything comes down to whether a teaching agrees with the Scripture. That is why you should study the Bible regularly, so that you can test any new teaching by the Scripture. Another important question to ask is, What do you believe about Jesus? Most false teachers have faulty views of Jesus. Some are blatantly false; the more dangerous ones will accept Him as a god but not God in human flesh. Never trust any teacher who does not believe in the virgin birth of Jesus, His sinless life, sacrificial death, bodily resurrection, and His promise to come again physically to this earth. Always ask,"Does the message or teaching glorify Jesus?"(John 16:13-14)Every teacher should make Him as our special object of worship, love, and service.

3.Seek God's guidance in life and teaching! (proverbs 3:6)
The Lord wants to guide and direct His children, If you are willing to be led by God, He will guide you to the truth.

4.Share you faith aggressively with others!
This world has never been more religiously confused. As you witness to others about your faith, you strengthen your own convictions and help many of those to whom you reach out. So preach and teach others vigorously, like me!

5.Walk in the spirit! (Ephesians 5:17-21)
All Christians in every age should walk in the Spirit, for Paul says that is 'the will of the Lord'. What is walking in the Spirit? As Ephesians 5:19-21 says, Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

As the Spirit fills and uses your life, He will make you sensitive to both truth and error.

What shall be the sign?

In our Lord's Olivet discourse, Jesus' disciples asked the crucial question "What will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of age?" In His answer our Lord unfolded several significant 'signs' that will characterize life on earth just before His return. I believe some of these signs already have been fulfilled and that the time of the end could well be soon. Here are the two first two warnings Jesus gave.

1."Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many."
2."You will hear of wars and rumors of wars."

Let us consider both of these warnings.

The end times will be filled with deception as the Lord prophesied. He warned his disciples at least six times in His Olivet discourse against false teachers and deceivers:

1. Take heed that no one deceives you(24:4)
2.For many will come in My name, saying,' I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.(24:5)
3.Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.(24:11)
4.Then if anyone says to you,'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There!' do not believe it.(24:23
5.For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect (24:24)
6.Therefore if they say to you,'Look, He is in the desert!' do not go out; or 'Look, He is in the inner rooms!' do not believe it.(24:26)

Of course, there have always been false teachers, for that is Satan's way of distorting the truths of God. Jesus called him a deceiver and a liar, declaring that he had been a liar from the very beginning. That is why we have so many cults, religions, and other -isms that claim a Christian basis for their beliefs. If Satan cannot get people to disbelieve or rebel against God, he will get them hooked on some false doctrine to lead them astray. There is nothing new about that.

Yet who can deny that everywhere we look today, we find deception growing stronger and more prevalent? Dr. M.R. DeHaan, a popular Bible teacher in the fifties and sixties, wrote:

Never before in all history have there been such divisions in Christendom. There are today over 350 denominations, sects and cults in Protestantism in America alone. All of these claim that they are right and that others are necessarily wrong.

Matthew 10:28 "Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."

It is very regrettable to lose one's soul. Some false teachers whom use drugs as an inducement to open their disciples minds to new thought are today leading thousands of young people astray. Deception is proliferating in this century.As Time magazine reporter described this problem late in 1997:

These are the waning years of the 20th century, and out on the margins of spiritual life there's a strange phosphorescence. As predicted, the approach of the year 2000 is coaxing all the crazed out of the woodwork. They bring with them a twitchy hybrid of spirituality and pop obsession, part Christian, part Asian mystic, part Gnostic, part X Files...we have seen the Beast of the Apocalypse. It's Bambi in a tunic.

We expect deception to increase the closer we come to the next millennium--particularly if these really are the last days the prophets spoke so much about.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-10 "The coming of the lawless one(antichrist) is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

The greatest deception the world will ever face is the seven-year Tribulation, when the contest between God and Satan for the souls of men will reach its greatest heights. Satan will go all out with deceiving spirits and signs and lying wonders potent enought almost to deceive even 'the very elect'. Although that period has not yet come, it is highly probably that false teachers and deceivers committed to Satan are already in the world.

Lord's Olivet discourse:Literally or Symbolically?

It is almost impossible to exaggerate the importance of our Lord's Olivet discourse found in Matthew 24-25.(visit biblegateway.com to read up on it). It outlines the future to which all other prophetic sections should be related.

Matthew 24:1-8
Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, ad His disciples came to Him to show Him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said to them,"Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left upon another, that shall not be thrown down."
Now as He sat on the Mount of Olivers, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, whe will these things be? And what will be the sig of Your coming, ad of the end of the age?" And Jesus answered and said to them:"Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying,'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
"For nations will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows."

Now you may ask,"Should we take it literally or symbolically?" In this case, we should take it literally. Let's look at the evidences.

In the first two verses of Matthew 24 the disciples are seen proudly showing off the temple buildings to their Master. No doubt they expected Him to ooh and aah along with them. But to say our Lord was unimpressed with what He saw is something of a understatement. "Do you not see all these things?" He asked His disciples, no doubt pointing to the gleaming structures around them. "Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down."

History records that our Lord's words were fulfilled to the letter in A.D. 70. In that year the Roman army under the command of Titus destroyed the city of Jerusalem. Fires raged through the city and in the temple area itself. After flames burned themselves out, the soldiers saw that large amounts of gold had melted and flowed into the crevices of the blocks of the temple. In order to recover the precious metal, the Romans had to take the buildings apart, stone by stone, just as the prophecy said,"Not one stone was left upon another."

Some of those stones were later used to erect the wall standing today near the edge of the temple mount. Everytime you see pictures of the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem (www.thewall.org), you see the pinpoint accuracy of Jesus' prediction. So here is a big hint that we should interpret this passage literally.

Are These the Times of the Signs?

A study of prophetic literature from the first century right up to our own day will show that Bible- believing Christians have always been interested in when and the signs of his coming. Invariably, there has always been commentators coming up with bizarre theories and conclusions that were proven wrong by the passage of time. Some have set ill- advised dates. So let us be wary of what teachers of the Word say. In Matthew 24:36, "Of that day and hour no ones knows, no, not even the angels of haven, but My Father only." This clearly tells us that no one will know when Christ will return. If someone says it is on 18 Jun 2008, do not believe it! For only the Father knows. And in Acts 1:7, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority."

However, the Lord did say in the parable of the fig tree that we can know the general time of His coming. Jesus sais in Matthew 24:33, "So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, at the doors."

For more than 1900 years, God has almost refrained from unmistakably intervening in the affairs of men as He did in the days of ancient Israel. During these years He has confined His expressions of His existence primarily to creation, the Scriptures, His Son's life and teachings, and the power of the Cross as it changes the lives of those who come to faith in Him. So what does this mean? Through evidences from the Bible, something significant is going to happen! Let's look at the possibilities in the next post.

New Testament Prophetic Events

Here is a list of events in chronological order. Please refer to this when you're not sure:

First Coming of Christ, Church Age, Rapture, Tribulation, Second Coming of Christ.

The first coming of Christ refers to Jesus' birth on the Earth 2000 years ago. The church age refers to the period of time we're living in now. The rapture refers to the calling of believers to meet Jesus midair. The dead from the grave will rise first, followed by those who're still living when the last trumpet sounds. We, who are believers, will be transformed with new bodies and caught up in midair with Jesus. The Tribulation is the period of 7 years when the anti-christ reigns on the Earth. The Second Coming of Christ refers to the coming of Jesus to set up his millennial kingdom.

What are the last days?

What are the last days? There're many phrases which pertain to the 'end times'. They include the latter days, the last times, the latter years, the time of the end. In Matthew 24:1-8, the disciples asked Jesus,' What will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?' This clearly refers to the end of the Tribulation when Christ returns physically to the earth to set up his kingdom when you read the whole passage in context.

Prophecy Scholar Thomas Ice said,' The word 'end' is restricted and precisely defined when it is modified by 'day', 'week', 'year', etc. So it is in the Bible, that 'end times' may refer to the end of the current church age or it may refer to other times.'For example, in 1 John 2:18, the Holy spirit said,'God, who at various times and in different ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in THESE LAST DAYS spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds. This evidently refers to the days of His Son.

1 John 2:18 Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.

In this verse, the apostle Paul speaks of 'the last hour'. He is referring here to the church age, the age of Grace. He's also warning that even in this church age there would be 'many antichrists...by which we know that it is the last hour'. He was right: For two thousand years the church age has not been without false christs and antichrists.

To sum up what I said, the 'last days', 'end times', 'latter days', or even 'afterward' usually refer to any point from just prior to the Rapture to the Glorious Appearing(second coming of Christ).'The last days', 'the time of the end' and 'the end of the age' are terms leading up to the seven-year tribulation when this age comes to the end.

Four Pivotal Events of History

Each of the most significant events in history has marked the end of an age. Three have past : Creation, the Flood, and the first coming of Christ. Each of these left a significant impact on the generations that followed. The fourth and final event is the second coming of Christ, which is predicted in the Word of God.

Abundance of Prophecy in the Scriptures

What is prophecy? Prophecy is the prediction of future events. Now why did God dedicate almost 30 percent of the Scriptures to prophecy? Unmistakably God considers prophecy an important subject. As well as teaching us about the future, it affirms us, believers in Christ, that God keeps His word. I hope that after reading my posts, you'll all be enlightened and experience the love of God.

God's righteousness and love await the believer!

Hello readers! Welcome to my blog. As you've probably seen my headline there, it says are we nearing the end times. Now I'm going to veer off this point and talk about something else more intriguing and interesting.

'For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16

'For God so loved the world'. Yes! God loves the world. He loves every single inhabitant of Earth, including you. Now you may ask,'How do I know he loves me?' Very simple. Let me tell you something. This is what the Bible says. Once upon a time, a man named Jesus, the Son of God, a perfect and sinless man, died on the cross for you.'Why is that significant?' Not only did he die on the cross for your sins, he took your beating. He was whipped and whipped and whipped till all the flesh and blood ooozed from his body. He suffered to take away your sins. 'Why does he need to do that since he's God?He can do anything he wants.'NO! He is a just God! And he punishes sin.

'So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again. Isaiah 54:9b
On that cross, his anger was totally vented on his son, Jesus Christ.


'that whoever believes in him shall not perish and have eternal life'.Yes. Eternal life is what everyone wants. What is the simple act that allows you to possess this priviledge? It is by believing in the finished work of Christ on the Cross!! That he bled and suffered for your sins, so that you may become righteous! That he took your sins so that you may have his righteousness!

'My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?' cried Jesus on the Cross. He cried my God My God on the Cross so that we may call God ' Father,Father'.

Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27

Do you want to be the children of God and inherit the righteousness of God?Do you want to have peace in your heart and mind and in whatever you do? If you do, please just say this simple prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father, I confess that I have sinned against heaven and in your sight and need forgiveness. Thank you for sending your Son Jesus to die on the cross for my sins, according to the Scriptures, and I thank you for raising Him from the dead. Today I ask Him to come into my heart to cleanse me from my sin and become my Lord and Savior. I give myself to you. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen!

Congratulation Child of God! You are now a beloved in God's sight. You're no longer ordinary as God sees you perfect and blameless in His son! If you want to know more about Jesus and what rich blessings you can receive from the knowledge of him, tag and I'll tell you more!