Are we living in the end times?

[William Barton]

"End times" typically refers to a final seven-year period (see Daniel 9:27). These events will be very clear, and will include the partial rebuilding of the Jewish temple (Malachi 3:1).

 

[amigo de christo]

Paul doesn't say the end times will last 2,000 years. He appears to be saying that the ends of ages was coming soon, in their era.

I suppose my question should of been will the end of the world occur in the next 10 years?

Two things my friend .
One . yes there have been signs of the times even since the days of paul . And boy has it only increased specially concerning the embracing of inquity .
Two . NO man knows the day and hour , be watching and be ready .
And now for a bonus .
What is this sin accepting , DENYING the dire need to BELEIVE ON JESUS ecumeincal whore
convincing the peoples .
WHY its preaching two words and saying WE must all be as one , and that all relgions DO serve the same GOD
and this is how and only how we can attain PEACE N SAFETY .
YOU see them two words . PEACE n safety .
GUESS what they would be hollering RIGHT before SUDDEN d estruction cometh upon them all , and they wont escape .
WHY its PEACE N SAFETY .
Not to mention . You do realize AI can produce any image and SPEAK in any language , AND WILL RUN
the digital system .
DIGITAL system , RUN by an image that can speak , and can shut anyone out from buying and selling .
NOW GEE , i wonder why DO THAT SOUND so FAMILIAR .
Dare i say FOLKS SURELY Do need to get back into them bibles again and flee anything ecumeincal RIGHT NOW .

 

[amigo de christo]

You too? Me too!

I stopped looking for time-tables and the like. The bottom line is, God wins in the end.

I dont look at time tables either .
LOOK at rather the signs of the times .
read our bible and lets see what even peter and paul said would come specially as they neared the end .
Look at what they would be chanting RIGHT before SAID dAY came upon them unwares .
THEN GO TOO and behold
revelation , specially chapter thirteen .
THEN take a good long peek at this cup of ecumenical fornication and all out rebellion being cloaked as love and for peace n safety .
THEN know and realize , OOPSY TIMES RUNNING OUT .

 

[Aunty Jane]

"End times" typically refers to a final seven-year period (see Daniel 9:27). These events will be very clear, and will include the partial rebuilding of the Jewish temple (Malachi 3:1).

1 Cor 3:16-17...
“Do you not know that you people are God’s temple, and that the spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] you people are.”

God’s temple is in heaven, Christ returned to that great spiritual Temple to present the value of his sacrifice to his God and Father.

Heb 9:24...
“For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with hands, which is a copy of the reality, but into heaven itself, so that he now appears before God on our behalf.”

The earthly temple was a representation of the heavenly one.
Since there is no longer any need of a temple to offer sacrifices to God...no third temple will be necessary.
That is why one has never been built since the last one was destroyed by the Romans in 70 C.E.

Jesus was the last and permanent sacrifice for sins. He is the high priest in that temple, facilitating acceptable worship to his God and Father for the redeemed ones living on the earth.

 

[amigo de christo]

1 Cor 3:16-17...
“Do you not know that you people are God’s temple, and that the spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] you people are.”

God’s temple is in heaven, Christ returned to that great spiritual Temple to present the value of his sacrifice to his God and Father.

Heb 9:24...
“For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with hands, which is a copy of the reality, but into heaven itself, so that he now appears before God on our behalf.”

The earthly temple was a representation of the heavenly one.
Since there is no longer any need of a temple to offer sacrifices to God...no third temple will be necessary.
That is why one has never been built since the last one was destroyed by the Romans in 70 C.E.

Jesus was the last and permanent sacrifice for sins. He is the high priest in that temple, facilitating acceptable worship to his God and Father for the redeemed ones living on the earth.

And GOD and the LAMB are the TEMPLE . i , john , saw no temple therein
for GOD and the LAMB are the temple .
And the sheep are lil stones added into said temple BY FAITH IN JESUS THE CHRIST .
Rmember ecumeincal intefaith is of anti christ and shall soon lead this world and its religoins as one
RIGHT TO IT and to the day of their own sudden destruction .
WHEN the DOOR shuts , and woe unto all outside , in a day and an hour KNOWN ONLY TO GOD
Well, ALL outside shall wail . Only then its too late . preach JESUS everyone . HE i KNOW saves
and HE I KNOW is minstir to no mans sins . SO rainbow jesus and money bags jesus GOTTA GO .
IN fact if anyone is following a jesus that is okay with any sin , WELL let me just say Go back and see
that jesus and notice i did not captilize it . WHY , cause it aint HIM . Its a delusion .

 

[William Barton]

Are we living in the end times?

For as long as I can remember there have been people saying that we are living in the end times, that the Armageddon is near, that Christ is returning, that the end of the world is upon us.

It seems like there have been people saying this in every generation since Christ. Even the apostles thought that they were living in the end times. Yet it never happened, the world kept on going.

People say that we live in dark times but we actually live in a peaceful world if you look at history and compare it to the world before WW2. Before then there was always wars, several wars happening all around the world at once. Europe and Asia especially always had wars between neighbouring kingdoms all the time with borders constantly being redrawn. Today is relatively peaceful in comparison.

On the other hand the fact that many nations posses nuclear weapons means that the end of the world as we know it can happen very quickly without much warning. A world war between Russia or China and America could result in a nuclear war that could turn continents into a thermonuclear wastelands. It may even occur through a computer virus or bug that unintentionally launches nuclear missiles.

What are your thoughts?
Are we living in the end times?

"End times" typically refers to a final seven-year period (see Daniel 9:27). These events will be very clear, and will include the partial rebuilding of the Jewish temple (Malachi 3:1).

 

[Writer]

Hi brother,

Lets walk this backwards.

The very last sign of the end of this age is, of course, the revealing of the coming of our Lord, as described by Jesus Himself, in Mathew 29.

The 2nd to the last sign is the revealing of the son of perdition. Jesus says that we will not see Him again until the revealing of the Son of perdition. That occurs as prophesied in the scriptures when the Abomination of Desolation stands in the holy place. At that point, we are apporiximately 7 years from Jesus return. In that seven years, Babylon the great, is destroyed, the seven bowles and trumpets sound and the number of the beast is issued, as we go through the great tribulation to be ..."tested by fire..." until the return of our Lord at Armageddon, which ends the tribulation period and brings in the beginning of the millenial age.

The 3rd to the last sign: It's important to understand how the world will lose possesion of food, water, and security in order that one man, the beast, could enter onto the world scene and create a number that all will need to take if they want to eat and drink in peace. I'm doing this as a brief and leaving out details because I'm trying to answer your question without getting off track.

The 4th to the last sign will be wars and rumors of wars. In the 3rd paragraph, above, a 7 tier system, or cartels, governed by seven szars or kings is revealed to John in the book of revelation. He see's it coming out of the sea. It is the “NEW WORLD ORDER”. This is what robs all the necessities of life and gives the beast the power to create a 666 club membership brand. Once branded, you're 7 years away from eternal hell. However, John see's it as it comes out ending the 4th to the last sign, moving up to the 3rd. The beast he see's coming out of the water, comes out of one of the 3rd to the last signs. In this 4th to the last sign, the beast is being built under the sea, where John is standing and observing. Under the radar that is. The “NEW” world order will not be voted on, it will simply rise and take over. From here, right now, the new world order is being built, and that is where much of the bagillions of corrupt money, world wide, is going towards. It's not really a new world order, it's just a new version of an old golden calf satan wants everyone to worship in order to insure their demise, or their “desolation”.

The 5th to the last sign. We are apporiximately here brother. We're still breathing, laughning, dancing, marrying and giving unto marriage, and living the dream...“Just as in the days of noah...”

Watch and listen, and speak to the holy spirit, He will lead you in all truth. You'll know. Knock, ask, seak and don't stop praying in the spirit. Your spiritual eyes will be opened.

 

[Brakelite]

We need to recognise that the end times didn't begin 3 weeks ago, or yesterday. The end times, as far as I recognise, were ushered in with the fulfillment of final date related prophecies, the last being in 1798. Since then, much has taken place that have confirmed the repeat of history in relation to the church. Various protagonists specified in scripture have shown their true colours. The dragon, the beast, and the false prophet have, by their actions, confirmed the prophecies regarding their character, and aims. Those aims, which are global, are very close to being met.

 

[Riven]

No. If the 1300's weren't the end times, then today certainly is not.

 

[Brakelite]

"End times" typically refers to a final seven-year period (see Daniel 9:27). These events will be very clear, and will include the partial rebuilding of the Jewish temple (Malachi 3:1).

That theory above is a Jesuit inspired masterpiece based on a scripture that is totally isolated and irrelevant to the end times. Just because there's a period mentioned in Daniel of 7 years, you cannot, must not rip that out of its contextual setting and glue it into an unknown future 2000+years later than it's actual fulfillment. That is scriptural butchery. But the Jesuits are good at that when it suits. The worst of it is that Protestants, particularly American evangelicals, have bought into the lie and run with it, injecting the lie with steroids through Hollywood and a license to print money through novels purported to be based on scripture. It's the biggest lying scam in Christendom.

 

[William Barton]

This question about end times depends upon the definition of "end times." One definition of end times is the warning of Jesus in Matthew 24:15:

"So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains."

This abomination is described in 2Thessalonians 2:4:

"who opposes and exalts himself against any so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God."

We have had such people presuming themselves to be God (e.g. Roman emperors). We call the man in 2Thessalonians 2:4 "anti-Christ," where "anti" takes the sense of "in place of." He will oversee the building of the Jewish temple, and then take his seat in it (2Thessalonians 2:3-4).

 

[Luther7]

Paul doesn't say the end times will last 2,000 years. He appears to be saying that the ends of ages was coming soon, in their era.

I suppose my question should of been will the end of the world occur in the next 10 years?

I say 2033. Jesus will come for judgment after Satan is given his short lived period of being worshipped as God. How that exactly plays out is difficult to know. The Christian church has been in a fallen state for some time now.

We have to observe the zionist agenda and how fast it moves towards its full control of the world. This is when you will see the man of sin, for he has worked with them since Babylonian doctrine corrupted the minds of the Israelites.

Ultimately it's the true believers Satan wants to triumph over. The world in their hearts is already against Christ. As soon as the tribulation begins (however that will look) you will see mostly all of those who profess Christ fall by the wayside like the seed that falls in the thorns. The Christian zionists have already sold their souls. In reality jews hold a higher place in their hearts than Jesus. In other words the Old Covenant is still in effect to them, making the New Covenant in Christ insufficient ( God forbid).

 

[Luther7]

Great question! IMO, there are 2 ways to look at it.

1. AMBIGUOUS/METAPHORICAL. Jesus ushered in that part of Isaiah that we are in the ‘year’ of the Lord’s favor.

This Age is before the ‘end times.’

2. Revelation 6. Some prophecy that we are living through Revelation 6 with the release of the Black horse expected by years end.

After the Apocolypse, there is supposed to be a 1,000 year rule with Christ. So, depending on what end you are referring to, we have a ways to go.

You stated: "After the Apocolypse, there is supposed to be a 1,000 year rule with Christ. So, depending on what end you are referring to, we have a ways to go."

And this is a sign of the end, the jewish teaching of a literal thousand year reign ( Yemot ha meschiach ) which crept into the churches in the early 19th century, re- interpreting the historically spiritual hermeneutic of Revelation 20.

 

[Luther7]

This question about end times depends upon the definition of "end times." One definition of end times is the warning of Jesus in Matthew 24:15:

"So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains."

This abomination is described in 2Thessalonians 2:4:

"who opposes and exalts himself against any so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God."

We have had such people presuming themselves to be God (e.g. Roman emperors). We call the man in 2Thessalonians 2:4 "anti-Christ," where "anti" takes the sense of "in place of." He will oversee the building of the Jewish temple, and then take his seat in it (2Thessalonians 2:3-4).

That would be meschiach, the jews"messiah", a.k.a. anti- Christ. We're getting closer to that day. It's not a mystery who the man of sin is. This one world governance is the goal of judaism. No mystery.

 

[Luther7]

Have you ever done a study on what the Bible says about “the time of the end”? Daniel’s prophesies are amazing considering that they were written 500 years before Jesus was born.....

Matt 24 gives us Jesus’ own prophesies on the end times....so we would know when he was going to bring down the final judgment on this wicked world and “separate the sheep from the goats”.
He listed a series of world events that would take place in one timeframe of history and even when that time would occur.

These are unprecedented times, as this is the age of reason, not the age of ignorance...we have never been so well educated or sophisticated in communication as we are now, but in spite of our superior knowledge we are still as barbaric as ever when it comes to bloodshed....and with less excuse.

We know better, but we don’t do better....we don’t put our knowledge to work making the world a better, safer place for everyone......we don’t see ourselves as a global community but as selfish citizens of sovereign nations, hell bent on keeping their own land, and taking control of the land that belongs to someone else....with bloodshed. Precious lives lost and for what?! The greed and hunger for power that comes with corrupt human rulership. Shouldn’t we have progressed beyond that by now?

If you are interested I can share some info on Daniel’s prophesies that might surprise you for accuracy....2,500 years ago he wrote about our day.....

You said:
"The greed and hunger for power that comes with corrupt human rulership."

If you want to know who rules over you, find out who you cannot criticize.

 

[stevesonthebay]

According to God a day is a 1,000 years and a 1,000 years is a day. I don't think we humans can comprehend time on this temporal plane. It could be that the end times was from after Christ. Because all through history Christians see evil in the world and pending doom.

I think every generation of Christians believes it is the end times because it may very well be and to God this is just a day.

I think the key is in Christ mentioning the example of the change in season and the figs falling from the tree. A sign of a period of time and not a specific day.

In that sense there is no specific time that the figs will fall. But there is a season or period that it will come at some point and the longer the season goes on the more we can see the time is close by the ripeness of the fruit.

Christ said that no one knows the day or hour. But says we will know like we know the changing of the seasons and its nearing maturity.

I think the spirit will tell us as Christ says we can know the time is nearing when he gives us the signs that will happen. Such as earthquakes in diverse places. Which is interesxting because now more than ever we can report earthquakes in diverse places. I don't think that was the case in our past.

God allows for the complete time so that everything that has to happen will happen and not before. His timing is perfect.

I believe the season is ripening as more signs are being fullfilled than ever before. Its not just the signs but also a certain level of conscious awareness. Almost as though humans have to reach a certain level of knowledge and rejection of God where satan has tried everything to win.

But also so that enough time has gone by that people can see how all the alternative ideas that reject God and Christs truth are exposed as lies. So that there is no ambiguity that Christ is the truth and satan has been exposed.

One consequence I think of this will be demonic forces being unleashed so that those who reject Christ will not hold back anymore as they have been exposed and it will become a spiritual war between people and even within families.

It seems like it is moving towards a perfect storm of factors. as opposed to the past humans had not exploited the earths resources. Had not exploited tech and material wealth. Had not been able to perhaps almost perfect the creation of life artifically and believe become for a time the gods of this world.

 

[David Lamb]

According to God a day is a 1,000 years and a 1,000 years is a day. I don't think we humans can comprehend time on this temporal plane. It could be that the end times was from after Christ. Because all through history Christians see evil in the world and pending doom.

In the bible it says that with the Lord, a day is as (or like) a thousand years, and a thousand years are as a day, not that a day actually is a thousand years for Him, or a thousand years actually is a day:

(2Pe 3:8) But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

 

[MatthewG]

No.

 

[William Barton]

One definition of "end times" is in Mathew 24:1-28, when anti-Christ takes his seat in the temple.

It's all about Jerusalem, God's chosen city (Jeremiah 3:17).

Jesus will return and complete the rebuilding of the temple. He will be both Prophet and King for 1000 years (Revelation 30:1-6), as a "priest on his throne" (Zechariah 6:13).

See Ezekiel chapters 40-48 about the new temple. Also note Zechariah 6:12-13:

Tell him to say this:
"This is what the Lord Almighty says: 'Here is the man
whose name is the Branch [Jesus, see Isaiah 11:1 ].'"

IMO God is not subject to time, just as the author of a story is not subject to the timeline in the story he writes.

 

[Luther7]

According to God a day is a 1,000 years and a 1,000 years is a day. I don't think we humans can comprehend time on this temporal plane. It could be that the end times was from after Christ. Because all through history Christians see evil in the world and pending doom.

I think every generation of Christians believes it is the end times because it may very well be and to God this is just a day.

I think the key is in Christ mentioning the example of the change in season and the figs falling from the tree. A sign of a period of time and not a specific day.

In that sense there is no specific time that the figs will fall. But there is a season or period that it will come at some point and the longer the season goes on the more we can see the time is close by the ripeness of the fruit.

Christ said that no one knows the day or hour. But says we will know like we know the changing of the seasons and its nearing maturity.

I think the spirit will tell us as Christ says we can know the time is nearing when he gives us the signs that will happen. Such as earthquakes in diverse places. Which is interesxting because now more than ever we can report earthquakes in diverse places. I don't think that was the case in our past.

God allows for the complete time so that everything that has to happen will happen and not before. His timing is perfect.

I believe the season is ripening as more signs are being fullfilled than ever before. Its not just the signs but also a certain level of conscious awareness. Almost as though humans have to reach a certain level of knowledge and rejection of God where satan has tried everything to win.

But also so that enough time has gone by that people can see how all the alternative ideas that reject God and Christs truth are exposed as lies. So that there is no ambiguity that Christ is the truth and satan has been exposed.

One consequence I think of this will be demonic forces being unleashed so that those who reject Christ will not hold back anymore as they have been exposed and it will become a spiritual war between people and even within families.

It seems like it is moving towards a perfect storm of factors. as opposed to the past humans had not exploited the earths resources. Had not exploited tech and material wealth. Had not been able to perhaps almost perfect the creation of life artifically and believe become for a time the gods of this world.

Nice post. So true when you say " perfect storm".
Technology ( in a sin- cursed world ) is the means by which Satan can be "like" God. He needs AI to be everywhere at once. Even though men with good intentions gave us tech, there were always the devil's children ( who Jesus warns us about) waiting to exploit it for evil.

And I can't forget to mention the bought and paid for goyim to make that possible as well.