Many who call themselves "Christian" fail to grasp why moral conditions are plummeting. They are unable to understand the time period we are living in, called by Jesus his (invisible) "presence" at Matthew 24:37, 39. Four of Jesus apostles (Mark 13:3) asked Jesus a composite question three days before he died: "Tell us, when will these things be (of a stone not being left upon a stone concerning the temple, Matt 24:2), and what will be the sign of your presence and of the conclusion of the system of things ?”(Matt 24:3)
In answering their question, Jesus said that "because of the increasing of lawlessness, the love (Greek agape) of the greater number will grow cold."(Matt 24:12) Hence, lack of agape (self-sacrificing) love, that started to be more noticeable when Jesus invisible "presence" began in 1914 when he was installed as king of God's Kingdom, would continue to accelerate, growing steadily worse as time progressed. And why ?
At Revelation 12, it shows a scene of Michael (Jesus heavenly name) and his angels battling Satan and his angels, and in which Satan and his demonic agents lose the battle and are thrown down to the earth, being confined here. It need be noted that Satan is "misleading the entire inhabited earth", having sway over all the political governments, pushing false religion (Babylon the Great, Rev 17:5) and sinisterly promoting greed among the business world. (Rev 12:7-9)
As a result, with lack of love now dominating the earth, a true Christian is not surprised by the atrocity of Ronald Haskell. Revelation 12:12 says: "On this account be glad, you heavens and you who reside in them !(the loyal angels who no longer has to put up with Satan and his wicked angelic followers) Woe for the earth and for the sea, because the Devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing that he has a short period of time.”
Since 1914 with his ouster, Satan has been angry for having been thrown out of heaven against his will. But now 100 years later, he is now more angry than ever, and determined to cause as much havoc as he can. Due to his wicked influence (though unseen), the earth has deteriorated morally to a level never seen in history.
There are those, on the other hand, that fail to see any changes in people's attitudes, for the apostle Peter prophetically said: "First of all know this, that in the last days ridiculers will come with their ridicule, proceeding according to their own desires and saying: “Where is this promised presence of his ? Why, from the day our forefathers fell asleep in death, all things are continuing exactly as they were from creation’s beginning.”(2 Pet 3:3, 4) Thus, Peter correlated the "last days" with Jesus "promised presence". They are one and the same and that many would fail to see the scope of changes that are affecting mankind.
Since Jesus revealed that lack of agape love would dominate the earth because of Satan's wicked influence, then the further we are in the "last days" or Jesus "promised presence", the more we will see the collapse of morality. Soon, however, the "last days" will end, the end of the "conclusion of the system of things"(Matt 24:3, "the last days", Jesus "promised presence" and the "conclusion of the system of things" are synonymous).
Proverbs 2 says: "For only the upright will reside in the earth, and the blameless will remain in it. As for the wicked, they will be cut off from the earth, and the treacherous will be torn away from it."(Prov 2:21, 22) This is in harmony with David's words at Psalms 37: "Just a little while longer, and the wicked will be no more; You will look at where they were, and they will not be there. But the meek will possess the earth, and they will find exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.....forever."(Ps 37:10, 11, 29)
Only "meek" ones (those who are teachable by Jehovah God) will remain on the earth after all others are decimated (Rev 7:14), which includes the churches of Christendom and all other false religion (Rev 17:16), as well as greedy commerce (Rev 19:19-21) and the political "ten horns" (Rev 17:12) or all political governments now existing, along with its "image" (Rev 13:14), the United Nations.
