Every second of every minute of every day is someone's "end of days".
We are all but fellow travelers to the grave. Live life well, for all of a sudden..............you aren't there anymore!
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Every second of every minute of every day is someone's "end of days".
We are all but fellow travelers to the grave. Live life well, for all of a sudden..............you aren't there anymore!
"And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, 'Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.'"
Revelation 10:4 (E.S.V.)
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"...but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months."
Revelation 11:2 (E.S.V.)
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Might I ask a question? If Christ will come as a thief in the night, why does He indicate that the sky shall light up with lightning from East to West, and trumpets sounding? If He comes as a thief in the night, wouldn't that mean He will come silently? Did I miss something?
Sometimes thieves are quiet. Sometimes they are noisy. However, the one thing they all have in common is the element of surprise. I think that being taken by surprise is the issue here.
"But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ."
Philippians 3:20 (E.S.V.)
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The end times started when Jesus ascended into heaven. There was a greater indication of His return during the twelve Apostles lifetime than ever. No one knows when Jesus will return. In other words, it doesn't matter. We are aliens and strangers here ...our citizenship is in heaven. Our focus should be on things above.
I believe that the people who are obsessed with "end times" and "seeing into the future" are actually dangerously close to indulging in divination.
"...and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months."
Revelation 13:5 (E.S.V.)
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I accepted Jesus as my savior at the age of 13. Every evangelical preacher I've heard since then has said that "The end is near." I'm now 66. All I know is that I look forward to ky heavenly body that wont hurt every waking minute however I acquire it. By death or rapture.
You start dying the day you were born. I'll submit that every man living after Jesus was and is living in the "end times"
"Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power."
1 Corinthians 15:24 (E.S.V.)
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Yes we are: get saved then relax and enjoy the ride. :)
I do not fear death as my soul does not die. I am not thrilled about the process as there is a good chance it will be prolonged and painful.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama, sabaachthani?" that is to say, "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Matthew 27:46
Jesus suffered a painful death. Even Jesus felt forsaken by His Father...and I believe Jesus knew better. There must have been hours when Jesus wanted to die and end the suffering. But He had to suffer to do pay for our sins.
My point is even Jesus feared painful death...but not death itself.
1. ALL of us are approaching our own end time, each day we are a day closer.
2. Yes, but then we will be on eternal time.
3. Terminal illness, drunk driving crashes, suicide, on the job accident, all of these could serve as an indication that time may be coming to an end (for the individual).
4. NO
5. The Bible tells us all these things will come to pass. It also tells us that Jesus died for our sins and through him we shall have eternal life.
6. Re-read number 5.
You can have some fun with this topic: A kid told me the vaccine was mark of the beast; told him not this one then showed him my smallpox scare and started talking like a robot. ;)
"Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near."
Revelation 1:3 (E.S.V.)
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Good questions. To get the answers we have to correctly separate two end times events; the Rapture and the Second Coming.
The "SURPRISE!" event is when Jesus calls his people, living and dead, to rise up to heaven in the twinkling of an eye to be with him during the seven years of Tribulation on earth. That calling up is the Rapture (meaning "caught up") of the believers of the true church at that time; the Rapture is NOT the "second coming."
Then, at the end of the seven years of Tribulation, the Lord will come down to earth again, i.e., the second coming, and the lightning, etc, will be seen around the world. (And even that is not the "end time", it's only the beginning of Jesus' thousand year reign of his enforced peace on earth.)