Jesus said the following in Matthew 24, the Chapter that gives many of the signs of the 'End of the World'. In Matthew 24,The Disciples had asked Jesus What would be the signs of His coming, and of the End of the World:
Matthew 24:31-33
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
We as Christians have the capability of knowing or discerning when these things are getting close to happening in the World.
And while everyone else is rejoicing over the New World Order today, Christians are going to discern what is really going on. They are going to see in this Movement something 'wonderful', this gathering together of the Nations to create a Man-made 'Peace'. But they are in reality leaving God out of the picture, and just as the Kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome fell, so too will their propped up idea of propsperity fall...
1 Thessalonians 5:3-5
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Isaiah 8:9-13
9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
11 For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
You look around and see all the signs fast-fulfilling... everythign that Jesus said in Matthew 24 has happened. Now we are just waiting for what happened to the People in Noah's Day, wars and rumors of wars, Nation against Nation, People's hearts failing them for fear of what is coming upon this Earth, bold robberies, Men possessed by demonic spirits taking the lives of innocent people, even Children, and so on.
Matthew 24:37-39
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
God is not going to continue offering His mercy, He is going to withdraw it at some point...
Genesis 6:3
3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man
We can tell this is already taking place, or starting to happen. The signs are all there. In Matthew 24 one the signs was earthquakes in diverse places, in other words Natural disasters one after another and in places they never occurred before. It is like when Jesus was dying on the Cross and Nature 'sympathised' by turning to darkness. People had rejected Christ and murdered Him. Just like when they stoned Stephen, their time was up and God withdrew His mercy and erusalem was destroyed.
Well it will be te same at the end of time. God's Angels of mercy are holding back the winds of strife until God's People will be ready and sealed on their foreheads. And then all hell with break lose, so to speak.
Revelation 7:1-3
7 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
And as these final events are taking place, one of the things that God is doing, is to withdraw His Spirit from the World, from the unrepentant. As I said before, Genesis says , the Spirit of God will not always strive with Men, Just like at the flood, He finally gives them to destruction. But before He does this, He begins by withdrawing His Spirit, and withdrawing His LIGHT.
He removes His candlestick, that gives the LIGHT.... In other words, God puts out their CONSCIENCE, and their ability to tell right from wrong, because they rejected the light... He does it to professed Christians,
Revelation Chapter 2
1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
And He does the same to the wicked,
Romans 1:18-32
God finally gives them up to a Reprobate Mind
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
And we as Christians have the privilege of discerning and knowing when these things are taking place, just as Jesus said, we know the seasons, and as it says in Thessalonians, we are not in the dark, it won't come as a theif in the night to us. We are going to know there will be no peace and safety and that destruction is soon to come, instead.
Revelation Chapter 9 tells of the scourge that the Moslem World would bring to the apostate Christian Church and this has happened. This false Religion would be set up. Now God is allowing further things to take place, such as the destruction of His Judgments upon America with the World Trade Center.
There is the darkness in the Churches, and the apostasy. Revelations says they will become 'a cage of every unclean and hateful bird'. This means demonic spirits. The Bible says that some will depart from the faith, giving heed to demonic spirits and doctrines of devils. Yet another sign of the end and that God is withdrawing His Spirit from the Churches, and leaving them in darkness. Like we read before, He would remove His candlestick. In Revelation Chapter 3 it says that God would spew them from His mouth if they do not repent.
Revelation 18:2
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
1 Timothy 4:1
1 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
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