Bible prophecy helps us understand that things aren’t falling , they are falling
For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, ‘My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’; – Isaiah 46:9-10 (NASB95)
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A big theme of the end times:
Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many – Matthew 24:4-5 (NIV)
…many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. – Matthew 24:11 (NIV)
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect — if that were possible. – Matthew 24:24 (NIV)
(Paul) But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times (the last times, DRB) some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, – 1 Timothy 4:1 (NASB95)
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men (tycoons, NET) of the earth; for by thy sorceries (pharmakeia) were all nations deceived. – Revelation 18:23 (KJV)
Sorceries: pharmakeia – medication (“pharmacy”),
i.e., (by extension) magic (literally or figuratively) (Strong’s)
(v.7) For nation (ethnos) shall rise against nation (ethnos), and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines (limoi), and pestilences (loimoi), and earthquakes (seismos), in divers places. – Matthew 24:7 (KJV)
Pestilences: loimoi – plague (literally, the disease) (Strong’s)
(vv.5-8)
These things are not the sign of the end, but will Increase exponentially as we get closer to the end of the age
What is the sign of His coming and the end of the age?
…and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It will come about in the last days that I shall bring you against My land, – Ezekiel 38:16 (NASB77)
Then it will happen on that day that the Lord Will again recover the second time with His hand The remnant of His people (Israel), who will remain, From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar (Iraq), Hamath, And from the islands of the sea (continents). And He will lift up a standard for the nations, And will assemble the banished ones of Israel, And will gather the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth. – Isaiah 11:11-12 (NASB77)
The Sign of His Coming: becomes a again
Now learn the parable from the fig tree (Hosea 9:10): when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door. – Matthew 24:32-33 (NASB95)
Just Like the Days of Noah: (Genesis 6)
As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. – Matthew 24:37 (NIV)
Business as in an time (v.38)
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