Hi 486,
Respect your faith and beliefs, however, everything you have indicated; found in this book has developed, peaked and faded away many times.
Take world war II for example...
However, then, for many people, it was 10X more severe than we experience today (so far).
It has been 2000 Years! TWO THOUSAND YEARS!! TWO THOUSAND YEARS!!!
And...
NOTHING (But the same old thing).
Please don't 'hold your breath'.
Quoting: Being * gnieB Not any more -
Jesus said that we would recognize "really" recognize end times - and now we can.
How?
First he said in Mathew 24 - when you
hear of rumours of war - we are not in end times. Hearing could mean many things i.e. radio - word of mouth. He's giving us something everyone can understand. A timeline using our senses.
Now - lets go to Luke 21 who tells us when we SEE and KNOW of all these things - the end times has begun.
Mathew, Mark and Luke all agree end times starts with the nation Israel being reborn.
And amazingly enough that's when TV started being popular.
However, there were a lot of other requirements before we know we are actually in "the last days".
Won't go into it - but here's a few of them:
Nation must rise against nation - We must be able to SEE earthquakes in diverse places. The Gospel must be able to be spread to the entire world (internet). There will be hate all over world; christians will be hated.
Above all Many will be offended - Political correctness is at insane levels.
We are there
