Zone1 Are End Times Really Among Us?

[forkintheroad7]

He may have just been here (in the form of Charlie Kirk).


But every generation says/thinks that. My parents thought it was the end of the world with Led Zepplin and Jimi Hendrix.


What is written in scripture is subject to endless interpretation.

No, scripture has survived in its original form by way of the Catholic Church which Christ founded, and which has preserved the Word despite all the mayhem in Christendom over the centuries.

Jesus preserved His Church ("the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it") and Scripture. If you don't believe that, you don't believe God is capable of doing anything.. God knows we need certainty and truth and He gave it to us.

The Catholics have certainty (which I did not have when I was outside the Church when young but that was years ago). Everyone else questions this and questions that, never realizing that they do not have to re-invent the wheel..

 

[Care4all]

you don't care about those who have to live through the time of Antichrist?

It just means the 2nd Coming is nigh...and that's a positive!!!

....the hell on Earth by the antichrist, will still be horrible for those who oppose him and his power though, until Christ casts him and all liars who follow the antichrist as their (fake news) savior, alive and in to the Lake of Fire....!

 

[shockedcanadian]

I don't know about the end of times but the Mashiach return requires certain conditions be met, such as world peace/justice, the rebuilding of the temple.in Jerusalem, among other concerns, for any chance of his arrival. It is a.daunting task to.say the least. There probably isn't much risk of it happening in oir lifetime. When America was the lone superpower there.was.a.far greater chance. Sadly,.some intentionally undermined the U.S to allow Chinas rise. This brought us much further away I suspecr.

 

[Quantrill]

I've been believing it for a while now, but now I'm nearly certain of it. I can't remember what it specifically states in the Bible, but revivals amongst celebrating and glorying violence sounds like it.

You are probably thinking of (2 Tim. 3:1-13). "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come...."

And there is much in Scripture pertaining to the 'end times' or 'last days'.

Something to keep in mind when studying or referencing the 'last days' is that the last days of the Church and the last days of Israel are not the same. So, unless the believer recognizes that these two distinct bodies of believers are different, then he will apply all references of the last days, or end times to the Church. Which will create confusion.

For example: (Dan. 12:4) "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end...."

(Dan. 12:4-9-13 "And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand. And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away...there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days....."

The verses given in (2 Tim) pertain to the Church. The verses given in (Dan. 12) pertain to Israel.

The last days of the Church culminate in the Rapture of the Church out of the earth. The last days of Israel culminate in Christ returning to the earth. Those events occur at different times.

Quantrill