Tag: endtimes

More End Dates Come and Go

2 Peter 3:3 – 4 puts what is happening as nothing that has
not already been happening:

3 Knowing
this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their
own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his
coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were
from the beginning of the creation.

People have been saying since Jesus left this earth that He
is returning soon, so after 2000 years we see those predictions get mocked even
more. This whole “God’s time” comment is difficult to explain to those who do
not believe since there have been so many definitive dates given. We ALL need
to stop saying Jesus is returning soon and focus on the good He will do for us
today.

The scripture is very clear in this chapter that no one will
know and He will come like a thief in the night. So why look like a fool and
say it’s soon and then decades later continue the same mantra. Honestly who
cares when He comes, we need to prepare always since our death is more immanent
that His return! The scripture we have looked at recently in Matthew 25 where
the goats thought they were doing right and were not allowed in should be a
greater concern for us today!! If His coming is tomorrow, would you be a goat
or a sheep?

Again, end times predictions are numerous. We have seen many
in recent times from predictions of Jesus’ return to the Mayan calendar ending
and therefore it’s all over to the Y2K bug. In the end, all these have proven
wrong and just make the faithful look crazy following something that is not
tangible.

So what can you do? Focus on reading scriptures,
praying and meditating with God. Understand especially those points that talks
about what is expected from us. Our salvation is not based on works, but our
salvation is shown by our works, at least that’s the way I am understanding
things. So not only study, but do what is said. Follow that little voice when
you hear stop and talk to this person begging on the street. And if you are “prompted”
to give them a hundred, do it!! Just make sure they understand why and not just
you’re a nice person.

September 23, 2015

THE END IS COMING! In all seriousness it is coming but after
watching YouTube for 15 minutes of this garbage we see everything from a
financial collapse, to a meteor strike, to a nuclear bomb, to the Illuminati taking
over and chipping everyone. The Bible says this about the end time in Matthew
25:13 which is clear:

Watch therefore, for ye know
neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

We will not know when “the end” is going to happen. And one
must only go to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events

You will see the long list of dates given for the end that
have not come true. Over and over we see this from the Mayan apocalypse to
Harold Camping to whomever. This is no different to all the others, come
September 24th we will be wondering what happened. Heck I even have
seen someone poo-poo the 23th date and say his dad is an astronomer and the
year is wrong, it is 2016 when the life ending asteroid will hit!!

Let’s stop this nonsense and get down to brass tacks. First
the Bible is clear we will not know, it will just happen. Second, history has
shown that we look like crackpots having our Jesus is coming dates proven
wrong. Look at how a great teacher like Harold Camping has been relegated to
obscurity when his TWO predictions did not come true. The key is not focusing on
the end but rather the beginning! The beginning of a new relationship for all
with Jesus, not just you.

We need to spread the word of God, not because the end is
near, but rather to show people the love of Jesus they can have TODAY!! Who
cares IF September 23, 2015 is the end day, you need to ask yourself what has your
input been in spreading the Gospel? Have you given to ministries? Preached the
word to the unsaved? Served the orphans and widows? Or have you basked in the
glory of Jesus for your own gratification?

See the point! If the world were to end tomorrow, what
have you done? If it isn’t, what will you do? Jesus is special WITHOUT the end
looming on us!!

Finally, what if Jesus came today? Who is the
anti-Christ? I ask these questions for two reasons, first the anti-Christ will
be wildly popular and almost impossible to resist, no one today matches that criteria.
Second, would you recognize Jesus today if He came? What says that He has to
ride on a white cloud with a chariot? Why does that have to be literal and at
the same time the multi-headed beasts are figurative? What if Jesus came from
some backwards town like Wolf Creek? No one would expect that and would most
likely reject Him AGAIN!

Are We In The End Times? If So What Is Your Plan?

Matthew 24 has Jesus answering his disciples on when the end
times will be. Every generation as they age feels this is the end. I am sure
the generation that was old during WWII assumed that was the end times, now
those that lived through the 60’s are looking today and seeing it. Verse 6
talks about wars:

And ye shall hear of wars and
rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to
pass, but the end is not yet.

We can go on dissecting this chapter and showing how it
applies today, heck people are now saying Yon Kippur is Judgment Day this year
(September 23, 2015). Like Harold Camping before, we cannot be sure if they are
right or wrong. We can look at Revelations 6:15 to see this happening:

And the kings of the earth, and the
great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and
every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks
of the mountains;

The “elite” are making bunkers and getting ready for a
collapse. Many look at Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged with Galt’s Gulch being the
haven for the elite as a blue print for what is happening today. It seems
incredible that a book where the newest writings are some 2000 years old predicted
what is happening today. With this I wonder if it is true for today or are we
going to wait?

Honestly it doesn’t matter because what happens will
happen and we must be calm. We should not be “hunkering down” for the calamities
but rather help through them. We need to remain calm and show people where our
hope rests. Run into the mess and show Jesus so others may gain salvation before
it is too late! Share and serve Jesus in these times, not run and hide.