Signs of the Times

“Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.”

 

 “But you, Daniel, close up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.”

 

“As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.”

 

Luke 21:10-11

Daniel 12:4

Matthew 24:37-39

 

What are the signs of the times?

Some might say – “Well, wars are nothing new; we’ve had them from the beginning of time.”

While there may be some truth to that we must look at the whole of scripture and all of the events it speaks about.

War, famine, pestilence, fearful events, great signs, traveling over the globe for knowledge (gee, that last one sounds a bit like the internet, doesn’t it?) and finally – increased evil.

Some would contend that we are not experiencing an increase in evil but just the impact of the 24 hour news cycle that covers a tragedy 5,000 miles away like it was in your own backyard.

But I can’t shake the feeling that the ‘legalized murder’ of 55 million unborn children in our own nation since 1973 could be called anything else but tragically evil.

We murder for the sake of convenience and call it ‘choice’.  

As it relates to knowledge, we have made education a secular god.

As a culture, as we profess greater wisdom we become greater fools.

We hear from both camps concerning our nation – great revival or great judgment.

But at the end of the day – or more specifically – at the end of your life; it is not about a nation or the whole earth.

It comes down to you and God.

What will you do with the life He has given you?

Even if we are not in the last days (though I believe we are) we each must face the question of eternity.  

A non-believer must choose what he/she will do with Jesus.

A believer must choose if  he/she will capitalize on the blessing of God to do the will of God!