This is
an extremely long post. I wrote it for those who have no idea of what is going
to happen as the world draws to a close. I usually write about the great love
God has for all people, but I believe the end is very near and have decided to
share God’s warnings.
One thing
about the Bible, I have learned that sometimes when God says he is doing
something, it means he has allowed it to happen. God could have prevented the
corona virus that has killed many and changed the world, but he didn’t. He did
stop SARS. Through the years, I know God has protected us from utter
destruction, but those days are waning.
I believe
most disasters are man-made. Even earthquakes at this time are sometimes caused
by fracking for oil. I believe that as the world ends it is we ourselves who
have destroyed it, not God. We have destroyed it through pollution,
clear-cutting trees and perhaps through biological warfare inventions. Let’s
face it; we are guilty. Not all of us, mainly the rich and powerful people who
want to keep up their horrible works on the earth to become even richer. Our
Lord even says, “I will destroy those who destroy the earth.” Revelation 11:18. He tells us the earth will wear out like a
garment. “Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look
at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear
out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will
last forever, my righteousness will never fail. “ Isaiah 51:6
I hope I
haven’t left out any important details. I certainly could have; I’m not a
scholar. Anyway, here are a lot of verses on the end of time, or Day of the
Lord. I pray we will turn to God, who will abundantly pardon all our sins. He
is calling and calling to us, and believe me, if you ever give your life over
to God, you will never regret it. It is an awesome experience.
“Behold,
He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced
Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be!
Amen.
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord
God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.” Revelation 1:7,8
“But you,
beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus
Christ when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers
who will follow after their own ungodly desires.” These are the ones who cause
divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.
But you,
beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the
Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our
Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.”
Jude 1:17-24
“At that time (time of the end) shall arise
Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. (Some believe this is
Jesus. I do.) And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been
since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall
be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book.” Daniel 12:1
“And
afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people.
Your sons
and daughters will prophesy,
your old
men will dream dreams,
your
young men will see visions.
Even on
My menservants and maidservants,
I will
pour out My Spirit in those days.
I will
show wonders in the heavens and on the earth,
blood and
fire and columns of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness
and the
moon to blood
before
the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
And everyone who calls on
the name of the LORD
will be
saved;
for on
Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
there
will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised,
among the
remnant called by the LORD.” Acts
2:28-32
“Most importantly, you must
understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following
their own evil desires. “Where is the promise of His coming?”
they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it
has from the beginning of creation.” 2
Peter 3:3
“The Lord is not slow in
keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with
you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9
“But the
Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar,
the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will
be laid bare.
Since
everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be?
You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness as
you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will
be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.
But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a
new earth, where righteousness dwells.” 2 Peter 3:10,11
“Brothers, we do not want you to be
uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve
like the rest, who are without hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and
rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have
fallen asleep in Him.
By the word of the Lord, we declare
to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no
means precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend
from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the
trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. After that,
we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17
“Therefore, this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord,
says:
“There
will be wailing in all the public squares
and cries
of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets.
The
farmer will be summoned to mourn,
There
will be wailing in all the vineyards,
for I will pass through
your midst,” says the LORD.
Woe to you who long for the Day of the
LORD!
What will
the Day of the LORD be for you?
It will
be darkness and not light.
It will
be like a man who flees from a lion,
only to
encounter a bear,
or who
enters his house and rests his hand against the wall,
Will not
the Day of the LORD
be
darkness and not light,
even
gloom with no brightness in it?
“I hate, I despise your feasts! (Because even as they worshiped God they did
evil and hurt people.)
I cannot
stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
Even
though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will
not accept them;
for your
peace offerings of fattened cattle
Take away
from Me the noise of your songs!
I will
not listen to the music of your harps.
But let
justice roll on like a river,
and
righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” Amos 5:14-24
This is the word of the LORD that
came to Zephaniah son of Cushi…
“I will
completely sweep away
everything from the face of the earth,”
“I will sweep away man and beast;
I will sweep away the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea,
and the idols with their wicked worshipers.
I will cut off mankind
from the face of the earth,”
declares the LORD.
“I will stretch out My hand
against Judah
and against all who dwell in Jerusalem.
I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal,
the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests—
those who bow on the rooftops
to worship the host of heaven,
those who bow down and swear by the LORD
and those who turn back
from following the LORD,
neither seeking the LORD
Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD,
for the Day
of the LORD is near.
Indeed,
the LORD has prepared a sacrifice;
He has
consecrated His guests.
“On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice
I will
punish the princes,
the sons
of the king,
and all
who are dressed in foreign apparel.
On that
day I will punish
all who
leap over the threshold,
who fill
the house of their master
with
violence and deceit.
On that
day,” declares the LORD,
“a cry
will go up from the Fish Gate,
a wail
from the Second District,
and a
loud crashing from the hills.
Wail, O
dwellers of the Hollow,
for all
your merchants will be silenced;
all who
weigh out silver will be cut off.
And
at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
and
punish the men settled in complacency,
who say
to themselves,
‘The LORD
will do nothing,
either
good or bad.’
Their
wealth will be plundered
and their
houses laid waste.
They will
build houses but not inhabit them,
and plant
vineyards but never drink their wine.
The
great Day of the LORD is near—
near and
coming quickly.
Listen,
the Day of the LORD!
Then the
cry of the mighty will be bitter.
That day
will be
a day of
wrath,
a day of
trouble and distress,
a day of
destruction and desolation,
a day of
darkness and gloom,
a day of
clouds and blackness,
a day of
horn blast and battle cry
against
the fortified cities,
and
against the high corner towers.
I will
bring such distress on mankind
that they
will walk like the blind,
because
they have sinned against the LORD.
Their
blood will be poured out like dust
and their
flesh like dung.
Neither
their silver nor their gold
will be
able to deliver them
on the
Day of the LORD’s wrath.
The whole
earth will be consumed
by the fire
of His jealousy.”
For
indeed, He will make a sudden end
of all
who dwell on the earth.” Book of
Zephaniah
I am now including
the entire chapter of Matthew 24, which is quite long. But it is Jesus himself
speaking of the end of the world and his second coming. He is also speaking
about the fall of Jerusalem, which took place in the year 70 AD. The Romans
came and destroyed the temple and the city.
“As Jesus left the temple and was
walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.
“Do you see all these things?” He
replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another;
every one will be thrown down.”
While Jesus
was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell
us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of
Your coming and of the end of the age?”
Jesus
answered, “See to it that no one deceives you. For many will come in
My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. You will
hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These
things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and
earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning
of birth pains.
Then they will
deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all
nations because of My name. At that time many will fall
away and will betray and hate one another, and many false prophets will arise
and mislead many.
Because of the
multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. But the one who
perseveres to the end will be saved.
And this
gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all
nations, and then the end will come.
So when you
see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described
by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), then let
those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the housetop come
down to retrieve anything from his house. And let no one in the field return
for his cloak.
How miserable
those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! Pray that your flight will
not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath. For at that time there will be
great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and
never to be seen again. If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved.
But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.
At that time,
if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not
believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great
signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible. See, I have told you in advance.
So if they
tell you, ‘There He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here He
is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the
west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
Immediately
after the tribulation of those days:
‘The sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
At that time
the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of
the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of
heaven, with power and great glory. And He will send out His angels with a loud
trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end
of the heavens to the other.
Now learn this
lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout
leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when you see all
these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door. Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all
these things have happened. (This is a difficult verse since
these things have not happened. But it seems Jesus was talking about showing his
power and great glory, which he did show to Peter, James and John on the
mountain where he was changed into glory and Elijah and Moses came down from
heaven to talk with him.) Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words
will never pass away.
No one knows
about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only
the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so will it 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 were oblivious, until the flood
came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of
Man. Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and
the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will
be taken and the other left.
Therefore,
keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come. But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of
the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let
his house be broken into. For this reason, you also must be
ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”
Matthew
24
Seven
Last Plagues: (I believe we bring these on ourselves through war and pollution.
1Then I heard a loud
voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth
the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”
2So the first angel
went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke
out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
3And the second
angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the
dead, and every living thing in the sea died.
4And the third angel
poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned to
blood. 5And I heard the angel of the waters
say:
“Righteous are You, O Holy One,
who is and was,
because You have brought these judgments.
6For they have spilled the blood of
saints and prophets,
and You have given them blood to drink,
as they deserve.”
7And I heard the
altar reply:
“Yes, Lord God Almighty,
true and just are Your judgments.”
8Then the fourth
angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the
people with fire. 9And the people were scorched by
intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these
plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
10And the fifth angel
poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged
into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish 11and curse the God
of heaven for their pains and sores; yet they did not repent of their deeds.
12And the sixth angel
poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to
prepare the way for the kings of the East.
13And I saw three
unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouths of the dragon,
the beast, and the false prophet. 14These are demonic
spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to
assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
15“Behold, I am
coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that
he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
16And they assembled
the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
The Seventh Bowl of
Wrath
17Then the seventh
angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came from the throne
in the temple, saying, “It is done!”
18And there were
flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and a great
earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so
mighty was the great quake. 19The great city was
split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God
remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of
His wrath.
20Then every island
fled, and no mountain could be found. 21And great
hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them
from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so
horrendous.