People have long been fascinated with The End of Time.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts,
yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 WEB
The Disciples knew there would be an end of time, like all of us know,
because God has set Eternity in our hearts. He also had given them clues all along His time with them.
Jesus spoke of Hell, of Judgment, of being forgiven and many other clues that His disciples picked up on.
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple:
and His disciples came to Him for to shew Him the buildings of the temple. v 1
And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you,
There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. v 2
And as He sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying,
Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of Thy coming,
and of the end of the world? v 3
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. v 4
As we begin to see more and more signs that Jesus warned us about, we know we are close to the end.
While we do not know the day nor the hour of Jesus’ return, we know that Jesus told us,
When you see these things, know that the end is near.
These are those things:
False Christs
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. v 5
Wars and Rumors of 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. v 6
Striving of nations and kingdoms, famines, pestilences and earthquakes
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines,
and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. v 7
The beginning of Sorrows
All these are the beginning of sorrows. v 8
Martyrdom and Persecution
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you:
and ye shall be hated of all nations for My name’s sake. v 9
Offended at goodness, betrayal and increased hatred
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. v 10
Many False Prophets will arise and deception
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. v 11
Iniquity will grow and Love will grow cold
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. v 12
Enduring with the Lord Jesus
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. v 13
When the gospel is preached to all the world, the End shall come
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations;
and then shall the end come. v 14
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;
in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise,
and the elements shall melt with fervent heat,
the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 2 Peter 3:10