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April 27, 2019 • 09:00 0

Everyday Life in the End Times

The question was recently asked, “What will everyday life in the end times look like?”

God’s Word gives a significant amount of information about the answers to this question.

1- Churches in the end times will continue to grow worse until they reveal themselves to be centers of worship for Satan.

FEW will notice that the churches are part of Satan’s network, not God’s.

MANY will continue to attend church and to have the churches bless many aspects of their everyday lives. This is done because man wants others to believe that he is a “good person.”

We know ALL who dwell upon the earth in the end times worship Satan–whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb (which is FEW).

“And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”
–Revelation 13:4,8

2- Jesus (in Revelation 2 and 3) had the apostle John write letters to the seven churches in Asia. FIVE of the seven churches were (less than 80 years after Jesus was crucified) severely compromised.

“Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked”
–Revelation 3:17

What does the reader think the end times churches will be like?

3- People in the end times will be busy “living their lives” right up until the moment Jesus Christ returns.

End times mankind–despite hundreds of years of warnings in God’s Word–will be completely taken by surprise by the return of Jesus and the destruction of the existing wicked world.

“And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.”
–Luke 17:26-30

4- End times man will be busy eating and drinking and marrying and giving in marriage until the day Jesus Christ returns.

Many of the routines of everyday living will continue in the last days.

“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
–Matthew 24:37-39

5- The signs which the Bible declares can be known to signal the return of Jesus will be explained away by the authorities of the world.

Even now, science, education, entertainment, the media, government, medicine and every other authority of the world raised up by the prince of this world (Satan) explain away the signs of the last days before Jesus Christ returns.

“And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.”
–Mark 13:7-8

6- End times man will make excuses for why the clear signs are not significant.

Man values his comfort above all else and end times man is no exception. Therefore, end times man will look to the comfort of routine and his everyday common activities to assure himself that all is well and no different today than yesterday.

7- Since we are living in the end times (regardless of what one believes otherwise), life will look–for a while at least–much like it looks in many places today.

DOES the reader believe that “normal” life will continue on as it has in recent memory?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

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DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

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THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: April 22,, 2019.]

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Filed under: Biblical Teachings, End Times: What does the Bible say, The End Times According to Satan, everyday life in the end times

April 27, 2019 • 06:00 0

The Steady Decay of the Small American City

Recently while on a trip, this writer crossed through several small American cities.

A few larger cities were also visited, but it was the smaller cities which immediately attracted attention. Actually, it was what the smaller cities had become: a festering, rotting sore of urban blight which, 20 years ago, would have attracted the attention of not only the local residents, but state and perhaps national leaders as well.

Where once there was manufacturing–sometimes a small manufacturing concern, sometimes a large one–TODAY there are only abandoned buildings and empty lots. Occasionally, another business has bought, renovated and now uses what was, once upon a time, a thriving manufacturing company employing hundreds.

Where once there was a business district or two, NOW there are mostly empty buildings and streets featuring holes of various sizes.

Where once there was a wide assortment of national and local business operations, TODAY there stands a collection of boarded up buildings or a collection of those who either 1- base their business on sin (bars, taverns, gambling parlors, liquor stores) OR 2- operate businesses which were once primarily associated with poverty, low income or distressed areas (payday loans, pawn shops, “junk” stores, “collectibles/antiques“)

Oh, there are still pockets or oases of business activity: usually a strip mall or two or along busy highways. But like one “business center”which was scrutinized, these “hot spots” contain dollar stores, Goodwill, a few fast food restaurants, empty buildings, busted streets and roads, and perhaps a few “REAL” businesses like a grocery or hardware store.

But these little pockets of business activity looked a little shopworn.

It would have been shocking had there been a way to compare the small cities of today with the small cities of twenty or thirty years ago. But only memory marks the change.

The erosion has been gradual.

The rot has come in small increments.

And, so little-by-little, the locals accept the hollowing out of their urban centers as “something which just happened” and which will one day be remedied.

It is telling that local, state and regional political leaders spend most of their time distracting the mostly well-meaning local folks from the squalor which now surrounds them with promises of The-Big-Rock-Candy-Mountain-to-come–IF ONLY the locals will be patient and trust the politicians. There are various promises–to fix the holes in the roads; to bring in JOBS; to make the town more friendly for business–but very, very little to show for all of the many, many promises.

Many small American towns and cities even have their own homeless–once a sign of the big city.

It is too bad this obsolescence of the small city has been planned by largely the same ones promising to fix what’s wrong.

At some point soon, the circumstance WILL become better–for a very short time.

However, the locals may only barely notice, having likely moved on to other, more important matters by then.

HAS the reader noticed the erosion in any small cities or town?

DOES the reader comfort himself with thoughts of “Oh, they’ll get around to fixing that. They always have before”?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: April 22, 2019.]

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April 27, 2019 • 02:00 0

When and Who

A thought which, more than once, popped into the head of a then-heathen.

“I am one lucky guy! I could have been born ANYWHERE at ANY TIME in history, but I was born in the second half of the 20th century in the United States of America. I could have been born into poverty, but I was born into the richest country that ever was. I could have been born into a time when mankind was in poverty and didn’t know much about anything, but I was born in the second half of the 20th century in the United States of America. All of the world’s latest discoveries are at my beck and call. I am one lucky guy!”

As stated, this was the thought which once upon a time popped into the head of a heathen, who was focused on the world and the things of the world.

“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”
–James 4:4

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”
–1JOHN 2:15-16

These days, another thought has popped into that same head (though it is now the head of a believer) more than once.

“I am one lucky guy! I could have been born ANYWHERE at ANY TIME in history, but I was born in the second half of the 20th century in the United States of America. I was born at ground zero for deception; in a land of deception; into the end times, a time of great deception. By the mercy of God, I have been granted eternal life. Why? What am I to do? By the grace of God, I have been admitted into the kingdom of heaven. I am one lucky guy!”

The difference between the two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THOUGHTS (formed within eight years of each other)?

FIRST: after much pondering, it’s been decided that timing is a matter of GREAT importance when such thoughts are formed.

After much pondering, it’s been decided that the circumstance greatly dictate, not only the person having the thoughts, but the thoughts themselves.

FINALLY, after much pondering, it’s been decided that it’s all a matter of WHO has those thoughts and WHEN such thoughts occur.

ONE body, TWO different times, TWO completely different outlooks/people.

WHEN and WHO.

HAS the reader ever had similar thoughts?

DOES the reader focus on the present world?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: April 26-28, 2019.]

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