Lesson 24: Now - When Is Jesus Coming Back? (3)
We go on to other signs of the end times being near. In 1 Timothy 4:1-3 we read, "Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth." This is called apostasy.
In 2 Timothy 3:1-5 we read, "But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people." Is there anything here that you're not familiar with on a daily basis?
Let's keep going. In 2 Timothy 3:13 we read, "while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived." Anything not familiar here?
Keep going. In Jude 1:17-19 we see, “But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. They said to you, ‘In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.’ It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit." Still nothing we are not seeing, is there?
But we take one more look at one more verse that has been misinterpreted for centuries because people didn't understand. Let's go to Revelation 6:8 where some of your Bibles may read "wild beasts" but the original only says "beasts." Nobody could understand in centuries ago, or even 50 years ago, how animals we interact with every day can kill us. Now we know: mad cow, monkey-pox, West Nile, SARS, Ebola, hanta, Lyme’s, foot and mouth, and Aids. All of these diseases are transferred from animals to humans – animals are deadly to humans in these cases. One source suggests these cases are growing exponentially not only in numbers of people affected but also in types of viruses identified.
We will look at two more factors that are strong indicators of the end times being very, very near in the next lesson.
*Memorize John 14:1-6
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