Orientações topo da The Rise of Evil on Earth: Is Biblical Prophecy Being Fulfilled?
Orientações topo da The Rise of Evil on Earth: Is Biblical Prophecy Being Fulfilled?
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Jesus speaks of “wars and rumors of wars” in Matthew 24:6-7 as indicators of the nearing end. Throughout history, these violent and tumultuous times have been viewed by many Christians as connected to biblical prophecies. Signaling a period of tribulation and unrest preceding the return of Christ.
Are these the final days before Christ’s return? They may well be—but even if they aren’t, our calling is to be faithful to Christ, no matter what happens. Is this your goal?
22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
He claimed to be the “present representative” of Jesus Christ and led his followers in a mass suicide in 1997, believing they would be transported to a spaceship trailing the Hale-Bopp comet.
That will help set the stage for the coming European Babylonian trading power the Bible warns about in the 17th and 18th chapters of the Book of Revelation.
seis Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood. 7 And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed.
48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of, 51 and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping The Rise of Evil on Earth: Is Biblical Prophecy Being Fulfilled? and gnashing of teeth.
Speaking of the end times carries a certain amount of tension. The Bible speaks of the end of this world and a transition into the New Heaven and New Earth, a redemptive story where the end times and corruption of this world is first exposed in a destructive, dramatic fashion before the next world is fully realized.
In place of the irresistible enticement, we would see the torture and murder of our Lord that was necessary to atone for our embrace of such an illusion.”5 God encourages us to love our enemy, but hate their actions. “Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good,” (Romans 12:nove, ESV)
The Old Testament prophets were among the first to speak about the end times, providing visions of judgment, restoration, and the coming of God’s final kingdom.
29 For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.
Before Christ returns, God’s people will be hunted and killed by nonbelievers. Those who dare to cling to their faith will find themselves unable to trade or do business with others. They will be driven out, seen as outcasts and eventually, they will be hunted down and killed.
"Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt."
Unsettling as it sounds, these signs serve a purpose. They remind us that our world is transient and that our ultimate hope lies beyond this earthly life.