Someone wrote me recently asking about what signs we should be looking for that point to the end of the world and if the recent conflicts in the Middle East means that time is now. I thought I’d share my response:
Things certainly are going crazy. Some hold the Middle East as a key to the time of trouble. I don’t necessarily see that in the Bible because we are all spiritual Israel and the predictions about attacks on “Israel” are pointing to all God’s people, not some geographic area. However, Jesus did say there will be wars and rumors of wars right before the end and I think the extremists are providing that piece in the region.
One of the things I’m watching in the U.S. is the sudden spiritual depravity and new strong attacks on Christianity. A family movie with nothing at all offensive in it was just given a PG rating and the warning says that it may be offensive to some viewers because it contains Christian themes. See article about this: http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=RELIGION-FAITH-06-07-06
At Oregon State U. their school paper published two pictures of Jesus in the nude with an erection. In one of them He is kissing another nude man. When asked by Christians to apologize they said they had nothing to apologize for. The school also saw no reason to apologize or discipline these student editors. Imagine if they had made the same pictures with Martin Luther King, Mohamed, Gandhi, or Buddha – the world would have gone crazy and these students would be kicked out of school for certain. But for some reason it is ok to defame Jesus in this way. You can see these sick pictures with pixilated areas at: afa.net/images/jesus_and_man.jpg make sure to start with www. (I didn’t because these pics then would be shown with this article and they are very disturbing).
This last Easter I was shocked at how many new television shows there were that basically called the historical Jesus a lie. One said He was a power hungry person who was thrust into popularity by His family. There were other ridiculous theories on many other programs too. Even though there is not one shred of evidence to be found any where at all, some person makes up a story to try to disprove Christ’s divinity and they actually make a show like it’s credible. If anyone made any kind of claims like these about any other historical figure they would be laughed at and no station would ever air such ridiculous claims.
It is ok to be gay, Buddhist, Hindu, atheist, etc. But if you’re a Christian you are automatically a narrow-minded bigot, believing in some outdated fairytale. Again, signs of the end.
Another thing I think is a sign of the end coming soon is global warming. This planet’s environment is so stressed that nature is going crazy. Plus, I can’t see how the human species could even survive on this planet at the rate we’re destroying it for more than 50 years unless there are some huge changes. We’re bringing some of the end time plagues upon ourselves.
It makes one think that we have little time to do what God has called us to do. What do you think?
God bless!
