Is the End of the World at Hand?

 

 

This question is on the minds of many people today, especially in light of the current events transpiring in the Middle East. Church people tend to interpret the Bible through the lens of the daily news events.

 

 

 

When terrorists began bombing Israel and killing many men, women, and children; even their own countrymen in such savage ways: beheading children and burning babies, the world took notice and cried out against these terrorist groups.

 

 

 

Now, even today, other terrorist groups from other countries in the Middle East are declaring that they want to destroy Israel and to kill all Jews and Americans. This all stems from an immense hatred for the Jews of Israel.

 

 

 

Many preachers today are telling their congregations to prepare for the Return of Jesus Christ. They say that we are living in the End Times when the things that Jesus and Apostles said are being fulfilled.

 

 

 

They say we are living in the Last Days and that the Antichrist and the Battle of Armageddon are very soon to take place. They continue by saying, for many years, the Middle East has been a ticking time bomb just waiting for certain things to take place when all the world will stand against Israel and gather together in the great Battle of Armageddon.

 

 

 

This is what has been taught in churches around the world because it has always been believed that the Jews have always been and are still God’s chosen people today. They say that when Jesus Christ returns, the Jews will believe that Jesus is their Messiah and accept Him and will then be saved.

 

 

 

This is what has always been taught and believed. A famous leader once said, “The bigger the lie, the more people there are that will believe it.” God said in Romans 3:4 “….let God be true, but every man a liar….” 

 

 

 

The answer to the question, “Is the end of the world at hand?” can only be found in the inspired Scriptures.

 

 

 

What does the Bible actually say about the End of the World or the End of the planet Earth and the End of the Universe? Contrary to what many church people believe today, it says nothing, absolutely nothing about our Planet and the Universe ever ending.

 

 

 

Jesus Christ was asked the question by His disciples over 2,000 years ago, “…. What shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?” (KJV) Matthew 24:3 In the original language of Greek, the word “world” is “aion” which means Age. In Matthew 24:3, the “the end of the world” did not mean the end of the planet Earth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thankfully the modern translations of the scriptures have translated the correct word 'Age' instead of 'World' as you can see below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was the End of the age that they were living in. Jesus answered their question with a whole list of events that can be found in Matthew chapter 24 which were all going to take place in their lifetime, in their generation.

 

 

 

The list of events that Jesus gave included:

 

 

 

 

 

He also spoke of:

 

 

 

 

What was actually coming to an End?

 

 

 

Not the planet Earth, but rather the Covenant that God made with the twelve tribes of Israel at Mt. Sinai fifteen hundred years prior to Jesus’ earthly ministry.

 

 

 

 

Jesus also said that the Gospel would be preached in all the world and then the End would come. Matthew 24:14 This was their known world which was the Roman Empire.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jesus concluded this list of events with a very clear time statement: He stated that all of these events would happen in their lifetime, in their generation. Matthew 24:33-34

 

 

 

 

Jesus clearly states here that ALL of the events that He just listed were to happen before that generation passed away. Jesus said in Matthew 23:36 that all these things were to happen to THIS generation.

 

 

 

 

The phrase “this generation” meant the generation that was alive and living in the first century. That same generation that was alive 2,000 years ago was also addressed by Jesus in Mark 13:30, and in Luke 21:32.

 

 

 

All the events listed were fulfilled before that generation passed.

 

 

 

So, it is today that these same types of events are happening and have actually happened over and over again through the centuries. The things that preachers today are claiming the Bible says are taken out of their original context and are misapplied to our generation.

 

 

 

There have always been wars and rumours of wars, famines, pestilences, earthquakes, False Prophets and religious persecution.

 

 

 

My Grandfather who was a Preacher use to say that the Lord would come back by the year 2000, that never happened then, and there have been many occasions and even some recently where preachers have predicted or prophesied that the Lord was coming back on a particular date and he never did.

 

 

 

We are going to be forever hearing the same stories time and time again and it will keep going on and on, and brothers and sisters the Lord will not come back as these preachers proclaim.

 

 

 

Why? Because he already returned in AD 70 and ALL THINGS WRITTEN HAVE BEEN FULFILLED!

 

 

 

Because of what is happening in the Middle East and Israel, it is assumed that the world is going to end, and that Jesus will return.

 

 

 

All the things that are written in Matthew 24, in Mark 13, and in Luke 21 were the “Last days” events of the Covenant that God made with the 12 tribes of Israel at Mt. Sinai. It was the End of their world, or their Age. God’s Judgment was coming on them.

 

 

 

The Apostle Peter said in Acts 2:15-17 that they were living in the Last Days when the Holy Spirit first came on the Day of Pentecost.

 

 

 

 

In Hebrews 1:1-2, the Scripture says that Jesus spoke to them in the Last Days.

 

 

 

Hebrews 9:26 says that Jesus appeared in the End of the world. This was almost 2,000 years ago and yet the planet is still here.

 

 

 

 

There are many Scriptures that speak of the Last Days events that occurred in the First Century such as:

 

 

 

 

These events are in our past NOT in our future. It is the input of information that will determine what we believe. Many people are confused because their leaders are confused. They are blind to the Truth of the Bible. They are blind leaders that are not following God’s Word. Isaiah 9:16, Jeremiah 23:30-32, John 3:34, Romans 10:15

 

 

 

If you do what you have always done and believe what you have always believed, the results will always be the same. Open your heart when you open the Bible.

 

 

Conclusion

 

 

This world is NEVER going to end. Ephesians 3:21, Ecclesiastes 1:4, Ezekiel 37:26-28

 

 

 

The New Covenant Age that Jesus established in the first century is everlasting. It is eternal. This is how to become born again into this New Covenant. Acts 2:37-39

 

 

 

There is NO end of time.

 

 

 

Yes, there have been times of turmoil, distress, and perplexity in our world and there always will be, but God is faithful; He never changes. Hebrews 13:8

 

 

 

His Word is settled in Heaven FOREVER. Psalms 119:89

 

 

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