What are some Biblical descriptions of the end times?
It is most important for you to understand what will happen in the last
days. People will laugh at you. They will live doing the evil things they
want to do.... But do not forget this one thing...to the Lord one day is
as a thousand years...the Lord is not slow in doing what he promised --the
way some people understand slowness. But God is being patient with you. He
does not want any to be lost, but he wants all people to change their hearts
and lives. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.
II Peter 3:3-10 NCV
First, I want to remind you that in the last days there will come scoffers
who will do every wrong they can think of, and laugh at the truth. But don't
forget this, dear friends, that a day or a thousand years from now is like
tomorrow to the Lord. He isn't really being slow about his promised return,
even though it sometimes seems that way. But he is waiting, for the good
reason that he is not willing that any should perish, and he is giving more
time for sinners to repent.
The
day of the Lord is surely coming, as unexpectedly as a thief, and then the
heavens will pass away with a terrible noise and the heavenly bodies will
disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be burned up.
II Peter 3:3, 8-10 TLB
And Jesus answered
them, 'Take care that no one decieves you, because many will come using my
name and saying, "I am the christ," and they will deceive many. You will
hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not alarmed, for this is
something that must happen, but the end will not be yet.
For nation will fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There
will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All this is only the beginning
of the birthpangs.
This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed to the whole world as evidence to the nations. And then the end will come.
So when you see the appalling abomination of which the prophet Daniel spoke,
set up in the holy place...then those in Judea must escape to the mountains.
But as for that day and hour, nobody knows it, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, no one but the Father alone.'
Matthew 24:4-8, 14-15, 36 JB
For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear,
but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."
Romans 8:15 NIV
He shall... wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change the times and the law.
And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week...upon the wing
of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end
is poured out on the desolator.
Daniel 7:25; 9:27 RSV
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first earth had vanished, and there was no longer any sea.
Now at last God has his dwelling among men! He will dwell among them and
they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them. He will wipe
away every tear from their eyes; there shall be an end to death, and to mourning
and crying and pain, for the old order has passed away!
A draught from the water-springs of life will be my free gift to the thirsty.
Revelation 21:1, 3-4 NEB
See also:
Daniel 2 -Prophecy of the major western empires, almost fulfilled
Daniel 7, 8, 9
Luke 21
the rest of Matthew 24
II Timothy 3, 4
John 14:
Ezekiel 38
I John 2 -Antichrist
Revelation 13 -Mark of the beast
Zechariah 19:10
Micah 4:2, 3
Isaiah 11, 32, 33, 54, 55, 60, 65, 66
Revelation
God of the universe, the future seems frightening. Help me see what part You have in it, what part I have in it. Throughout the Bible You reassure us to rest in You, lean on You, depend on You for answers and strength. Help me apply this to my concerns about the future. Show me if there are ways that I can contribute to a better future for our earth. Help me live with goodness in mind. Give others insights about how to survive, how to manage populations, how to provide food and shelter. Give us ideas to sustain a better life for everyone.
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