There is nothing to do about what is going on now in the world, that is the continual exponential growth of evil. It is prophesied and any attempt to stop it will be distracting and even futile. When we see these things happening, our orders from God are to "look up" waiting for Him while preaching the gospel and encouraging the believers.
Luke 21:27-29 "…27At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads because your redemption is drawing near.” 29Then Jesus told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees.…"
What is the "fig tree"? The fig tree is a representation of Israel. Israel became a nation in 1948.
God also said that this generation, that is when the nation of Israel became a nation, would not pass away before Christ comes in the clouds for His church. We are that generation of the beginning of the nation of Israel.
Matthew 24:33-34 "…33 So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door. 34 Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened."
May 14th, 1948 is when God established the nation of Israel and began calling the Jews back to their land. Paul preached to the Jews, when they rejected Christ he moved to the Gentiles, now the time of the Gentiles is over and God is moving back to the Jews for one last chance to trust in Christ. Two-thirds of the Jews will be destroyed but the remaining one-third will trust in Christ because of the miracles He will do on their behalf. Israel is the only nation that will be or ever has been fully and completely dedicated to Christ as an entire nation.
These last days are prophesied to become worse and worse until they are "ragingly insane", as the Bible puts it.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 "3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult (ragingly insane) times will come.
2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,
4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5 holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these."
There will be a form of religion in the Christian churches but no dedication to Christ Himself.
2 Timothy 4:3 "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but having itching ears, they shall heap to themselves teachers in accordance with their own lusts."
Families will be broken and there will be little to no regard for parents of adult children. Respect is not present in adult children nor in grandchildren. There has been little regard for marriage for several decades now.
Luke 12:51-"Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
The more we express our dismay at the way people act the more intensely they express their hate and anger toward us.
Proverbs 22:24-25 “ 24 Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, 25 or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.…”
God gave us clear instructions in His word not to be the companions of those who are competitive, mean-spirited or those who judge things they know nothing about as well as anyone who has a lifestyle of the 2 Timothy 3 end times characteristics.
These people are plentiful in our day even in the churches. In fact, perhaps there are only about 3% of the people who are authentic Christians who claim to be Christians, in our day. This is a higher number than what Lot and Noah saw in their day, nonetheless, it is a devastating count. It can be discouraging at times when we speak the truth of God only to be disparaged and mocked for speaking God’s Word.
The good news for the born-again believer is that we still have work assigned to each one of us, we still have work to do before our Lord snatches out to join Him in the clouds. We have no reason to be discouraged or depressed when we know our purpose and the end of the story.
Hallelujah!!!
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