We live at a time like no other. We live in biblical times.
The Bible says that the last days would look exactly like what we see all around us today. How can anyone miss how closely world events align with what God prophesied for the days leading up to Jesus’ glorious return to the earth? The many distractions of modern life effectively blind the multitudes, and even most believers, to the multitude of signs pointing to the rapid approach of God’s judgment upon the planet.
We are witnessing the convergence of signs at an ever-accelerating rate. It borders on the surreal. Below are just a few of the reasons for believing that the start of the Day of the Lord could happen at any moment, which means that our homegoing is even closer to reality.
The lawlessness and corruption of our day already far exceed what I thought possible before the Rapture. Paul described the antichrist as “the man of lawlessness” and wrote that the “mystery of lawlessness is already at work” (2 Thessalonians 2:3, 7). The disregard for civil authority that we see today is extreme, no doubt, and fulfills a key aspect of the apostle’s warning concerning the “perilous times” of the last days (2 Timothy 3:1-9). The ramping up of anarchy and violence, as evidenced by the murder of Charlie Kirk, points to the soon arrival of the “lawless one” on the world scene.
We know that he cannot begin his reign of terror until after the restraining work of the Holy Spirit ends with our departure from planet Earth. How much longer can it be before Jesus comes for us?
The Bible says God will judge the world in real time. According to 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3, there’s coming a time when the world will experience the “sudden destruction” that will mark the beginning of wrath during the Day of the Lord. The Old Testament prophets wrote of an extended period of God’s vengeance upon the earth that they referred to as “the Day of the Lord.” This time will culminate with Jesus’ return and thousand-year rule over the nations.
Someday soon, God’s patience with the wickedness and killing of the innocent in both America and the world will end. The Lord Jesus will take all born-again believers out of this world, and His wrath will fall upon those now promoting the violence and mayhem of our day.
Modern technology not only makes the mark of the beast possible, but it also makes it highly likely. With the advances in artificial intelligence (AI), the creation of huge databases, the arrival of digital currencies, and other advances in technology, the day of a cashless society with governments possessing the ability to control the buying and selling is not only possible but highly probable. It’s remarkable that even those who might scoff at our belief in the mark of the beast (Revelation 13:16-18) tell us that the day is coming when those in authority will be able to dictate all monetary transactions.
Twenty years ago, I thought that the antichrist would need a huge army of loyalists in every nation to control all the buying and selling. About ten years ago, I began to see how he could use recent technical advances to accomplish it. Now, even those who don’t believe what John wrote in Revelation say that such a time surely lies ahead for the world.
The clamoring of the nations to divide Israel and Jerusalem tell us the antichrist will soon arrive on the world scene. The purpose of the September 22 UN meeting is to carve out a Palestinian state in the Land that God gave to the Jewish people. Just as technology has advanced in readiness for the unveiling of “the man of lawlessness” after our departure, so has the world’s attitude toward Israel and Jerusalem opened the door for his arrival.
The meeting in New York later this month will not yield the covenant that kicks off Daniel’s seventieth week (Daniel 9:24-27). However, the antichrist will someday bring all the sides together in agreeing to a package that will guarantee Israel’s security and bring peace to the region. The fact that this happens after the Rapture shouts with the message that we will be going home soon, very soon.
The UFO mania underscores Satan’s prepping of the world to believe “the lie” regarding our sudden disappearance. During the past twenty-five years, there’s been a growing consensus of belief that alien life is real. Just this year, the belief in small UFOs has grown to that of gigantic alien spacecraft either heading toward the earth or already here. The devil is actively conditioning the world to believe that the Rapture will be an alien abduction.
These unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) have grown from compact objects to gigantic ones capable of housing a multitude of people whom the aliens could beam up from the earth. I don’t think this is a coincidence; Satan knows that his time is short, and as a result, he’s actively preparing people to believe anything but the truth regarding our sudden disappearance.
The widespread unawareness that judgment is coming is precisely what the Lord predicted for the time just before He again intervenes in human history. When speaking about the signs of the last days, Jesus used those living at the time of Noah’s flood and those in Sodom as examples of the unawareness that would characterize the last days (Matthew 24:36-39; Luke 17:26-30). God’s judge will come as a “thief in the night” for those left behind because they have no idea that they live in the last days.
Is this not what we see today? Not only do most pastors ignore the many signs of the rapidly approaching sudden destruction of the Day of the Lord, but they also actively deny the Lord’s soon intervention in our world. Sadly, it’s not just the world that’s soundly asleep, but many saints are also totally unaware that they may soon meet Jesus in the air.
These are just a few of the great many signs that together proclaim the nearness of the Rapture.
I am still in shock over the murder of Charlie Kirk. It comforts me to know that Charlie is with Jesus, whom he loved and served, but it also makes me long all the more for the day Jesus appears to take us home. When Jesus comes, He will administer justice in our world and continue to do so until He returns in great glory and sets up His righteous kingdom over all nations.
Maranatha! I pray He comes soon, very soon!
