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Does War With Israel Signal the End Is Near?

Does War With Israel Signal the End Is Near?

There is much being made these days by some Christians about the Israel-Hamas war as a signal of “the end time” (Jude 18 HCSB). For more detailed background information on this subject, please take a look at the Category headings: “End of the World,” and “Israel,” on this site.

However,  the Bible indicates that “old covenant” (2 Corinthians 3:14 with “Israel according to the flesh” (1 Corinthians 6:18 NKJV)  was “cancelled” (Ephesians 2:14 NLT), and replaced” (2 Corinthians 3:11 NLT) by his “new covenant” (Hebrews 9:15)  with the Christian “Israel of God” (Galatians 6:15,16 NIV), which has Jesus Christ as its “high priest” and “mediator” (Hebrews 9:11,15). Indeed, according to the scriptures, “the kingdom of God” was “taken away from” fleshly Israel, “and given to a people, producing the fruit of it” (Matthew 21:43 NASB), that is, to Christians in the “new covenant” (2 Corinthians 3:6). read more

Increasingly Frequent Mass Murders – Is the End Near?

Increasingly Frequent Mass Murders – Is the End Near?

Every day there are shocking reports of mass violence and murders in the news. Just when it seems like things can’t get any worse, they do! This same worsening scenario seems to be repeating day after day. Such horrible events are part of the fulfillment of Jesus’ prophecy:

“Because of the increase of lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold”—Matthew 24:12 NRSV

Does this mean the end is near?

Jesus predicted that: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man,” in that people in general would be going about completely absorbed their daily lives, and totally unaware of “the coming of the Son of Man” (Matthew 24:37-39 NIV), until it “will come on them suddenly” (1 Thessalonians 5:3 NIV). read more

THE BIBLE & JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES PUBLICATIONS PROVE THEIR 1914 DATE FALSE

THE BIBLE & JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES PUBLICATIONS PROVE THEIR 1914 DATE FALSE

(Note: If you don’t see the entire article, click on “PDF Version.”

Revised June 13, 2020

Jehovah’s Witnesses have used dates to establish or legitimize their existence since they began in the 1870’s. All the dates they used back then have been gradually discarded as time has gone by, and evidence proves all those dates to be Biblically and historically untenable, including their well-known 1914 date. This, in itself, should be a red flag for any serious Bible-believing Christian. Why?

“Watch out for false prophets” (Matthew 7:15 NIV)

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“When a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh and the thing does not happen and the word is not fulfilled, then it has not been said by Yahweh” (Deuteronomy 18:22 NJB)

There are many sources available to get the details of the history of Jehovah’ Witnesses (JW’s) and their date setting, if one wishes. The date 1914 was put forward originally in the late 1800’s as the date of Armageddon, and the end of the world, etc., after their previous dates of 1874, 1878, and more failed. These facts, in themselves, that is, the setting of dates, are a critical violation of the scriptural principles of:

“About that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father” (Matthew 24:36 NIV).

“It is not for you to know the dates and times the Father has set by his own authority” (Acts 1:8 NIV).

The Witnesses revised their assertions about 1914 after all their predictions about that date failed, and since 1943 they have loudly proclaimed 1914 to be the date of Christ’s coming into ‘full Kingdom power’, and the beginning of ‘the last days’. Even though they have revised exactly what all that meant many times, they have held to the 1914 date ever since. How do the JW’s arrive at the 1914 date?
Their own sources reveal a rather complex patchwork cobbling together of various scriptures combining with some historical events to calculate a starting point of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians about 600 years before Christ, which begins a time period of 2,520 years, based on Daniel 4:16,17,23; Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:6), culminating in the year 1914. Again, you can easily check the JW sources themselves at jw.org. This entire framework of setting the 1914 date is unscriptural, but the starting point of this 2,520 year time period, is completely unscriptural, and also contradicts historical facts. The JW’s for many years have used a 3 1/2 year period they asserted from scripture, ‘prophesying in sackcloth’ (Revelation 11:2,3), to apply from the fall/1914 to the spring/1918, and claimed the first “anointed ones” were then resurrected to heaven. Since 8 prominent JW leaders were imprisoned in the summer of 1918 until spring/1919, the JW’s claimed the “three and a half days” of being killed and lying dead on the streets of “Sodom and Egypt”, i. e., the world, and then coming back to life spiritually with their release from prison (Revelation 11:7-11). The JW’s still assert a spiritual ‘cleansing’ during this period of time, marked by their being commissioned by God, as they now assert, as his “faithful and discreet slave” class of leaders (Matthew 24:45 NWT). But this entire framework/patchwork of scriptures/time periods has been hinged on the 607 BCE date being accurate.

There is much documented historical evidence, which is fairly easy to check, to support the date of 587/586 BCE as the date of Jerusalem’s destruction by the Babylonians, including the glorious temple built by Solomon. The JW’s, however, assert that this destruction occurred in 607 BCE, without any supporting evidence, using only their own conjecture. The JW’s accept the hisorically verifiable date date of 539 BCE as the date of Babylon’s fall, with the takeover by the Medo-Persian Empire. The problem for the Witnesses? The 587/586 date and the 539 date are both supported by much of the same prolific documentary evidence. But here’s the kicker for the JW’s—the 586/587 BCE date that the Witnesses reject, has even stronger evidence than the 539 BCE date, which the JW’s accept, and the 607 BCE date has none! There is not even the slightest shred of evidence to support the 607 BCE date

The following two quoted paragraphs give the Witnesses’ line of reasoning to arrive at their 607 BCE date for Jerusalem’s destruction. Notice that they insist on a literal 70 year period from the return from exile, which they assume was in 537 BCE,  back to 607 BCE.
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Will There Be A Great Revival Before the End?

Will There Be A Great Revival Before the End?

Will there be a great revival or influx of new Christians as we approach the end of the world as we know it?

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Many very devoted and sincere Christians strongly believe there will be, and are fervently praying for a widespread revival in Christianity.

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“God our Savior . . . wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth”—1 Timothy 2:3,4 NIV.  read more

THE SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED END OF THIS WORLD

THE SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED END OF THIS WORLD

“Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name , claiming . . . ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them”—Luke 21:8 NIV

“Don’t believe them”—Luke 21:8 NLT

“Refuse to join them”—Luke 21:8 NJB

Jesus spoke about his “return” (Luke 19:12 NIV) in the Bible. Jesus knew that the exact time of “when he returns” (Matthew 24:46; Luke 12:43 NIV) would be an issue for Christians through the ages. For the last 2,000 years many predictions have been made about when Jesus would return. But they have all proven false. For example:

“We ask you, brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ not be shaken out of your minds suddenly, or to be alarmed either by a ‘spirit,’ or by an oral statement, or by a letter allegedly from us to the effect that the day of the Lord is at hand”—2 Thessalonians 2:1,2 NAB read more

Signs, Sign, & Non-signs, of the End

Signs, Sign, & Non-signs, of the End

Warnings not to be mislead:

  • “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.” (Matthew 24:4-5)
  • “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.” (Luke 21:8)

The Bible says nothing about any ‘signs of the end,’ in contrast to what is popularly believed by people, and taught by preachers. The Bible says not to look for, or expect to know, a time for the end, but rather, be ready at all times. (Matthew 24:42-44; Mark 13:33-35) Jesus condemned ‘sign-seeking’ when he said:

“The only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah”—Matthew 12:39 NLT read more

The Last Days – What Will Be the Sign of Jesus’ Return?

The Last Days – What Will Be the Sign of Jesus’ Return?

What was Jesus’ response to the question at Matthew 24:3: “When will all this happen? What sign will signal your return and the end of the world?” (NLT).
What will be the sign? Does the context say anything about “the last days”?

First, “Jesus answered: ‘Watch out that no one deceives you.'” (Matthew 24:4)

Mark recorded: “Watch out that no one deceives you. Many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and will deceive many. ” (Mark 13:5,6)

And in Luke: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them. When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.” (Luke 21:8,9)

When anyone is preaching that “The time is near,” Jesus said to avoid them, “Do not follow them.” 

Jesus said there will be wars, uprisings, disturbances, wickedness, lawlessness, hatred, persecution, loss of love, great earthquakes, famines, pestilences, fearful events, persecution, etc. (Matthew 24:6-12; Mark 13:7,8; Luke 21:9-12). Are these to be something new, or different, or on a greater scale, than the past? Not really. These events are “business as usual” for this world.

“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.” (Matthew 24:9)

“For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.” (Matthew 24:24)
False prophets will have counterfeit signs the , and make false predictions – reject them.

According to the Bible, “the last days” began with the first coming of Jesus back in the first century (Hebrews 1:2 NIV; Acts 2:17).  Paul’s warning in the 60’s of the 1st century about bad people “in the last days” (2 Timothy 3:1 NIV) was current, because he advised, 

“Stay away from people like that” (2 Timothy 3:5 NLT).  read more

Can Anyone Predict the End of the World?

Can Anyone Predict the End of the World?

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Can anyone predict the end of the world based on world events?

World events will not enable anyone to predict when the world will end, according to the scriptures in God’s Word, the Bible!

How do we know this for sure? Let’s take a look at what the scriptures say.

Matthew 24:4,5

“Jesus answered: ‘Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, “I am the Messiah,” and will  read more

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