are the endtimes in the news?

[faith pleases God]

If anyone doesn't think so, it's because when you're growing up in it it's harder to recognize. But we are there and time is going faster.

[Shad]

I often see people praying for the Lord's return and wonder if all of those people are as ready for him to return as they think they are. It's not a knock on anyone who has posted in this thread it's just a general consensus. I know myself also can't wait for that day but I'll be the first to say that if it were to happen today I'm not sure if I would be prepared.

As far as the End Times in the news you can look back over the past few decades and see End Time events and stories in the news it's not a new thing or something that is increasing in volume it's just that with the technology we have today it is brought to the forefront more than ever before for instance now if something happens say in China or Russia we know about it within minutes where even just a decade or so ago it would be a couple days after the event took place or longer before we heard about it.

[~pearl]

If anyone doesn't think so, it's because when you're growing up in it it's harder to recognize. But we are there and time is going faster.

I agree with this. I have to be careful or I get jaded by the news. But it is happening quickly and one just needs to pay attention and compare with the Word.

[Guest man]

I often see people praying for the Lord's return and wonder if all of those people are as ready for him to return as they think they are. I know myself also can't wait for that day but I'll be the first to say that if it were to happen today I'm not sure if I would be prepared.

I wonder the same thing.

I would love to see the second coming.....I'm just not sure I would want to witness everything that comes before it.

[Shad]

I often see people praying for the Lord's return and wonder if all of those people are as ready for him to return as they think they are. I know myself also can't wait for that day but I'll be the first to say that if it were to happen today I'm not sure if I would be prepared.

I wonder the same thing.

I would love to see the second coming.....I'm just not sure I would want to witness everything that comes before it.

It's not so much witnessing everything that comes before as it is and again not pointing out anyone in this thread the number of people who pray for his coming assuming that they will be called up with the masses only to be left behind so to speak. IMO the Christian Community as a whole is not even close to being ready for the return of Christ they think they are but it's false assumption.

Matthew 7: 21-23 " Not Everyone that saith unto me , Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kigdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in they name? And in thye name have cast out devils? And in they name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity. "

[OneLight]

That day will be a surprise to everyone, whether they are calling Him to come now or not.

Matthew 24:36-44

No One Knows the Day or Hour

But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

[nebula]

As far as the End Times in the news you can look back over the past few decades and see End Time events and stories in the news it's not a new thing or something that is increasing in volume it's just that with the technology we have today it is brought to the forefront more than ever before for instance now if something happens say in China or Russia we know about it within minutes where even just a decade or so ago it would be a couple days after the event took place or longer before we heard about it.

But the fact that "all the world can see" any particular event does make certain prophecies possible - where they could not have before.

Even if we have not crossed into the end of the End Times yet, we should at least agree that we are seeing the stage being set, at minimum.

[dakota190]

altacall, believe me i have not posted in fear, but rather as a recognition of what appears to me to be more signs at any one intersection in time than ever before. what you said about these types of things occuring for 2000 years and all of the folks that have been called the anti-christ is true, but it still seems things are lining up as never before and at a rate that far exceeds anything ever recorded.

it is in anticipation of the coming of my Lord and not a fear of the end that i watch the sky!

I apologize if I infered that you were in fear, I did not mean that. This is an interesting topic and lots to talk about and don't want to interject offense to or on anyone. my "Don't worry about it was a general statement not really directed at you.

i was not offended in the least, i just took the opportunity to clarify my thrill at the coming of the Lord.

[dakota190]

Shad,

i look to the sky and i ask fairly often how long Lord, how long can this world continue the way we are going before your return. i look to the sky even on days that i feel that his coming is far off and hope for his soon return. do i consider myself ready? only in the sense of having accepted Jesus as my savior and knowing that my salvation is sealed.

will i be pure and never in doubt or fear when he returns, no! i will be striving to walk with him daily and picking myself up and dusting myself off pretty much everyday. i will still be asking his forgiveness for some shortcoming or other everyday of my life.

in all truth there are some days that i have struggled so badly that i will even think, oh, Lord please don't come right now because i don't have any oil in my lamp.

if not for the fact that God sees me through the shed blood of Christ, trying to stand in the shadow of the cross, i would still be a stench in his nostrils. i am ready because i am saved and he is coming for me because he knew me before i was formed in the lower parts of the earth and he knew what a nasty creature i would be until he paid the price for me and he is soon coming back to gather up his church.

that is why i look to the sky in anticipation for his immediate return.

[7thseal]

Even if we have not crossed into the end of the End Times yet, we should at least agree that we are seeing the stage being set, at minimum.

Amen.