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- Israel's rebirth as a nation:
As Jesus prophesied, the Jews were scattered during the Jewish-Roman war of 70 A.D. (Luke 21:24). Jesus also prophesied that the nation of Israel was to be reborn or declared a nation before He returned. On May 14, 1948, Israel was reborn.
- Plummeting morality.
There has been a shocking breakdown in morality since the mid-century. Watch any daytime talk show or evening program for that matter and see how homosexuality is being promoted as well as promiscuity. A president, who is an adulterer and liar still received high approval ratings and was kept in office, despite the fact that he had broken the law he is charged with upholding.
- Famines, pestilence and ethnic wars
Jesus prophesied in Matthew 24:6-8 that just before He returned, the world would see increased famines, incurable diseases such as aids, increased violence, hate crimes and ethnic wars. One of six people on earth suffer from hunger. Violence and aids are epidemic and 79 of 82 wars since 1990 have been civil or ethnic.
- Earthquakes increase
Jesus prophesied that like birth pangs, earthquakes would increase and become closer together before He returned. Let's take a look at historical facts. From 1880 until Israel was reborn, there have been only 2.3 earthquakes per decade above 6.0 on the Richter scale. In the 1950's there were 9, in the 1960's there were 13, in the 1970's there were 51, in the 1980's there were 86. There have already been over 100 in the 1990's with tens of thousands dead as prophesied in Matthew 24:7.
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- Explosion in travel and education
Other prophesied conditions before Jesus returned came 2,500 years ago when Daniel prophesied that travel and education shall be vastly increased (Daniel 12:4). Since mid-century there has been a vast increase in ground, air and space travel. Education has seen cloning, transplants, advances in medical procedures and science. Computer technology is everywhere.
- Counterfeit Christianity, spirituality and religion
Counterfeit Christianity is everywhere. The difference between true Christianity and the occult is that in Christianity we are to be led and controlled by the Holy Spirit. Counterfeit occults with their false Christs lead and control the spirit realm by praying back God's word "because He watches over it to perform it". That is witchcraft 101 and we have churches all over, today, calling themselves Christian while practicing the occult because they are deceived. There is an explosion in psychic phenomena, spiritism, satanism, witchcraft, nature worship and the New Age Movement appearing even in our children's shows and school books evangelizing them from the crib to the religion of the New World Order of the Antichrist (1 Timothy 4:1).
- The New World Order
There has been an increased move to have a centralization of financial and political power. Europe has already printed global money. One of our late Presidents stated that the only way Americans would go for this would be if there were a global crisis. This global crisis will cause banking to be done by a computer chip in the hand or forehead of everyone and banking transaction will be performed by a huge computer in Europe already named "The Beast". You will not be able to buy or sell without having the mark of the beast. If you receive this mark, you will never be able to go to heaven. This New World Order will be headed by the Antichrist who is the incarnation of satan himself, and will deceive most of the world. (Daniel 7-12, Matthew 24:15, Revelation 13).
- Increase in faith and people falling away
The bible says that in the last days there shall come a falling away of people from the faith. They shall have a form of godliness, but they will deny the power thereof. (2 Timothy 3:5) Many churches today deny the power, miracles and gifts of the spirit as they practice meaningless rituals and say repetitive prayers. They go to church to hear what they want to hear and not what they should hear. They want their ears tickled. On the other hand, there will be an increase in faith, miracles and an outpouring of God's Spirit as millions worldwide come to true faith in Jesus Christ in record numbers.
- Interest in the Angelic
There are shows on TV, songs written, jewelry and angelic items for sale every where. Let me also educate you on the Hebrew word for angel. It simply means messenger and John the Baptist was called an angel and he was born of a woman. If you are looking for invisible, white, winged beings to announce Christ's return, you could miss God. I am not saying there isn't any such thing as angelic spiritual beings. I am saying that not all messengers are spirits. Some are human.
Not all who claim to be Christians actually are! There is a big difference between head knowledge and believing something in your heart. Even satan believes in Jesus and what He did on the cross! Will you be left behind? If you are performing for, paying for or obtaining God's favor by your works instead of through the finished work of the cross, you are an unbeliever, not a believer. Jesus purchased God's acceptance, forgiveness and favor in the Father's sight by His sacrifice on the cross. It is not "Jesus' blood plus your money, works, etc." In trying to purchase with your money, performance and works what Jesus already purchased with His blood, you are proclaiming that Jesus' blood and sacrifice were not sufficient to meet the need and you are therefore an unbeliever, not a believer. Your good works must flow out of a loving, thankful heart for what God has done for you, not out of unbelief. If you obtain your love and acceptance from God based on your works, you will not be loving and accepting of others unless they perform as well. Likewise, if you freely receive God's love, forgiveness and acceptance based on the fact that Jesus purchased these things for you freely, then you will love and accept others freely as well. Freely you have received, freely you give. That is the heart of the believer and by their fruits you will know them. Jesus commanded us to try the fruit and to do so is not judging. Don't let your heart deceive you in this midnight hour! Jesus is seeking the lost sheep. Are you one of them?
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