The End Times

Psalm 125:1-2, “Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people both now and forevermore.”

There are a lot of good people in this world that believe we have hit the “end times.” People worried about a myth of “global warming.” Others afraid of the Mayan Calendar, and Planet X causing massive global floods. Others believe America is going to hell in a handbasket because of Gay Marriage, and liberals in control of the government media complex. Isis, Iran, radical Islam have many in fear, or looking for Christ return.

If these are your concerns, if these thoughts consume you… cause you to hoard food, ammo, or make survival plans, then I would challenge you to stop and reflect on your relationship to God. If you think a homosexual getting “married” has anything to do with your own salvation then turn inward. Examine your own heart, and call out to God for wisdom. Proverbs 2:6, “For the Lord Gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

To those who think global violence is a sign of Christ return, for those who “fear” the tribulation, I would remind you of Jesus’ own words. Matt 24:6, “You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are NOT frightened, for those things must take place, but THAT IS NOT YET THE END.”

For those worried about floods, either by Planet X of Global Warming… God will not be found a liar. Genesis 9:11, is as true today as it was the day He spoke it. “I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood destroy the earth.”

For those who think Gay Marriage is the end of America, please read John 8. Sin is sin is sin. There is no distinction between adultery, homosexuality, lying, or any other sin. And yet Christ said, “He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone…”

Have faith. Have faith that does not worry about predicting the future, but trust in God being in complete control of it. Believe what Paul wrote in Romans 8:28, “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God…”

Love God, and everything else will take care of itself.

Never forget Psalms 24:1, “The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, the world, and those who dwell in it.”

The end is not near, no nearer than it was a thousand years ago. Pursue God, love God, and you will be undeterred by these distraction. You will stand in confidence on your day of judgment.

Debunking the Apocalypse

Genesis 9:11 “’I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the eart.’ God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations; I set My bow in the cloud, and shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.”

Seems anymore that everywhere I turn the media is talking about the Mayan Apocalyptic prediction… that the end of the world is coming in December by global flooding as predicted by the Mayan’s. All over the globe people are planning and preparing to survive. 

It is true that our solar system is passing through the equator of our galaxy, and that there will be stronger gravitational pull on the solar system and the sun causing stronger and potentially devastating sun spots. But God’s word is also true, and the world will NEVER be destroyed by flood again. Perhaps the scientists are reading the Mayan work backwards. Maybe their calendar began after the flood of Noah, and doesn’t end with it. Either way, there will be no global flood and all these people preparing for a Mayan Apocalypse are largely wasting their time.

And yet still many people of most faiths have this idea that the end of the world is coming. For the Christian faith they point to Revelation and the return of Christ. They argue that though no man knows the day or hour there will be signs in the heavens, and that perhaps this Mayan understanding of our migration through the Milky Way is just such a sign in heaven.

Let me make another bold prediction based on my Christian faith. Jesus is not coming back any time soon either, and the tribulation is NOT about to start.

How can I say this?

Because it is what Jesus said. He said in Matthew 24:6, Mark 13:7, & Luke 21:9 that, “You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. SEE TO IT THAT YOU ARE NOT FRIGHTENED, for those things must take place, but that IS NOT YET THE END.” I cannot remember a single time in my forty-seven years of life that there has not been a war going on somewhere. So while this continues Christ return is not imminent, though I welcome it with open arms. To the contrary His return and the tribulation of Revelation will come in a completely different time. The Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians 5:3, “While they are saying, ‘Peace and safety!’ then destruction will come upon them suddenly…”

If you really must know when the end is coming, and it is… it is coming when Jesus said. It is coming when “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.” (Matt 24:14) The good news of salvation through Christ has been preached in every country, but the “gospel of the kingdom” remains unpreached even in Christian churches of America. That my friends will be the beginning of the end. Which I say not by way of the prophetic, but the literate having read the word of God and trusting Him and His love for all of us.

So stop sweating the end of the world, and start pursuing the kingdom of God. There is a the peace that passes understanding in this pursuit as opposed to no peace for packing, planning, hoarding, and worry.