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To: HereInTheHeartland
Fifty Signs We're in the End Times:

1) Increasing instability of nature. (Matthew 24:7 & Luke 21:11)

2) Increasing lawlessness and violence. (Matthew 24:12)

3) Increasing immorality. (Matthew 24:37)

4) Increasing materialism. (2 Timothy 3:2)

5) Increasing Hedonism. (2 Timothy 3:4)

6) Increasing influence of Humanism. (2 Timothy 3:2)

7) Depraved entertainment. (2 Timothy 3:4)

8) Calling evil good and good evil. (2 Timothy 3:3 & Isaiah 5:20)

9) Increasing use of drugs. (2 Timothy 3:3)

10) Increasing blasphemy. (2 Timothy 3:2)

11) Increasing paganism. (2 Timothy 3:1-4)

12) Increasing despair. (2 Timothy 3:1)

13) Signs in the heavens. (Luke 21:11,25)

14) Increasing knowledge. (Daniel 12:4)

15) Increasing travel. (Daniel 12:4)

16) The explosion of cults. (Matthew 24:11)

17) The proliferation of false christs. (Matthew 24:5)

18) Increasing apostasy in the Church. (2 Timothy 4:3-5)

19) Increasing attacks on Jesus. (Romans 1:18-19)

20) Increasing attacks on the Bible. (Romans 1:18-19)

21) Increasing persecution of Christians. (Matthew 24:9)

22) Increasing occultism. (1 Timothy 4:1)

23) Wars and rumors of wars. (Matthew 24:6)

24) Weapons of mass destruction. (Luke 21:26)

25) Increasing famine. (Luke 21:11)

26) Increasing pestilence. (Luke 21:11)

27) Computer technology. (Revelation 13:7)

28) Television. (Revelation 11:8-9)

29) Satellite technology. (Revelation 11:8-9)

30) Virtual reality. (Revelation 13:14-15)

31) Unification of Europe. (Daniel 2 & 7)

32) Far Eastern military powers. (Revelation 9:16 & 16:12)

33) Movement toward world government. (Daniel 7:23-26)

34) Regathering of the Jews. (Isaiah 11:10-12)

35) Re-establishment of Israel. (Isaiah 66:7-8)

36) Reclamation of the land of Israel. (Ezekiel 36:34-35)

37) Revival of Biblical Hebrew. (Zephaniah 3:9; Jeremiah 31:23)

38) Re-occupation of Jerusalem. (Luke 21:24)

39) Resurgence of the Israeli military. (Zechariah 12:6)

40) Re-focusing of world politics on Israel. (Zechariah 12:3)

41) Russian threat to Israel. (Ezekiel 38 and 39)

42) Arab threat to Israel. (Ezekiel 35 and 36)

43) Denial of the Second Coming. (2 Peter 3:3-4)

44) Denial of creation by God. (Romans 1:18-22)

45) Outpouring of the Holy Spirit. (Joel 2:28-29)

46) Translation of the Bible into many languages. (Matthew 24:14)

47) Preaching of the Gospel worldwide. (Matthew 24:14)

48) The revival of Messianic Judaism. (Romans 9:27)

49) The revival of Davidic praise worship. (Amos 9:11)

50) The understanding of Bible prophecy. (Daniel 12:8-9)

So yes, like I said, Jesus gave us the signs of His return, as we can see in the Scriptures above, and He commanded Christians to look for His return and to recognize the signs when they occur.

It is only the willfully blind, lovers of this world, haters of God, or those who know they are not ready to stand before their Creator who will deny to their last breath that man was given signs by Christ or that they are happening.

But, there is no doubt at all, that we were given advance warning by God of what would happen before His return and there is absolutely no doubt that we can know when it is near. And at no time in the past few thousand years have all of these signs happened in conjunction with each other as they are now.

I would also like to see the hard data showing that we are having more earthquakes than in the past.

Footsteps of the Messiah, Chap 4, p96

Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum

The earthquake factor is even more interesting. According to the Encyclopedia Americana, between the years 63-1896 A.D. there were only twenty-six recorded earthquakes. Most of the world’s earthquakes began to occur since 1900 (per USGS Natl Earthquake Information Center. Earthquakes with 1,000 or more deaths from 1900.) http:neic.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/eqsmajr.html. 12May2000

More recent web lists form USGS record some 80 quakes from 856AD to 1896, and some 432 major quakes for the 20th century, while in the first decade alone over 432 major quakes over 6.0 have been recorded (this tally is not consistent though, as some of those in the 20th century 432 tally are less than 3.0 located in remote areas or are aftershocks, while frequently over 100 quakes are recorded daily in the same range in the early 21st century. see http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/historical.php)

One article from the “Dispatch from Jerusalem”, 3rdQtr, 1992, p.11 referenced in Footsteps of the Messiah provides a greater number in middle centuries as recorded:

“In the first 1000 years after Jesus, there were approxiamately 5 recorded major earthquakes (although we are sure more occurred in remote locations). However, the trend has been on the increase:

The trend does appear to be undeniably increasing with respect to the impact of earthquakes upon humanity.

417 posted on 03/01/2010 2:11:42 AM PST by GiovannaNicoletta
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To: GiovannaNicoletta

I guess you missed that whole computer and machine era. The reason we have more measurable earthquakes is because we can now measure them.

This whole “The time is now” mindset was rebuked by Paul in the First Century.

“God sets up kings and deposes them”...Book of Daniel


419 posted on 03/01/2010 3:39:04 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: GiovannaNicoletta

Anyone who looks at earthquakes as a major sign of Christ’s rapture of the church will be disappointed. The signs mentioned in Matthew 24 should be observed at the same time other prophecies are being fulfilled.

Attention should be focused on Israel. One of the greatest signs will the Nation of Israel’s movement to build the third Temple. Along with that there will be a war with all Israel’s neighbors... with destruction of Damascus - Is. 17, Amos 1.


433 posted on 03/01/2010 7:54:09 AM PST by Right Ahead
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To: GiovannaNicoletta; left that other site; kingattax

Awesome post - #117! Thank you!


444 posted on 03/01/2010 6:30:39 PM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt
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