10/04/2021

Mat 24 v 1-14; Rom 6 v 15-23; Ps 56 v 1-13; Num 21 v 1-22 v 41
The end of the age

“Tell us when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?” (Mat 24 v 3).

You will hear many say we are living in the last days and this is true, while others will say that we have been living in the last days for the past 2000 years, and this is also true.

Perhaps we should rephrase this comment and say that we are in the end times, i.e. the time before the return of our Lord Jesus. It is evident that the things Jesus told His disciples in response to their 3 – part question is playing out before our eyes and the birth pangs are becoming more intense every day.

Can we really predict when all of this will culminate into the events leading up to Christ’s return? I would be very cautious to do that. What I will say is that if there was ever a time where the gospel of Christ and the evangelical church was under fire, it is now, and although the persecution of the church is nothing new, you can see that all the evil forces are at work trying to eliminate the body of Christ in this “cancel culture” that has emerged.

Lawlessness has indeed increased and people have become lovers of self to the extent that they would go to great extremes in order to have their voices heard, whether individually or in the form of various groups, proclaiming equal rights for everyone, which has nothing to do with God’s “equality act”.

Through many of these movements, people are actually drawn away from that which is lawful, good and just and dragged further down this wide road to (self) destruction. It then becomes clear how few people choose the narrow path that leads to salvation and eternal life.

“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 6 v 23).

Sin has become a relative term. It is defined through the lens of your own personal belief system. What others see as sin, is not necessarily considered as sin by yourself and those who hold the same view.

The world is using the media as their propaganda tool to abuse the system and that which the Lord has clearly stated to be against His natural order is flaunted everywhere and our children are raised in a toxic environment without proper discernment.

The church is slowly but surely becoming lukewarm, chasing after money and being concerned with pleasing those who want their ears tickled rather than preaching the cross and repentance, and I commend those congregations who still base their beliefs on the Word of God, not allowing the enemy to undermine their faith in the One true God.

If you are convicted of your sins today, regardless of its nature, call on the Name of the Lord, repent and turn away from that which is continually coming between you and the free gift of eternal life when you transition from this life to the next.

Do not allow that which is evil and then called good, by the powers of this world, to drag you down. Instead, stand up for that which is right in the sight of God. He has spoken to us through His prophets and judges and majority chose not to listen. He then spoke through the disciples and although many came to faith, others rejected the good news.

Let us not make the same mistake. A famine of the Word of God will come and during this time many will seek after His Word and not find it.

Amos 8 v 11-12
“Look! The days are coming,”
    declares the Lord God,
“when I will send a famine throughout the land—
    not a famine of food or a thirst for water—
        but rather a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.
 People will stagger from sea to sea,
    from north to east.
They will run back and forth,
    searching for a message from the Lord,
        but they won’t find it.”

Up until now, especially in the Western World”, we have had the opportunity to hear the Word freely, but a time will come when the bible will be banned and mankind will fully emerge in their sinfulness.

Therefore, be ALERT and stay SOBER so that no one will mislead you and as a result deceive you.
May the Lord bless you and keep you safe.

Scripture quotations taken from the NASB, Life Application Study Bible, unless stated otherwise. Copyright by “The Lockman Foundation“