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The Convergence Part 11 The Signs
Return of the Days of Lot (Luke 17:28-30).
Luke 17:28-30 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. KJV Lately we have been dealing with the sign of the “Return of the Days of Noah”. This was not the only sign the Lord gave us to watch for as the end of the Age nears. Jesus also said that while the signs of the Days of Noah are occurring, the conditions in the Days of Lot shall also take place. In fact, it is mentioned just after the sign of the Days of Noah in Luke 17:26-27. Please understand that Jesus did not use an “or” but an “and” when describing the times just before His return. 1900 years ago we could not have predicted that both of these conditions would happen simultaneously, but today, we are living in those conditions and Jesus warned us about them. So, what was the conditions of the Days of Lot? They were not positive conditions, since every sign Jesus refers to in the time of the end of the Age are all negative. The context of Luke 17:26-30 does not lend itself to positive conditions but rather to negative conditions. So, in regarding the Days of Lot, the condition in Sodom and Gomorrah was open homosexuality that was considered OK by men but not by God. I, like others, have heard that the issue with Sodom and Gomorrah was inhospitality to the 2 angels who appeared like men. Well, if that was the case Nazareth should have been destroyed since they were inhospitable to Jesus after He started His public Ministry (Mark 13:54-58). Lystra should have been destroyed since the inhabitants were not hospitable to Paul and in fact, stoned him and left him for dead (Acts 14:6-20). There are many instances of inhospitality against God’s people in the Bible but the cities were not destroyed by fire. Reading Genesis 18, it is obvious that the grievous sin that the Lord was referring to was already taking place before the angels arrived. It wasn’t inhospitality, but open acceptance of homosexuality. When the angels arrived to the city, in the form of men, the men of Sodom wanted to have sex with them rather than take Lot’s offer of 2 of his virgin daughters (Genesis 19:1-11). Open acceptance of homosexuality was the grievous sin that led to the twin cities being destroyed. The practice of homosexuality has been around for a while. It is mentioned in Roman 1:18-28. Look at what Romans 1:26-28 says,
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. KJV This practice of homosexuality was occurring in the days of Paul. Notice that it says in the 27th verse this practice was considered an “error”, not something to be proud of or boast about or accept or legalize, as some in our current society have. The Scripture goes on in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 to say, 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. KJV This is how we are seen by God without the covering of the Blood of Jesus. Notice “the effeminate” are included in the list. This is not a good list but a bad list. I know, as well as you, that all sin is sin. In fact the Bible defines sin this way in 1 John 5:17 17 All unrighteousness is sin KJV So, lying, adultery, fornication, theft, homosexuality, etc. are all sins. So why pick on homosexuality? Because the consequence of that particular sin to us is more grievous. Consider this: In Tennessee driving over 70 MPH is breaking the law. So anyone who drives over 70 MPH are law breakers. Now, the consequence of driving 75 MPH may just be a warning. The consequence of driving 81 MPH may be a ticket. However, the consequence of driving 120 MPH may be jail. In all cases, the law was broken but the consequences were not the same. All unrighteousness is sin but the practice of homosexuality has more consequences. So much more that God says this about it in Leviticus 18:22 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. KJV It is a sin, like all other unrighteousness, but the consequences are great enough for God to call it an abomination. Jesus said in Luke 17 that just before His return our society would return to the conditions of the Days of Lot, where open homosexuality was acceptable. Well, we are there. Not only in the United States but all over the world. We should all remember the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage in the US on June 26, 2015. http://www.theledger.com/article/20150626/POLITICS/150629524 However, the United States was not the first country to do so. Other nations had already legalized same-sex marriage. The attached charts will show you the status of same-sex marriage, thus open acceptable homosexuality, in the world. If God did not like what was happening in 2 cities relative to open acceptable homosexuality, how do you think He feels now with countries accepting and practicing open homosexuality? Jesus said that it (open acceptable homosexuality) would happen in conjunction with the conditions occurring during the Days of Noah. Now, it is happening right before our eyes. That’s why I believe, based on the converging of the signs of the times, that we are so close to the end of this Age. Like I said before, I do not know the day nor the hour of the Lord’s return but based on the signs He gave us to watch for, it is awfully near. May God continue to bless and keep you. Until the next posting. |
The Convergence Part 12 The Signs Social Breakdown – Part 1 2 Tim 3:1-7 3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. KJV 2 Tim 3:1-8 3 Remember this! In the last days there will be many troubles, 2 because people will love themselves, love money, brag, and be proud. They will say evil things against others and will not obey their parents or be thankful or be the kind of people God wants. 3 They will not love others, will refuse to forgive, will gossip, and will not control themselves. They will be cruel, will hate what is good, 4 will turn against their friends, and will do foolish things without thinking. They will be conceited, will love pleasure instead of God, 5 and will act as if they serve God but will not have his power. Stay away from those people. 6 Some of them go into homes and get control of silly women who are full of sin and are led by many evil desires. 7 These women are always learning new teachings, but they are never able to understand the truth fully. NCV Here are excerpts from WORDsearch 8: 1. (3:1) Perilous Times— End Time: in the last days perilous times shall come. Perilous times means difficult, troublesome, trying, uneasy, hard, violent, threatening, and dangerous days. The picture is that of people turning to and fro, here and there, not knowing which way to turn. "The last days" is a Biblical term that points to the end of the present age, the days right before the return of Christ, and the end of the world. It should be noted, however, that the marks of the end time are somewhat characteristic of all ages, but they are to be intensified in the last days (cp. Matthew 24:1-25:46). 2. (3:2-4) Godless: the first mark of the last days will be a godless world. Why will the last days be perilous? Because the world will be godless. Note how the terrible marks of the last days sound very much like a picture of today. 1. People will be lovers of their own selves (philautos PWS: 2450): this does not mean the normal and natural love of life and of oneself that we should all have. It means selfishness and self-centeredness...
Self-love sets one up like a god and feels that nothing matters as much as the pleasure of oneself. In the last days people will love themselves more than they love anyone else. Selfishness will be one of the terrible marks of the last days. 2. People will be covetous (philarguroi PWS: 823): the word means lovers of money and possessions. People will want more and more and bigger and bigger and better and better, and they will seldom be satisfied with what they have. In the last days people will focus upon...
Men will love money, what it buys and allows them to do, and they will covet more and more of it and the things it buys. Their eyes and hearts will be focused upon money instead of God. They will indulge and hoard instead of meeting the desperate needs of the poor and lost of the world. 3. People will be boasters (alazones): braggarts, pretenders, vaunters, swaggerts. It is a person who...
Bragging may involve a job, a deal, a possession, an achievement—anything that may impress others. It is a person who feels the need to push himself above others even if it involves pretension, deception, make believe, and lies. The world is full of boasters and braggarts: Þ teachers who pretend to be wise. Þ politicians who pretend to have the utopian state. Þ business people who pretend to have the product that brings health, beauty, and happiness. Þ religionists who pretend to have the revelation and gifts and to be more spiritual than others.
4. People will be proud (huperephanoi): self-exaltation, conceit, arrogance; being haughty; putting oneself above others and looking down upon others; scorn, and contempt. It means to show oneself; to lift one's head above another; to hold contempt for another; to compare oneself with others. Pride can be hidden in the heart as well as openly displayed. Very simply stated, the proud person feels that he is better than others. Note that this is a feeling within the heart. The proud person may appear quiet and humble, but within his heart he secretly feels better than others. God resists the proud.
5. People will be blasphemers (blasphēmoi PWS: 397): the word means to slander, insult, rail, revile, reproach, curse. Blasphemy is usually thought to be against God, and it is. But it is also a sin against men. Men can blaspheme men.
Think of the cursing and insults thrown against God and men today. Practically everyone is cursing and reviling someone: mothers, fathers, children, teachers, professionals, actors, comedians, politicians, even some professing religionists feel the need to occasionally curse in order to be acceptable.
Why is there so much cursing today? Because there is a loss of respect for both self and others, for both position and authority. People rail, revile, insult, reproach, and curse when they are disturbed within—when they sense dissatisfaction, disapproval, unacceptance, bitterness, emptiness, loneliness, and reaction within their heart. A disturbed and dissatisfied heart causes people to blaspheme God and man, including themselves (blaming and cursing themselves when they fail and come ever so short).
6. People will be disobedient to parents (goneusin apeitheis PWS: 1080): refusing to do what one's parents say;
If a child will not honor and respect his mother and father, who will he respect? If a child will mistreat his parents—those who are the closest to him—who else will he mistreat? If a child will not obey his parents, those who love and care for him most, who then will be obey? Parents are the ones who gave birth, loved and cared for the children of the world.
If the children are not loyal to them, then the children will not be loyal to anyone.
The home, society, and civilization will crumble. 7. People will be unthankful (acharistoi PWS: 4178): no sense of gratitude or appreciation for what one has and receives; no giving of thanks to God or man.
Many persons feel that the world and society or business and government owe them the good things of life. They have little if any sense of debt to others. This is the reason many waste time on the job, do mediocre work, and feel little obligation to the world and society. They fail to see how privileged they are to be alive and to live in such a beautiful world and to have a job and friends and neighbors. They fail to see how good God has been to them, and how caring and responsible some people are. Therefore, they reach out to get more and more without sensing any need to express thanks and appreciation. They take and take and forget all about the thanksgiving—the debt and contribution—they owe to God and men.
8. People will be unholy (anosioi PWS: 4155): profane, indecent, shameless, given over to the most base passions, being blind to modesty, decency, purity, and righteousness.
The unholy person...
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The Convergence Part 13 The Signs Social Breakdown – Part 2 2 Tim 3:1-7 3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. KJV 2 Tim 3:1-8 3 Remember this! In the last days there will be many troubles, 2 because people will love themselves, love money, brag, and be proud. They will say evil things against others and will not obey their parents or be thankful or be the kind of people God wants. 3 They will not love others, will refuse to forgive, will gossip, and will not control themselves. They will be cruel, will hate what is good, 4 will turn against their friends, and will do foolish things without thinking. They will be conceited, will love pleasure instead of God, 5 and will act as if they serve God but will not have his power. Stay away from those people. 6 Some of them go into homes and get control of silly women who are full of sin and are led by many evil desires. 7 These women are always learning new teachings, but they are never able to understand the truth fully. NCV Here are continued excerpts from WORDsearch 8:
9. People will be without natural affection (astorgoi PWS: 4386): abnormal affection and love; heartless, without human emotion or love; a lack of feeling for others; abuse of normal affection and love. Others become little more than pawns for a man's own use and benefit, pleasure and purposes, excitement and stimulation. Man has been created to be affectionate—to have affection for others. It is normal and natural for a person to have affection for his family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and to a certain extent for the stranger and fellow-citizens of the world. But in the end time, people will be so set on satisfying their flesh and pleasure that they will forget family, friends, and everything else. They will be so set on doing their own thing and so self-centered that they will have little affection for anyone or anything else.
10. People will be trucebreakers (aspondoi PWS: 4072): breakers of promises and agreements; untrustworthy, faithless, treacherous, and untruthful. A trucebreaker is a man or some organization or body of people who tragically do not keep their word or promise. They are simply untrustworthy and undependable.
What happens when a person's word can no longer be accepted?
The last days will see what we are seeing in our society today: a barrage of broken truces, covenants, and promises. 11. People will be false accusers (diabolos): slanderers. Note that the Greek word is diabolos, the very word for the devil. William Barclay says: "The devil is the patron saint of all slanderers, and of all slanderers he is chief. There is a sense in which slander is the most cruel of all sins. If a man's goods are stolen, he can set to and build up his fortunes again; but if a man's good name is taken away, irreparable damage has been done to him. It is one thing to start an evil and untrue report on its malicious way; it is entirely another thing to stop it....Many a man, and many a woman, who would never dream of putting his or her hand in other peoples' pockets and stealing their money or their belongings, thinks nothing—even finds a pleasure—in passing on a story which ruins someone else's good name, without even trying to find out whether or not the story is true. There is slander enough in every village, and not infrequently in many a Church, to make the recording angel weep as he records these cruel words" (The Letters to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon, p.217). 12. People will be incontinent (akrateis PWS: 2130): undisciplined and uncontrolled; having no self-control or no power to discipline.
It is being given over...
It is a person who cannot control his passion for food, sex, pornography, sensuality, drink, drugs, smoking, whatever.
It is a passion that grips and enslaves a person until it becomes an unbreakable habit and bondage. 13. People will be fierce (anēmeroi PWS: 1480): savage and untamed. It is the word that describes the savage beast of the wild that is unrestrained in its fierceness. It is a word that should never be true of people, yet tragically it is. Never in the history of the world have men become as fierce and savage as they are today. a. People no longer just murder...
And they take pleasure in their torture and savagery.
b. People no longer just correct and rebuke children, spouse, friend, neighbor, employee, or stranger...
The last days will see an increase in fierce and savage behavior. 14. People will be despisers of those who are good (aphilagathoi PWS: 991): this refers to people despising both good people and good things.
In the last days people will be embarrassed...
People will want to fulfill their desires and to satisfy their flesh; they will want to party, indulge, look, feel, taste, experience, possess, take, and fit in and be acceptable with the crowd. They will let morality and justice go and reject whatever restraint they feel. They will actually despise righteousness and want nothing to do with anyone who speaks up for what is right.
Think how far a person and a society have fallen when they...
15. People will be traitors (prodotai PWS: 4030; 4040): betraying a trust refers to a person who...
It refers to a person who betrays any trust or any commitment. The most tragic betrayal of all is the person who betrays Christ and the church—who turns his back upon Christ and returns to the world and its crowd.
The last days will see an increase in traitors.
16. People will be heady (propeteis PWS: 1897): headstrong and reckless, rash and hasty—all without giving thought to the consequences. Reckless is probably the best description.
A heady person is a person who thinks he knows best and can live and act recklessly, without paying any attention to the consequences. The reckless person thinks little about what he is doing; he just enjoys the feeling and pleasure. He enjoys the stimulation and excitement; the consequences matter little in the midst of the pleasure and excitement. Think how much hurt and damage is done when a person lives for the pleasure of the moment. Think of the hurt and damage done because of the pleasure of...
Being heady—thinking that one knows best and can live and act recklessly without consequence—has led to more hurt, accidents, damaged bodies, and death than could ever be imagined. 17. People will be highminded (tetuphōmenoi PWS: 1951): puffed up and conceited; having feelings of self-importance.
It is a person who feels so educated, so scientific, so advanced, so high in position and authority, ability, and gifts that he feels completely self-sufficient.
He feels no need for God.
He is above God and above most people.
18. People will be lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God.
Matthew Henry says, "When there are more [pleasure seekers] than true Christians, then the times are bad indeed. God is to be loved above all. That is a carnal mind, and is full of enmity against him, which prefers any thing before him, especially such a sordid thing as carnal pleasure" (Matthew Henry's Commentary, Vol.6, p.844). Oliver Green says, "The average church member today does not allow the church service to come between him and his pleasure. Prayer meeting, revival or church duties no longer interfere with social activities. Almost any minister in this country would agree with this, for it is the simple truth that the average church member does not let church interfere with his social life nor with anything he or she wants to do in the line of pleasure" (The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to Timothy and Titus, p.339f).
That’s all for this week. Stay tuned for Social Breakdown – Part 3 Until then – May God continue to bless you richly. |
The Convergence Part 14 The Signs Social Breakdown – Part 3
2 Tim 3:1-9 3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. KJV
2 Tim 3:1-9 3 Remember this! In the last days there will be many troubles, 2 because people will love themselves, love money, brag, and be proud. They will say evil things against others and will not obey their parents or be thankful or be the kind of people God wants. 3 They will not love others, will refuse to forgive, will gossip, and will not control themselves. They will be cruel, will hate what is good, 4 will turn against their friends, and will do foolish things without thinking. They will be conceited, will love pleasure instead of God, 5 and will act as if they serve God but will not have his power. Stay away from those people. 6 Some of them go into homes and get control of silly women who are full of sin and are led by many evil desires. 7 These women are always learning new teachings, but they are never able to understand the truth fully. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres were against Moses, these people are against the truth. Their thinking has been ruined, and they have failed in trying to follow the faith. 9 But they will not be successful in what they do, because as with Jannes and Jambres, everyone will see that they are foolish. NCV
Here are continued excerpts from WORDsearch 8: 3. (3:5) Religion— Godliness— Last Days: the second mark of the last days will be a powerless religion. Note: there will be religion in the last days. It will be just like today, churches and temples and worship centers will be everywhere. People will claim and profess godliness, but their worship will be only a form, only an outward profession, only an appearance of godliness. They will not possess God; they will not have God in their hearts and lives. They will... profess God and Christ be baptized in the Christian faith attend worship services participate in the rituals and ceremonies recite the creeds sometimes talk about God
But they will deny the power of God.
What is the power of God? It is the power to deliver men from the bondage of sin, death, and hell—all through the Lord Jesus Christ. It is the power of the cross and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ—the power to save people from perishing and to give them eternal life. 4. (3:6-9) Ministers— Last Days: the third mark of the last days will be a corrupt ministry. Three things are said about corrupt ministers. 1. Corrupt ministers lead gullible followers astray. Note the phrase "silly women" (gunaikaria PWS: 3563). The Greek word means little women, little in the sense of being spiritually dead, weak, immature, and unstable. However, it should always be remembered that men are just as gullible as women, just as spiritually dead, weak, immature, and unstable. The present passage zeros in on women because of the local situation in Ephesus; some of the women in the Ephesian church were following the corrupt ministers. But the warning is applicable to us all: both men and women must guard against corrupt ministers.
Note what the corrupt minister does. He seeks after people... who are laden or burdened down with sins and guilt. who are easily swayed and led away by all kinds of desires and lusts. who are seeking after truth—who are listening and learning all they can from anybody who claims to have the truth.
This is the person the false minister goes after and eventually captivates. When a person begins to seek the truth because he senses a need in his life, senses that he has been living only for his own selfish desires and lusts—that person is wide open for a corrupt minister to step in and lead him astray. Unfortunately, this is exactly what happens ever too often. And note the great tragedy: the person never comes to the knowledge of the truth. Why? Because they never seek the truth in Christ. They only seek a "form of godliness," not true godliness. True godliness is found in Christ alone and nowhere else.
"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory" (1 Tim. 3:16). Note another point that needs to be given close attention: who the corrupt or false minister is. He is "of this sort"—one of those who has "a form of godliness, but denies the power thereof." He has the form and appearance of godliness: he... is a minister and fills the position of a minister. professes God and Christ. practices the rituals and ceremonies of religion. talks about and uses religious terms, perhaps even the terms of the Bible.
But he denies the power of godliness by his life and preaching. He does not live in nor preach the power of the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ. If he does not vocally deny the power, he denies it by what he preaches and teaches: a religion of works and self-effort and of new light—a religion for a new age of men, men who are enormously advanced in science and technology and in the understanding of man—a religion that can reach such levels of growth that God will accept him.
In the simplest of terms... a corrupt minister is a minister who preaches and teaches that man can be good enough and do enough good to make himself acceptable to God; that man can secure the approval of God by doing certain works and keeping certain rules (laws); that man can reach such a level of growth that God will accept him.
a corrupt minister is a minister who denies the power of godliness, that is, the power of the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ to save men and to give them eternal life.
Every generation has felt that it was a new age—that it saw more light and truth and was more enlightened than the former generation. In the area of science and techonolgy this is true... but it is not true in human life and behavior.
How can we say this? Because man has not been changed. Man is still corruptible, aging, deteriorating, dying, and decaying. And he will continue to be a corruptible creature until his heart and soul are changed and made anew. This is where God's Son comes in, even the Lord Jesus Christ.
Only Christ can change the human heart and soul; only He can make a person into a new creature.
The truth of human behavior (sin and death) and of its deliverance from evil and death through Christ has been revealed. This truth never changes. Advancements in science and technology, psychology and medicine cannot stop the process of sin and death. Only Christ—the power of His cross and resurrection—can change man and give him eternal life. Any minister who preaches any other message is a corrupt minister. He is a minister who is preaching and teaching a corrupt and false message.
2. Corrupt ministers resist the truth.
Why? Because their minds are corrupted, that is, their understanding of the gospel is twisted, distorted, and depraved.
They do not follow the glorious news and power of the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Note the reference to Jannes and Jambres, two religious leaders in Egypt who opposed Moses when he went to Pharoah to deliver Israel out of slavery. They stood toe to toe with Moses and resisted the truth, but in the end they were destroyed (cp. Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:7; Exodus 9:11. The two men are not named in the Old Testament, but they are mentioned in other Jewish religious writings. Their names were apparently well known to all Jews.)
3. Corrupt ministers and their corrupt religion will be exposed. In the end all false teachers and their teaching will be tracked down and exposed. God will catch and expose every corrupt minister. It will happen when the Lord Jesus Christ returns. Corrupt ministers and their corrupt teaching will proceed no further.
That concludes Social Breakdown. Next week we’ll move to a different sign.
Until then – May God richly bless you. |
The Convergence Part 15 The Signs
Sorry, but I had to take a little time off. Now it’s time to pick up where we left off. In this post we deal with a couple of signs that I believe that the Bible predicts will occur at the end of the age. Please understand that of all the signs I had shared thus far, none of them are to be taken in isolation. The point I am making is they are ALL occurring simultaneously. They are all converging to the end of the age. In this post we will deal with the 2 signs given to us in the Book of Daniel. Here is the scripture: Dan 12:4 4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. KJV The 2 signs given to us in this verse are
I have already dealt with the increase in knowledge in Part 10 of this series but I will briefly share it again in this posting. First let us focus on the increase in travel. This is a sign that I hope is quite evident. Before the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the top speed of man was as fast as your horse could take you. Then came the steam engine, gasoline and diesel engines, followed by the jet engine and rocket engines. We now have jets that can fly greater than 2.5 times the speed of sound (1900 MPH) and spacecraft travelling over 30,000 MPH. Obviously most of us do not travel in space but our moving around on planet earth has surely increased over time. Due to work, entertainment or vacationing, we travel by bicycles, motorcycles, cars, trains, boats, ships, planes and jets. Some still travel by horse. Not matter what mode of transportation you use, I believe we can all agree that there has been a tremendous increase in travel, even within our lifetime. This is one of the signs predicted before the end of the age. See a couple of attached graphs as evidence of this growth.
Now, just a brief review of Knowledge Increase. I believe the attached 2 graphs and the internet link will say it all. The knowledge of Man is now doubling every 13 months. Can you believe that? Can you imagine that every 13 months you will know twice as much as you know today? Incredible!!! However, this is also a sign of the end of the age. We are getting closer, faster. However, none of us know the exact day or time of the end of this age. Therefore, continue to minister, preach, teach, encourage, work, etc. until the day is done. May the Lord Jesus richly bless you.
Until the next posting. |
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