End-Time Signs and Fulfilled Prophecy

Revelation 4: l...'After this, I looked. And, there was an open door in
heaven. The first voice I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me
saying, "Come up here, and I will show you things which must take
place after this.'

Revelations 4:l introduces a section of scripture that details 'things
which must be hereafter'. What follows are prophecies of the 'End Time'
events. We have not yet reached the Tribulation, the revelation of the
Anti-Christ, or other 'End-Time events. What we do see is a
'preparation' for those events.

Jesus said that the Last Days would be preceeded by several things.
Many false Christs would come, deceiving many, we would hear of wars
and rumors of wars, and there would be an increase in famines and
pestilances, and earthquakes, in diverse places. All these are the
beginning of sorrows...(Matthew 24: 5-8).

Today's news is full of false religions, pestilances, warfare, and natural
disasters. We know that events of the Tribulation period will include all
that Jesus predicted..(Rev. 6:1-8). Current events are building up for
more trouble ahead.

Paul also warned that the Last Days would bring a marked increase of
false teaching.. 'In later times, some will abandon the faith, and follow
deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.' (I Timothy 4:l). The Last
Days are described as 'perilous times''. because of the increasingly evil
character of man and because people will actively 'oppose the truth'..(2
Timothy 3: l-9). The list of things people will be in the Last Days - lovers
of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to
parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slandererous,
without self-control, brutal, not lovers of good, treacherous, rash,
conceited, overs of pleasure more than lovers of God, having a form of
godliness but denying the power thereof...(2 Timothy 3: l-5). This
seems to match our modern world perfectly.

Can there be any doubt that the prophesies concerning apostasy are
being fulfilled? Our 2lst century world has embraced moral relativism, a
philosophy which is even tainting the church. For example, many
congregations are having a hard time defining marriage between one
man and one woman, and many religious leaders today openly support
homosexuality. The Bible has become subordinate to the modern
society and the church's quest for a more 'appealing truth'. These are
indeed 'perilous times' spiritually.
The formation of the European Union and the fact that we have a
reunified Germany is very interesting in light of Biblical prophecy. The

'ten toes' of Daniel 2:42 and the ten-horned beasts in Daniel 7:20 and
Rev. l3:l are references to a 'revived' Roman Empire which will hold
power before Christ's return. Although the precise political structure has
yet to be formed, the pieces can be seen as falling into place.
In l948, Israel was recognized as a sovereign Nation; and, this too has
ramifications for the Biblical student. God promised Abram that his
posterity would have Canaan as 'an everlasting possession'...Genesis
7:8, and Ezekiel prophesied a physical and spiritual resurrection of
Israel in Ezekiel 37. Having Israel as a Nation in its own land is
important in light of End-Time prophecy. See Daniel l0:l4, ll:4l,
Revelation ll:8.

While there is no biblical proof that the things mentioned above are
prophecy fulfilled, we can see how many of these events line up with
Bible prophecy.

In any case, we are to be watching for prophecy fulfilled because
Jesus told us that the Day of the Lord and His return for His own would
come as a thief in the night...2 Peter 3:l0, unexpected and
unannounced...'Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able
to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand
before the Son of Man...Luke 2l:36.
Acts 2: l3... KJV...'And it shall come to pass in the Last days, saith God,
I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh and your sons and your daughters
shall prophecy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men
shall dream dreams.'

Matthew 24:37...'But, as it was in the Days of Noah were so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be.'
Signs and Wonders...
Ezekiel's prophecy has just manifested. The Dead Sea miraculously
has fish just last year and the Dead Sea has turned red at the site of
Sodom and Gomorrah. On the day of atonement.
The Euphrates River is drying up.
Ezekiel 38 predicts the upcoming war with Israel. And prophecies
continue to be fulfilled.
Six Occurrences Today that were in Noah's Time:
l.) An Exploding Population...Genesis 6:1
2.) Gross Sexual Perversion...Genesis 6:2, ll-12
3.) Increased Demonic Activity...Genesis 6:2
4.) Transhumanism...Genesis 6:4
5.) Continuous Evil in the Hearts of Men...Genesis 6:5
6.) Widespread Violence...Genesis 6: ll, 13.
Christ's signs of the End Times as seen today...

l.) Nonchalant Living in the face of judgment.
2.) Widespread Desception.
3.) Wars and Rumors of Wars.
4.) Widespread Terriorism.
5.) Warring Political Systems.
6.) Clashing of Cultures.
7.) Famines.
8.) Economic Instability.
9.) Pestilences.
l0.) Emergence of Unknown Diseases.
ll.) Great Seismic Activity.
l2.) Widespread Persecution.
l3.) Legal Persecution of Christians.
l4.) Imprisonment of Believers.
l5.) False Prophets and False Religious Systems.
l6.) The Love of Many Will Wax Cold.
l7.) Fearful Signs in the Heavens.
18.) World-Wide Preaching of the Gospel.
All are warnings that it is time to 'get ready'.