God spoke all through the Bible about judgement day. He said it would come someday for the whole world. He also said our world would end and a new one would be created with only God's people left alive. He told us clues about how to tell when these times are upon us. How do we know if we are now living in these days? Let's review what the Bible says.

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"Signs of the Last Days and the Time Of The End"

"The Second Coming Of Christ"

Nation Shall rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom. - Matthew 24:7
Earthquakes, famines, and pestilences - Matthew 24:7
Knowledge shall be increased - Daniel 12:4
Many shall run to and fro (much travel) - Daniel 12:4
Many wars and rumors of wars - Matthew 24:6
Evil men... shall grow worse and worse - II Timothy 3:13
Countries spending more money on weapons than food;
weak nations "say, I am strong" - Joel 3:10
As in the days of Noah - Matthew 24:37
False Christs - Matthew 24:5; Mark 13:22
Many falling away from the faith - I Timothy 4:1, 2
People "will not endure sound doctrine" - II Timothy 4:2-4
Many won't receive the truth 
"for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,
that they should believe a lie." (example: evolution) - II Thess. 2: 8-12
Scoffers who don't care to hear
of the Second Coming of Christ. - II Peter 3:3-14
"They shall say, Peace and safety" - I Thess. 5:1-3
Complainers, men "walking after their own lusts" - Jude 16, 17, 18
Rich men heaping treasures for the last days; 
Workers crying out because their wages aren't fair. -James 5:2-6
False preachers - Matthew 24:11
Automobiles - Nahum 2:3-4
"Perilous times" - II Timothy 3:1
Children "disobedient to parents" - II Timothy 3:2
The love of many shall grow cold - Matthew 24:12
"Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Having a form of godliness, 
but denying the power thereof." - II Timothy 3:4,5
"Signs in the sun, and the moons, and the stars... 
distress of nations... 
Men's hearts failing them" -Luke 21:25-27
A time of terrible trouble - Daniel 12:1, Matthew 24:21
The Gospel preached "among all nations" - Mark 13:10
"That man of sin shall be revealed" - II Thess. 2:1-4
     His number is "666" - Revelation 13:18
     Many shall worship him - Revelation 13:8
     Doom to those who worship him - Revelation 14:9-11

And a warning from God

"When ye see these things come to pass,
know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand." -Luke 21:31

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Joel 3:16
"The LORD also will roar from Zion, And utter His voice from Jerusalem;  The heavens and earth will shake; But the LORD will be a shelter for His people,  And the strength of the children of Israel"

The United States Geological Survey reported the following on January 3, 2008:“…it is very unusual to have four earthquakes in a single year of magnitude 8 or greater” (the average is one per year).  However, they noted that in 2007, the following 8+ quakes did occur: 8.4 Struck Sumatra Indonesia on Sept. 12, 2007; 8.1 hit Solomon Islands on Apr. 2, 2007; 8.1 occurred east of Kuril Islands (Russia) on Jan. 13; and 8.0 hit Pisco, Peru on Aug. 15,2007

“The USGS’s National Earthquake Information Center locates about 30,000 earthquakes per year world wide, or about 80 per day.  About 10,000 of those events have magnitudes of 4.5 or greater”

Even more interesting is that on February 16, 2008 Haaretz.com reported that Israel experienced four earthquakes within a two-week period in February.  One of the tremors, of a 5.3 magnitude, actually caused a “hole in the Temple Mount Plaza… near the Dome of the Rock…” 
Jesus told us that the latter days would be marked by “famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.  All these are the beginning of sorrows” (Matt. 24:7-8)…Earthquakes are another sign of the last days.  Many theologians believe that earthquakes are increasing as the latter days approach, but scientific data do not support this supposition…Jesus said the earth would quake in the latter days, and I believe He meant it would quake as it did in the past when God moved in the affairs of men.

The Bible records at least thirty-three instances of God using earthquakes to communicate with the spiritual hard of hearing…  And He will announce the coming of Israel’s Messiah with an earthquake.
  Interestingly, in 2001, at the time of the printing of The Battle for Jerusalem, indeed scientists did not agree with the claim that earthquakes are becoming increasingly more frequent and intense…but not any longer!

Luke 21:28- Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.
 
 

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