End Times

The period of time, leading up to God ending the world,
is commonly called, by Christians, ‘the End Times’:
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            Matt c24 (& c25)    Mark c13    Luke c21 v5-36: ,,,,,
            There’ll be: fake Christs & fake prophets;
            wars, famines, & earthquakes;
            persecution of Christians, even within families;
            and an increase in wickedness generally.
            All these are mere birth pangs of the end of the world.
            The Gospel will spread throughout the whole world.
            [Then the Rapture can soon happen.] ,,,
            When the abomination that causes desolation, (spoken of
            by Daniel the prophet) stands in the holy place, – run.
            Then Jerusalem will be surrounded by hostile armies,
            soon to be destroyed.  [This bit’s already happened.
,,        ,,        Indeed, the chronology of this sentence is a mess; see cell after next.] ,,,

            Then there’ll be big astronomical events.
            Then I, Jesus, will arrive, suddenly, filling the sky,
            and angels will collect all believers [the Rapture].   my abbn

,,        ,,        I reckon it’s seeing how those left behind respond
,,        ,,        that will show, to those taken,
,,        ,,        that God did the right thing.


            Rev c13 v16-18: ,,,,,
            If anyone wants to buy or sell anything
            they must have the number, or the name,
            of the ruler of the world
            on their right hand or forehead.
            The number counts up as
            six-hundred and sixty-six.   my abbreviation

,,        ,,        Perhaps see:
,,        ,,        YouTube: – How to Read Revelation (Ben Witherington). ,,,,,


            Mark: c13 v21-22: ,,,,,
            There’ll be fake Christs, fake prophets,
            & fake miracles.   my abbreviation

,         ,         Perhaps again see earlier section:
,         ,         TRICKS & MIRACLES.,,,,,

,         ,         Don’t assume that there won’t be real miracles as well as fake ones.
 ,       ,         If there were going to be only fake miracles Jesus would have said so.

,         ,         Indeed, it’s more logical that Jesus was implying
,         ,         that there’d be real miracles as well,
,         ,         that we’d be needing to judge between the two.

,         ,         Also see five cells (starting Jesus explains)
,         ,         in earlier section: WHY GOD’S WORDS HAVE POWER.

,         ,         Also see last cell (starting In Christianity)
,         ,         of earlier section: GOOD RELIGION & BAD RELIGION,
,         ,         and first two cells of GOD’S METHODS
,         ,         immediately after it.

,,        ,,        Also see fifth cell
,,        ,,        (starting Most people are not used to seeing,)
,,        ,,        of earlier section: ACTS OF FAITH.

,,        ,,        Perhaps see that whole section.

The above events, the End Time events, will be: 

            Matt c24 v1-35:
            Noticeable:
                       seen [by believers]
                       to be soon, & then imminent.   my abbreviation 

            Matt c24 v36-51  &  Matt c25 v1-13    Luke c17 v20-30: ,,,,,
            Yet also unnoticeable:
                       a surprise [for unbelievers].   my abbreviation

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N.B. Between:  Matt c24 v15   and   v16  (see previous cell),
(likewise between:   Luke c21 v24   and   v25),
there is a 2,000 years approx
jump forwards in time.

This is because:
 
      1) Jesus is answering two questions.  Matt c24 v1-2   and   v3,,
,,        ,,        A friend at church told me this.


      2) Jesus didn’t know when he would return,
            i.e. when the End Times would come.
            Matt c24 v36    Mark c13 v32,,,

It must be that the Father chose
to not tell Jesus about the coming 2,000 years.

Hence Jesus, not having a discouraging temperament,
assumed his return would be in years or perhaps a decade.
 
            I.E. Not in his own, earthly, lifetime, – obviously.
            But certainly in the lifetime of his hearers. 
            Matt c16 v28    Matt c24 v34    Mark c13 v30    Luke c21 v32,,

                       Hence the early Church, too,
                        thought he would return soon,
                             1 Thess c4 v17   written 48-52ad.

                       But they thought it less & less
                        as the years rolled by,
                             2 Tim c4 v6-8   written 90-140ad.

This had the ‘unintended’ consequence
of turbo-charging the early Church’s
initial evangelism & growth
(that – plus the effect of persecution scattering the believers).

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My general impression of Jesus’ prophesies of the End Times
is that God won’t let us miserably kill ourselves
with slow global warming or a horrific nuclear war.

He’ll step in first, and end it himself, clinically, suddenly.

Jesus’ predictions of God ending the Earth seem to involve
the Sun, Moon, and stars, all dimming or disappearing: 

Matt c24 v29

Mark c13 v24-25

Luke c21 v25-26

Rev c6 v12

 

Perhaps see all of: Matt c24 – c25. , 

Perhaps see all of: Mark c13. , 

Perhaps see all of: Luke c21. ,

Perhaps see all of: Rev c6 v12-17. ,

The first three texts are interesting:

            Matt c24 v29   ( and Mark c13 c24-25):
            Immediately after the tribulation of those days
            shall the sun be darkened,
            and the moon shall not give her light,
            and the stars shall fall from heaven,
            and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:   KJV

            Luke c21 v25-26  adds that there will be big waves in the sea.

But the text I find interesting from a scientific point of view is:

            Rev c6 v12:
            And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal,
            and, lo, there was a great earthquake;
            and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair,
            and the moon became as blood;   KJV

When Jesus died the moon went red as blood.
This was due to a daytime lunar eclipse
which made the day went supernaturally dark.  Matt c27 v45. 
YouTube Short: – The Exact Date of Jesus’ Crucifixion.,,,,


However, that was only:
            over Israel [and nearby nations]
            for three hours.
 
What about:
            the whole planet,
            i.e. for twenty-four hours?
 
Could this prophesy apply twice?
Could it apply to the End Times as well?
For the verses immediately after v12, Rev c6 v12-17,  
are definitely in the End Times.  ,,,

So I suggest:
            “What if Sun and Moon
              were mistaken for each other?”:

            Sun & Moon are, from Earth, visually the same size.
            An unusual arrangement
            that lasts only 100 million years
            (a short time cosmologically speaking).

            It’s a period of time that we are in the middle of.
,,        ,,        SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: The Solar Eclipse Coincidence.   


            Hence, if God allows/causes some event
            that causes dust in the upper atmosphere:
                       We’d see the Sun.
                       But we’d think:
                             “That can’t be the Sun, it’s too dim.
                               It must be the Moon.
                               The Sun’s gone out altogether.”

            Such an event would not, of itself,
            end all human life.
            But it would serve as a sign,
            to the whole world,
            that God was about to end it.

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God knows the future.
Perhaps see earlier section:
TIME TRAVEL, WITHIN HEAVEN,
EXPLAINS JESUS’ PREDICTIONS. . . .


            So he knows exactly when he will end the world
            (i.e. when the End Times finish and Judgment Day starts).

            But he keeps that date & time
            a secret from us   Matt c24 v36,,,,,
            so that it’s also a secret from demons
            so as to prevent a, demon encouraged, human rampage
            from occurring.

            Matt c24 v22    Mark c13 v20,,,,,
            God will shorten the final ending.   my abbreviation  

            Demons don’t want us to destroy the world,
            not all of it.

            For we are their playgrounds;
            this is their environment too.
,         ,         See earlier section: WE ARE PLAYGROUNDS. . . .

,         ,         and
,         ,         second & third cell
,         ,         of earlier section: SATAN LIKES IT HERE. . . .


            However, if they knew God was about to destroy the world
            they’d get in first.

            Hence God keeps the date a secret,
            even from his Son.   Matt c24 v36,,,

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MY THEORY ABOUT MIRACLES
NEARER THE END TIMES

Regarding miracles that are empowered by God:

            Scientific knowledge (e.g. medical knowledge):
                       in the mind, next to the mind’s belief,
                       given significance alongside the mind’s belief,
                       so that it counteracts the mind’s belief,
            constitutes:
                       unbelief,
            and unbelief hinders the miraculous.

Now:

            a): Unbelief/doubts
                 are neurological-models, knowledge,
                 in the mind.
,         ,         ,         Perhaps see earlier section: UNBELIEF. ,,,,,


            b): Verifiable miracles,
                 visually convincing miracles,
                 happen in undeveloped nations.

            c): Whereas believers in developed nations
                 have much unbelief/doubts (scientific, medical, etc)
                 which hinder such miracles;
                 unbelief which believers in undeveloped nations
                 do not have.

But in addition to c), I’ve noticed:

            d)  In developed times & places:
                             Commanding, or praying for,
                             a fatal, though hidden, cancer, succeeds.
                             Whereas for say, a mere missing finger tip, fails.

                  But in undeveloped times & places,
                  where there are no:
                              video cameras, phone cameras, scientific tests,
                             medical records, passports, addresses, etc,
                  so that the miracle cannot be widely known,
                  only personally seen:
                             can be verified by,
                             can visually convince,
                             only a small group of God-chosen people,
                  then commanding, or praying for,
                  both kinds of miracles succeeds.

, ,       ,         ,,        Perhaps see:
,         ,         ,,        YouTube: – Heidi Baker
,              ,              ,              on Sid Roth's It's Supernatural! | Reckless Devotion. ,,,

So I propose  e):

            In developed times & places,
            out of love,
            God refuses to cause visually convincing miracles.

            John c15 v20-25:
            Remember the word that I said unto you,
                 The servant is not greater than his lord.
                 If they have persecuted me,
                 they will also persecute you;
                 if they have kept my saying,
                 they will keep yours also.
            But all these things will they do unto you
            for my name's sake,
            because they know not him that sent me.
                 If I had not come and spoken unto them,
                 they had not had sin:
                 but now they have no cloke for their sin.
            He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
                 If I had not done among them
                 the works which none other man did, *
                 they had not had sin:
                 but now have they both seen and hated
                 both me and my Father.
            But this cometh to pass,
            that the word might be fulfilled
            that is written in their law,
                 They hated me without a cause.   KJV
 
,,        ,,        Context: John c15 v16 – c16 v3.,,,,,

            *Visually convincing miracles, done in Jesus’ name,
            by Christians who, in their past, have sinned, done wrong,
            prove that the Gospel is true,
            that Forgiveness is true.

            Hence visually convincing miracles enliven:
            not only the righteous, but also the wicked.

            They enliven the wicked because the wicked hate to see
            the righteous (righteous who have nevertheless sinned)
            freely accepted by God, Forgiven.

            It makes all their own, proud, efforts to be right with God
            wasted efforts.
            So it angers them.  Anger against their Constructor.
            So they become destructive.

,,        ,,        Perhaps again see earlier section:
,,        ,,        JESUS’ USE OF THE WORDS ‘RIGHTEOUS’ AND ‘WICKED’. , ,

            Hence, nearer the End Times:
,     ,     ,     ,     when God will soon reveal himself anyway,
,     ,     ,     ,     so that it’s not necessary for him to hide anymore,
,         ,         ,         ,         Perhaps see earlier section:
,         ,         ,         ,         WHAT’S WRONG WITH A VISIBLE SOLUTION?,,,

            visually convincing miracles will be possible
            even in developed places.

            Then the Gospel will spread throughout the whole world.

            Then the Rapture can soon happen.

 

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