Copyright https://www.christianity.com 2025, Christianity.com Mon, 27 Jan 2025 02:21:46 -0500 https://www.christianity.com/wiki/slideshows/7-signs-we-are-in-the-end-times.html https://www.christianity.com/wiki/slideshows/7-signs-we-are-in-the-end-times.html Britt Mooney https://www.christianity.com/author/britt-mooney/ The sky is falling! In the old story, a type of parable, Henny Penny is a chicken and not a very intelligent one. An acorn falls on her head, and she concludes the sky must be falling, leading to hysteria. Speaking of the end times carries a certain amount of tension. The Bible speaks of the end of this world and a transition into the New Heaven and New Earth, a redemptive story where the end times and corruption of this world is first exposed in a destructive, dramatic fashion before the next world is fully realized. Passages like Matthew 24 and the book of Revelation read like a fantasy or science fiction novel with epic visions of creatures and beasts. These dramatic scenes of what we refer to as the "last days" or "end times" have led to erroneous declarations from pastors or supposed prophets about the end drawing nigh within the near future. Those dates have all passed, and we can be skeptical of ideas about the end times. Jesus tells us we won’t know the day or the hour the world will end. At the same time, he gives us specific signs the end is coming soon. In the Olivet Discourse of Matthew 24, he lists several end times events and calls these birth pangs like a woman in labor with a child. Painful. Intense. Yet a promise of new life at the end. Many today look at the world around us, see the headlines, and wonder if we are living in the end times. One way or another, we’re getting closer, but we should carefully explore the words of Jesus and how events today might fit his teaching. Let's look at seven events that will be signs of the end times and last days of earth.Photo Credit: © Getty Images/Llona Pietrolongo Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:00:00 -0500 2025-01-27T02:21:46-05:00 https://www.christianity.com/wiki/end-times/why-will-god-release-satan-after-the-millennial-reign.html https://www.christianity.com/wiki/end-times/why-will-god-release-satan-after-the-millennial-reign.html Britt Mooney https://www.christianity.com/author/britt-mooney/ After Christ returns and defeats evil, Satan is imprisoned. Then, after 1,000 years, God releases the Devil again to wreak havoc. Why would he do this? Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:10:00 -0500 2025-01-27T02:21:46-05:00 https://www.christianity.com/wiki/end-times/why-does-revelation-say-satan-will-be-bound-for-1000-years.html https://www.christianity.com/wiki/end-times/why-does-revelation-say-satan-will-be-bound-for-1000-years.html Britt Mooney https://www.christianity.com/author/britt-mooney/ God tells us in Revelation how Satan will be bound for 1,000 years. Is this real or purely symbolic? And what does it mean for believers today? Tue, 10 Dec 2024 11:55:00 -0500 2025-01-27T02:21:46-05:00 https://www.christianity.com/wiki/jesus-christ/how-close-are-we-to-seeing-jesus-return.html https://www.christianity.com/wiki/jesus-christ/how-close-are-we-to-seeing-jesus-return.html John Stange https://www.christianity.com/author/john-stange/ God is not a haphazard being. He has a perfect plan and the timing of when He chooses to do what He’s doing in this world is ideal. Tue, 24 Sep 2024 10:00:00 -0400 2025-01-27T02:21:46-05:00 https://www.christianity.com/wiki/jesus-christ/what-should-we-do-while-we-wait-for-jesus-to-return.html https://www.christianity.com/wiki/jesus-christ/what-should-we-do-while-we-wait-for-jesus-to-return.html John Stange https://www.christianity.com/author/john-stange/ If you are united to Christ by faith, the future should not be a scary thing for you. Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0400 2025-01-27T02:21:46-05:00 https://www.christianity.com/wiki/jesus-christ/what-did-jesus-really-say-about-the-future-in-mark-13.html https://www.christianity.com/wiki/jesus-christ/what-did-jesus-really-say-about-the-future-in-mark-13.html John Stange https://www.christianity.com/author/john-stange/ Explores Jesus' prophetic teachings in Mark 13 about the destruction of the temple, the end times, and the need for believers to remain faithful amidst trials and false prophets while trusting in God's sovereign plan. Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:00:00 -0400 2025-01-27T02:21:46-05:00 https://www.christianity.com/wiki/end-times/signs-of-the-rapture-in-the-bible.html https://www.christianity.com/wiki/end-times/signs-of-the-rapture-in-the-bible.html Tammy Kennington https://www.christianity.com/author/tammy-kennington/ If almost 40 percent of Americans believe we live in the end times, where can we find reliable information on the signs of the rapture? Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:00:00 -0400 2025-01-27T02:21:46-05:00 https://www.christianity.com/wiki/end-times/where-revelation-say-behold-a-pale-horse-bible.html https://www.christianity.com/wiki/end-times/where-revelation-say-behold-a-pale-horse-bible.html Britt Mooney https://www.christianity.com/author/britt-mooney/ Many images in Revelation had special meaning for the people John wrote to—but also ideas that matter to believers today. How can we explore the verse "behold a pale horse" and apply its meaning to our lives today? Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:30:00 -0400 2025-01-27T02:21:46-05:00 https://www.christianity.com/wiki/end-times/what-s-the-significance-of-the-144-000-in-revelation-14.html https://www.christianity.com/wiki/end-times/what-s-the-significance-of-the-144-000-in-revelation-14.html Brandon Crowe Who are these 144,000 people? Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:10:00 -0400 2025-01-27T02:21:46-05:00 https://www.christianity.com/wiki/end-times/what-is-the-great-white-throne-judgment.html https://www.christianity.com/wiki/end-times/what-is-the-great-white-throne-judgment.html Clarence L. Haynes Jr. https://www.christianity.com/author/clarence-l-haynes-jr/ The Great White Throne Judgment is a judgment for unbelievers and not for believers. I know you are saying how do you know this? When you read a little earlier in Revelation it reveals it. Mon, 05 Aug 2024 01:00:00 -0400 2025-01-27T02:21:46-05:00