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The Bible is absolutely full of prophecy – some state that about 1/3 of the Bible is prophecy.  Much of that prophecy is concerning what will happen in the End Times.

First you have to keep in mind that some prophecy is dual-prophecy.  Another way of saying the same thing is the phrase ‘near and far prophecy’.  Some events happened relatively soon following the prophets’ words, and then history will repeat itself in the ‘far prophecy’, more than likely during the Tribulation.  Something to keep in mind.

One example:

1 Chronicles 17:12: “He shall build for Me a house and I will establish his throne forever.”  Short term: God’s promise to David that David’s son, Solomon, will build the temple in Jerusalem and that his seed will be the coming King.  Long term: God’s promise that His son, Jesus Christ, would build His Father’s, spiritual, house, which will last forever.  Luke 1:32-33: “He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.”

Another example:

“ ‘But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that her desolation is near.’ ” – Luke 21:20  Short term: Titus’ Roman army destroyed Jerusalem in 70 AD.  Long term: during the seven year Tribulation.

One more example:

Isaiah 17 – near prophecy – the ruin of Damascus, Syria by the Assyrians – fulfilled around 732 B.C.; far prophecy – Christ’s return, and Damascus is totally destroyed.

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This particular article concentrates on the prophesied disasters leading up to, and during, the End Times.  It is God’s wrath because of the apostasy, because of the sin, because of the evil and wickedness so predominant in the world today.  The great Flood during Noah’s days should be a warning that God won’t tolerate wickedness forever.  His wrath is coming.  “The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.  He will not always strive with us, nor will He keep His anger forever.” – Psalm 103:8-9.  Now is the time to repent, to turn to the Lord, to worship and pray to the one true God.

Below are some of the key End Times Prophecies as written in the Bible.

Fire and Intense Heat:

• “When I select an appointed time, it is I who judge with equity.  The earth and all who dwell in it melt; it is I who have firmly set its pillars.” – Psalm 75:2-3
• “… He raised His voice, the earth melted.” – Psalm 46:6

• “… the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.” – Isaiah 24:6
• “The Lord God of hosts, the One who touches the land so that it melts.” – Amos 9:5

• “Like fire that burns the forest and like a flame that sets the mountains on fire.” – Psalm 83:14
  
• “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up … the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!” – 2 Peter 3:10-12

click here for article: God is a Consuming Fire

Storms, Hurricanes, Floods:

• “ ‘There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves … for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’ ” – Luke 21:25-26

• “… though its waters roar and foam” – Psalm 46:3

• “He who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the face of the earth, The Lord is His name.” – Amos 9:6

• “Behold, the Lord has a strong and mighty agent; as a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction, like a storm of mighty overflowing waters, He has cast it down to the earth with His hand.” – Isaiah 28:2
• “O my God, make them like the whirling dust, like chaff before the wind … so pursue them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your storm.” – Psalm 83:13-15

Earthquakes:

• “ ‘… and there will be great earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.’ ” – Luke 21:11

• “ ‘… and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.’ ” – Matthew 24:7

• “… though the mountains quake at its swelling pride” – Psalm 46:3

• “Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps.  He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble.” – Habakkuk 3:5-6

Pestilences/Plagues/Epidemics of terrible diseases:

• “ ‘… and there will be great earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.’ ” – Luke 21:11

• “Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps.  He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble.” – Habakkuk 3:5-6

• “Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.” – Revelation 6:8

click here for article: Pestilence

Famines:

• “ ‘… and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.’ ” – Matthew 24:7
• “ ‘… and there will be great earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.’ ” – Luke 21:11
• “ ‘For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines.  These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.’ ” – Mark 13:8

• “When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, ‘Come.’  I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.  And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, ‘A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.’ ” – Revelation 6:5-6

• “Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.” – Revelation 6:8

War:

• “And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another.” – Revelation 6:4
• “Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.” – Revelation 6:8

• “ ‘You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars.  See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.’ ” – Matthew 24:6

• “ ‘For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.’ ” – Matthew 24:7
• “ ‘For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines.  These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.’ ” – Mark 13:8

Increase of crime:

• “ ‘Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold.’ ” – Matthew 24:12

Mankind ruining the earth:

• “The earth is also polluted by its inhabitants, for they transgressed laws, violated statutes, broke the everlasting covenant.” – Isaiah 24:5
• “… Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged … and to destroy those who destroy the earth.” – Revelation 11:18

Mass Animal Deaths:

• “Therefore the land mourns, and everyone who lives in it languishes along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky, and also the fish of the sea disappear.” – Hosea 4:3

Deterioration of morales:

• “But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.  For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; avoid such men as these.”  – 2 Timothy 3:1-5

• “… just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.” – Jude 1:7

• “ ‘And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.  It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building; but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.  It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.’ ” – Luke 17:26-30

Breakdown of the family unit:

• “… disobedient to parents … without natural affection” – 2 Timothy 3:2-3

Apostasy – Rise in Spiritualism:

• “But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons.” – 1 Timothy 4:1

• “Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.” – 2 Thessalonians 2:3
• “ ‘At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.’ ” – Matthew 24:10

• “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness.” – Isaiah 5:20

False Teachers and False Prophets:

• “ ‘Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many.’ ” – Matthew 24:11

• “ ‘… for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect.’ ” – Mark 13:22

• “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.” – 2 Timothy 4:3-4

• “But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.  Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned; and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.” – 2 Peter 2:1-3

• “I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.” – Galatians 1:6-7

Ability to enforce the Mark:

• “… and he provides that no one will be able to buy or sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.” – Revelation 13:17

Widespread apathy and even ridicule toward the evidence of the approaching End Times:

• “Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, ‘Where is the promise of His coming?  For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning or creation.’ ” – 2 Peter 3:3-4

Love for God grows cold:

• “ ‘But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.  Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lamp stand out of its place – unless you repent.’ ” – Revelation 2:5

• “ ‘Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold.’ ” – Matthew 24:12

Increased understanding of Bible prophecies, including those related to the End Times:

• “But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.” – Daniel 12:4

Global preaching of the good news of the Kingdom:

• “ ‘This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.’ ” – Matthew 24:14

• “ ‘The gospel must first be preached to all the nations.’ ” – Mark 13:10

• “ ‘For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.’ ” – Matthew 24:21

• “Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near.” – Revelation 1:3

The Day of the Lord:

• “Alas for the day!  For the day of the Lord is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.” – Joel 1:15
• “Thus I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity; I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud and abase the haughtiness of the ruthless.” – Isaiah 13:11

• “ ‘… so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.’ ” – Matthew 24:33
• “ ‘Even so, you too, when you see these things happening, recognize that He is near, right at the door.’ ” – Mark 13:29
• “ ‘So you also, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near.’ ” – Luke 21:31

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“ ‘He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this: “I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.  Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God.  So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent.  Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.” ’ ” – Revelation 3:1-3

Readers: please take a moment, reread the above scripture, Revelation 3:1-3.  Be honest with yourselves and decide if the Lord Jesus Christ was maybe, just maybe, speaking to you.  Where you spend eternity depends on your decision and repentance.

“But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.” – Romans 2:5

“ ‘For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.’ ” – John 6:40

Click here for supplementary article: Pestilence

For a more in-depth study of the Lord Jesus’ prophecies of the End Times, read The Olivet Discourse:

Matthew 24

Mark 13

Luke 21

To be clear – we ARE NOT as yet even in the seven year Tribulation period.  Things are only going to get worse – a lot worse.  Turn to the Lord Jesus Christ today and be saved from the coming wrath of God.

“For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10