End times indications

ChrisIB

Honorable
It was Christmas and this hardened agnostic was stood in the crisp, cold light of Glasgow, engaged in conversation with the local pastor. The subject turned to the end times and the possible indications.
The rebuilding of Solomon's temple in Jerusalem, he replied. For that the Al-Aqsa Mosque (Dome of the Rock) would have to be demolished or some extension of the previous foundations discovered. He added in hushed tones that preparations of some contents were already being made.

Another sign was the mark of the beast.
'And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name'
A reference to microchip implants I thought or perhaps an Amazon or Google account?

Another was advances toward a one-world government:
The end of the world will involve Satan acting through two key figures, both the Antichrist and the False Prophet.
The Antichrist will be a political leader, described in the Book of Revelation as “the Beast.” He will poison the minds of his followers with half-truths and charisma. He will gain much of his power and influence by being endorsed by the False Prophet, a mighty religious leader.

One clue from Revelation 13:13 is that the False Prophet will publicly pull fire down from heaven, indicating that God has given his approval to the political workings of the Antichrist

Brexit will stymie it all I thought.
 

JOHN60

Adept
According to the Bayside prophesies & the seer Wendy Alecs book Son Of Perdition the anti-Christ was born in Eygpt in Dec 1981 & will come to prominence on the world stage at the beginning of the Tribulation period & act in tandem with the false prophet, I believe the Rapture will take place within 6/7 years now.
 

ChrisIB

Honorable
What makes you select these out? have they distinctive properties?
Inductive reasoning viz if you are sat by the road and the last 100 cars that passed are white, the next will also be white suggests disappointment.
There again, the last hundred ufo pictures I've seen contained no information but I still believe.
 

Castle-Yankee54

Celestial
According to the Bayside prophesies & the seer Wendy Alecs book Son Of Perdition the anti-Christ was born in Eygpt in Dec 1981 & will come to prominence on the world stage at the beginning of the Tribulation period & act in tandem with the false prophet, I believe the Rapture will take place within 6/7 years now.

Thank you for the warning.....I'm not going to worry.
 

nivek

As Above So Below
Thank you for the warning.....I'm not going to worry.

Its remotely like worrying over the possibility of a large asteroid hitting the earth, someone could worry the rest of their lives and it never happens, so why worry about it lol...

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Castle-Yankee54

Celestial
Its remotely like worrying over the possibility of a large asteroid hitting the earth, someone could worry the rest of their lives and it never happens, so why worry about it lol...

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Personally I'd worry more about the mega-tsunamis lining up the coasts of the US and the smaller one in the Pacific Northwest.
 

Ron67

Ignorance isn’t bliss!
The rapture is a relatively modern concept.Religious nuts twisting things to fit in with their personal death cult,so I'm not remotely worried.Plus Nostradamus and Mother Shipton said differently!;)
 

dlw

Saved by grace
It was Christmas and this hardened agnostic was stood in the crisp, cold light of Glasgow, engaged in conversation with the local pastor. The subject turned to the end times and the possible indications.
The rebuilding of Solomon's temple in Jerusalem, he replied. For that the Al-Aqsa Mosque (Dome of the Rock) would have to be demolished or some extension of the previous foundations discovered. He added in hushed tones that preparations of some contents were already being made.

Another sign was the mark of the beast.
'And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name'
A reference to microchip implants I thought or perhaps an Amazon or Google account?

Another was advances toward a one-world government:
The end of the world will involve Satan acting through two key figures, both the Antichrist and the False Prophet.
The Antichrist will be a political leader, described in the Book of Revelation as “the Beast.” He will poison the minds of his followers with half-truths and charisma. He will gain much of his power and influence by being endorsed by the False Prophet, a mighty religious leader.

One clue from Revelation 13:13 is that the False Prophet will publicly pull fire down from heaven, indicating that God has given his approval to the political workings of the Antichrist

Brexit will stymie it all I thought.
and all who live on earth will worship the beast who s name is not written in The Book of Life of the Lamb.
Revelation 13:7-8
Kinda sounds like in those days there will only be 2 types of people,those who are saved and those who never will be.peace
 

Standingstones

Celestial
and all who live on earth will worship the beast who s name is not written in The Book of Life of the Lamb.
Revelation 13:7-8
Kinda sounds like in those days there will only be 2 types of people,those who are saved and those who never will be.peace
I wonder what non-Christians would say to that quote.
 

Standingstones

Celestial
According to the Bayside prophesies & the seer Wendy Alecs book Son Of Perdition the anti-Christ was born in Eygpt in Dec 1981 & will come to prominence on the world stage at the beginning of the Tribulation period & act in tandem with the false prophet, I believe the Rapture will take place within 6/7 years now.
Make sure your bags are packed.
 

ChrisIB

Honorable
and all who live on earth will worship the beast who s name is not written in The Book of Life of the Lamb.
Revelation 13:7-8
Kinda sounds like in those days there will only be 2 types of people,those who are saved and those who never will be.peace
I am not sure that a god would be as binary as saved, not saved.
If mathematics is it's language, good and beauty are just formulaic elegances and evil, the chaos of infinity.

Religion dwindles as our world is predicated on one rule, survive long enough to breed, and for that, for humans, religion is no longer the best strategy.

But I agree on the approach of the end times. Democracy, long the most efficient system, is increasingly flawed, with our representatives, in their brief term, just screwing what they can out of it.
Society has become too sophisticated for the system.
 

APIGuy

Independent Field Investigator
There are far more entertaining myths and fantasies about the end of the world than those contained in the Christian canon. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, for example, in which the world is suddenly destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass, is at least as likely and much funnier.

Yes, it's a pity that certain people have no Hell to go to, but one can learn to cope with this in time.
 

Standingstones

Celestial
Here’s the problem with end times scenarios. The Book of Revelations was written 2,000 years ago. There have been ample opportunities for the world to end. It clearly hasn’t happened. Frankly, it isn’t going to happen in the near term. Let’s give the end of times a rest along with the flat earth group of believers.
 
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Kchoo

At Peace.
I am not worried about the end of times.

The Present is is all the motions of the populace combined and sometimes it is pretty messy, but in the overall big picture, the more the merrier.

Let’s focus on something we can do today.

Volunteer at a local food bank, habitat for humanity, give blood... doesn’t matter if these entities are not perfect, you can still make a difference. Action is better... packin’ a box a food is much better use of time than contemplating when and how it will end.

There is no greater gift in this world than your time.
 

MarkLw

Novice
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