The Last Days

-April 20, 2024-

Good morning beloved, happy Saturday,

“But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come.”

(2 Timothy 3:1).

Paul wrote these words in Timothy hundreds of years ago in in the days of the early church. Times were bad then, how much worse are they today?

Paul admonishes Timothy to be vigilant and to stand for the truth against false teachers and all opponents of the gospel. Paul doesn’t say perilous times may come, but rather, “perilous times will come.”

Surprisingly the phrase “last days” is used just six times in the Bible: Genesis 49:1; Acts 2:17; 2 Timothy 3:1; Hebrews 1:2; James 5:3; 2 Peter 3:3).

We know we are living in the last days and prophesies are being fulfilled before our eyes. 2 Peter 3:3 says, “Knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts.” From the college campuses to the streets, rebellious, raucous, cantankerous people are spouting hate, violence, and evil. There is a tremendous hostility toward and hatred of the Jews. Antisemitism is at all time high.

We are seeing and hearing exactly what Paul and Peter were saying would happen. It is all over America and the world.

The Lord Jesus said in Matthew 24:12, “And because of lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold.” Lawlessness is everywhere. Crimes are more violent and vicious. We are in the end times.

What can we as God’s people do? Pray, obey God, be separated from the world and set apart for the Lord, and stand for Christ in His love and truth. We must share the gospel with those who are lost. Jesus is coming soon.

Have a blessed day Christian soldier. Stay safe and healthy.

Living in the world, but not being of the world.

Dean