Chapte 11 -THESE ARE THE LAST DAYS!

To all my readers:  I will be moving, again, on the 13th of this month, so, if you do not see a blog, that is because my roommate has moved and took the computer and until I get one after I move, I am sorry, but there will not be any blogs for awhile.  Be patient.  I hope after I get settled, I will be able to get a computer and continue my blogs. It is my mission to get God's Word out there, so those who read my blogs will get the TRUE KNOWLEDGE of God's purpose.  Thank you so much for reading my blogs. Hopefully it won't take as long as I may  think to get a computer.  Until my roommate moves I will be writing my blogs.



RESPOND TO THE EVIDENCE

How will this system end?  The Bible foretells a "great political element upon "Babylon the Great," the world empire of false religion.  (Matthew 24:21; Revelation 17:5, 16)  Jesus said that during this period 'the sun would be darkened, and the moon would not give its light, ad the stars would fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens would be shaken.'  (Matthew 24:29)  This may denote literal celestial phenomena.  In any case, the shining lights of the religious world will be exposed and eliminated.  Then Satan, called  "Gog of the land of Magog," will use corrupted humans in making an all-out assault upon Jehovah's people.  But Satan will not succeed, for God will come to their rescue.  (Ezekiel 38:1, 2, 14-23)  "The great tribulation" will reach its climax in Armageddon, "the war of the great day of God the Almighty."  It will clean out very last vestige of Satan's earthly organization, opening the way for endless blessings to flow to surviving mankind. - Revelation 7:9, 14, 11:15; 16:14, 16; 21:3, 4.

By themselves, some features of the prophecies describing the last days might seem to apply to other period of history.  But when  combined, the prophesied evidences pinpoint our day.  To illustrate:  The lings making up a person's fingerprint form a pattern that cannot belong to any other individual.  Similarly, the last days have their own pattern of marks or happening.  These form a "fingerprint" that cannot belong to any other time period.  When considered along with Bible indications that God's heavenly Kingdom is  now ruling, the evidence provides a solid basis for concluding that these are indeed  the last days.  Moreover, there is  clear Scriptural  proof that the present wicked system will soon be destroyed.

How will you respond to the evidence that these are the last days?  Consider this:  If a fiercely destructive storm is impending, we take precautionary measures without delay.  Well, what the Bible foretells for this present system should move us to action.  (Matthew 16:1-3)  We can  clearly see that we are living in the last days of t his world system.  This should motivate us to make any adjustments necessary to gain God's favor.  (2 Peter 3:3, 10-12)  Referring to himself as the agent for salvation, Jesus sounds the urgent call:  Pay attention to yourselves that your hearts never become weighed down with overeating and heavy drinking and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day be instantly upon your as a snare.  For it will come in upon those dwelling upon the face of the earth.  Keep awake, then, all the time making supplication that you may succeed  in escaping   all these things that are destined to occur, and in standing before the Son of man." -Luke 21:34-36.

Next time: RESIST WICKED SPIRIT FORCES

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