Prophecies That Have Come True - PROPHECIES BEING FULFILLED TODAY

Would you like to know what Bible prophecies have to say about our day?  Some 2,000 years ago, the Bible foretold  that "critical times hard to deal with" would come  "in the last days." Last days of what?   Not of the earth or humankind, but of the strife, oppression, and suffering that have plague mankind for millenniums.  Let us  examine just a few of the prophecies that earmark "the last days."

2 Timothy 3:1-5:  "In the last days . . . , men will be lovers of themselves,, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, disloyal, having no affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, having an appearance of godliness but proving false to its power. 

Would not not agree that such behavior is increasingly evident in people today?  Have you perceived that we are surrounded by people who adore themselves, love money,  and are driven by pride?  Have you not observed that people are more demanding and less willing to agree with others?  Surely you notice that there is widespread disobedience to parents and that people in general love pleasures more than they love God. And things are getting worse by the day. 

Matthew 24:6, 7:  "You are going to hear of wars and reports of wars. . . . Nations will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom.

Some estimates place the total number of deaths in wars and armed conflicts since 1914 at well over 100 million, a figure that surpass3s the entire population of many nations.  Imagine the tears, grief, and suffering represented by that colossal statistic.  Have the nations taken note and put an end to war? 

"Matthew 24:7: "There will be food shortages."

Next time: Conclusion of PROPHECIES BEING FULFILLED TODAY

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