Is the End of the Word Near?

HAVE you ever watched the news and thought, 'Can things get any worse?'  There is so much tragedy and cruelty that some people believe we must be close to the end of the world.  Is that true? Is there a way to know what will happen in the future?  Yes. Although humans cannot predict what will happen, Jehovah God can. He tells us in the Bible about our future and the earth's future. - ISAIAH 46:10; James 4:14.

When we read in the Bible about the end of the world, it means, not the end of  planet Earth, but the end of wickedness. Jesus taught people that the Kingdom of God would rule over the earth.  (Luke 4:43)  His disciples want to know when God's Kingdom would come, and they asked Jesus:  "When will these things be, and what will be the sing of your presence and of the conclusion of the system of things?"  (Matthew 24:3)  Jesus did not give them the exact date, but he told them wheat would happen just before the end of the world. What Jesus said would happen is happening right now.

In this chapter we will discuss evidence that we are living in the time just before the end of the world.  First, we need to learn about a war that took place in heaven so that we can understand why things are so bad here on earth. 

Next time:  Is the End of the World Near? - A WAR IN HEAVEN

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