What Is the Sign of "the Last Days," or "End Times"?

 

The Bible's answer

The Bible describes events and conditions that would mark"the conclusion of teh [current] system of things," or  "the end of the world." (Matthew 24:3; King James Version) The Bible calls this time period "the last days" and the "time of the end," or"end times." (2 Timothy 3:1; Daniel 8:19; Easy to read version) The following are some outstanding features of last-days, or end-times, prophecies: 

* War on a large scale. - MATTHEW 24:7; REVELATION 6:4.

* Famine. - MATTHEW 24:7; REVELATION 6:5, 6.

* Great earthquakes. - LUKE 21:11.

*  Pestilences,or epidemics of "terrible diseases." - LUKE 21:11, Contemporary English Version.

* Increases of crime. - MATTHEW 24:12.  

* Ruining of the earth by mankind. - REVELATION 11:18. 

* Deterioration of people's attitudes, as shown by manuy who are "ungrateful, disloyal. . . . not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong,puffed up with pride." - 2 TIMOTHY 3:1-4 .

* Breakdown of the family, with people who have no "natural affection" and children who are "disobedient to parents." - 2 TIMOTHY 3:2, 3. 

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