Is This WOrld Going to End? - WHAT WILL END?

 PROBLEMS AND WICKEDNESS

What the Bible says: "Just a little while longer, and the wicked will be no more, you will look at where they were, and they will not be there.  But the meek will possess the earth, and they will find exquisite delight in the abundance of peace." - PSALM 37:10, 11. 

WHAT IT MEANS:  The Flood of Noah's days did not wipe out wickedness once and for all. After the Flood, wicked people once again  made life miserable for everyone.  Soon, though, God will put an end to wickedness. As the psalmist says: "The wicked will be no more." God will put an end  to wickedness by means of his Kingdom-a world government that rules from heaven over a righteous human society.

WANTED - An End to Human Rulership

What the Bible says: "It does not belong to an who walking even to direct his step." - JEREMIAH 10:23.

WHAT IT MEANS: Humans were not creatred to rule themselves. They do a poor job of governing other people and solving their probleks.

CONSIDER: Britannica Academic notes that individual governments seem unable to "handle the universal enemos of poverty, hunger, disease, natural disaster, and war or other violene."  It then continues:  "Some . . . believe that only a form of world government can make decisive  headway against those evils."  However,  even if all human governments  united the world would still be ruled buy imperfect huans who are unablet o overcome the difficulties mentioned above.  God's Kingdom is the only government that has the power to solve all global problems permanently.

Therefore, according to the Bible, the end of the world-the present system of things-is not something that good people should fear.  Instead, it is something to look forward to because this ruined old world will replace by God's magnificent new world! 

When will all this happen?  The next article will explain the Bible's answer.

Next time: When Will the End Come?  What Jesus Said

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