Even seeing these events skyrocketing our days, denying Jesus's return is very soon to come is not reasonable.
God predicts these in the Bible
1. FALSE PROPHETS AND CHRISTS
Matthew 24:5 "For many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and will mislead many."
Matthew
24:11 "And many false prophets will arise, and will mislead many."
2. WARS
Matthew
24:6 "And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars; see that you
are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not
yet the end."
Rumors of wars in all areas of the
world now occur frequently thanks to instant media coverage and the
availability of a multitude of 24-hour news sources.
Matthew 24:7
"For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and
in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."
More
people have been killed in warfare in this century than at any other
time in history. As the death toll rises in the Middle East, more and
more countries work feverishly to develop devastating weapons of mass
destruction. Add to that the expanding threat of terrorism and
unpredictable dictators such as Saddam Hussein, and the potential for
the outbreak of war exists in nations, kingdoms and places across the
globe.
3. FAMINES
Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there
will be famines and earthquakes."
As white,
Christian farmers are driven out of Zimbabwe in increasing numbers, and
foreigners move in to replace life-sustaining crops with poppies that
now supply 25% of the worlds drugs, famine spreads across the African
continent. The undernourished are not limited to Africa, however. A
large portion of the worlds 5 billion people suffers from a shortage of
food.
4. EARTHQUAKES
Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there
will be famines and earthquakes."
The number and
intensity of earthquakes this century is at a level higher than any
other time in history. A staggering number of seismic events occur
around the world daily. The earthquake seismic monitor IRIS shows all
major earthquakes for the last year. Indicated by yellow and red
circles, the seismic events of the last 15 days provides strong evidence
of the fulfillment of Matthew 24:7 in our day. By contrast, in the
years from 1890 to 1900 there was only one major earthquake in the
world.
5. TRIBULATIONS
Matthew 24:8-9 "But all these
things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. Then they will deliver
you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all
nations on account of my name."
6. THE GOSPEL WILL BE PREACHED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
Matthew
"And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world
for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come."
This
prophecy has already been fulfilled through television, radio,
missionaries, the translation of the Bible into many languages, and the
internet. People all over the world now hear the message of Christ from
missionaries who have the means to travel the globe, and via technology
that allows us to communicate with people on the other side of the
world right from our own homes, churches and offices.
TWO CHARACTERISTICS OF THE END OF THE AGE FROM THE APOSTLE PAUL
1. GODLESSNESS IN THE LAST DAYS
II
Timothy 3:1-5,7 "But realize this, that in the last days difficult
times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money,
boastful, arrogant, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
unloving, unforgiving, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal,
haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure
rather than lovers of god; holding to a form of godliness, although they
have denied its power; always learning and never able to come to the
knowledge of the truth."
2. APOSTASY (FALLING AWAY FROM THE FAITH)
I
Timothy 4:1-3 "But the spirit explicitly says that in later times some
will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and
doctrines of demons. By means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in
their own conscience as with a branding iron, men who forbid marriage
and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be
gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth."