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1 Timothy 1:19, “having faith and good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck,”

 

On April 10, 1912 the world’s largest cruise ship left Southampton and began its maiden voyage across the North Sea.  There were 2200 people on board. They had been gone four days without a sign of danger and people were doing all the fun and relaxing things people “used” to do on cruise ships.  On April 14 word was received that icebergs had been seen just north of where the course the Titanic was to take.  Several more warning were received during the day.  Several other ships sent messages about icebergs including one that said it was completely stopped and surrounded by ice.  That night the Titanic struck an iceberg that caused the ship to sink in two hours and forty minutes.    

 

There were messages received, warnings were given.  They were ignored and tragedy resulted.

 

We have also been given warnings regarding the end times through biblical prophecies.  They warn of dangers ahead and that all Christians must not ignore.  To use the story of the Titanic, we must be aware of all of the icebergs around us; to ignore the warning is to invite catastrophe.  My goal is not to create fear but awareness.  As much as I would like to be a Biblical scholar, I have to read God’s Word and study to understand it and then relate it to what I see in the world today.  I have to agree with biblical scholars and close friends that we are in a collision course with global calamity.  There are just too many moral, cultural, geopolitical and biblical evidences (icebergs) that are giving convincing indication that the end times are upon us.  Crazy?  It may be as crazy a thought as a man building an ark.

 

Remember the people of Noah’s day?  There were Godly people in the world but something happened over a long period of time that caused every person on earth except Noah to turn away from God and entertain nothing but evil in their minds.  Apostacy is a slow process by which people walk away from God.  The sad thing is most people do not consider themselves to be godless – there is just no God.  “Each person does what is right in their own eyes!”  Look at this nation today.  Violence is peaceful demonstrations to many.  Abortion is not murder to them.  Many see Christian views on sexuality as outdated and no longer realistic.  Any thoughts, such as this, on the end times is foolish and seen as a scare tactic meant to frighten people to turn to faith in “religion”. 

 

Let me put Revelation 4:1 into simple language that we can all understand, “all end times events must happen!  How can I be so sure?  I am betting eternity on the fact that the Bible is 100% correct!  Every scripture and prophesy about Jesus have come true leading up to the day we live in.  I have no doubt every word written about the last days will happen. 

 

What about you?  The Bible tells us that there will be mockers of the return of Jesus for His church (rapture) and His Second Coming to set up His kingdom on earth.  They mock because people have been looking for this since He ascended into heaven.  They are too busy living their lives to consider what will happen in the future.  The result will be they will simply be unprepared for what’s coming.  We are already seeing moral, spiritual, and economic conditions worsen.  Do you really believe this country can recover from the debt that has been piled up without some sort of collapse?  You can believe that things will only get worse leading up to the rapture of Believers.

 

The answer is to walk closely with the Lord.  Stay close to Him and understand the times we live in.  There is no fear for those who trust in the Lord Jesus Christ – only hope and confidence that He knows what is happening on earth, knows who are called by His name. 

 

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