Biblical Studies/Christianity/Eschatology/Signs of the Times

End Time Events Supported by The Bible

 * The airplane &#8722; Isaiah 31: 5 &#8722; EXAMPLE: Fly-over
 * The automobile &#8722; Nahum 2: 4 &#8722; EXAMPLE: Road rage
 * Atomic power &#8722; II Peter 3: 12 &#8722; EXAMPLE: Chernobyl melt-down
 * Invention of radio, radar, & telephone &#8722; Job 38: 35 &#8722; EXAMPLE: Air-waves
 * Global telecommunications &#8722; Revelation 11: 9 &#8722; EXAMPLE: Ability to do real time viewing of events that transpire in other continents.
 * Invention of TV, satellites, & Telstar &#8722; Revelation 1: 7 &#8722; EXAMPLE: CNN
 * Marked increase in knowledge &#8722; Daniel 12: 4 &#8722; EXAMPLE: Relatively recent discoveries of tau neutrinos; dust mites, Helium II, volcanoes on Io, gamma-ray bursts, relativistic jets, and coronal mass ejections.
 * Jet powered planes &#8722; Ezekiel 38: 9 &#8722; EXAMPLE: Airbus
 * Marked increase in running to and fro &#8722; Daniel 12: 4 &#8722; EXAMPLE: Recent emergence of international jogging industries.
 * Excessive pride &#8722; II Timothy 3: 2 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Manufacturing of armaments &#8722; Joel 3: 10 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Disregard for the needy &#8722; Ezekiel 16: 49 &#8722; EXAMPLE: Iraq Oil-For-Food scandal
 * Pleasure-seekers &#8722; II Timothy 3: 4 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Shorter work week &#8722; Ezekiel 16: 49 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Overeating &#8722; Luke 17: 27-28 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Exchanging wives &#8722; II Timothy 3: 6 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Increase in divorce &#8722; Luke 17: 27 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Broken homes &#8722; Matthew 24: 12 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Building boom &#8722; Luke 17: 28 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Increase in the ungodly &#8722; Jude 15 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Despisers of good &#8722; II Timothy 3: 3 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Insurgents abound &#8722; II Timothy 3: 3 &#8722; EXAMPLE: Enduring Freedom and Iraq Freedom Operations
 * Violence &#8722; Genesis 6: 11 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Labor strikes &#8722; James 5: 4 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Greediness &#8722; I Timothy 6: 10 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Burdensome taxes &#8722; Daniel 11: 20 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Heaping up wealth &#8722; James 5: 3 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Widespread distress &#8722; Luke 21: 25 &#8722; EXAMPLE: New Orleans, Waveland, Biloxi, Mobile under water. 8-30-05
 * Nations crumbling &#8722; Ezekiel 37: 22 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Wars and rumors of wars &#8722; Matthews 24: 6 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Headstrong leaders, dictators, bossy spirit &#8722; II Timothy 3: 4 &#8722; EXAMPLE: 2019
 * Increase of crime &#8722; II Timothy 3: 13 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Sudden heart failure &#8722; Luke 21: 26 &#8722; EXAMPLE: Death rates from heart disease in New York City are among the highest recorded in the country, and no one quite knows why. NY Times Online 8-18-05
 * Children’s revolt against parents &#8722; II Timothy 3: 2 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Ungrateful society &#8722; II Timothy 3: 2 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Women’s movement &#8722; Isaiah 4: 1 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Political divisions &#8722; Isaiah 32: 5-8 &#8722; EXAMPLE: Impeachment inquiry 2019
 * Boasters, complainers &#8722; Jude 16 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Critical of government &#8722; II Peter 2: 10 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Lukewarm condition of the church &#8722; Revelation 3: 15 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Ritualistic churches &#8722; II Timothy 3: 5 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Faithless churches, doctrines of devils &#8722; I Timothy 4: 1 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Many dishonor their bodies &#8722; Romans 1: 24 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * AIDS epidemic&#8722; Romans 1: 27 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Incurable diseases rampant &#8722; Matthew 24: 7 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * False prophets &#8722; Matthew 24: 11 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * False messiahs (christs) &#8722; Matthew 24: 5 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Increase of earthquakes &#8722; Matthew 24: 7 &#8722; EXAMPLE: Earthquake and the Tsunami in Asia 2004
 * Famines (food shortages) &#8722; Matthew 24: 7 &#8722; EXAMPLE: Anticipated impact of global warming.
 * Fearful signs in the heavens &#8722; Luke 21: 11 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Regathering of Israel &#8722; Ezekiel 37: 21 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Israel becomes a nation &#8722; Ezekiel 38: 8 &#8722; EXAMPLE: On May 15, 1948, Israel was established as a nation.
 * Israel persecuted &#8722; Jeremiah 30: 4-5 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Persecution of believers &#8722; Matthew 24: 9 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Disbelief in Christ’s return &#8722; II Peter 3: 3-4 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Spiritual revival among true believers &#8722; Joel 2: 28 &#8722; EXAMPLE:
 * Pillars of smoke &#8722; Joel 2: 30 &#8722; PROOF OF CONCEPT: Vertical smoke cloud caused by a nuclear detonation and/or smokey contrails from rocket launchings.
 * Sun black as sackcloth &#8722; Revelation 6:12 &#8722; PROOF OF CONCEPT: Darkness during the crucifixion (Matt. 27:45 and The Apocryphal Gospel of Peter (Frag. I, V, 15-20)); the hour long solar blackout of 879 A.D.; and the three hour solar blackout of June 3, 1239.
 * Red Moon during black Sun &#8722; Joel 2:31; Revelation 6:12 &#8722; PROOF OF CONCEPT: Red wide area lunar luminescence during November 1, 1963 and March 26, 1970.
 * Emergency global migrations to dens &#8722; Revelation 6:15-16 &#8722; PROOF OF CONCEPT: Switzerland's underground shelters can accommodate seven million people.
 * Future meteoroid impact &#8722; Revelation 8:8 &#8722; PROOF OF CONCEPT: Impact crater beneath the Atlantic Ocean at Chesapeake Bay (53 miles in diameter) and discovery of Near-Earth Objects (NEO).
 * Superluminal communication and/or transportation &#8722; Revelation 8:12 &#8722; PROOF OF CONCEPT: Solutions to general relativity equations allow faster than light travel.
 * Solar directed migrations of birds to Armageddon &#8722; Revelation 19:17 &#8722; PROOF OF CONCEPT: Verified role of magnetoreceptors in the navigation behavior of birds.

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