As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him
privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be
the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”
Signs:
1) Deception
2) Rumors of wars
3) Nation against nation
4) Famines, earthquakes, etc
5) Persecution of believers
6) Denial of the faith, hatred for one another
7) False prophets
8) Increasing wickedness turns love cold. Stand firm and you will be saved. Gospel preached worldwide, then the end will come.
The events which the Lord Jesus orders cannot be denied with todays reality. We can choose to ignore this sobering truth and thus eventuality or embrace it as confirming the fact that the end is itself a sign of the new beginning for those who have been called. Darkness always comes before the light and a kernal must die before it can produce life. Accepting these simple truthes sets the believer apart to leave fear before the throne of the one who allows all things to happen for the good. For the believer, death is the gateway to eternal existence with his creator.
