Recognizing the Last Days according to Bible Prophecy
Paul the Apostle wrote concerning the last days.
2 Timothy 3:1 know this, that in the last days difficult times shall come. 2 For people shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, without self control, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, full of pride, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive foolish women loaded down with sin, led away with various lusts or desires, 7 Forever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Jesus spoke of last day occurrences.
Matthew 24:5 for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ (anointed); and shall deceive many. 6 And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and you shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall grow cold.
When do/did the last days begin? They started right after the Ministry of Jesus ended.
John the Apostle also said: 1 John 2: 18 little children, it is the last time (days): and as you have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time (days)
As applied in scripture, antichrist is referred to anyone that does not believe that Jesus was the Christ, the anointed one and the Son of God. Another definition for antichrist is someone who claims to be in the place of Christ or the ambassador of Christ on the Earth. In any event, the Apostle John proclaims that it must be the last days because many antichrists were in the land at that time. The spirit of antichrist in today’s World does not deny that Jesus was the Christ, instead the antichrists today say they are here in the place of Christ and have been anointed of God and have been baptized with His Spirit.
Because of the ministry of these false Messiahs, these antichrists of today who pretend to be anointed, but are not, the people are duped into joining their ministries of deceit and false teaching of scripture which is deceiving many who follow them.
These false anointed ones practice the slaying in the spirit, speaking in tongues which the Spirit does not invoke through them and many other deceitful antics to convince the people of their calling of God and of their anointing for doing what Jesus did in His ministry.
With all of that said, the two scriptures of second Timothy chapter three and Matthew chapter twenty four about how people will be in the last days, coupled with the antichrist statements above describes just exactly what it occurring in the World right today.
These are the last days of the Gentile dispensation before the return of the Lord to pull His Body of believers out of here.
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