The End Times are Approaching

 Greetings to  you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

     Second Timothy 3:10-13 says, “But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,  Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.  Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.  But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.”  

     The place in which Diane and I are living is finding it increasingly difficult to find people who will work.  They seem to want a job, come to work for two weeks and then after they begin to sweat just a little, quit.  When we came here, the dietary staff was about six people.  After having about seven different ones, we are back down to just one person and the nurses have to fill in as cooks.  It seems that people just don’t want to work but they like to get  money for doing nothing.  Our society, culture, our way of living, or whatever you want to call it is going downhill fast.

     The above text comes right after the description in verses 1 through 5 which describes the culture in the last days.  Folks! We are in the last days now.  Every characteristic listed in the first five verses of this chapter is taking place right now.  We have been warned about the end times and how persecution is going to increase for each and every believer.  We are also warned about the fact that the deceivers will get  worse and worse in deceiving and then by being deceived themselves which will trickle down to the public.  The question may come up in people’s minds, “What are we to do when all around us is crumbling at an increasing rate?  The answer for the believer is to stay close to God in each and every moment of your life.  Stay in the Word of God and make sure that the Word of God stays in you.  Read it, hear it, study it, memorize it and meditate on it.  The Psalmist wrote in Psalm 119, about the Word in 171 times in this Psalm.  Only five verses do not speak of the Word specifically.  If you want to know the love of the Psalmist in regard to the word, just memorize it as hebrew children did.We need to also keep giving out the message of salvation to those we meet each and every day.  Don’t be afraid.  Don’t be hesitant.  Don’t wait for a second chance.  Be ready always to give a reason for the hope that is in  you.  Share it with others.  When the final call goes out and the last soul comes to God in salvation, the church will be complete and the rapture will take place.  The Heavenly Father knows the time and He has known it from the beginning of time and when that “fullness of time” occurs, we will hear the sound of the trumpet and in an instant, we will be with the LORD.  During the tribulation times, the world will probably say all of the destruction and death and pestilence are due to climate change as the seals, trumpets and bowls are unleashed on the earth.  Praise God today for the fact of the rapture of the Bride of Christ, the Church.  What the world needs now, is the Lord Jesus Christ.