Matthew 24: 3-14
3 “Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, ‘Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?’ 4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.”
The world is messed up. Sadly, a lot of modern Christianity is messed up, and a lot of what we see in pulpits each Sunday is messed up. However, those of us who take the Bible seriously and study often so that we can handle it well are growing in confidence in its authenticity and accuracy each and every day. This passage alone has been played out right before our very eyes. If we simply look at some of the statements in this passage, we will see that Jesus gave us a road map to 2025. It looks like He was looking ahead to the NEWS headlines and simply pulling the headlines out of the page.
- False Prophets, vs 5, 11
Just last week, someone was predicting the Rapture. They and we are still here. This kind of evil has been played out time and time again in history past. But the rise of false prophets among us is crazy. Everywhere online you can hear men and women butchering the Scriptures, taking verses out of context to make some ‘aha’ point that gets them clicks and views, making merchandise of the Gospel. These charlatans are leading people down the road to hell with their claims of special knowledge from God. You can hear them begin each reel with ‘God gave me a word today.’ No, He did not. He wrote His Word, His Bible, and there are no new revelations coming, SOLA SCRIPTURA.
- Wars and more wars, vs 6-7
Now there are wars in Ukraine, wars in the Middle East, and conflicts in Venezuela, and on and on we can go. Most of us did not know of the wars in Africa and the ones in Asia Minor, for which President Trump was able to negotiate peace. There are wars on the horizon; wars between the woke and the awake peoples, wars between the Muslims and those wanting to keep their freedom from Sharia law. Then there will be the wars between those of us who want to be free and WEF and other global governances that want total control. There are wars of words between the conservative Christians and so-called liberal Christians.
- Natural Disasters, vs 8
Just last week, we saw an earthquake in California, and then a few days later an even bigger one in the Philippines. One of the two hurricanes sitting off the east coast of the USA is so big that the eye can be seen from space. In fact, there are two hurricanes that are about to hit the East Coast at about the same time, and they are huge. There are other things coming, and I am sure that the winter will bring its own disasters.
- Tribulation and death, verse 9
There are very hard laws being put into place to limit truthful speech. Make no mistake, it is happening in Europe and in the UK, specifically that people are being arrested for what they said, what they shared online, and what they replied to online. If the authorities think that you were intending hatred or, in their opinion, inciting violence, no matter what you said, they can jail you and restrict your use of the internet. Now, one can publish nude pictures, one can promote sexual activities between adults and children, and one can lie about sex and gender, but one cannot tell the truth without fear of retribution.
True conservative churches have to speak the truth at peril. And one must be aware that you can be arrested in the UK for things that you said or posted in Canada and the US. Right now, they are causing great tribulation, but soon, with the mandatory Digital IDs coming, they will begin to want to kill us. Many of them want to kill us now.
- Lawlessness and a lovelessness, vs 12
What is being paraded as love is not that it is actually hatred to the highest level. But paired with that lack of love is a natural lawlessness that comes. If you have no love, then you will kill your neighbour (like Charlie Kirk), and you will cheat on your spouse and abuse your kids. You will steal from everyone and cheat everyone. You will only think of self, and you will never consider another. This is where we are at. Jesus tells us that one of the greatest commands is to love your neighbour as yourself. However, if you have no regard for God, no regard for God’s laws, and as a natural outflow, no regard for His creation, including other people, you will never treat them well. We see that running rampant everywhere today.
- The End is not Yet, vs 8
There is still a long way to go. Set your eyes on Jesus and take heart. Trust Him; He has you and will get you through anything. Jesus is coming; look up. Be ready to share the hope in our hearts.
God bless you,
Dr. Sean Gooding
Pastor of Bethany Baptist Church
70 Victoria Street, Elora, Ontario
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