End Time Scenarios

Ok. I just hafta say it.
I am not one of those crazy “Left-Behind” Christians who thinks that the Anti-Christ will come after all the Christians disappear.
That is not what an honest and objectively accurate reading of the Bible would describe.
However, I am one who takes the Bible seriously. While the books of Daniel and Revelation use many cryptic and metaphorically descriptive images, it certainly paints a blurry image of what the world should expect at the time-period just prior to Jesus’ return.

Look around right now. What we have setting up before us is clearly significant and is representative of a potential scenario that could usher in the Anti-Christ.

1. Socialism. While in my other posts I may even admit that Marxist theory is logically a great idea, it is not a human possibility. Why not? Because human sin nature reigns in the world right now. The economic system that is dawning is eerily able to be the type that Rev. 13:17 describes as the inability to “buy or sell without the mark” (of the Beast). Technology today, unlike any time prior in human history, allows for this.

2. Middle East Peace. With elections and a cyclical change over in Israel and the pressure from, basically, the whole entire free world to make peace with the Arab/Palestinian front, this is setting up a perfect storm to usher in the “man of peace.” It is he of whom is written will sweep in a declaration that ‘all is at peace’; then look out for a period of three and a half years.

3. Iran. Why Iran? Because that nation in particular, with satellite-launching capabilities and the urge–no, the insistent compulsion–to develop nuclear material, hates Israel and the United States. Those two nations, respectively are known as the Little and Big Satans to the people. Those same people are also hearing about apocalyptic happenings coming down from the powers that be. While it is not the people of Iran, per se, that seek to spur on World War III, the leaders of the country are Shiites that believe they are uniquely positioned to bring in the “12th Imam” as their Messiah.

4. Comets/Asteroids. This is fuzzy, but there seems to be the presence of some astronomical aspect of the times. C’mon, the Discovery Channel is always telling us it is just a matter of time, right?
Update March 30: my understanding on this has changed a bit… it is still in flux…

5. Earthquakes/Famines/Pestilience, etc. Jesus, Matt. 24-25 described to us what the end of days was to look like. While there has always been these problems in the world, the ability to know about them (technology) is much greater.

6. Technology. I gave this one its own category and for good reason. Daniel told us that “knowledge would increase greatly, and men would travel to and fro.” (Daniel had the uncanny ability to know the future; that much is proved by some of his other statements.) Sounds like the internet and jet airplane travel to me–again, unlike any time in past human history.

7. Apostasy/Secular Humanism. This is the most insidious and completes my rundown. This is the area of thought in modern man that denies the very existence of God, while simultaneously seeking a spiritual aspect of living. The global warming movement and the PETA people are a couple examples of worshipping/equalizing nature and mankind. Also, this ties in with #1 where humans will be unable to conduct commerce unless it is sanctified by the World Government.

I am not one to be living in fear of all this. I hope that everything I stated above is factual and correct. I also know that Christianity and Judaism are uniquely hated by the Secular Humanist, although I think it is possible that the Muslim religions bent toward terror could provide a reason for blowback against ALL religions that are exclusive.

The logical question follows: Doesn’t every system claiming to be the “truth” make an exclusive claim?

(Try telling diehard “climate change” believers that Global Warming is not a real threat. Tell them that credentialed scientists disagree with them. That’ll answer the question right now.)