Bible Signs of the End Times

     What you are about to discover in this site is amazing evidence that we in 2015, are living in the end of times for this world as we know it. The Biblical signs are clear for all to see, and after reading through this site with open eyes, even the scoffers will struggle to argue against it. Sure, many people throughout history have been proclaiming that they were living in the last days and the end of the world was nigh, and some of the Bible signs have always existed from the early days. But never has there been a time before when ALL these events were evident in so many diverse places and with such frequency and intensity. Our Generation is the FIRST generation to fulfill ALL the biblical signs. So we will show you from the many following signs on this and other pages, that without doubt we are living in the final years that the Bible prophesied were to come.

Please note: We are NOT here to set dates or times. We are here only to warn the world that the second coming of Jesus Christ is NEAR, even "at the door"

     If you take into consideration all the signs, there is no mistaking that our generation is living in the last days, nearing the second coming of Jesus. Problem is, Satan can see how close we are to the end of the world, which is why he brings certain people into the spotlight (like Harold Camping of recent times), proclaiming false dates for the second coming, which when those dates come and go, causes many people to turn away completely from the truth. The truth being that WE ARE living in the end times. The Bible is very clear on that. We just can't set specific dates for Jesus' return. But we CAN know when the end is near ... Matthew 24:33 ...'So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.' ...
    And we are certainly now seeing "ALL these things".
Before you read on, please note this important point. In Matthew 24, Jesus speaks of wars, earthquakes and such things, but says these are just the "beginning of sorrows" and "the end is not yet". Now that word "sorrows" in the original language meant "birth pangs", the pain in childbirth. Now birth pangs speak of frequency and intensity. And as a woman gets nearer the birth, the "pangs" become more frequent and intense. This is true also for the signs of the end times. These signs began not long after Jesus' day, and as Jesus quoted, the end would not yet be, because this was just the beginning of sorrows. But throughout history we have seen the "pangs" (signs) become more frequent and intense, culminating in the day we live in now where the pangs are so frequent and intense that we must be right at the time of "delivery", when Jesus is to return. So don't let anyone fool you into believing that the signs today are just the beginning of sorrows and the end is not yet.

"The beginning of sorrows" started nearly 2000 years ago with the persecution of the early church and the destruction of Jerusalem. We are living at the end of time. to be continued.......

How do I live the Christian life to the full?

Once someone has come to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, they have already come as close to God as is possible. When you become a Christian, God accepts you and adopts you as a family member and nothing can change that.There is no such thing as a second class Christian. The way you continue in the Christian life is the same as the way as you started: by realising you’re a helpless beggar at the cross that needs the blood of Jesus to have any hope of relationship with God. Colossians 2:6-7 explains this: ‘So then, just as you recieved Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught and overflowing with thankfulness.’
While it is true that good deeds don’t bring us any closer to God, that doesn’t mean, however, that good deeds are not an essential part of the Christian life. We have been saved by faith in order to do good works. These are two truths that we must be careful to hold together and not to ignore one or the other. Ephesians 2:8-10 shows how we must think of the place of good works in the Christian life: ‘For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us.’ Humans are proud, and when we do something that we think is good, we run the danger of thinking we have done something that God needs to give us credit for. We must fight this proud urge. It’s only by God’s grace (i.e. his generostiy) that we are saved. But humans are also lazy and think ‘If my good works don’t bring me any credit, why bother?’ We must fight this lazy urge as  well. We have been created for good works, and God is a loving Father who has not made us purely to make us suffer; we are much better off by living his way, rather than following our own selfishness. It is always better for us to live the way God intended. After all if we are now a member of God’s family, then we are to reflect that family likeness. This is seen in the “good works” that we do - the way we treat and talk to people, the way we live with honesty and integrity and so on.
Living the Christian life to the full means to strive to imitate Jesus in all we do, without forgetting that we can only do so because of God’s loving kindness to us through the cross. There are many passages in the New Testament that help show what that looks like (for example 2 Peter 2:5-11; Hebrews 10:19-25; Colossians 3:1-4:6; Philippians 1:27-2:18; Ephesians 6:10-20; Galatians 5:16-26, just to name a few!). One of the important reasons why Christians are encouraged to meet together with other Christians regularly (e.g. Hebrews 10:25) is to work out what that looks like in practice and to encourage each other to live that out. So the Christian life is always one that is lived in fellowship with other believers.

Christianity: A Religion Or A 'Way Of Life'?

Defining The Term Depending on who's defining what, the term 'religion' will continue to elude proper contexts of application in the many perspectives of discussions. In secular, social and scholastic discussions (like statistical or demographic applications), Christianity is as much a religion as other faiths - Islam, Bahá'í, Hinduism, etc. Some other faiths or worldviews (like Taoism) do not view themselves as a religion in much the same way that many Christians want to view the Christian faith as non-religious. There's a negative connotation as well as a postive one about the definition of 'religion'; but again, it depends on who's defining the term and for what purpose. Let me attempt a working definition for the purpose of this response, which is by no means its all-inclusive meaning (the reference is mine. "Religion is a response to a set of core beliefs and values expressed in the practices of its adherents." It is in that sense that I'd be discussing the topic and including such faiths as Christianity, Islam, Bahá'ísm, Hinduism, Taoism, etc. But again, although it's a limited attempted definition, it does not view skepticism, agnosticism, or atheism as 'religions' even though they are legitimate expressions of core beliefs and values on their own. The difficulty of defining religion could be read in (1) source one, and (2) source two. Is Christianity Ever Viewed as a Religion? Of the five Biblical references I've read, three of them are in reference to Judaism - the Jews' religion (see Acts 26:5, Gal. 1:13, and Gal. 1:14); one is used in general terms (James 1:26) and the last is in reference to the practical essence of Christianity (James 1:27). It is this last usage that is contested today by many Christians, and it reads simply: "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." (KJV). There are three elements we should observe in that verse: ¤ Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father - the essence of Christianity is purity and this was what James argued in favour of. Notice also that when he mentions 'God and the Father', he was making a clearly distinct appeal to Christianity because that is the quintessential confession of Christians - to address God as "Father" (Islam does not address Him as Father, even though it also preaches purity). ¤ To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction - this is just the same thing as showing practical love to people, and that is something which Christ Himself preached as a mark of true discipleship in Mark 10:21 - "Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me." (Paul made reference to the same point in I Tim. 6:17-18). ¤ to keep himself unspotted from the world - worldliness is a bane to true Christian spirituality, and there are countless verses scattered all over the NT warning against this trend; I'll reference just two here - "Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen." (I John 5:21) and "Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world" (Tit. 2:12). In other words, James used 'religion' in positive terms of the true essense of the Christian faith - purity, love and true spirituality. In this sense he would have been applying the term in positive light. In a somewhat negative reference which he discouraged (James 1:26), he counts an outward performance without the inward substance as really vain religion. So, Is Christianity a Religion or a Way of Life? Christianity is both; and again you would have to ask who's defining the term and for what purpose. Defining religion as "a response to a set of core beliefs and values expressed in the practices of its adherents" makes Christianity a religion. The reason is that, Christian believers hold 'a set of core beliefs and values' that they express 'in their way of life'. These set of core beliefs include (some of which you already are familiar) - ¤ God is the Creator and Father of those who believe in Jesus Christ ¤ Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Saviour who died, rose again and ascended ¤ The Holy Spirit is essential for the Christian life and witness ¤ Believers are to shun unrighteousness & immorality, and pursue godliness and holiness ¤ The Bible is the Word of God. How do these core beliefs constitute or affect the Christian "way of life" (or lifestyle)? As God is the Creator, Christians have great respect for the sanctity of life; Jesus Christ being the Son of God and the Saviour gives hope and great impetus for every aspect of living, transactions between people, and relationships that confess the virtues of Christ in practical terms. Of course, none of these make sense without the power of the Holy Spirit and respect for the Bible as the Word of God - it is there that the principles of righteousness, holiness, and fidelity are explained and understood. There are many other set of values that Christians hold, and you could make sense of them as long as they are not tangential to the core beliefs and values. However, the negative connotation of 'religion' is disavowed by Christians (myself included) - as exemplified in James 1:26. In effect, what that verse says to me is "shun hypocrisy and religious sanctimony." Oh well, I should quote it first: "If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain." Conceitedness, duplicity and insincere piety are expressed in many shades than found in James 1:26. People can tend to be "religious" and be blind to reason, faith, and the true meaning of life - this is the definition of 'religion' in a bad context that gives rise for the disavowal of many Christians saying that Christianity is not a religion; and I agree with them. How Else Can We View Christianity As A Way Of Life? I'm one of several millions who view Christianity more as a relationship than as a mere set of rigid codes to be fastidious about. My faith is anchored in a living Person - although non-Christians may disparage this belief because Christ is unseen now, but will be one day. This relationship involves a family setting in which by faith we understand that God is our loving Father who cares in supernatural ways for believers, and indeed His love extends to everyone in the world. The first commandment captures this explication of Christianity as a relation: "And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment." (Mark 12:29-30) The second is predicated on the first: "And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these." (Mark 12:31). We live in a world where people thirst for reality; and what is love if it cannot be expressed with purpose and deep commitment to the same? That love finds its purpose in God who draws our hearts to Himself as our Father and we His children by faith in His Son Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. It is when anyone talks so much about God, love and faith without a corresponding reality of his preaching - that's where the idea of "empty, dead spirituality" stems, and that is the sense of religion that Christians reject. My faith is a lifestyle that finds purpose and fulfillment in the God who is real and winsome.