We are living in End Times! Be Prepared

By Esther Ong

Matthew 24:3 says “And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?”

          As all of us know, in recent times, there were many incidences that have happened that are unbelievably disturbing and distraughting, such as the MH17 that was shot down,the mysterious disappearance of MH370, the airplane crash of the Algerian plane and the disastrous landing of a Taiwanese aircraft. A strange disease called Ebola has also emerged. Today, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 has jolted southwest Mexico.

          As Christians, what should be our response? Should we be very shock and be alarmed about it!? In fact, we are the ones who should remain very calm as we KNOW all these things shall happen before our dear Lord Jesus will come again. It is all in the Bible! And it is foretold by our Lord Jesus Himself in Matthew 24.

1^st INCIDENT: Famine, war, disaster (both natural and caused by men)

1    Take heed that no man deceive you.

2)    ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

3)     ⁷ For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, …..

4)    they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

5)     ¹⁰ And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

6)    ¹¹ And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

7)     ¹² And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

8)    ¹³ But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

9 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

2^nd INCIDENT : Presecution of the Church

10)    When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of  by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place….

11)¹⁶ Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

12)  ¹⁷ Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

13)¹⁸ Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

14)   ¹⁹ And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

(WE ARE NOW HERE as we see the news on how the Iraqi Christians are being tortured, children are beheaded, women are raped and men are killed and hundred thousands of people just flee into the mountains and they have no chance to return  back to take any of their belongings)

 3^rd INCIDENT : Anti-Christ

15)²¹ For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

16)                        ²⁴ For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

4^th INCIDENT : Sun darkened and Son shall come in the clouds

17) ²⁹ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

18)  ³⁰ And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

19)    ³¹ And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

(What a Meeting! At the end of it all, we shall be caught up in the air and shall see Jesus face to face in power and in great glory)