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"Behold, the former things have come to pass, And
new things I declare; Before they spring forth I
tell you of them."
(Isaiah 42:9)
"Remember the former things of old, For I am God,
and there is no other; I am God, and there is none
like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And
from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do all
My pleasure'."
(Isaiah 46:9-10)
“Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does
come to pass, you may believe that I am He."
(John 13:19)
The Bible foretells many signs that would culminate
in the last days. Jesus indicated these signs would
arise together as His return drew near (Matthew
24:33-34). Though many of these prophecies won’t
climax until the tribulation period, our generation
is the first to see every trend in place. As the
final seconds of this age tick away, these events
will come into even clearer focus. Keep in mind as
you read through this list that these prophecies
were penned 1900 to 3500 years ago! How does this
relate to you? The last several pages provide the
answer – you need to read them carefully.
1.
False Bible teachers would bring in heresies, have many
followers, and cause others to reject God's Word (2 Peter
2:1-2). It is very common today to find people who reject the
Bible out of hand because they have heard it misrepresented by a
false teacher.
See:
-Benny
Hinn exposed
-The
Signs & Wonders Movement DVD
-The
Danger of False Prophets
(lamb and lion ministries)
-Nostradamus
-Edgar
Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet
-William
Miller: The sincerely deceived prophet
-Joseph
Smith: The Ego-maniacal prophet
-The
Jehovah's Witnesses: False prophecy gone to seed
2.
These false prophets
would be money hungry, smooth talkers (2 Peter 2:3). A growing
number of TV evangelists epitomize this. They twist the
Scriptures, using misleading words, to make merchandise of you.
See:
-That
Little Grocery Money
-The
Gospel of GREED
-The
Hustler’s of God TV
-Creflo
Dollar$$$
3.
The
Christian gospel would be preached as a witness to all nations
(Matthew 24:14; Mark 13:10; Revelation 14:6). Today, portions or
all of the Bible have been translated into over 2,300 languages
and dialects covering over 90% of the world's population.
See:
-United
Bible Societies
(biblesociety.org)
-Wycliff
Bible Translators
-God's
Story
4.
Global
communications foreseen (Revelation 11:9-10; 17:8). The Bible
prophesies that the entire world will see certain events unfold.
The invention of the television and the deployment of global
satellite networks during the 20th century allow news to travel
the world at the speed of light for the first time ever.
Remember that in the apostle John's day, news traveled at the
speed of horseback.
See:
-Communications
Satellites: Making the Global Village Possible
-International
GPS Service
(igscb.jpl.nasa.gov)
5.
Mankind would be
capable of destroying all life (Matthew 24:21-22). Consider that
when Jesus made this prophecy the armaments of His day were
swords and spears. But today, with nuclear, biological, and
chemical weapons, it is possible to wipe out all flesh on planet
earth.
See:
-Nuclear
Weapons in the End Times: Does The Bible Predict A Nuclear
Holocaust?
-Nuclear
Weapons: Global Issues
(arms control)
-Iran
Could Produce Nuclear Bomb in 16 Days
(bloomberg)
-World
Condemns Iran for Enriching Uranium
(times uk)
-Rice
Defends US-India Nuclear Deal
(aljazeera)
-Nuclear
Warhead Stockpiles
(atomicarchive.com)
6.
The
use of nuclear weapons anticipated (Zechariah 14:12). The
neutron bomb melts (dissolves) its victims just as God warned
2500 years ago. Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on
their feet, Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, And
their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths. This was
unimaginable in Zechariah's day.
See:
-Nuclear
Proliferation: The Big Picture
(koinonia house)
-What
is a Neutron Bomb?
(manuels web)
7.
There
would be a global cry for peace (1 Thessalonians 5:3). Never has
there been such a concerted, global effort to bring about peace at
any cost as there is today.
See:
-Possible
Plan for Peace
(understand the times)
-Ecumenical
Movement
(understand the times)
-Queen
of Peace
(understand the times)
-Global
Country of World Peace
-Global
PeaceWorks
-Center
for Global Peace
-Global
Peace Foundation
8.
The
Antichrist would use (false) peace to destroy many (Daniel 8:23-25).
With all the problems facing mankind, multitudes are looking for a
savior to usher in peace and prosperity without moral
accountability. The Antichrist will promise the world and Israel
such a peace if they follow him but his intentions will be sinister.
See:
-The
Rise and Fall of the Antichrist
9.
In the
last days Israel would have a peace treaty in place that the
Antichrist will confirm and eventually break (Daniel 9:27).
Currently the world's governments are striving for an Israeli peace
treaty.
See:
-Rice
hopes to energize peace plan
(jerusalem post)
-EU
back peace plan
(y net news)
-Assad:
I want peace with Israel (haaretz.com)
-Rice
urges ‘urgent and enduring’ Mideast peace
(msnbc)
-Pope
Benedict meets with Israeli president, renews call for peaceful
coexistence with Palestinians
-The
Center for Middle East Peace & Economic Cooperation
-The
Oslo Accords
(the peace encyclopedia)
-The
Peace Process is Dead, Long Live the Peace Process
(mideastweb.org)
-Jordan
Seen as Key to Solving the P.A. Problem: 3 Plans
(arutz 7)
-Camp
David: Bush, Jordanian King Continue Work on Mideast Peace
(fox news)
-A
Guide to the Mideast 'Road Map'
(washington post)
10.
Damascus
would be destroyed (Isaiah 17:1, 14; Jeremiah 49:23-27; Amos 1:3-5;
Zechariah 9:1-8). Damascus, Syria is increasingly in the news and is
extremely anti-Semitic. Many terrorist organizations have their
bases in Damascus. God declares that they will become a ruinous heap
because they have violently taken what was not theirs.
See:
-The
Land of Israel: To whom does it belong?
-Let’s
get serious about Syria
-As
Syria prepares for war
(jewish world review)
-Olmert:
Prepare for war with Syria
(the jerusalem post)
11.
Chaotic
weather would be prevalent (Luke 21:25-26). Jesus foresaw the seas
and the waves roaring in the last days. He also likened these signs
to birth pangs (Matthew 24:8). The Greek word odin, often translated
as sorrows in Matthew 24:8, literally means birth pangs.
Furthermore, the apostle Paul reminded us that the creation itself
will be delivered from the curse at the end of the age (Romans
8:21). And that the whole creation groans and labors with birth
pangs (Romans 8:22). As delivery draws near, birth pangs always
increase in both intensity and frequency. Therefore, the creation
itself would travail as the time of delivery draws near. Of course
chaotic weather is not new, but there are indications that we are
witnessing an increase in strange weather.
See:
-Hurricane
Katrina: The Prophetic Significance
-Federal
Emergency Management Agency
(fema)
-Climate
change
(abc news)
-Residents
Flee as Cyclone Heads for Australian Coast
(afp)
-Asian
Tsunami Survivors Look Back at 6 Months of Suffering
(voa news)
-The
Planet Goes Haywire
(guardian)
-Australia
- Worst Drought On Record
(abc net)
-Floods
Leave One Million Homeless In India's Northeast
(terra daily)
-Hurricanes
Predicted to Double
(cnn)
12.
There
would be a move toward a global government (Daniel 2:40-44; 7:23;
Revelation 13:7-8). The former Roman Empire which encompassed
present-day Europe would revive and eventually dominate the world.
The European Union has steadily moved forward in its attempt to
unite Europe politically and economically. It has succeeded in
creating a European parliament, a court, and a common currency.
See:
-Europe
in Bible Prophecy
-One
World Government
(understand the times)
-The
Rise of the European Superstate
(koinonia house)
-Euro
Information
(euro.gov.uk)
-Europe
Wants to Rival US as Military Superpower
(crosswalk)
-Javier
Solana to Head EU Defense Agency
(xinhuanet)
-Tens
of Thousands of Activists Converge to Forge New Vision of Europe
(terradaily)
-Europe
Tests Its Military Wings
(guardian)
-War
Crimes Court On Trial As EU, US Square Up
(dailytimes)
-'Old
Europe' presses ahead with plans for an EU army
(telegraph)
-EU
Peacekeeping Force Ready
(the age)
13.
Literal
Babylon (formerly called Babel, Genesis 10:10) would reemerge in the
land of Shinar known today as Iraq (Zechariah 5:11; Isaiah 13).
Saddam Hussein spent over 20 years rebuilding the city of Babylon.
Today, with Saddam's regime overthrown, the international community
is discussing how to rebuild Iraq.
See:
-Photo
Tour of Babylon
-Council
Ousts Babylon Governor
(washington times)
-New
Patriarch of Babylonia of the Chaldeans, Iraq, Elected
(ewtn)
-Plan
for Rebuilding Iraq Given Unanimous OK
(world net daily)
-UK
Pledges 300m for Rebuilding Iraq
(bbc)
-University
of Babylon Re-opens
(bb)
14.
The fact
that God once flooded the earth (the Noahic Flood) would be denied
(2 Peter 3:5-6). There is a mass of fossil evidence to prove this
fact, yet it is flatly ignored by most of the scientific world
because it was judgment from God on man's wickedness.
See:
-Noah’s
Ark
(answersingenesis.org)
-Fossils
- evidence for Noah's Flood?
(answersingenesis.org)
-Australian
coal – memorial to the Flood! (answersingenesis.org)
-Fossils--many
are out of sequence?
(answersingenesis.org)
-Birth
and fossils-they defy millions of years!
(answersingenesis.org)
-The
gospel - according to the fossils?
(answersingenesis.org)
-Rocks,
Fossils, and the Flood
(answersingenesis.org)
-Was
the Flood Global?
(www.christiananswers.net)
-The
Source of the Water (answersingenesis.org)
-Dinosaurs
and Fossils
(answersingenesis.org)
-Noah's
Flood Questions and Answers
(answersingenesis.org)
-Noah's
Ark
(sunstar)
15.
Increased
interest in vegetarianism anticipated (1 Timothy 4:3-4). The New Age
Movement has swept the globe during the past 40 years popularizing
this.
See:
-Row
Over Peta's 'Crucifix' Protest
(news24)
-Peta's
Pig Billboard: 'He Died For Your Sins'
(world net daily)
-Slaughterville
vs. "Veggieville"
(wis-tv, columbia)
-PETA's
Ad a No-No with CBS
(cnn money)
-Vegetarian
Virgin Mary Ad Riles Church
(cnn)
-For
Vegetarians, There's No 'Me' in Meat
(journal gazette)
16.
Many wars
would erupt (Mark 13:7-8). According to Project Ploughshares, there
are over 50 major armed conflicts in the world today.
See:
-Wars
and Rumors of Wars
(understand the times)
-Wars
and Rumors of Wars
(olive tree ministries)
17.
Ethnic
conflicts would be prevalent (Mark 13:7-8; Luke 21:10). Jesus used
the Greek word ethnos to describe the last days battles. Today, as
never in history, we have ethnic group rising against ethnic group.
18.
The earth
would be filled with violence (Luke 17:26; Genesis 6:11-13). In the
United States alone, violent crime has increased nearly 500% since
1960. Fifty years ago abortion (the violent murder of an unborn
child) was illegal in most countries. Today abortion is legal in
most countries and 50 million children are aborted each year.
See:
-United
States Crime Rates 1960 - 2000
(disaster center)
-Preliminary
Uniform Crime Report, 2002
(fbi)
-Painkillers
for Aborted Babies?
(wnd)
-Lawmakers
Vote to 'Celebrate' Abortion
(world net daily)
-'Pro-Choicers'
Clap After Partial-Birth Abortion
(world net daily)
19.
Jesus
foretold that there would be fearful sights (Luke 21:11). The Greek
word translated fearful is phobetron, which can also be
translated terror. According to the U.S. State Department, between
1981 and 2004, there were 10,605 international terrorist attacks.
See:
-Worldwide
Terror Attacks Up By 25 Percent in 2006
-U.S.
Figures Show Sharp Global Rise In Terrorism
(washington post)
-FBI,
ATF Point to Threat of Domestic Terrorism
(cnn)
-Terror
Message: Civilian Deaths Justified
(cnn)
-Bin
Laden 'is Alive'
(news 24)
-Cities
Ramp Up Security On Terror Alert Rise
(cnn)
-Report:
Hamas Planned Attacks in U.S.
(world net daily)
-Istanbul
Blasts At Least 27 Killed - 450 Injured
(cnn)
-'Dirty-Bomb'
Plot Underway in U.S.
(world net daily)
-Al-Qaida
Training Manual Shows Seaports Top Target
(world net daily)
-New
al-Qaida Threat: 15-Ship Mystery Navy
(world net daily)
-Al-Qaida
Tape Warns of 'Crusade'
(world net daily)
-Saudis
Seize 'Terror' Missiles
(bbc)
-Officials:
Suicide Airliner Hijackings Possible
(cnn)
20.
Multitudes
would travel to and fro (Daniel 12:4). Prior to the Industrial
Revolution, few individuals traveled beyond their community. Until
recently, horse, foot, and boat were the only modes of
transportation. Yet today we travel by car, bus, plane, train,
subway, etc. Millions and millions are running to and fro just as
Daniel prophesied 2500 years ago!
See:
-The
Acceleration of Life: Is it a Signal that Jesus is Returning Soon?
-Travel
Statistics and Trends
(tia)
21.
Knowledge
would increase (Daniel 12:4). Today we are witnessing an explosion
of available knowledge. With the advent of the internet, it is
estimated that our cumulative knowledge is doubling every five
years. This exponential increase is beyond what any one could have
imagined!
See:
-World
Internet Usage
-Internet
Growth Charts
22.
Deadly
diseases (which the Bible calls pestilences) would be common
(Matthew 24:7). Emerging diseases such as AIDS, ebola, Hanta virus,
Dengue, West Nile, SARS, bird flu, etc., underscore this fact.
Ironically, just a few decades ago, some scientists were forecasting
that advances in medicine might soon eradicate deadly diseases.
See:
-CDC:
Emerging Infectious Diseases
-WHO:
Emerging Diseases
-List
of NIAID Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases
-Medical
Experts Fear Looming Pestilence
-LA
Woman Hospitalized With Bubonic Plague
(ap)
-Mumps
Outbreak
(cnn)
-Global
Pestilence
(koinonia house)
23.
The final
generation would be open to receiving a mark on their right hand or
on their forehead (Revelation 13:16). Consider how the up and coming
generation is tattooed, pierced and marked with all kinds of
insignia.
See:
-RFID
Gets Under Their Skin
(VeriChip)
-Will
RFID be the “Mark of the Beast?
(prophecy in the news)
-VeriMed
selected by 487 hospitals and 1410 Physicians
(www.verimedinfo.com)
-VeriChip
for Alzheimer’s Patients (VeriChip)
-VeriChip
Sells First Baby Protection System, in Talks with Military
(eweek.com)
-Insurers
Study Implanting RFID Chips in Patients (eweek.com)
-Injectable
chipless RFID Ink
(www.ministryoftech.com)
-Injectable
chipless RFID Ink “tattoo”
-Video
on Largest RFID Conference
-Spychips
Everywhere
24.
A global
economic system would exist (Revelation 13:16-17). This was
unthinkable in the apostle John's day. Yet today, globalists in
every level of government are seeking to unite the world. Connecting
the world monetarily is crucial to their goal.
See:
-Technology
for a Global Monetary System
(understand the times)
25.
A man
would control all banking and commerce (Revelation 13:17-18).
Remember, this prophecy was penned 2,000 years before our
computer-driven society. Yet, until recently, you couldn't have even
dreamed how a person could control all commerce.
26.
Famines
would be common (Luke 21:11; Revelation 6:5-8). According to the
United Nations, an estimated 852 million people went hungry in 2004.
See:
-Famines
(prophecy central)
-Zimbabwe:
Govt Admits Food Aid Required
(irinnews)
-UN
Appeals for Cash to Halt Famine in Sudan
(dawn)
-Food
Crisis Hits Mozambique as Drought Continues
(reuters)
-World
Hunger Situation Worsening
(cnn)
27.
Great
signs from heaven prophesied (Luke 21:11). Unexplained phenomena in
the earth and sky appear to be increasing.
See:
-Fearful
Events
(prophecy central)
-Huge
Ice Chunks Fall from Sky, Mystify Scientists
(world net daily)
-'Hole
in Sky' Amazes Scientists
(bbc)
-Hundreds
See Fireballs Fall From Sky in Spain
(reuters)
-The
Sky Isn't Falling, But Pieces Sure Are
(space.com)
-Soothsayers
See Doom, Gloom in Closeness of Mars
(planet ark)
28.
The sun
would scorch the inhabitants of the earth (Revelation 16:8-9).
Though this prophecy is clearly a divine judgment on unrepentant
mankind, it is interesting that a compromise in the earth's
atmosphere due to nuclear war or other ecological disaster could
facilitate this judgment.
See:
-Here
comes the Sun... again
-Scientists
Predict Big Solar Cycle
29.
The nation
Israel would be born in one day (Isaiah 66:8). On May 14, 1948
Israel became a nation.
See:
-The
Jews in Prophecy
-Israel:
1948 Footage
-A
Maturing Miracle – Israel Celebrates 59 Years
-“Israel:
A Nation Is Born” DVD resource
-Declaration
of Independence
(brijnet)
30.
The Jews
would begin to regather in Israel (Isaiah 11:11-12; Ezekiel
37:21-22; 38:8). Over five million Jews have returned to Israel in
recent times! This is unprecedented in human history. Never has a
people group been dispersed for hundreds of years to every corner of
the globe, and then regathered back to their homeland. Yet, God said
it and He has done it before our very eyes!
See:
-The
Jew – Proof of God’s Existence & Satan’s Existence
31.
The
returning Jews would come from the north, south, east, and west
(Isaiah 43:5-6; Jeremiah 31:7-10). Amazingly, nearly a million Jews
have emigrated from Russia in the north. Over 90,000 Ethiopian Jews
have emigrated from the south (Zephaniah 3:10). Since 1948, Jews
have emigrated from Europe, Asia, the Americas, everywhere!
See:
-Statistics
Bureau: Israeli Jews Outnumber Jews in the U.S.
(ha'aretz)
-Americans
Defy Terror, Emigrate to Israel
(world net daily)
32.
During the
diaspora (the dispersion of the Jews to the four corners of the
globe), Israel would become a wasteland (Deuteronomy 29:23-28;
Ezekiel 36:8-11; Ezekiel 36:33-36). During the past 1900 years
Israel became a nearly uninhabited, desolate wasteland.
See:
-International
scientists learn how Israel combats desertification with forestry
33.
Israel,
once a desolate desert, would blossom in the last days and export
produce to the world (Isaiah 27:6; 35:1-2; Ezekiel 36:34-36).
Israel's increased rainfall and world-renowned irrigation technology
have caused the land to blossom. Incredibly, as foretold, they
currently export over 800 million dollars worth of fresh produce
each year including over 200 million in flowers and ornamental
plants!
-Watch
Israel Blossoms chapter on Countdown To Eternity video
-Israeli
Agro-Technology
-Ashkelon
Desalination Plant
34.
Israel
would prosper economically (Ezekiel 38:12-13). Amazingly, this
recently regathered, tiny nation exported over 30 billion dollars
worth of goods in 2004. In contrast, their neighbor Jordan exported
less than 3 billion in 2004. This was inconceivable just a few
decades ago!
See:
-Cool
facts about Israel! (jerusalem
online)
-Agriculture
and the Israeli Economy
-After
2,000 Years, a Seed From Ancient Judea Sprouts
(ny times)
-Israel's
Exports Underpin Economic Growth
(israel ministry of foreign affairs)
-The
World Factbook 2002 - Israel
(cia)
35.
Israel
would once again plant vineyards on the mountains of Israel (Joel
3:18; Amos 9:13-15). Today, sweet wine flows from the Golan Heights
and many other vineyards on the mountains of Israel.
See:
-Israeli
Wine & Wineries - Gems in Israel
36.
The last
days Jews would plant forests of trees. The Bible even specifies the
variety of trees, cedar, acacia, myrtle, oil, cypress, pine, and box
(Isaiah 41:18-20). This has happened in our day after Israel lay
waste for nearly two millennia.
-Trees
for the Holy Land
(www.treesfortheholyland.com)
37.
The Hebrew
language would be restored (Zephaniah 3:9). At the end of the 19th
century the Zionist movement brought about the revival of Hebrew as
a spoken language. In 1948, Hebrew became an official tongue of the
state of Israel. Remarkable!
See:
-A
Brief History of the Hebrew Language
38.
Jerusalem
would be rebuilt on its own ruins (Jeremiah 30:18; Zechariah 12:6)
Since 1948, Jerusalem has been rebuilt on the old ruins exactly as
foretold.
See:
-The
Divine Zionist Roadmap
(arutz 7)
39.
Jerusalem
would be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are
fulfilled (Luke 21:24). Since 70 A.D., Jerusalem was trampled by
Gentiles until the Jews regained control of the city during the 1967
Six-Day War.
40.
Anti-Semitism worldwide anticipated (Deuteronomy 28:37; Jeremiah
29:18; 44:8). History confirms that the Jews have been persecuted as
no other people group. Hitler tried to exterminate them, and the
Antichrist will attempt the same during the Tribulation. Today,
anti-Semitism is a global epidemic. For example, of over 700 General
Assembly resolutions passed since the establishment of the United
Nations in 1945, nearly 450 condemn Israel. None have been passed
against any Arab country nor any Arab terrorist organizations! In
other words, out of 190 nations in the UN, over 60% of all General
Assembly resolutions rebuke just one member, Israel!
See:
-Video
on Anti-Semitism
(youtube)
-Global
resurgence of anti-Semitism alarms UN
(www.smh.com)
-Anti-Semitic
incidents soar worldwide:
(israelinsider)
-Anti-Semitism
around the world
(www.answers.com)
-The
Cancer of Anti-Semitism in Europe (www.aish.com)
-The
Spiritual Roots of Anti-Semitism:
(www.aish.com)
-“Lest
We Forget” DVD resource
41.
All
surrounding nations would be united against Israel (Psalm 83:4-8;
Zechariah 12:2). This hasnever happened in history. Yet today,
Israel is surrounded by Muslim nations sworn to her destruction.
Muhammad said: The Hour (last day) will not be established until
you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be
hiding will say 'O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, |