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Something is Going to Happen that will Change All Our Lives Forever!

There has been an extraordinary interest in my essay, “Earthquakes and Two Solar Eclipses – a Divine Warning?” A general feeling of uncertainty and restlessness permeates societies all over the world.

Even a slightly cursory examination of the news today reveals a massive amount of discord, social unrest, wars, and rumors of wars. Coupling that with the natural disasters around the world would suggest to most that there is something different blowing in the winds of change!

The degree of difference is the biggest point, when the Bible compares our lives today to the times of Noah, we better realize that something of Biblical proportions is waiting just around the corner!

In Matthew 24:37-39, the Lord warns us:

³⁷ “When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day. ³⁸ In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat. ³⁹ People didn’t realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes.”

I believe it to be intensely significant that our Lord uses the Noahic flood as an illustration; this was the only time where divine intervention impacted the entire world in such a dramatic fashion.

While there have been many localized miracles with narrow objectives, there has never been a recurrence of a miracle impacting the entire world on such a cataclysmic scale as the Noahic flood!

The Sudden Disappearance of Millions of People all Over the World Will Shake Things Up Bigtime!

God waited 1,656 years before he brought sudden, devastating judgment upon the world; this time he has waited much longer, creation scientists estimate the age of the earth to now be in the range of around 6,000 years old.

I believe this to be a far better number than the millions or billions of years used by those following the theory of evolution. Using Biblical numbers as a basis for calculating, we discover a gap of around 4,344 years, and counting, between the flood and the end of the age as described in the Bible.

The sudden disappearance of millions will only be the first step in the carnage that will follow. The Lord describes this period of time in Matthew 24:21-22 where it is written:

“²¹ For there will be greater anguish than at any time since the world began. And it will never be so great again. ²² In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, not a single person will survive. But it will be shortened for the sake of God’s chosen ones.”

The Times of the Gentiles

For almost 2,000 years now, we have lived in a time where God did not overtly intervene in the affairs of man. While the Holy Spirit has been very active, at a spiritual level, there has been nothing comparable to the divine interventions we saw during the Age of Israel.

The Age of Israel was put on hold for an unknown number of years while God’s plan for gentiles would play out. We are at year 1,991 and only God knows the date he plans to close out the “Times of the Gentiles!”

God had given Israel a third set of 490 years which was cut short at year 483 due to Israel’s rejection of it’s Messiah. The remaining 7 years is on hold until the Church is physically removed from the scene; I’ve written more on this in a series that starts with, “The Seventy Weeks of Daniel.”

The End of Life as We Have Known It

Many, including me, believe we are living in the last days before the removal of the Church; the signs prophesized in the Bible, for the end times, are thick around us. The world will move into its final chapter suddenly and with no warning! This amazing event is described in 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 where it is written:

“⁵¹ But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed! ⁵² It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed. ⁵³ For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.

⁵⁴ Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled:

“Death is swallowed up in victory.
⁵⁵ O death, where is your victory?
    O death, where is your sting?”

⁵⁶ For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. ⁵⁷ But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

As a born-again Christian, by the time you realize something extraordinary is happening to you, it will all be over!

Even so, come Lord Jesus!