Originally posted by Genya
There have *always* been "end times".
I base my only view on end times solely on what the bible says is going to happen. Bible prophecy is 100% accurate because it is inspired by God.
The bible is very clear on some things that have happened in the last 100 years such as the re-establishment of Israel as a nation. This event and
many others including the rise of a European Empire indicate that we are indeed entering the end times scenario that the Bible details.
The most iminent one that I can see is the horsemen of the apocalypse (no seriously !).
Revelation 6:1-7
I looked on when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a thunderous voice, “Come!” So I
looked, and here came a white horse! The one who rode it had a bow, and he was given a crown, and as a conqueror he rode out to conquer.
Then when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!” And another horse, fiery red, came out, and the one who
rode it was granted permission to take peace from the earth, so that people would butcher one another, and he was given a huge sword.
Then when the Lamb opened the third seal I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” So I looked, and here came a black horse! The one who rode
it had a balance scale in his hand. Then I heard something like a voice from among the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat will cost a
day’s pay and three quarts of barley will cost a day’s pay. But do not damage the olive oil and the wine!”
Then when the Lamb opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come!” So I looked and here came a pale green
horse! The name of the one who rode it was Death, and Hades followed right behind. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill its
population with the sword, famine, and disease, and by the wild animals of the earth.
The White Horse is the anti-christ so by this point the Christian Church will have been taken from the earth to heaven. The bible makes it clear that
those who accept Jesus and turn from sin are not appointed to wrath. If one day you see the news talking about a billion odd people missing from the
earth you'll know what has happened
At the moment most of the visible Christian church is fairly disorganised but it is rapidly becoming organised
and rapidly expanding. Expect to see increasing persecution of Christians that hold firmly to what the bible says. In China Christianity is illegal.
You are put in prison and your family members are not allowed to work unless you renounce your faith. They used to execute people for being Christian
but that failed because it made more Christians that it got rid of. Estimates put the number of Christians in China at about 130 million.
Ok so the earth has never really had peace so the Red Horse would seem to indicate an escalation of wars. I would suggest that with escalations in the
middle east things are not going to get any more peaceful.
The Black Horse indicates massive monetary inflationa and a corresponding food shortage. I see this as extremely likely in the next 10 years if the
oil peak takes its toll. This would also induce substantial wars over the oil in the middle east, in particular between China and the USA.
The Pale Horse indicates widespread disease and death. Even now the medical profession is predicting that emerging new diseases like SARS are likely
to become more widespread and they simply do not have a cure.
Ultimately this is all in God's timing and he will have his church established and removed before the earth is judged.
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