oh our beloved preachers have told us for years the fact that the US is still standing and wealthy. and the rise of apostasy and depravity, is proof we are in the days of Noah and the days of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Now they say this plague is what Jesus was referring to when he said such conditions would exist just before his return. the relevant scripture... Matthew 24 24 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 3 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? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And 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. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14 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. 15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 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. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 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. 25 Behold, I have told you before. 26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 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: 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. 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. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. 45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. It is very clear that the disciples were asking when He would come into His kingdom. They knew nothing about His death burial and resurrection, they knew nothing of a 2000 year delay. I believe the Revelation of Jesus Christ was sent to John, the last of them, to remind His people of all He said would come to pass, Jesus himself pointed to Daniel as a prophet, as the Jewish people were dispersed and Christians entered a period of persecution, they needed to be reminded,100 AD is one generation (70 years) from Jesus leaving earth, and it is one generation, right now ( 72 years) since Israel became a nation again., this overlap, occurring at both ends of the dealing of God with Israel and the church, should not be such a surprise, But it is . that the fulfillment of these things occurs for 3 1/2 years .the Great tribulation... Jacob's Trouble, and to a lesser extent the whole tribulation period ( 7 years) is one very evident, fact based interpretation. God sent the flood to the whole world, God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, suddenly.. catastrophically, yet He has let people commit great evils, go through wars and famines and plagues, and all without seeming seeming to lend a hand.( He did, there are miracles, there is grace, but we run forward, never noticing, meaning, get on your knees and thank God every day, for all your blessings, they are many, but you aren;t noticing) In the age of Grace, each human being can make up their own mind, they can accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior or deny Him. and each goes through these periods of blessing and turmoil. and Jesus's return is very clear to any who read Daniel.. 1260 days, how can it be sudden, how can it not be known to even the angels? Birth pangs.. increasing frequency. yet most of what we are experiencing are man made problems, from our increasing greed, to our warlike nature ( starting with WWI ) such things the world has never seen before. pollution such as never before, and pestilence, which our ease of travel has made worldwide also, no chance to burn out, and die in the natural way the answer should be, go back to borders, go back to being nations this globalism stuff is killing us but we run towards more and more and more..insisting "The Government",should guarantee us all safety, health, money. peace. Does the hair stand up on the back of your neck when you hear the cries of "safety first:?" when have humans ever been,, safe? What God has allowed is for everyone to understand the choices , to be given a breather before the .. next thing... not that Satan is letting up on the constant delivery of bad news.or putting the pieces of his final solution, i use that term deliberately, attempting to control the whole world, and be adored and worshiped for it. But God also is isolating China, has knocked the Gog Magog coalition back a step or two, given us a taste of the Tribulation with churches closed and Christians fined and even arrested ( shades of China , Korea, and Iran which have done these things for a long time) along with patriotic, rational human beings who figure not having a life, or food, and doing something about it,is worth the risk of government measures against them. given Jews a chance to think about returning to Israel, as they face increasing persecution, The sad thing is, even as individual Christians get stronger in the faith, the apostasy of the church and the turning away form God continues.not much salt. a while lot of talk. So what are we to make of these different interpretations? this is the birth pangs, no that's the great tribulation, God is punishing us,( I assure you, He is not, But He isn;t stopping us from running with scissors , either) there is a specific time period for God's wrath to be poured on the world, there is a time of the falling away, or being snatched away as it is also described, Both are true. we are being given a taste of the tribulation it will be worse, much worse. and being conditioned to accept whatever we are told to do to survive,to live as slaves to ensure our survival and to think that is what being human..means. to accept the man with the answers. lost forever to the idea that man can actually save himself, We may get a reprieve before the rapture and tribulation, after all, Jesus said it will come when we least expect it.God's timing is perfect. or the rapture may occur today, or tomorrow and the world will be lost, for a while . are sharing your faith with others ?I admit, Im not good at it. are you helping others? or you huddled in fear, scrubbing your vegetables with hot soap and water ( yes, I read that today people really do that) leaving milk in the garage, and yelling at people without masks ? what better way to cause people to become non entities than taking away their faces, their individuality. we have made ourselves afraid of every other human being, it is psychological and spiritual disaster. so the whole conditionof the human race, good and bad is on display both answers are right, there is great wealth and there i great suffering, Kind of like Noah's time, and the time of Sodom and Gomorrah so will you point to events and say, oh this isn't the time, or be ready for our Lord, all the time? 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