Part of the problem most have with fully trusting Bible prophecy (aside from falling under false teachings) is in the way prophecy is delivered. The Bible mostly gives prophetic summations of where things and world events will be in the last days, but rarely, if ever, states how we get there, only that we will.
The Old Testament, for example, states that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2), but would hail from the land of Galilee (Isaiah 9:1-3). Furthermore, the Messiah would come out of Egypt (Hosea 11:1), and be called a Nazarene (Matt. 2:23). Now, the Old Testament does not state how all of this would transpire, only that it would.
As confusing as that must have appeared at the time regarding the identity of the Messiah, we are, however, given the missing details in the New Testament. Joseph and Mary had to travel from Nazareth, Galilee down to Bethlehem, Judea to be counted in the Roman census set forth by Caesar Augustus (Luke 1:26-27, 2:1-7). Jesus was born shortly after arriving at Bethlehem. They were then visited by the shepherds and Gentile Wise Men (presumably Parthians). After this, Joseph was told to flee Bethlehem for Egypt on account of King Herod’s command to kill all boys two years of age and younger. Herod gave this command both out of anger for being deceived by the Wise Men (who were warned not to report back to him) and out of fear of the one born King of the Jews (Matt. 2).
An example of this is where the Bible states that at or near the middle of the 70th Week, the Two Witnesses will stand in the streets of Jerusalem and prophesy for 1,260 days. During this time, they will call down fantastical, supernatural judgment on those who oppose them and shoot fire from their mouths to devour their enemies. At the end of the 1,260 days, these two are allowed to be killed by the beast who ascends from the pit, and their bodies will lie in the streets for 3 1/2 days. During this time, the whole world will be able to see their dead bodies and celebrate.
John was given this prophecy over two thousand years ago, and since, theologians, skeptics, and the average layperson have labored over this seemingly impossible prophetic conundrum. How can the whole world see two bodies lying dead on a particular street, in a particular city, and in a particular country, all at the same time? That was a puzzle no one seemed to be able to solve for millennia, that was, until the advent of satellite television and the Internet.
Notice, the Bible nowhere declares that satellite televisions will be invented in the 20th century, or that mankind would become progressively smarter and smarter until they develop a global information-sharing network called the Internet. The Bible only gives us the end state. The whole world will see their dead bodies lying in the streets for three and a half days, and will likewise watch them be raptured up to heaven as well (Rev. 11:1-13) because we now have the technology to do that.
While John was given this vision two thousand years ago, the world had to wait until technology caught up with the prophetic revelation. Thus, the technology necessary to fulfill the specific demands of the prophetic text serves us as evidence of the lateness of the hour we find ourselves.
Conclusion
Our generation is both the first and last to witness all of the final prophetic developments necessary for the arrival of the Beast’s one-world kingdom.
From the resurrection of a dead nation (Israel) to the revival of Satan’s greatest pagan empire (the revived Roman Empire/ EU), we are that final generation. This is not my opinion; the geopolitical, economic, technological, and ecumenical realities are all pointing toward the rise of a tyrannical, antichristian/antichrist, anti-Semitic, debased, powerfully wicked kingdom. Still don’t believe me? Turn on the news. Whether we are talking about the global embracement of climate change theory, LGBTQIA agendas, human secularism, satanism, paganism, socialism, communism, digital currency, singularity, political corruption, and governance by crisis, the current world leaders are all seemingly of the same mind. This collective agreeance, in my personal opinion, is the mystery of lawlessness.
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