In the last days...

I agree Rollo. People don't realize that there is a spiritual war going on all around them and without even knowing it, their spirits are affected. The phrase, if you are not for me, you are against me, comes to mind. Our nature IS sinful. We have the capacity to be 'mother Theresas' or 'Charlie Mansons'. It all depends on who we are serving. And by default, if we are not serving God, we are serving the enemy. I think of Bob Dylan's song, Gotta Serve Somebody. There is a great truth there, and Dylan's being a student of the Bible has revealed that to him. In these last days, the enemy is working overtime because he knows his days are numbered. And many people are inadvertantly serving his cause.

Yes, the earthquakes are described as the beginning of sorrows, or birth pangs. You are correct.

That could very well be the 'reason' for these things being more prevalent in todays society. But do you think that this could be an indication of 'the last days'?

Oh, I think He is pretty displeased about the sin, but I understand what you are saying. As in the days of Noah...life just goes on like nothing is happening. Until the day Noah went into the ark and the flood came the people around him went on with their lives. You have to know that those people all gathered around and asked Noah...what are you doing? why are you building this big ark? They were warned but didn't heed the warning. I do agree with you wholeheartedly about our status as a Christian nation. When our President actually says...we are no longer a Christian nation...its time to look up. And our acceptance of such things...we no longer become upset to see or hear such things. Even the conscience of the Christian is becoming 'seared' over. It no longer makes us ashamed or angry when we see the awful things being done.

Yes there are lady1993. Yes there are. Thanks for saying that, I am happy there are or this life would be unbearable. Many Christians feel and believe that the scriptures teach they (we) will be taken out of this world before it gets real evil, what will happen then to those who remain? When all the good and decent people are gone?

1 Thessalonians 4:15-18 In the New Testament

Gosh, I can't even imagine the world filled with bad people, that is just horrible.. Which art in the scripture said that the good ones would be taken? I think there should always be balance in the world, good and evil..

Thank you for your response. The recent 'prediction' of the rapture and its failing is an indication of the end times itself. Jesus said there would be false prophets who would deceive many. He also warned that there would be scoffers who say 'where is the promise of his coming', that things continue as they have through history.

I arrived in 1956. It WAS better. I remember neighbors who would see you doing something wrong, even as slight as picking someone's flowers from the flower bed and they would come out and take you straight home to your mother to be punished. Those same neighbors would bake cookies the next day to pass amongst the kids in the neighborhood. Or invite you in to have a cool drink of lemonade and no one worried that they were going to do something awful to you. Preachers got down about sin and would call out names of those who frequented the bars on Saturday night before coming to church on Sunday. And people expected it and didn't whine about it or threaten to sue the preacher. I remember trying to check out a book at the library and being told it was not for a girl my age. I was ten and the book was 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. My mom went and got it for me, but she didn't argue with the librarian either. Told me that she meant well and to let it be. NO, it wasn't perfect. There were bad people and bad customs. But it was not overt and in your face or plastered all over the tv and movie screens. We started to work on the bad laws...civil rights and school desegregation. What went wrong?

Yes, and I agree with you! It is not to late, yet.

Thank you. I know that we cannot know the hour or the day, but the Bible (which I believe to be the Word of God) does give us some idea of the general time frame. I think that God wants us to be prepared, to know the signs so we can get our hearts in the right place and be ready. He also wants those who are NOT ready, the unbelievers...to have no excuse when they stand before Him. He is righteous in His judgment and that means He warns of impending judgment before acting, thats my opinion. What's your opinion?