Look around the world and what do you see?

  • War
  • Rumors of war
  • Violence
  • Hatred
  • Ethnic Cleansing
  • Sexual Immorality
  • Natural disasters
  • Famine
  • Disease
  • Breakdown of the traditional family
  • Rebellion against God
  • False Prophets
  • Religious Persecution
  • Church corruption
  • and so much more
Let no man deceive you. For many will come in my name, and will say: 'I am the Messiah;' and they will deceive many. And you will certainly hear of civil unrest and rumors of wars. See to it that you are not disturbed, for it is necessary that all these things occur; but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, and plagues, and earthquakes in different places. But all these are only the beginning of sorrows. And they will deliver you up to trials, and they will murder you, and all the gentiles will hate you because of my name. Then many will stumble and will hate one another, and will betray one another.

And many false prophets will arise deceiving many. And because of the increase of wickedness, the love of many will grow cold. Whoever has patience until the end will have life. And this gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in all the world, as a testimony to all the gentiles, and then the end will come. And when you see the sign of uncleanness and desolation, that which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (he that reads let him understand) and then let those who are in Juda flee to the mountain: 17 and he who is on the rooftop, let him not come down to take that which is in his house: and he who is in the field, let him not turn back in order to take his clothes. But woe to those who are pregnant, and to those that are nursing, in those days. And pray that your flight will not be in winter or on Sabbath. For there will then be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world, until the present, nor will ever be. - Matthew 24:4-21