THE SIGN OF THE TIMES

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come... – 2Ti 3:1

Believers love to hear about the end times. They get fascinated with dates, key international events, ‘blood moons’, events surrounding the nation of Israel, etc. Some authors have latched onto this hunger for end-time prophecy and made a small fortune (even franchises) from pointing out the signs to look out for to know if the end has come.

But I believe, we’re missing an obvious, glaring index of the Last Days, and that is an ungrateful, thankless spirit. The Apostle Paul, speaking with prophetic authority and clarity to Timothy says, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be ... UNTHANKFUL,” (2Ti 3:1,2).

Ungratefulness is definitely one characteristic of this generation. This is the most privileged and richest generation in all of human history, yet the most miserable. The ‘poor’ people today own things that were inaccessible even to the wealthiest some generations ago.

But this goes more than a lack of an ‘attitude of gratitude’ for the fine things of life; it’s something more fundamental: it’s the deliberate non-acknowledgement of the Creator.

For example, the wholesale embrace of the theory of random Evolution and the “Big Bang” as the official, irrefutable and undeniable explanation for the existence of the entire Universe is symptomatic of a generation that will go to any extreme, no matter how inane, to do without acknowledging its Maker.

Rom 1:21 says, “People knew God, but they did not honour him as God, and they did not thank him. Their ideas were all useless. There was not one good thought left in their foolish minds.” (ERV)

So, while others try to calculate the names of world leaders to see whether they add up to “666”, or debate the implication of the recent  U.N. resolution against Israel, or even theorise whether ISIS is the prophesied Antichrist; we can just simply look at the godless, thankless state of the world today and know that the end is near, “even at the doors” (Mt 24:33).

Nevertheless, we Beloved, though we are in the world, are not of it. Therefore our lives should be that of gratitude, thankfulness and worship.

AMEN.

More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.

GREG ELKAN