Fifteen months after the conflict started between Israel and neighboring countries on October 7th, 2023, a ceasefire agreement seems to have been reached to advance "Peace and Safety."
We all perceive things imperfectly, yet these scriptures seem to highlight the prophetic significance of current events. The aim is not to instill fear, but to show the Bible's trustworthiness and to encourage readiness and hope.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 - The Day of the Lord
“But concerning the times and the seasons brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the Day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. 4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. 5 You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 8 But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. 11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.”
In Matthew 24:36-42, Jesus mentioned that He will return during a period when daily life is considered relatively normal. However, based on current events, this period appears to be nearing its end.
“36 But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. 42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming."
"The rapture is when Jesus Christ returns to remove the church (all believers in Christ) from the earth. The rapture is described in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:50-54. Believers who have died will have their bodies resurrected and, along with believers who are still living, will meet the Lord in the air. This will all occur in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye. The second coming is when Jesus returns to defeat the Antichrist, destroy evil, and establish His millennial kingdom. The second coming is described in Revelation 19:11-16.” Read more... https://www.gotquestions.org/difference-Rapture-Second-Coming.html
"The Romans Road to salvation is a way of explaining the good news of salvation using verses from the book of Romans. The Romans Road is a simple yet powerful method of explaining why we need salvation, how God provided salvation, how we can receive salvation, and what are the results of salvation." https://www.gotquestions.org/Romans-road-salvation.html
More Bible prophecy fulfillments indicating Jesus Christ’s soon return and resources for being prepared for eternal life and growing in faith and hope is in previous posts and here. Growing in Faith and the Return of Jesus Christ. (understandingthetimes.info)
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
Biblical Prophecy.
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