Do you believe the End Times are near?

Do you believe the End Times are near? if so,why? & IF NOT,why? opinions please. Have a Wonderful in Christ and God Bless, GM_

I believe we are in the end times because all the technology is in place, China has an army of over 200 million foot soldiers, and a vast majority of so called christian churches are in apostacy. When Israel and the Arabs sign a peace treaty, the clock of the 7 year period of tribulation will begin ticking. That is within reach also.

MrBillPro,aha-ha!. I like how you put things.:lol:your statement is so true. :-) Dear Everyone:I have researched on many thing in my life. 1 thing that I have researched on was,Matthew Chapter 24. And different other Chapters and verse that lead to the Lords Return.watch this:=============The Ten Largest Earthquakes Since 19001.Location Chile- Date- May 22, 1960, Magnitude 9.5 2.Location- Prince William Sound, Alaska, Date- March 28, 1964,Magnitude- 9.2 Andreanof Islands,3.Location- Aleutian Islands, Date- March 9, 1957, Magnitude- 9.14.Location- Kamchatka, Date- Nov. 4, 1952, Magnitude- 9.0 5.Location- Off western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, Date-Dec. 26, 2004 Magnitude- 9.06.Location- Off the coast of Ecuador, Date- Jan. 31, 1906, Magnitude 8.8 7.Location- Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Date- Feb. 4, 1965 Magnitude- 8.7 8.Location-India-China border, Date- Aug. 15, 1950 Magnitude- 8.6 9.Location- Kamchatka , Date- Feb. 3, 1923, Magnitude- 8.5 10.Location - Banda Sea, Indonesia, Date Feb. 1, 1938 Magnitude- 8.7_________________________________________Continuing.............._________________________________________PART 2. Comtinuing..........Please Read the Scriptures Above- famines ( Hunger). Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) is by far the most lethal form of malnutrition/hunger and the one referred to when world hunger is referred to. Approximately 850 million people worldwide are malnourished. Children are the most visible victims of malnutrition. Malnutrition plays a role in at least half of the 10.9 million child deaths each year--five million deaths----------------------------------------Famines- (Hunger). Congress of Racial Equality national chairman Roy Innis shares that vision. But he also knows the obstacles. "Over 70% of Africans are employed in farming full time," he points out. "Yet, half of those countries rely on emergency food aid. Within ten years, Africa will be home to three-fourths of the world's hungry people."_______________________Africa- Many of the continent's farmers are women who labor sunup to sundown on 3 to 5 acre plats. They rarely have enough crops to feed their own families, much less sell for extra money. Millions live on less than a dollar a day.--------------------------------------------------Pestilence: Black Death Pleague CAUSED BY.....Where: Western Europe When: 1347-51 This plague, thought to be the Bubonic plague, spread throughout Europe, killing about half the continent's population. It was called the Black Death because of the black blotches that appeared on the victims' bodies. This plague was carried by infected fleas on black rats.-------------------------------------------Pestilence- Released: August 1, 2001 -- MANHATTAN, Kan. - Everyone knows that Kansas grows some of the best food in the world. Just ask the bugs. False chinch bugs and garden web worms are showing up in Kansas crops in unusually high numbers in some cases, and could cut yields, said Kansas State University entomologist Leroy Brooks.---------------------------------------- PESTILENCE: COFFEE BERRY BORER - The pest is a tiny black beetle less than 1/10 inch long which lives together with its equally tiny grubs inside coffee berries, (Figure 24). Damage: Attacked berries become black, dry up, and finally fall to the ground. Small bore holes can be seen near the tip of the berry; if the berry is cut open the tiny grubs and adults can be found inside.---------------------------------------Wars- "Now that extremists are willing to use weapons of mass destruction, they have crossed the threshold that experts have watched with dread for two decades," says Bruce Nelan in the April 3, 1995 edition of Time. World War I (1914-1918) The Holocaust (1933-1945)Korean War- 19/50-19/53. World War II (1939-1945)Vietnam War (1950-1975)The Persian Gulf War(Jan. 16, 1991-April 6, 1991)_________________PART 3.Length of official combat operation, Operation Iraqi Freedom: March 20-May 1, 2003. Deployment: More than 300,000 coalition troops deployed to the Gulf region: about 255,000 U.S., 45,000 British, 2,000 Australian, and 200 Polish troops (60 of whom served as combat soldiers). Post-conflict peace-keeping forces: About 130,000 U.S. and 11,000 British troops were stationed in Iraq following official end of hostilities, May 1. Forces in Iraq, May 2004: U.S. 110,000, Britain 8,220, Italy 2,950, Poland 2,500, Ukraine 1,650, Netherlands 1,300. In addition, 20 other countries have each contributed troops of less than 1,000.Coalition names for Operation Iraqi Freedom: UK, Operation Telic; Australia, Operation Falconer. Central Command, U.S. Forces (CENTCOM): Theater headquarters: Qatar. Troops stationed in Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Diego Garcia, the Mediterranean, Arabian Sea, and Persian Gulf. U.S. casualties: Deaths March 20-May 1 (official end of hostilities): combat, 115; noncombat, 23; total, 138. Deaths March 20, 2003-March 8, 2005: combat, 1,149; noncombat, 360; total, 1,509. U.S. soldiers wounded in action: about 9,000 (Dec. 2004) American POWs: 8 (6 captured on March 23 in Nasiriya; 2 pilots shot down on March 24 near Karbala). All were rescued.Coalition casualties: Britain, 86; Italy, 20; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Spain, 11; Bulgaria, 8; Slovakia, 3; Thailand, 2; Estonia, 2; The Netherlands, 2; Denmark, El Salvador, Hungary, Kazakhstan, and Latvia, 1 each (March 8, 2005). U.S. cost of stationing troops in Iraq: $4 billion per month1 Iraqi civilian deaths: circa 11,797-13,806 (Sept. 12, 2004)2________________________________Fact Sheet: Iraqi WarLength of official combat operation, Operation Iraqi Freedom: March 20-May 1, 2003.Deployment: More than 300,000 coalition troops deployed to the Gulf region: about 255,000 U.S., 45,000 British, 2,000 Australian, and 200 Polish troops (60 of whom served as combat soldiers).Post-conflict peace-keeping forces: About 130,000 U.S. and 11,000 British troops were stationed in Iraq following official end of hostilities, May 1. Forces in Iraq, May 2004: U.S. 110,000, Britain 8,220, Italy 2,950, Poland 2,500, Ukraine 1,650, Netherlands 1,300. In addition, 20 other countries have each contributed troops of less than 1,000. Post-conflict peace-keeping forces: About 130,000 U.S. and 11,000 British troops were stationed in Iraq following official end of hostilities, May 1. Forces in Iraq, May 2004: U.S. 110,000, Britain 8,220, Italy 2,950, Poland 2,500, Ukraine 1,650, Netherlands 1,300. In addition, 20 other countries have each contributed troops of less than 1,000. U.S. casualties: Deaths March 20-May 1 (official end of hostilities): combat, 115; noncombat, 23; total, 138. Deaths March 20, 2003-March 8, 2005: combat, 1,149; noncombat, 360; total, 1,509. U.S. soldiers wounded in action: about 9,000 (Dec. 2004) U.S. soldiers wounded in action: about 9,000 (Dec. 2004) American POWs: 8 (6 captured on March 23 in Nasiriya; 2 pilots shot down on March 24 near Karbala). All were rescued. Coalition casualties: Britain, 86; Italy, 20; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Spain, 11; Bulgaria, 8; Slovakia, 3; Thailand, 2; Estonia, 2; The Netherlands, 2; Denmark, El Salvador, Hungary, Kazakhstan, and Latvia, 1 each (March 8, 2005). U.S. cost of stationing troops in Iraq: $4 billion per month1 Iraqi civilian deaths: circa 11,797-13,806 (Sept. 12, 2004)2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~And one more interesting Fact. The Present Threat In a span of less than 15 years, the United States alone has been stricken by a wave of new infections. Toxic shock syndrome, Legionnaires disease, AIDS, Lyme disease and hanta virus have emerged from obscurity to become household names. Infectious disease experts fear an escalation of new and possibly more deadly epidemics in the future. Indeed, some candidates already loom on the distant horizons, isolated in tiny geographical pockets. Why this sudden explosion of pestilence?This gives me GREAT RELIEF AND BELIEF in Knowing that the end is indeed near.Long Read, but Well worth it.:-)God Bless Each of you in Christ,GM_

Dian, I believe the Lord really used you to bring all of this to a clear focus. I'm told that approximately 100,000 souls leave this planet every day. Most leave without a Savior. Esther Burr, daughter to Jonathon Edwards said, "Make it the business of life, to prepare for Heaven". Amen. Nobody has a promise on tommorrow. Is prophecy about the end times important? Of course it is, but not to someone who will die today. No man has a promise on tommorrow. All we have is today. Had not we better live it to Glorify the Son and bring pleasure to our Father? Yes, we are to occupy until He comes. Our occupying had better be following the leading of the Holy Spirit moment by moment. It's time to put down foolish things and snares. It's time to let the Holy Spirit search our hearts for "other loves" and "passions"....other than the Only One Who deserves our love. It's time to let His Fire purify our lives. Now remember, for the "fire to fall" there has to be a sacrafice on the altar. If you want the fire, what will you place on the altar for God to consume with that fire? I'm not talking about justification here; I'm talking about worship. God is looking for worshippers. Will He find one you you or I? I hope so. If you have any doubts, you had better run to Him in the secret place and stay there until the fire falls. Plunge your life into intimacy with God....while there is yet another hour to do so. Get swallowed (immersed, baptized, consumed) up in Christ Jesus.Love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. Love your precious neighbor as yourself. Jesus gave His life for your neighbor, and He expects you and I to do the same. Who is your neighbor? Read the parable of the Good Samaritan. Pay close attention to the religious leaders who passed by their own brethren.....hello? Then read Matthew 25:31-46. and ask yourself again, "am I really loving my neighbor"? From studying these passages, you get more than an impression that these issues are very important to God. Are they important to you? What is important to you right at this moment. What has been on your mind? The things or God........or "other things". What are your concerns and "plans" about tommorrow? Is God and your neighbor in the "big picture", or is it all about you? Somebody is going to experience the "end of the end times" today. It may be you or I. Are you ready to stand before God all alone without any excuses? Excuses won't work when we see Him face to face, beloved. Are you really serious about your "love" for God? Or is your christianity just enough to ease your concience? Do you live your life in passionate intimate service and worship to God or do you live it just to barely avoid wrong doing and nothing more? If today is your last day, would you say your heart is right before God by faith in Jesus Christ and Him crucified? Or do you have doubts? Doubts are dispelled in His presence. Run to Him. Run to Him. He's at home, looking out the window. He has a robe in one hand, and a ring in the other. He's waiting just for you..............

Lahry said I'm told that approximately 100,000 souls leave this planet every day. Most leave without a Savior.Tell me something:When Adam sinned in the garden, his seed was completely seperated from God. Everyone that came after him were lost.When Jesus came to die for fallen man and redeem him back to God, His SEED now saves men."For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." 1Cor15:22Now my question is this, Is the ALL in Christ any less then the ALL in Adam?BlessingsKarl

"As I was reading through this thread, I was thinking about how many times in my life I have heard this question asked. Is the End near? I suppose I don't really get the point of it. Our life is a vapor. Of course, the end is near."GM_: the meaning for my original post here was, The Lords Return. is it near?... Any Christian should know that. What shows the end times... the Lords Return. Do you believe the End Times are near?

"Now my question is this, Is the ALL in Christ any less then the ALL in Adam?"GM_ : Because it was Eve and Adam that comitted the very first sin, it fell upon the generations of man. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" Romans 3:23.GM_ : beings that Jesus Died and rose from the dead. {Mathew Chapter 27. & 1 Corinthians Chapter 15:1 through 8. in Him doing this, He opened a door way for human life to go to Heaven when they die.{peoples choice} Thats Salvation,if people,{men,women,children} believe that Christ died and rose form the dead,and come to Jesus and repent of their sins. ( this is where they will go to heaven when they die.)"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" John 14:6. "And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Acts 16:31. Now, hang on Healingwaters,watch this. :-) Christians can fall,(sin) but they can get up again and keep walking the correct path of Jehovah God. (Ask Jehovah God for forgiveness and walk righteiously the best they can from there on then."For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief." Proverbs 24:16.Hope this helps Healingwaters.Have a Nice Day & God Bless.

Spitfire."I asked him if he ever thought about eternity and he said, "never". Do you suppose that's really true? How can someone live in this world and not be keenly aware of the fleetingness of life and the vanity of it all? This is all I think about. Love, Dian."GM_: Spitfire, I will have to assume by your reply that you are saved? am I correct? If so, think back when you didn't know God as you do now.....did He or His Creation Ever cross your mind? .... One who says they haven't thought about their eternal life, ( no offence to your brother), is playing mind games with themselves. ( denying the truth), that would include my family as well.

Lahry,did you hear about the "chip" ? yeah see in Revelation it talks about the "mark." "And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,"Revelation 14:9. "The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:"Revelation 14:10.The Word ,"Mark" means: Insert.The Chip, is as small as a grain of rice and can and has been (inserted) in the (right hand) of people already. Dr's say its Med Info. What Garbage!The Smart Card, is a BIG- No,No! ..they are Ver Popular in todays world, If one sees a smartcard with a pic inserted already, the smart card has the symbol of the 666 right where the forehead is.Update: the Smart Card: which uses a chip instead of a magnetic strip. you can tell when you see them even on Phone cards and so,on. the chip/strip is the shape of a square, inside the square is a design of a spider. as if its two back and front legs were arched. Be Very Carful Dear Family in Chirst, this is some heavy stuff and, Creepy Stuff! at that. Don't take my word for it, CHECK OUT THESE WEBSITES.www.av1611.org/666/biochip.htmlAnd something that I found Interesting.www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=18767 - 27kBe safe my Beloved Family in Christ. Be safe.God Bless each of you, GM_

...all the technology is in place. I saw the chip implanted in a dog's neck several years back. The dog did not flinch. Don't forget the neutron bomb. It consumes flesh off the bones before gravity makes them fall to the ground, also a bible prophecy. It's all in place. We are just waiting on Israel to sign that peace treaty with the arabs.Is your faith tuned up and ready for the cross? When the trib begins God is going to show who are His and those who ain't.

Karl, Are you saying the every human being since Jesus is redeemed and saved?

Lahry,"Is your faith tuned up and ready for the cross?"GM_: Brother,I been ready. :-) God Bless.

I pray that it is. But I wont' know for certain until the time comes for me to die for it.