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LAST DAYS are NOW!

The apostle Paul was given information concerning our time. Notice:

--living will be difficult.
--loving of self.
--loving of money.
--boastful.
--haughty.
--blasphemers.
--children disobedience.
--unthankful.
--no loyalty.
--not affectionate.
--no love for goodness.
--cannot agree with others.
--slanderers.
--no self-control.
--violent.
--betrayers.
--headstrong.
--prideful.
--love pleasures rather than God.
--many claim to be Christian but don't act so.
(2 Tim 3:1-5)

When you meet up with such people, Paul said:
"and from these, turn away." (vs 5)

And from Jesus we get:

--don't be mislead.
--small wars here and there.
--WORLD WARS.
--food shortages.
--earthquakes.
--Christians will be killed.
--world will hate true Christians.
--betrayers.
--haters.
--phony 'Christians' will mislead.
--increase in lawlessness.
--a Great Tribulation.
--the true religion will be preaching God's kingdom worldwide.
(Matthew chapter 24)

Do the above things prove that we are in the last days?

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When Did the Last Days Begin?

Direct Statements of Scripture Showing That the Last Days Began in the
First Century

(1) "Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers
by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son,
whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created
the world." (Hebrews 1:1-2, ESV)

The writer of Hebrews plainly declares that God spoke to them "in these
last days" through His Son. The days in which the Son spoke and in which
the epistle was written were explicitly designated by the inspired
writer as "these last days." They were not thousands of years in the
future; they were already present when the New Testament was being written.

(2) "But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel: 'And in the
last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on
all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your
young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.'"
(Acts 2:16-17, ESV)

On the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit was poured out, Peter specifically identified that event as the fulfillment of Joel's prophecy concerning what would occur "in the last days." Peter did not say that
Joel's prophecy pointed to an era starting in 1914. He declared, "This
is what was uttered through the prophet Joel." Therefore, according to
the Apostle Peter, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost marked
the arrival of the last days.

(3) "He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made
manifest in the last times for the sake of you." (1 Peter 1:20, ESV)

The Apostle Peter plainly states that the manifestation of Jesus Christ occurred "in the last times." Christ's first coming, earthly ministry,
death, and resurrection took place during the period the Bible calls
"the last times."

(4) "Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were
written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come."
(1 Corinthians 10:11, ESV)

Paul declares that the believers of the first century were those upon
whom "the end of the ages has come." The end of the ages had already
arrived in the days of the apostles.

(5) "For then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the
foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at
the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself."
(Hebrews 9:26, ESV)

Scripture explicitly states that Christ appeared "at the end of the ages
to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself." The sacrifice of Christ at Calvary took place at "the end of the ages," not prior to it.

(6) "Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that
antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we
know that it is the last hour." (1 John 2:18, ESV)

John, writing before the close of the first century, told his readers
that it was already "the last hour." He did not say the last hour would
arrive eighteen centuries later; he stated that the presence of
antichrists in his own day was proof that "it is the last hour."

First Proposition: The New Testament writers explicitly, repeatedly, and unanimously affirm that the "last days," the "last times," the "end of
the ages," and the "last hour" began during the first coming of Jesus
Christ and were already present in the first century.

Apostolic Warnings to First-Century Believers Concerning the Last Days

(1) "Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart
from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings
of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are
seared, who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God
created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know
the truth." (1 Timothy 4:1-3, ESV)

Paul warned Timothy of what would happen in "later times," and
immediately instructed him in verse 6: "If you put these things before
the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus." The warning
was of immediate practical relevance to Timothy and the first-century
church because the era had already commenced.

(2) "Know this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days
with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, 'Where
is the promise of his coming?'" (2 Peter 3:3-4, ESV)
Compare Jude 17-19: "But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of
the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. They said to you, 'In the last
time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.' It
is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit."
(Jude 17-19, ESV)

Jude reminds his immediate readers that the apostles foretold scoffers
"in the last time," and then explicitly identifies those very scoffers operating among them: "It is these who cause divisions." The scoffers of
the last time were already present in the apostolic era.

Second Proposition: The warnings concerning the dangers and
characteristics of the "last days" were directly applicable to the first-century church because the last days were already in progress.

Summary

The theory that the "last days" did not begin until the year 1914 flatly contradicts the clear and plain statements of the Word of God.

Hebrews 1:2 declares that God spoke by His Son "in these last days."

Acts 2:16-17 records Peter's inspired declaration that the events of
Pentecost were the fulfillment of what God promised for "the last days."

1 Peter 1:20 affirms that Christ was manifested "in the last times."

1 Corinthians 10:11 states that "the end of the ages has come" upon first-century believers.

Hebrews 9:26 teaches that Christ put away sin at Calvary "at the end of
the ages."

1 John 2:18 proclaims that "it is the last hour."

According to the testimony of Scripture itself, the "last days" began
with the first advent of Jesus Christ and the outpouring of the Holy
Spirit, encompassing the entire current church age leading up to His
return. Any teaching that postdates the start of the last days to 1914 replaces the direct statements of God's Word with the arbitrary
calculations of men.
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