8 Compelling Reasons Why:

Christ Is Coming Very Soon!

How to Be Prepared for History’s Greatest Event

The evidence for the soon return of Jesus Christ is overwhelming. It could be any moment. One scholar lists 167 converging clues just in the last few years of this millennium. The following are just eight:

  • Israel’s rebirth
  • As Jesus prophesied, the Jews were scattered during the Jewish-Roman war of AD 70 (Luke 21:24). Also prophesied to occur before Christ’s return, the nation of Israel was miraculously reborn on May 14, 1948. Israel is call "God’s time clock."
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  • Plummeting morality
  • Studies show a shocking breakdown in morality since the mid-century (2 Timothy 3:1-4).
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  • Famines, violence and wars
  • Jesus said the signs before His return would come as intensifying birth pangs, seeing increased famines, violence and wars. This is a clear picture of our planet at this time (Matthew 24:6-8). One of every six people on earth suffers from hunger. Violence is epidemic. A study of wars since 500 BC shows a recent dramatic increase. More than 100 conflicts have erupted since 1990, about twice the number for previous decades.
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  • Increase in earthquakes
  • Also prophesied to be as birth pangs (Matthew 24:7), a recent study shows a dramatic increase in earthquakes worldwide, just since the decade of Israel’s rebirth. In the 1940’s there were 51 earthquakes above 6.0 on the Richter Scale; in the 1950’s there were 475; in the 1980’s there were 1,085; and in the 1990’s there were 1,514.
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  • Explosion of travel and education
  • Two key conditions described about 2,500 years ago for the Second Coming are that "travel and education shall be vastly increased" (Daniel 12:4, Living Bible). In all history, the vast increase in travel has come just since mid-century with the explosion of both ground and air transportation; in education, with the advance of science and computers.
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  • Explosion of cults and the occult
  • Counterfeit spirituality is everywhere with cults and false Christ’s (Matthew 24:24), psychic phenomena, spiritism, Satan worship, witchcraft, nature worship and the New Age movement (1 Timothy 4:1). What is a cult or the occult? See FREE REPORTS below.
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  • The New World Order
  • Increased centralization of world financial and political power is a prelude to the soon-coming world power system in the hands of the "Antichrist," who will be the incarnation of Satan and who will deceive most of the world (Daniel 7-12, Matthew 24:15, Revelation 13). Beware of "the mark of the beast." See FREE REPORTS below.
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  • Increase in both apostasy and faith
  • The Bible predicts in the last days people will have "…a form of godliness, but deny its power…" (2 Timothy 3:5). Today many churches deny the eternal truths of Scripture and power of the Holy Spirit, replacing them with ungodly, temporal and "politically correct" values. But also, a prophesied outpouring of God’s Spirit is causing hundreds of millions worldwide to come to true faith in Christ in record numbers, virtually unnoticed by the media.
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    The Escape Plan

  • Christ’s death and resurrection have opened the way to heaven and life forever for all who put their trust in Him and His great sacrifice on our behalf. Christ will soon come and rescue His people from the approaching "Great Tribulation" (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). He will later rule and bring peace on earth- after He judges the world and every person (Matthew 25:31-46).

    God’s judgment is, indeed, coming on a world in rebellion. He cannot deny His nature. His attributes of perfect holiness and justice demand judgment for sin, of which we are all guilty.

    "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).

    The result of sin is death, or separation from God. "For the wages of sin is death…"

    (Romans 6:23a). Wages are something we earn, or deserve.

    However, "God is love" (1 John 4:8). Is "love" in conflict with "judgment"? Answer: God’s wisdom reconciled the dilemma- The Son of God (i.e. God, the Son) would take all our judgment upon Himself! "But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8).

    To escape God’s judgment, we each must receive His free gift of forgiveness and love, "…but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23b).

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    How to Receive God’s Free Gift

    In any gift exchange, there has to be giver and receiver. God has already given us the gift, Himself; now we must receive Him. "But as many as received Him…to them He gave the right to become children of God" (John 1:12).

    We receive Him by faith. "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9).

    We receive Him by personal invitation. Jesus Christ says, "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in…" (Revelation 3:20). Do you hear His voice? You must respond by inviting Him into your life.

    The following is a suggested prayer:

    "Lord Jesus, I believe You are the Son of God, and that You died on the cross for my sins to save me from eternal death. I open the door of my life to You and receive You as my Savior and Lord. I give You my entire life and trust You alone for my salvation. Help me to be what you want me to be. Amen."

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