In the news today, and a few days prior to writing this article, there have been reports of missile attacks hitting civilians in Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen. It seems Israel is out to get those it sees as terrorists, but in the process is killing innocent people. Now that Iran has launched missiles into Israel territory the mainstream media is using their usual fear-mongering practices to create anxiety and panic.
First of all, forget what you hear on any mainstream media news report; they rarely report the entire truth and LOVE to sensationalise any juicy story, making it sound much worse than what it is. It’s extremely sad that innocent people have been killed, on all sides of the wars raging across the world right now, not just in Israel and other Middle Eastern countries, but this war is not the beginning of the end of the world. Matthew 24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. The end of this world will be down to a war in the heavens that spills onto earth, when God removes Satan from power; that’s the war to end all wars and scripture confirms this many times.
God has not given us the spirit of fear 2nd Timothy 2:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. He did not make us to be full of fear, nor to be anxious about the last days of this world. Humans cannot rule, it’s obvious from the problems we have seen throughout history. Man simply has no idea how to rule the world, and with Satan behind the problems we experience it only makes everything much worse. God is not the cause of suffering, the wars we hear about right now, and diseases, death from sin, and any other calamities are not His doing. Satan is the ruler of this world right now, described in scripture as the god of this system: 2nd Corinthians 4:4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. It is him who causes all our problems, he is directing everything and wants all humanity to be destroyed. This is why God will step in soon and prevent that from happening.
Being anxious about the world situation does not help us at all, in fact it’s not advisable to be concerned about tomorrow: Matthew 6 27-34 warns us to avoid being anxious, we can’t prevent what happens in this world, only side with God and repent from our wrong attitudes and actions. Jesus said that there would be critical times hard to deal with in the last days, and a tribulation on the way; one that has never been experienced since the beginning of the world: Matthew 24:21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. Those days will be impossible to manage unless you are on the side of God. Imagine being in the worst situation since the world began, and not having the faith to keep you strong throughout that. If we think bad things have happened in the past, and what is happening now, then you’ve seen nothing compared to when the great tribulation will eclipse those events and make them seem like a picnic in comparison.
The Bible does talk about a war with Gog and Magog, the North and South. Many Bible scholars believe this to be Iran, Russia, and other allies these countries have. In Ezekiel chapters 38-39 we can read about the account of the War of Gog and Magog. Many believe the current situation in the Middle East, Israel and other countries, are those described in instigating this war, and maybe this current situation really is the beginning of that prophecy. In Isaiah it warns also of the complete destruction of Damascus, Syria, the oldest inhabited city on earth: Isaiah 17:1 The burden against Damascus. “Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, And it will be a ruinous heap.
Could this be coming soon, maybe if the wars in the Middle East expand into a major and wider regional conflict, dragging in the USA and other countries too. Perhaps Israel will launch a nuclear attack against Syria, Isaiah 17:1 makes sense of how Damascus would cease to be a city, transformed in seconds into a ruinous heap. Who knows at this stage what will happen, but one thing is certain, this world is coming to an end, even though nobody knows exactly when: Matthew 24:36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
People have been anxious about WW3 since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Then all the wars that followed this have ended while others begin, still no end of the world (as described in scripture). There will always be wars, scripture confirms this. The difference in modern warfare is that it can now be fought with weapons that until the 1940’s had nothing like the destructive power they have today. This is why God has to step in soon, He won’t allow the entire planet to become wiped out in a full-scale nuclear war. Maybe there will be limited strikes, but an entire world destroyed by nuclear weapons is unlikely when examining end-times scripture.
Forget being anxious, turn off the news, stop listening to those who like to frighten others with crazy talk about the end of the world. They have no idea about the plans God has, not even Jesus knew when the end of the world would come, only the signs that lead up to that time. We are seeing those times now, and it is true that scripture prophecy is revealing what is going on before the news catches up with the Bible. All we can do is make certain to stay on side with God, not going back to our former ways if those were bad. No human can save this world, only the Creator can do that, so put your trust in Him, now!
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