Are we approaching the end game?

 

 

"Is this it? Is the end in sight?"

Talking to someone the other day, he confessed he did not believe in Jesus. I am curious when someone says that. History is ripe with documentation that Jesus lived. The number one best seller of all time, the Holy Bible, has four Gospels chronicling the live and death of Jesus. The Quran talks of Jesus, but not as the Son of God. He is mentioned in other historical texts. I am amazed when atheists or even agnostics doubt that Jesus ever existed. It is to doubt history itself.

Many wonder if we are in what the Holy Bible refers to as the "end times". Actually, we have been in the end times for 2,000 years now. Christians believe that Jesus could come back at any time. And when He does come back, He will come as the Lion of Judah. It will be to set the world right and to fulfill prophecy. For those who believe in and follow Him, it will be a glorious day. For those who have shunned Him, not so much. It will be the start of an eternity separated from God.

There are some parts of Islam who also believe we are in the end times. The arrival of the 12th Imam. The great caliphate. This is a subject I know little about, so I will not address it. I do know this however - some radical sects of Islam look upon Christians and Jews as the enemy and worthy of life only if they convert to Islam. It is religious ethnic cleansing on a global scale.

Some in ISIS have proclaimed they will bring the caliphate to America. I take them at their word. Even if it does not reach our shores, it is bound to grow past Syria and Iraq. If you are a Christian, there is a target on your back. The same for Jewish people, the non-believers (no, that will not save you from radical Islam), homosexuals and the infirmed. If you are female, good luck. You are about to find out what the real war on women is all about.

What to do. First and most important, get right with God. Many of us have been in a spiritual wilderness for some time. It is time to come home. There is nothing so bad you have done that God will not forgive you. He has never stopped loving you. If you had a bad church experience, there are plenty of Bible teaching, relevant churches to attend these days.  

Next, take what is happening right now in the Middle East as serious as a heart attack. It is not a passing fad, it is not something that will go away. The battle is as old as Isaac and Ishmael. It will not stop, and it will come here. When it does come here, we all need to be prepared, both spiritually, and militarily. These people will kill thousands of innocents by flying planes into buildings. They will behead and torture children. They will bury women alive. As dark of an evil as can be imagined, they will do with great abandon.

One final thought. The enemy of evil is God. The enemy of darkness is light. We know which side wins in the end, as the Holy Bible is clear on this. The battle is coming. The spiritual battle is already here. If you read nothing else in the Holy Bible, read Ephesians 6. It will tell you how to wear the Armor of God. We will all of us, need it. Believe it - we will.