Focusing on the last Signs of Jesus Christ Second Coming

Many religious people have written about the signs of Jesus Christ Second Coming, touching about the signs and wonders, which the Lord Jesus Christ spoken during His ministry on earth; the emerging of false prophets, rumors of wars, famines, earthquakes, increase of wickedness, persecutions of Christians but as what Jesus Christ said, these are only the beginning of sorrows, the end is not yet. I would like to focus on the last signs of Jesus Christ second coming.

Matthew 24:4-14

4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you.

5 For many will come in my name, claiming, “I am the Christ, and will deceive many.

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

7 Nations will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

8 All these are the beginning of birth pains

9 “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.

10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other.

11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people

12 because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold

13 but he who stands firm to the end will be saved

14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Notice that the last signs Jesus Christ mentioned is the spread of the gospel throughout the world. The gospel will be preached to all nations, this thing must be fulfilled that no one would give an alibi that they have not heard the gospel.

It was 1973 when I converted to Christianity, as a new believer I was so zealous to join in the street evangelization, giving tracts to those people frolicking in national park near our school. The word “born-again” was so unfamiliar, so it makes nice opening words when I start sharing the gospel with somebody, repeating the very words of Jesus Christ John 3:3 “…. unless one is born-again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

During that time our favorite topic was Christ Second Coming, we would be warning our friends, family relatives and those people I’ve met and shared with the gospel. We were that anxious for the coming of the Lord. That time communication was so obscure, there were scarcity of telephone, television and most office works were done manually so data were so slow to attain. With those things I wonder how prophecies in the Bible would take place. Let say, the mark of the beast, Revelation 13:17 – And that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. I was wondering how can this thing be made possible. Now with the rapid growth of technology, this thing will no longer be impossible. Advance computer technology will do the work. Electronic chips embedded in the body could collect data from the person himself; his whereabouts would be known and his movements could easily be detected.

Revelation 11:3-9

“And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

7 When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.

8 And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

9 Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves.

Note that seeing their bodies by all people of the world would be impossible to accomplish in just three and a half days during our time. But you see, with the presence of cable tv and satellites nowadays there is nothing impossible.

Now, how close are we in the end times and the coming of the Lord? We are very close in fact, the time is so ripe that spreading of the gospel throughout the world have not been so easy and attainable than these present generation.

Growth of Christianity in forbidden countries.

When communist ideals has loosened grip on its followers, people inside the communist countries could very well experience the saving grace of Christ.

In communist country like China, who boasts of their 1.3 billion people it is now growing to its roughly 30,000 Christian converts a day. The estimates accounts to those Christians who live their faith underground.

In Cuba, the evangelical movement is growing at a pace of 6.5% outsmarting population growth which is only 0.7 percent annually. Sufferings and persecution inside Cuba have refined the works of Christian evangelists. They were gifted evangelists and were doing well in Cuba.

People in North Korea were made to believe that there is no God that after death all is finished. Their god is their leader, Kim II Sung, The concept of trinity, which is Juche philosophy is indoctrinated to all North Koreans from birth which has similarity with Holy trinity; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This is Kim II Sung, his mother Kim Jung Sook and his son Kim Jong II. There are official two state-own churches in Pyongyang, set-up by government but these are only for a show. Those that go there are state-ordered believers. There are minimal knowledge of underground churches in North Korea those Christians who were found practicing their faith are immediately faced execution.

Missionaries’ Work

The Gospel of Christ is definitely not for those people who already have the knowledge of salvation but reject Christ, Aside from those countries where Christianity and Bible are strictly unwelcome, there are still part of the earth whose inhabitants have no concrete knowledge of God, heaven and salvation. In developing countries like Philippines, which is vastly covered with forested mountains and clustered islands, there were tribes of people who remained untouched by civilization; These are people who thrive in the deepest part of the jungle in mountain caves and remotest islands.

I was listening to the testimony and presentation of information in a seminar conducted by Philippine Christian missionaries and I was astonished by the boldness of the two young ladies who started the missionary work in remote island in the country and was able to break through the tribe’s cultural beliefs and norms. They taught the islanders to write using an obscure knife, practical knowledge on sanitation, herbal and alternative medicine and of course the gospel of Christ. .

Today with more than twenty uncivilized tribes there are already more than half of the number which were administered and presented the gospel of Christ. Bible were distributed translated in their own tongues

Christians throughout the world are faced with challenge of spreading the gospel if we want to hasten Christ coming let’s do our work; sharing the gospel with our friends, neighbors, family and relatives.

Matthew 9:37-38

37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the workers are few.

38 “Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

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