2 Tim 3:1 this know also, that in the last days perilous (dangerous) times shall come.
A hurricane tears through Galveston and Houston, causing thousands to evacuate fleeing for higher and safer ground. Businesses and Homes were severely flooded and damaged. There were stranded vehicles and reports of uprooted trees. Families who stayed behind calling out in despair for help in the middle of the night as the floods take over their bedrooms. This is starting to sound like déjà vu; year after year, as we become inundated with stories about tragic hurricanes and other natural disasters. Just this morning two freight trains were reportedly found derailed in a head on collision. 18 people have been reported dead and the death toll is expected to rise. And this is just a snippet of tragic stories being reported on today alone! I’m not a media junkie, but whenever I do decide to watch the news it is a constant reminder that we are in the last days. Jesus Christ “is” soon to come.
As we attempt to live a “normal” or the “good life” as we often call it; we are exposed to the reality of what the bible says would happen. “In the last days perilous times shall come. There will be wars, and rumors of wars. There will be earthquakes in several places, and there shall be trouble, and this is the beginning of sorrows.” We roll from one tragic story right into another; before we can digest what we’re seeing there’s another breaking story of something else that is so devastating, so repulsive that we can’t even repeat it! Friends I believe it is clear that we are in the “end times” God is not slack concerning his promises. The bible is the truth. When people hear of such tragedies they often say, “Where is God in this? How could He allow these things to happen to human beings? These statements are clearly recited by people who do not know God, or what His word says.
People God is here, and He is on his Job; but what about you? Do you know what God requires of you? If you want to be on the right side of these “perilous times” pick up the bible and read it, and ask God to give you understanding, as well as the power to live what you’re reading in His word. Check out what the Bible says about what we are experiencing right now, and how we should view it, and respond. If you have not repented of your sins, and asked Jesus Christ to be Lord of your life, you should do that now.
May God’s grace and mercy cover us all.
Luke 21:11 and great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Mark 13:8 for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these [are] the beginnings of sorrows.
