a compilation of signs of Christ's coming

One-hundred years before the Great Flood in the days of Noah, there began to appear a structure unlike anything which had ever been seen ~ either before or since.  Besides Noah's own preaching, the building of the Ark apparently was the ONLY sign which God gave to Noah's generation, warning that generation of impending judgment.  It must have been a very clear sign indeed.  In order as the building of the Ark continued to progress throughout the years, it must have been obvious to everyone who saw it that the ongoing construction of that extraordinarily massive boat required a supernatural effort; especially, in view of the fact that the Ark was built by one man and his three sons (with their wives).


Now, for the very first time since the Flood more than 3,500 years ago, a life-sized replica of Noah's Ark is being built ~ practically in the geographical center of America.  Only, this time, it's not going to take 100 years to build it.  (Click on this link to get an idea of the scale, and the progress, of that $35M project.)  As you watch the video, consider that virtually everything in the original Ark was fashioned by hand.

I believe that the re-construction of Noah's Ark, at this time in history, is not a coincidence, but that it is intended by God as yet another sign, to this present generation, of impending judgment ~ and not for America only, but news of the Ark shall soon reach around the world.  The projected opening date for the "Ark Encounter" is July 7, 2016.  I don't mean to suggest that as a date for the Rapture.  Nevertheless, I do believe the timing is Providential ~ in light of everything else I understand about Bible prophecy.
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BY FAR THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SIGN of the fast-approaching Rapture of the Church, is the UNPRECEDENTED RATE at which Christians are being not merely persecuted, but martyred.  According to a recent article by Raymond Ibrahim ~ a renowned scholar whose research and writing focuses on modern-day persecution of Christians:

"2015 was the 'worst year in modern history for Christian persecution,' according to Open Doors, a human rights organization that has been documenting the persecution of Christians since 1955."

As I documented in my recent book, "The Seven Seals in Prophecy and in History," the twentieth-century set the all-time record for the number of Christians martyred ~ with more Christians having been killed in that century (45Million+) than in all centuries combined since the time of Christ!  Moreover, the current rate of Christian martyrs, thus far in this present (21st) century, is more than double that of the twentieth-century.  As I also meticulously demonstrated in that same book, we are already living in the days of the "Fifth Seal" (described in the Bible's Revelation).  Considering the fact that has taken at least a century to destroy such a record-setting number of Christian martyrs; I am flabbergasted by the claims of many, who insist that the Fifth Seal shall not even be "opened" until sometime during the early months of the Tribulation ~ and, only then shall an all-time record number of Christians be martyred, and that, during a mere handful of weeks or months (as that is claimed by most Bible prophecy "teachers")!

The following quotation was taken from an article published online, titled, "The New Age of Martyrdom" (link):

"Though the numbers rarely show up on popular radar in the West, the International Society for Human Rights reported that Christians are the targets of 80 percent of all acts of religious discrimination in the world today. “Statistically speaking, that makes Christians by far the most persecuted religious body on the planet,” writes John J. Allen in The Spectator.

“According to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, an average of 100,000 Christians have been killed in what the center calls a ‘situation of witness’ each year for the past decade. That works out to 11 Christians killed somewhere in the world every hour, seven days a week and 365 days a year, for reasons related to their faith. 

“The carnage is occurring on such a vast scale that it represents not only the most dramatic Christian story of our time, but arguably the premier human rights challenge of this era as well.”

The modern-era anti-Christian bloodletting actually began in the 20th century...."

The only other 'sign' which even comes close to the importance of the statistical facts pertaining to the Fifth Seal, involves the re-establishment of the nation of Israel (in 1948).  But whereas that 'sign' signified that the beginning of the "terminal generation" was then at hand; the evidence involving the Fifth Seal, signifies that the end of that same generation (the "terminus" of which is the Rapture of the Church) is now at hand.  (The Rapture shall occur in conjunction with the "opening" of the Sixth Seal.)
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Another profoundly important ~ and starkly obvious ~ 'sign' of the nearness of Christ's return, is the mind-numbing propagation of Apostasy in the churches, especially, in America.  As I have written a great deal concerning the Apostasy, I won't belabor that topic, here.  But I include a reference to that, in order to emphasize the preponderance of, and how substantial are, the "signs" of the Rapture ~ which, truly, is now "imminent".  When all of the "signs" related to the nearness of Christ's coming are compiled, it becomes clear that "man is without excuse" (for not knowing about, and preparing for, the return of Christ); just as the Bible says.  The "great falling away" (the Apostasy) is a cardinal sign of the end of the Church Age ~ and of the soon-coming Rapture of the Church.
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The Bible is very explicit about the fact that the end of the Church Age would be characterized by pervasive lawlessness.  Lawlessness is intimately identified, in Scripture, with the spirit of antichrist.  Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright recently said, in a public interview: "To put it mildly, the world is a mess".  Even that is an understatement; for, Albright said nothing whatsoever, for example, about the out-of-control lawlessness in America ~ which is largely fomented by many who are in the highest levels of government in this country.  For that reason, fear and suspicion are at an all-time high ~ as reflected, for example, in the so-called "Prepper" phenomenon; and, in a much broader context, in the sales of everything from weapons, to personal bomb-shelters, to virtual underground cities (so-called "deep underground military bases").  Increasingly it is the case, that multitudes of Americans live in fear of their own, lawless government!  Yet, Scripture reveals that wicked and lawless rulers are among God's judgments upon a wicked and lawless people.

Lawlessness is virtually destroying nation-states all across the continents of Europe and Africa.  The mass media is overloaded with reports of the breakdown of society and of government.  If any title should be given to this present generation, it would be called "the Age of Lawlessness".  The Bible reveals that pervasive lawlessness (identified with the spirit of antichrist) would be one of the most significant signs of the soon appearance of the Antichrist ~ who shall attempt to rule the whole world. . . .
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Satan's great desire has ever been to rule the whole world.  It is Satan's lust for power which is the driving force in the lives of so many influential people, who imagine themselves to be the "gods" of this world: the very rich, the politically powerful.  Throughout the past century, especially, the consolidation of political and of economic power has advanced tremendously ~ largely facilitated by means of advances in technology.  The great prize of "world domination" now appears actually to be within reach of those who see themselves as part of the global ruling elite.

The Bible foretells the coming of the Antichrist, and a brief period of time when that Satan-controlled individual will seek to exert his control over the whole world.  As it can be seen in the quote, above, David Rockefeller ~ one of the world's wealthiest men, evidently is willing to go to extremes, in order to achieve world-government.  But he is far from being alone in that effort to bring about a New World Order.  Although that expression, New World Order, has been openly cast about by numerous world leaders throughout the past couple of decades or so, yet, that conspiracy is profoundly more extensive, as well as it is much further advanced, than almost anyone knows ~ and relatively very few suspect; notwithstanding, there is a large amount of credible information readily available ~ especially, on the Internet, pertaining to that subject.

Remarkably, it is knowledgeable students of Bible prophecy, who thus have had a front-row seat, as it were, whereby to observe current events unfolding according to the prophecies of Scripture.  For the well instructed Christian, the rapid emergence in this generation, of a working infrastructure of global governance, is a most important sign of the nearness of Christ's coming for his Church.
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I chose not to include an image for the category I next want to discuss, namely, demonic activity.  Never in the history of the human race, I firmly believe, has there been a GENERATION in which there has been so very much ~ and so very deep ~ manifestations of demonic activity.  Truly, it is as though the bottomless pit has already been opened.  There is practically an infinite number of real images on the Internet, depicting the most heinous displays of demonism (I don't go looking for them; but every Internet search engine displays them amongst other kinds of image searches.)

But demonic activity is by no means practiced only in secret.  A couple of days ago, I took my family to eat at a local Frisch's restaurant ~ and there was a fifty-something year old man dressed from head to toe as a woman: and it was not intended as a gag.  Not only is homosexuality and lesbianism and every imaginable kind of sexual perversion now widely embraced and practiced, in America, but sexual perversion is being promoted and funded at practically every level of government in this nation!

Drugs are virtually everywhere ~ and they are becoming increasingly bizarre and deadly in their effects.  Heroin overdose and death is at epidemic proportions across America.  Drugs like "bath salts," and "flakka," and many others, produce such horrific effects, and the use of such drugs is becoming so widespread, that journalists and political commentators have lately begun to speak of the "Zombie Apocalypse" in very real terms.

Even thinking about how to write nothing more than a snippet, as I am here attempting to do, concerning the subject of demonic infestation in America (and throughout the world), literally gives me a sick feeling and almost leaves me breathless: it is so pervasive, and so utterly debase, and so violently opposed to the Spirit of God.  But the phenomenal increase ~ and the host of unrestrained expressions ~ of demonic activity in the earth during this present generation, is one of the most blatant of all signs that this is, in fact, the terminal generation, that is, the one which God is now ready to pour out His wrath upon.
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Importantly, Jesus said that he is coming for His Bride, the true Church, "in such an hour as ye think not" (Matthew 24:44).  Just as there did come a day when the long-expected coming of the Messiah actually occurred, at the birth of Jesus, so also there is coming a day ~ very, very, very soon ~ when Christ is going to come for His faithful servants, to deliver us from this present evil world.  Jesus said that the Rapture is going to occur like a "thief in the night"; at a time when, in the world, it will be "business-as-usual"; on a day, in other words, just like today ~ or, perhaps, this coming Thursday. . . .

A brief review of just a few of the major signs (above) which, we are told in Scripture, are explicit signs that serve to identify that this is that generation which shall be spewed out of the mouth of Christ and so be cast into great Tribulation, should be sufficient to remove all doubt from the mind of anyone who sincerely wants to know the time of Christ's coming.

When is the Rapture going to happen?

And day now.  Any day.