**PERILOUS TIMES

PROPHETIC END TIMES ARE FORETOLD IN THE BIBLE

Spiritual conditions at the end of the Age and its implications for believers
(See 2 Timothy Chapter 3)

Study and Commentary by C. Pinkney

Matters to consider:

1. What Jesus told us regarding the latter days;

5. Apostasy in Christian churches; "Seeker-friendly" churches and "easy-believism".

6. Growing evidence of the politics of the NWO (New World Order) the One-World government, and economic system;

7. The false gospel of the Anti Christ, A one-world religion, A left leaning Jesuit pope.

(1) What Jesus told us regarding the latter days:

Matthew 24:4,5: 4 And Jesus answered and said to them: "Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, "I am the Christ (the Messiah)" and will deceive many.

Matthew 24:37,8: 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38  For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, (The "thief in the night" parable indicates that a sense of routine and normality will continue to dominate the minds of most people. Then, the sudden return of Christ for his bride will catch many unaware).

Luke 17: 28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29 but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed. Gen. 19:22 reveals the pattern that the righteous must be taken to a place of refuge before judgment ensues. Judgment and destruction followed a society given to depravity and rebellion.

(2) What the apostles had to say about steering clear of deception:

2 Timothy 3:2-5: ** But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2) For men (people) will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3) unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4) traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5) having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!

2 Timothy 4:3: For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; (weak on admonition)

2 Thess 2: 9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, "� (Few teach on this passage, this is the reason the Lord"�s prayer has the phrase, "lead us not into temptation but deliver us from (the) evil (evil one).

(3) The departure from sound Biblical doctrine; Apostasy; A wayward church, misdirection from the pulpit:

The church from the very beginning had to deal with error of doctrine and false teachers. This is every bit as true today. Any and all of these misguided doctrines hinge on the principal issue of "�the right Jesus, the right gospel (doctrine) and the right spirit. (2Cor 11:2). Here is the admonition of the apostles on the matter:

PAUL, Galatians: 1:7-9: but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. Mainline churches are rapidly departing from the strictures of the gospel. The trend is Grace alone without attending to future judgment. This lends itself to another issue, that of tossing away the principle of scriptural inerrancy. (Did God really say?)

PAUL, 1 Thess: 5: 19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies. 21 Test all things;  hold fast what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil.

PAUL, 1 Timothy 4:1 [The Great Apostasy] Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, ...

JUDE: Jude 3: 3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

(4) Are believers acting with due diligence or do they take every word from preachers and teachers as valid?

LUKE, Acts:17:11 "Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true."

JOHN, 1 John 4:1: Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

PAUL, 1 Corinthians 12:1 12 Now I want to give you some further information in some spiritual matters. 2-3 You have not forgotten that you were Gentiles, following dumb idols just as you had been taught. (J.D. Phillips translation) Here the Greek word translated Spiritual Gifts is pnuematicos. It means Spiritual Matters or all matters relating to the Spirit-led life.

(5) Apostasy in Christian churches; We have already progressed into the apostasy of the Tribulation religion.

There is still a remnant of congregations where preaching biblically faithful, and not submitted to false teachers who are making merchandise of their congregations and promising spirituality outside of the guidelines of the original apostolic fundamentals. There are several end time scenarios that main line denominations are teaching. The differences pertain to the future of God's kingdom on earth. Is there are future Kingdom? What does or will it look like? What has become or will become of Israel and the Jews? Will the church go through the tribulation to survive or thrive? Is there "one way to God the Father or numerous ways? Will all the religions unite having hope of fulfilling their understanding that "we are all God's children? Each question above is dealt with by leading Christian leaders and theologians.

Important questions that must be resolved to prove if we are on the right page biblically:

• Is the Bible fable and fallacy or a reliable guide to understand humanities fall and redemption?

• What is the Gospel of Salvation?

• What must we do to be saved?

• Can church ordinances and sacraments save us?

• What is God's purpose and plan for Israel?

• What is the consequence of ignoring the Biblical mandate?

• What is the gift of God?

• What happened at the Cross when Jesus was crucified?

• What is the church?

• Where do we fit in to the structure and function of the church?

6. The politics of the One World government and economic system

Prophecy is being fulfilled as we see the policies and agendas of the United Nations try to erode the sovereignty of individual nations. The UN has had a plan in place for decades (Agenda 21) to make America part of a world without borders. The hidden ruling powers of the One World Government are in place. The Globalists are doing their best to destroy national sovereignty, remove borders, drastically reduce world population, and have the central ruling global elite make decisions that will make every individual answerable to them.

This explains the actions of the NWO, globalist-leaning congress of the United States. They have done all that is possible to block the nationalistic pro constitutional agenda to keep America sovereign. One worlders have tried to unseat an elected president. This president is hanging onto the constitution of an America "of and by the people" and the dream of a strong and secure America. To block this effort the presidentt has been besieged and maligned 24 hours a day by an open border one-world aiming congress and a complicit, bought-off main-stream media. News has become disinformation and propaganda. Multitudes fall in line with the mainline news narrative that is repeated around the clock. A greater part of the population does not question what the media presents as "news."

Christians should be alert and question everything, but most do not question. Spiritual delusion has turned good into evil and presents evil as good. (Anyone may check out Agenda 21, formulated in 1992 by the UN. Its purpose is to guide the planet in a sustainable future. This proposal among others is proposed to remove national sovereignty, personal rights and freedoms and the ownership of property or land.) Please take time to look into "agenda 21."

7. The false gospel of the Anti Christ, One World religion.:

N A R; Chris-Lam; Amillenialism; Emergent Christianity; 7 Mountain teachings; Dominion Theology;

The current Pope Francis, is a proponent of leftist policies; man-made global warming; Pro LGBTQ (politicized gender issues.) The pope also is also promoting a large tent world religion, encompassing all religions into one.

E Book 1:
The Gospel Without Religion

E Book 2:
A Disciples Handbook

E Book 3:
Mysteries in the Bible


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Update 05-30-2024