WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OF THE END?
By Laura Gibly
"What shall be the sign of the end?" The apostles were anxious to know. The Master had told them that the end would come, and they, knowing that never in the past7had God brought His judgments upon the earth without a warning, desired to know the signs that would show the end near. "Nation shall rise against nation," He said, "and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles." "False Christs and false prophets shall rise." "The sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars of heaven shall fall." "And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory." This is His own word for it; and "heaven and earth shall pass away; but My words shall not pass away." Mark 13:4, 8, 22, 24-26, 31. All these things are harbingers of the end, even as the putting forth of the leaves indicates that summer is near. "So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors." Mark 13:29. Some would put us off by quoting, "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man." True, but when the evidences multiply that the event is imminent, it behooves guilty man to prepare to meet it. Unbelief and scoffing will not in any way prevent the Lord's return; indeed, these very things are signs of that event. Soon, very soon, the cry will be heard: "Behold, the Bridegroom cometh! Go ye out to meet Him!"