{"id":1288,"date":"2017-05-05T22:15:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T02:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christskingdom.org\/staging\/8402\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2026-05-26T19:26:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T23:26:53","slug":"anybody-know-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christskingdom.org\/staging\/8402\/anybody-know-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Anybody Know What Time It Is? (16)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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By Steven J. Hogan<\/p>

~ A Saturday Morning Post #16 ~<\/em><\/p>


About two months ago, I received a call from another Christian. He had been reading my posts and was wondering why I was writing things in an urgent way, making it sound like Jesus Christ was returning right away. Let me share a few things that I believe will help you understand why and how I think about end times’ prophecy and the timing of Christ\u2019s second coming.

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1. Christ\u2019s return is an urgent matter. Two hundred years ago I wouldn\u2019t have written articles like I\u2019m doing now, but the fact that the Jews have been gathering back to their land for the past 130 years is a wake up call from God, a clear sign that we live in the end times.<\/a> God is gearing things up, actively carrying out His final plans for this present world, and soon enough, Christ will return to rapture the church. Now is when we need to know what God\u2019s Word says about Christ\u2019s coming, and how then we should live. Luke 12:56, 1 Chronicles 12:32

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2. Christ\u2019s coming is very soon. In Revelation 22:20 Christ Himself said, \u201cBehold, I\u2019m coming soon.\u201d<\/em> If His coming was soon back in 95AD (the approximate date Revelation was written), then now it\u2019s very soon.<\/a> In Romans 13:11, Paul says, \u201cDo this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now, salvation is nearer to us than we believed.\u201d<\/em> If Christ\u2019s return was near in the 1st<\/sup> century, then how much nearer is it today? Hebrews 10:37 says, \u201cIn a very little while, He who is coming will come, and will not delay.\u201d<\/em> Acts 2:17 describes the church age as the last days and that was about 2000 years ago, and so now we are living in the very last part of the last days.

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3. When I say Christ\u2019s coming is very soon, I don\u2019t mean it could be tomorrow or next week, or even in the next year or two. And I don\u2019t mean His coming is imminent, that no signs or events need to precede it, for it is not imminent, and that’s because\u00a0many prophesied events<\/a> need to take place before the rapture. When I say Christ\u2019s coming is very soon, I mean it is very soon when you think about all of human history, from Adam and Eve to the present day. As Christians we need to step back and get perspective\u00a0– we need to see the big picture. I like sports and I think of it this way: it\u2019s the bottom of the ninth inning, and the baseball game will soon be over; or the two minute warning has sounded, and the football game is nearly finished.

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4. <\/em>\u00a0When people ask me where we\u2019re at with regard to Christ\u2019s return, I tell them it\u2019s \u201cthe beginning of birth pangs\u201d<\/em> stage (Matthew 24:8). These birth pangs (false christs, earthquakes, wars, famines) have already been occurring. For example, many false religions have started since the early 1900’s. There have been wars and rumors of wars for the past 100 years, and most recently there\u2019s been the North Korean situation. Then a few weeks ago I read, \u201c20 million people are now threatened by famine \u2013 more than at any time since World War II.\u201d<\/em> (Tampa Bay Times \u2013 4\/14\/17). And in the near future you\u2019ll hear about some major earthquake. All these birth pangs will continue to take place as we approach Christ\u2019s return, but with increasing intensity and frequency. Where are we at? We\u2019re at the beginning stage of the end times, but let me add, well into the beginning stage.<\/a>

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5. Yes, Christ\u2019s coming is very soon, but it\u2019s going to be years before He comes, and whether that is five years, fifty years, or more, I don\u2019t know. You see, many things<\/a> still need to happen before Christ returns. The birth pangs will increase in frequency and intensity (Matthew 24:4-8). The world will get more lawless and wicked (Matthew 24:12). Evangelism needs to continue around the world (Matthew 24:14). Persecution of Christians will get worse (Luke 21:16-19). The desire for globalism will increase before the Antichrist is revealed (Revelation 13). Nations need to be realigned and reformed; and yes, the USA needs to decline in power (Daniel 7:19-24). The peace treaty involving Israel and the Antichrist will be signed (Daniel 9:27). And there is more. I am trying to make it clear to you that Christ\u2019s coming is very soon, but in the whole big scheme of things, we still have a little ways to go, a number of years. But we don\u2019t know the day or the hour of Christ\u2019s return.

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As Christians we should be extremely excited to be alive at this time in history. How amazing that God has chosen these end time days to be our days to be living for Him. But many Christians are asleep, and need to be woken up. And somebody needs to wake them up<\/a> and let them know that events now taking place in the world are confirming God\u2019s prophetic Word. That \u201csomebody\u201d<\/em> may be you. \u201cI have appointed you a watchman.\u201d<\/em> Ezekiel 3:17

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P.S. \u00a0 I have written a new article for encouragement \u00a0~ \u00a0Thinking of Jesus Christ!<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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