The End is near

What do we know about John the Baptist? He came before Jesus to prepare the people for the coming of the Lord. John would walk around yelling, “Repent.” We know that he baptized people with water, including Jesus, (Matthew 3:13-17) this happened right before Jesus was tempted in the desert. We also know that John was beheaded, after being imprisoned for accusing Herod of an unlawful marriage (Matthew 14:1-12). John the Baptist was know s crazy, because he would wander around talking nonsense, about this Jesus fellow, who is the King of the Jews. People teased, and mocked John. But at the end of the day, John was the only one that had his head on straight, no pun intended. In short, even though John’s ministry on earth was on of the most important ministries in all of history, his ministry was considered ridiculous to most.

So, what does John the Baptist have to do with end times? I am looking over the events of the last few months. We have had major earthquakes in Haiti, Japan, and Chili, and there were the countless tsunami warning last week, I know that most of them were canceled, but that doesn’t change the fact that the warnings were certainly there. There were a few that did some damage. There have also been countless other thing going on in the world, I wouldn’t even know where to start.

As you all know, I do not watch TV anymore, I rely on breaking news from CNN on Twitter to keep up on my world news. These things are only the beginning. I sent out a Tweet and a Facebook post last week about the end being near, and I got a few mocking comments; which is fine it doesn’t bother me. Please understand that I am not a theologian, and I had not done any in depth studies on the book of Revelation, but I do know one thing; that most everything that the bible predicted would happen before Jesus returned has happened, now we are just awaiting many natural disasters, and war, a one world currency, as well as a one world leader, and the mark of the beast, before Jesus return. These things may not exist today, but they are certainly being talked about, and those days are a lot closer than we think.

We keep hearing on the news that things will turn around, things will better, world peace is near. Yes, our economy may turn around, but the bottom line is that things will not get better, they will continue to get worse until God has had enough and sends Jesus back. The bible says that we do not know the time or the hour, (Matthew 24:36) which by the way means that the world will not come to an end in 2012. Short of the Viking winning a Super Bowl, the end is close, it may or may not be in our lifetimes, but the world around us does not lie. Are you ready for Jesus return? I would like to talk a little bit about death, but that is another blog.

I am a lot like John the Baptist, in a sense that I am speaking the truth, but people are so blind and jaded to the truth, that they will laugh at me and mock me for being “crazy.” But, that’s ok, because, Blessed are you when people insult and persecute you, and falsely say all sorts of evil things against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in Heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the profits who were before you. (Matthew 5:11-12 NASV)