The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do.

. Humankind is still being schooled in morality. In the new age to come, eternal life will be granted to those who choose

14 I will bring back the captives of Egypt and cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom. 15 It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms; it shall never again exalt itself above the nations, for I will diminish them so that they will not rule over the nations anymore.

In all reality, Satan is as authentic as Jesus Christ, but it is to his advantage that people are confused about this fact. The reason is that Satan has an army of cohorts to help him do his evil work and invisibility serves to help them influence humans.

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17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

10 – Mocking of Bible prophecy and the Lord’s return. Hey! They’ve been talking about this since the 1st century! Why hasn’t He come already? Na, He’s not coming! The scripture proof of this is in 2 Peter chapter 3 — which I covered a while ago, but here are the highlights…

We may not know exactly how or when this The Rise of Evil on Earth: Is Biblical Prophecy Being Fulfilled? prophecy will be fulfilled. But what we do know is that it signifies a time when our faith and conviction will be severely tested.

Back in Matthew 24, Jesus warns of false prophets who will arise during the last days and deceive many. Throughout Scripture, false prophets are depicted as individuals who claim to speak on behalf of God but propagate deceitful teachings and lead people astray from the truth.

14 And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life. 15 He was then permitted to give life to this statue so that it could speak. Then the statue of the beast commanded that anyone refusing to worship it must die.

Paul explains that at the end of time, all believers will be transformed into imperishable bodies, signaling the defeat of death and the beginning of eternal life.

I’m so glad I’m not going to be around when all this hits the fan. I’ll be raptured with all the born-again Christian believers. Anyone left behind will get a second chance to accept Jesus as their savior, but they’ll have to live through the Tribulation — and that won’t be fun at all.

Just like you, the disciples wanted to know. But also notice that Jesus said to be careful about being deceived, including by people who teach that Jesus is the Christ.

Passages like Matthew 24 and the book of Revelation read like a fantasy or science fiction novel with epic visions of creatures and beasts. These dramatic scenes of what we refer to as the "last days" or "end times" have led to erroneous declarations from pastors or supposed prophets about the end drawing nigh within the near future. Those dates have all passed, and we can be skeptical of ideas about the end times.