Today at least eight nations have nuclear warheads and the number looks set to increase with a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. By the middle of the 1960s France and China had joined the nuclear club. It's crucial to note that humanity has had the capability for self-annihilation for only a little more than 50 years, since both the United States and the Soviet Union developed and stockpiled hydrogen bombs and the world had to learn to live with "mutually assured destruction."Īt that time there were only three nuclear powers (Britain being the other). Matthew 24:22 shows us that if Jesus Christ does not intervene in world affairs, the human race will be faced with extinction. Gospel means "good news." While some of the prophecies concerning events prior to the establishment of the Kingdom can seem negative, we should always keep in mind that the central focus of Bible prophecy is the good news (gospel) of the coming Kingdom of God. This is described as "the gospel" (Mark 1:14). The main message that Jesus Christ brought was of the coming Kingdom of God. In Matthew 24:22, describing world conditions prior to His second coming, Jesus said that "if that time of troubles were not cut short, no living thing could survive but for the sake of God's chosen it will be cut short" (Revised English Bible). The human race would have the ability to exterminate itself But interestingly, there are a number of prophecies in the Bible that could not be fulfilled until our modern era, the post–World War II period. Throughout the nearly 2,000 years since Christ gave His prophecy, many have thought that theirs was the time of His return-and turned out to be wrong, of course. Moreover, He said that when these signs became evident, His return would occur within one generation (Matthew 24:34). Jesus responded with a description of conditions and events that would lead up to His second coming. He was asked by His disciples: "When will these things be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?" (Matthew 24:3). Shortly before His crucifixion and resurrection, Jesus Christ delivered a major prophecy of end-time events, recorded in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21.
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