What Are the Signs of the End Times?
1) Direct Answer
Yes. The Bible gives clear signs that mark the end time, and we are watching them come to fullness right now.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- Global upheaval and birth pains:
- Wars and rumors of wars; nations rising; earthquakes, famines, pestilences, fearful sights (Matthew 24:6-8; Luke 21:11, 25-26). “These are the beginning of sorrows”—birth pains that grow closer and stronger.
- Moral collapse and last-days character:
- “Perilous times” with lovers of self and pleasure, disobedience, boasting, unholiness (2 Timothy 3:1-5).
- “As the days of Noah” and “as the days of Lot” — violence, corruption, and open immorality (Genesis 6:11; Luke 17:26-30).
- Israel and the fig tree:
- The fig tree budding is a time-sign; when it puts forth leaves, “know that it is near, even at the doors” (Matthew 24:32-34; Luke 21:29-31). The prophets spoke of Israel’s regathering (Ezekiel 36–37).
- Worldwide witness:
- “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come” (Matthew 24:14).
- Great religious deception:
- Many false christs and false prophets with great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, the very elect (Matthew 24:4-5, 11, 24).
- Departing from the faith and seducing spirits (1 Timothy 4:1); strong delusion on those who reject the truth (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12).
- The falling away and the man of sin:
- A notable apostasy and the revealing of the man of sin who opposes and exalts himself (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).
- The “abomination of desolation” spoken by Daniel (Matthew 24:15).
- Lukewarm church condition:
- Laodicea—rich, increased with goods, but spiritually blind and lukewarm; Jesus standing outside knocking (Revelation 3:14-20).
- Acceleration of knowledge and travel:
- “Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased” (Daniel 12:4).
- Scoffers and unbelief:
- “In the last days scoffers… saying, Where is the promise of His coming?” (2 Peter 3:3-4).
- Economic control and the mark:
- A global system restricting buying and selling without the mark (Revelation 13:16-17).
- Outpouring and urgency:
- “I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh” in the last days (Joel 2:28-32; Acts 2:17-21).
- A restoring call before the Day:
- God promises a turning of hearts and a restoring message before the great and dreadful day of the Lord (Malachi 4:5-6; Matthew 17:11).
- The revealing of the Son of Man:
- “As it was… in the day when the Son of man is revealed” (Luke 17:30)—Christ making Himself known by His Word at the end.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- Jesus said these signs would come like birth pains—more frequent and more intense. When you see them converging, “know that it is near, even at the doors.”
- It’s not date-setting—no man knows the day or hour—but the season is unmistakable by the signs God gave.
- The right response is not fear but readiness: repent, believe the Gospel, be baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and be sealed with the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38-39). Hold to the Word, watch and pray, and look up, for your redemption draws nigh (Luke 21:28).
Short reinforcing statement
Now notice—every major sign Jesus and the prophets laid down is standing on the earth together. You see, the clock is striking. Stay with the Word and be ready.
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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
The signs of His coming
62-0407 §99
What did they do? Now all of them, you know ... Jesus said in the last days He would bind ... first he'd bind all the what? The tares. Is that right? Boy, they're sure binding up now. World Council of Churches got them, every one---Pentecostals and all. They're all bound together for the burning. That's exactly right. Uh-huh. Separating them from the wheat. Praise God for that. That's right, separating them all out---unbelievers. Don't walk in their way. Don't go by their learning; come by the Word. That's right. D...
The flashing red light of the sign of His coming
63-0623E §17
See, they asked three questions, and He answers back three questions. "When will there come a time there won't be one stone left on another? What's the sign of your coming, and what about the end of the world?" And many, I believe, that we brethren make mistakes by trying to apply it all to His coming. But He's answering three different questions that was asked Him. Why there'll be the time that there won't be one of these stones left on another, when will this thing be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, an...
The signs of His coming
62-0407 §128
...prayer just for a few minutes now, just sit real still now, and be in prayer? What have I been preaching about? The last sign that was going to strike the church before the end-time. Some day it's going to be different. We're going to hear it our last time. All right. Will you be real... How many believe that to be true? How many believe that's ... you believe it? All right. Be reverent then, be real reverent. Just have faith, don't doubt.
Is this the sign of the end sir?
62-1230E §89
...The orthodox church, for not believing the Messiahic sign that Jesus had produced to them. Why, they should have known it! They should have known. Remember Paul came at the end of the age---all the messengers come at the end of the age. It's at the end time when these things are brought forth. Paul, knowing the Scriptures, and knowing that Jesus was Messiah... And he blasted those synagogues from place to place with the Scriptures, and was put out of every one of them, till finally he shook the dust from his feet a...
The Handwriting on the wall
56-0902 §61
But here we are. We come into this place. What is it? It's because we're at the end road. Purpose in your heart tonight, never no more, never no more, as long as the world stands or as long as you live, that you'll never defile yourself anymore with the portion of the American way of life (Yes, sir.)--- American way of life, so-called. Now, the old American way of life was fine. Be neighborly and honest and so forth, that's good. But this modern way of your nakedness, and drinking, and carousing, and separation, an...