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 Voice of the Sign
64-0313 §49
if they didn't believe the sign. Then the third sign really got it. All ministries has three signs if it's sent from God. Jesus had three signs, Moses had three signs, Noah had three signs, Elijah had three signs. Everything comes in three signs. Notice. Listen, friends. It's getting a little bit late. Oh, my. I didn't know it was that late---quarter after. If you can believe the Sodom sign of Luke, see, as He promised it... You believe the Sodom sign, then why can't you accept the Malachi voice that follows the si...
The Rapture
65-1204 §36
...t. Texas blacked out last week. They can't understand it. Don't you realize that that's a sign? Don't you know the nations are breaking? Israel's in her homeland, and these signs are indicating that we are at the end! The same time it's blacking out, don't you know that's a sign that the prophet said, "But there shall be light about the evening time," that there will be a light come forth in the evening time when the blackouts and things are going the way they are now.
The second coming of the Lord
57-0417 §28
...d been predicted to come, would come that night. Little did Pearl Harbor realize that raid that took place. We are weighed in the balance and found wanting! We are near the end time! What would happen if... They, right in Moscow, could direct them missiles, guided by the stars and radar, could land that bomb exactly on Fourth Street in Louisville if they wanted to. That's right. And we can stand out there in the sea somewhere, on our ships, and direct one right straight on the capital of Moscow if we want to. What...
I stand at the door and knock
57-1208 §49
I believe that we're living in the closing days of the Gentile dispensation. Everything is just perfect in order, right now, for the end time, but the going home of the church. That's what Christ is waiting on. As He was in the days of Noah: long-suffering, not willing that any should perish. He's the same thing today: long-suffering. He is now, not willing that any should perish. Great signs and wonders is gone. People say, "Well, we're looking for a great age to come." My friend, the age is just about gone. The G...
The End-time Sign Seed
62-0319 §79
What's happening? (I'm closing.) I might say this: friends, the church is coming forth. God's going to have a church without spot or wrinkle. She's predestinated. God said so, He would have it. That makes it right. Who's a member? I don't know. I'm trusting it to be myself, I'm trusting you are a member. But He's going to have a body without spot or wrinkle. And I believe that these latter day signs and things that's happening, every one of them, is peeling together to show that Christ is ready to come for this bri...