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.
Questions and Answers, Part 2
64-0823E §70
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The sign of the uniting time
63-0818 §30
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An uncertain sound
61-0315 §95
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62-1230E §136
....? Has it arrived, my brethren? I don't say it has. I don't know, but I'm asking you. I want you to think. Or will this be the time when it will be again, "Behold, the Lamb of God"; or the time of Malachi 4, to return the hearts of the children back to the faith of our fathers. Will it be such a blast that will do such mighty things until it will set the church, that's been sloping and cannot understand the mysteries of God, and so forth...? When they see that mighty blast sweep forth, will it turn their hearts bac...
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63-0901M §104
As we see the great end-time signs on earth, today, we know that that is right. Now look, I've waited for this for a long, long time, for this Message to you, and you've seen the end-time signs. And I've preached it to you, and showed it to you by everything that Christ said. Is that right? You'll admit that. At the end-time, I don't see nothing left. You say, "What about the mark of the beast?" Those who reject the Holy Spirit, are already marked by the beast. The punishment will come later.