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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Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
The Ark
55-0522 §22
But if you notice, there come a great civilization through that lineage of Cain back there, that begin to come in. When man begin to multiply, they begin to go out after different educations, and so forth, and discovery of things, inventions. One, a great worker of wood. Oh, how they built and begin to build and build and build; was a sign that the end time was near. Did you ever see the like of building that we got now? It's again the sign of the end time. They were great workers of metal. And they discovered how...
The sign of this time
63-1113 §38
And He, God in all ages has had signs for His people. And without doing anything, God sends a sign, always He sends a sign first. And He promised He would do the same thing, 'cause He cannot change. So when we see the end time appearing, and the signs of the end time, even the last sign that was promised before Sodom burned. We've had joy. And we've had the stars shaken in the heaven. We've had wars, and rumors of wars. We've had earthquakes in divers places, and all those things. With, the gifts of the Spirit has...
The anointed ones at the end time
65-0725M §29
But you see, He sends the rain (back to our subject) on the just and the unjust. Jesus tells you here now in Matthew 24 it would be a sign at the end time. Now, if this sign is only to be known at the end time, then it'll have to be after the opening of those seals. It's a sign of the end. That would be, when these things happens it'll be at the end time. And it'll be a sign, now, so the elected will not be confused in these things. You see it? Then it's got to be revealed, exposed.
Five junctions of time
56-0122 §59
Notice, but as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the coming of the Son of man: eating, marrying, giving in marriage, scoffers, and all these things. We're living at the end time. Signs and wonders begin to appear right amongst those people. Prophets come. And we're told by God's Word before the end time, prophets shall arise again: "Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy." Is that right? Certainly they will. And then it's also ... predicated there also, said "Your young men shall see visions." Peopl...
Token
63-0901M §106
Watch! We see the great end-time, the flashing red lights everywhere; upon nature, we see nature flashing the light. The time is at hand. We see it upon the church, flashing the light; she is condemned. The time is at hand. She is in the world. We see it upon the skies, upon the sea, upon the nations, upon everywhere, in the sun, moon, stars, signs. We see the end-time signs of the Holy Ghost, return back upon the people. As it was in the days of Lot, how the Holy Spirit worked through that human flesh, there, that...