Will the World End Soon?
1) Direct Answer
Yes and no. The present world system is coming to its end soon, but the earth itself will not be annihilated. The Bible shows an end of the age, a judgment by fire, and then a renewed earth under Jesus Christ’s rule.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- Jesus spoke of “the end of the world” as the consummation of the age (Matthew 24:3). He said we would know the season by clear signs: deception, wars, pestilences, earthquakes, and lawlessness; like the days of Noah and Lot—violence, immorality, and perversion (Matthew 24:4–14, 37; Luke 17:26–30). He said, “When you see these things begin to come to pass, look up… your redemption draws near” (Luke 21:25–28).
- No man knows the day or the hour (Matthew 24:36), but we are told to watch and be ready (Matthew 24:42–44; 1 Thessalonians 5:1–6).
- Scoffers will say, “All things continue as they were,” but the Word says the world that once perished by water is now reserved for fire (2 Peter 3:3–7). The elements will melt, and God will bring a new heavens and new earth wherein dwells righteousness (2 Peter 3:10–13).
- Yet the earth itself abides; God laid its foundations so it would not be removed forever (Ecclesiastes 1:4; Psalm 104:5). The “end” is the end of the present order, not the extinction of the planet.
- God once cleansed the world by water in Noah’s day; this time it will be a purification by fire, followed by Christ’s reign and the final renewal (Revelation 19–21; Romans 8:19–23).
- Before the wrath, the true Bride is caught up to meet the Lord (1 Thessalonians 4:16–17). Then come the judgments, and finally the new creation.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- The Bible distinguishes between the end of the age and the endurance of the earth. So the “world” that ends is the present sinful order.
- The signs Jesus gave line up with our day. That tells us the season is near, even if the exact day is unknown.
- God is consistent: water judgment once, fire judgment next; not to annihilate His creation, but to cleanse it and set it back under Christ.
Short reinforcing statement
Now notice, the call is not to calculate dates but to be ready. Repent, be baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and receive the Holy Spirit as God’s seal (Acts 2:38; Ephesians 4:30). Walk in the light, watch and pray. The coming of the Lord is at the door.
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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 World is falling apart
63-1115 §31
Now as we approach this season, it's very familiar. The world is just about the same condition it was two thousand years ago, when He come on earth on His first advent. When He came to the earth, the earth had met its time. Every so often the world gets in such a chaotic condition until there is nothing can help it. We've had this several times, these preludes. And we find that each time when it meets this condition, and, it causes people to start praying. And they feel that everything has played itself out, as all...
Respects
61-1015E §7
So we are living in the last days, and we are near the end time. This sounds ... may sound terrible to some people but to the Christians, I'm glad that we're here. I'm glad that we're at the end. I said that once in a meeting, and a person talking to me said, "What do you mean? You mean you'd be glad to see the end of the world come?" I said, "Oh, yes, sir!" I said, "Sure!" Said, "Well, that don't sound sensible, anybody would want the end of the world to come." I said, "At the end of the world, the time, Jesus com...
The Seal of God and the Mark of the Beast, part 1
61-0216 §14
...tures supports the mark of the beast to be. And then I'm going to tell you what I think the scripture supports the seal of God. Now, we know that these two great things are ending up soon, and to two great grips... The world is gripped by these two things right now: The mark of the beast, or the seal of God. Some of them places it way over in the future, some says it's already been in the past, but I believe that there's just two answers to it. And that is, that the seal of God is the baptism of the Holy Ghost; the...
Earnestly contending for the faith
55-0123E §23
He said, "A little while and the world will see Me no more. Yet, you shall Me, for I will be with you, even in you, to the end of the world, and the things that I do shall you also. Even more than this, for I go to my Father." You get it? What was it? The faith that He represented He delivered to the church to take it to the ends of the world. Amen. Oh, I hope you just really get down under your skin. Look to the fifth rib on the left side. Notice, that was the faith that Jude was talking about. That kind of a fait...
The End Time
54-0307A §36
...of today. The same men with the same brain, back there. He had the same brain that he's got now. But all at once, something happened, didn't it? How could we say that this world could stand much longer? This world could never thrive an atomic war. It could never thrive a hydrogen bomb war.