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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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.
Is this the sign of the end sir?
62-1230E §22
...e living in a glorious time for the church, but a horrible time for the unbeliever. And we're living in one of the most dangerous times of all---all that ever was since the world began. No prophet, no apostle, never in no time, ever lived in such a time as we live now. This is the end. It's written in the skies. It's written over the face of the earth. It's written in every newspaper. This is the end---if you can read the handwriting. The prophets lived in the time when the handwriting was on the wall for a nation;...
Is this the sign of the end sir?
62-1230E §142
...Keep it out of your way. Don't let nothing bother you. Don't be scared. There is nothing to be scared about. If Jesus is coming, it's a very... It's a moment that the whole world has groaned and cried for. If it's something breaking forth now, for a new coming---a new coming of a new gift, or something---it'll be wonderful. If it's coming time that the revelation of the seven thunders will be revealed to the church, how to go, I don't know. I have just stated what I saw. Oh, my, what a time! It's serious and solemn...
Christ is revealed in His own Word
65-0822M §1
...u'll strengthen our bodies today. Many are sick and afflicted, as it shows here, handkerchiefs and requests coming in on the phone and everywhere. And we believe that we're ending up this world's history now, and soon time will fade into eternity, and we want to be ready for that hour. That's why we have assembled here this morning, is to prepare for that time. I am told that there are many of the telephones hook-ups this morning across the nation, from coast to coast. Wherever our voices is coming, may that little...
The End Time
54-0307A §34
So if we look around today and think of how the world is in its condition today, what a great bunch of confusion and a great bunch of nonsense that the world is indulging in today. We wonder where all this come from, especially in the church life. Being that we're Christian, we'll deal mostly on that, of how could there be so many people with so many different ideas, so many different thoughts, so many different angles of approach to the Gospel. Everyone claiming they're perfectly right and the next fellow's wrong....
Will the Church go before the tribulation?
58-0309E §25
Branham Tabernacle, twenty-five years ago, nearly, I spoke over this same pulpit and told you these things would be happening one of these days. Here it is. We're at the end time; the junction is here. It's near home-going time for the church. The critics, making fun, mocking, scoffing, as it was with king Nebuchadnezzar, and Belteshazzar, so was it in the days of Noah. So was it in the days of Lot, and their doing the same today. "I can do nothing until you come hither." I want you to notice, Lot came out of somet...