The Last Times Had Already Begun

The Last times had already begun

Text : 1 Peter 1:20-21

King James Version (KJV)

²⁰ Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

²¹ Who by him do believe in God that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

The last times had already begun. Some call it the end times, last days or end of the church age.

 The last days actually began with the birth or in other words,  the manifestation of Jesus Christ and will culminate in Christ’s return to the earth to set up His Kingdom.

Because all our actions, work and what we do shall be rewarded, it has become very necessary for us to be worried and more so concerned. Really , there is going to be judgment in the end whether good or bad.This judgment will be made   by the creator himself why because He is a God of justice. You reap what you sow is it not true? 
The words of Jesus Christ which is normally written in red in the bible once stated "And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be." (Rev. 22:12 King James Version) there are so many words about Jesus Christ in the scriptures talking about

the coming of the kingdom of God. Some of the words are the words of Jesus Christ Himself telling us to seek first His Kingdom.

  What the last times is all about:       The bible talks about many last times and beginnings: like the beginning of the world, the  heavens, the  earth, and mankind all  in the book of genesis, Mathew, Revelations and in some parts of the bible. Every last time has a beginning hence it is said that  whatever has a beginning definitely has an end or vice verse. The scripture spoke about the end of the world, the end of the church age, the end times and so on and so forth. Many-people  are still waiting to see some very serious signs before they decide to   commit their lives to Jesus. Do not make such a horrible mistake why  because your life is so short for you to take  such a risk. Let me tell you, that your end began the very moment you were born. Death immediately became  inevitable for you the moment  you incarnated on this  earth. What it simply means is that, you divinely manifested or appeared on this  earth therefore   the countdown of your days or time of existence started and triggered instantly.  All jobs or works have  a payback period. and they would be paid at all cost  We all know when our pay days are and the relative signs that shows   that we are going to be paid at the end of the month as workers who deserves to be paid .

Why the last times had begun:

 

Signs of the end times as well as end time prophecies confirms that it had begun. When one observes what is happening in the world today in terms of wickedness, 

 

you would be more convinced that all these are signs of the end time. Prophecy today, by the so called pastors and self-styled charlatan prophets is about how
 people can become rich. The last times began for you and me because Jesus came for us. In fact it was God’s plan long before creation that Jesus would come to destroy the works of the devil in order to save us.( 1 Jon. 3:8)   Now know that the end times began just about  two days ago with the incarnation of Jesus Christ according to God’s time not your time anyway .  (2 Peter 3:8) says But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. See Isaiah 55:8 in support “for my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord”.

How the last times began:

The last times began with the manifestation of Jesus. The manifestation refers to his incarnation as stated in

1 Peter 1:20-21

King James Version (KJV)

20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you.

The verse 20 can be read as Jesus Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you. This happened like I said just about two days ago God’s time.

For Jesus to be foreordained means it was the Father’s plan and idea before the foundation of the world, that is, in eternity past; and historically, but was manifest in these last times : a reference to Jesus’ incarnation. Gal 4:4-5 (KJV) also gives this quotation meaning where it said “But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

So Jesus was manifest when the fullness of time came according to God’s time not the human time as per our experience.

Some of the signs of the end time that had begun:

2 Peter 3:3-15

King James Version (KJV)

³ Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

⁴ And saying, where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

⁵ For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

⁶ Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

⁷ But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word, are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the Day of Judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

⁸ But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

⁹ The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

¹⁰ But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

¹¹ Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

¹² Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

¹³ Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

¹⁴ Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

¹⁵ And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

Fulfillment of prophecy today is being confirmed by signs of the end time. When you are about to be sick, normally you experience certain symptoms like feeling feverish and the rest. The same situation applies to the end times.

Scoffers in the last days: The first thing you must know is that these scoffers include even  some scientists and other intellectuals who due to much physical studies are saying where is the promise of his coming? The world had been as it was ever since because of cosmic laws.

Scoffers are literally nothing more than mockers. They only believe in what is seen forgetting that what is seen came out of the invisible and that there are spiritual things aside the physical. Sound waves are not seen physically yet they exist. Our radios and television sets receives the right transmissions accordingly.

Prophecy in the bible stated “Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

 And saying, where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. “

Lust is about having a strong desire for something or someone. It could be a sexual desire, money desire or strong appetite for something. People who have such desires are selfish and do not care about the feelings of others. Most of such characters are covetous and traitors. Traitors are more dangerous than enemies.  They are mockers who would laugh at you or slander you even to get you out of their way so that they can have what you have. To slander is to say things that are untrue about people knowingly. We have such people in the church or the Christian community and of course there are leaders both in the church and at our work places who encourages them. They entertain the lies of these people without investigating what they have been told from both sides and hurriedly victimize or crucify people to satisfy the complainants. Well they are just like them. The scoffers do mock the return of Jesus knowingly due to apostasy in the last days. They have forgotten that all things have an end. Apostasy is UN Godliness in the last days, where people once of the faith would abandon their former belief in God and would behave UN Godly. In reality they do what the worldly people do. Have we these guys among us already? Yes we have, they are mockers saying where his coming?

Things have gone so bad in conformity with prophecy such that if you do not take care, you as a believer might lose your salvation as a scoffer. Times are very rough, difficult and tempting such that the wind can carry you along due to lust.  

The church has now moved into the world and the world has moved into the church. What a mockery? Leaders like pastors, elders, deacons and deaconesses, apostles, bishops, head pastors,   managers, directors and managing directors turned damaging directors  alike are all practicing cronyism and nepotism.

Cronyism is Favoritism shown to old friends without regard for their qualifications while nepotism is the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving those jobs. Do not be deceived, earthly power is not permanent it is just for a while so do not block the delivery of the right word of God through his chosen messengers and workers. Once a pastor said we shall see how you can preach here or become an elder in the church.  Pause here and ask yourself whether you see these tendencies both in the house of the Lord and your offices. Yes it is true. It is a mockery then. These Behaviors tends to block the proper delivery of the work of God or the employer. God has a special message for every one he chooses to be delivered to his people yet these powers that be representing Satan have occupied the positions and what they do is to block or prevent the proper deliveries of the job. Note that the messenger is as important as the message. Jesus is as important as his word, the worker is as important as the work. Do not block or obstruct the work of the Master, employer or the company for the Master will not deal leniently with you.

I heard a prominent pastor on television delivering this message and I realized it to be true. He called them blockers both at the work place and in the church. People would come to you when you give them what they cannot get outside but the church is giving them what they can better get outside. There are Scoffers in the church mocking at the return of Jesus in the last times.

Now a large portion of the youth in the house of the Lord are more interested in excursions and music shows  more than the word of God .they have their leaders as encouragers instead of studying the word as it is done in the Korea Baptist church I learnt.

Endof the church age: slowly the church age is coming to an end; the mercy period is drifting to a close not forgetting that Jesus did not obtain mercy by the Father on the cross.   While they are scoffing, noticeably the mercy period is eluding and they might also not obtain mercy in the end because Jesus had already suffered that for us... Some words like Jesus is beginning to be replaced by  the word Jehovah and disappearing in subsequent translations of the bible in the new International versions, but the bible is mainly about Jesus from genesis to revelation. The translations are being done by people of the satanic and occultist churches or sect. They are trying to wipe out the word of God but they cannot any way.

You see while these happenings, Peter had further warned  that in the last days of the church age ,scoffers (lit., “ mockers” )  will ridicule the promise of Christ’s second coming. He further states that arguments based on supposedly changing processes since creation. Men fail to recall the severity of the flood of water upon the earth. Just as God once destroyed the world by water, so it is now reserved unto fire until the day of judgement.2 (Pet.3:6-7 KJV)

Before God says something, it means He had already planned it the world had been reserved for fire because we already have petro chemical and other combustible products under the earth which makes it very easy.  

Why Jesus has delayed in coming: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.

So Brothers and sisters, the beginning of the end had begun, the last times and the end times had begun and are in progress. Whatever has a beginning has an end it is just a matter of time. God’s time and not your time ,a thousand years is His one day so He came just about 2 days ago compared to ours We are just some  chicken comparatively. Accept and confess Jesus and you shall be saved and live internally. Amen.