Prophetic Discourse and End Times Eddie

Theology and Politics from a Conservative, Biblical Perspective

One thing I’ve begun to notice about prophetic discourse is (aside from all the varying opinions concerning it), is the tendency to see things as becoming increasingly negative or gloom and doom. A reader recently sent me an article written by Jan Markell and Olive Tree Ministries. The reader also included a screen shot of a book by Dave Hunt called, Whatever Happened to Heaven? In that book, he outlines what our focus as Christians should be, but often is not. Instead of Chrisitans who are looking forward to eventually being with the Lord at the end of our life here, many take up the cry to “transform” the world for Jesus! What this ostensibly means is to “claim” the world for God and essentially remake it in His image so that things would become far more favorable for His physical return.

Markell, in her e-newsletter, noted that a growing number of Christians in churches today are tired of all the “gloom and doom” related to prophecy teaching.[1] In fact, she spoke of how one particular church passed out a flyer about “End-Times Eddie” and how Eddie is “so focused on end-times that he has missed all the present opportunities and people in front of him.” This of course is absolute error on that church’s part. Anyone is who rightly focused on legitimate prophetic discourse is also about getting the Gospel out to the lost because the two go hand in hand. It’s not one or the other. It’s about helping people escape hell and prophetic discourse is often an avenue to that reality.

Churches and Christians who complain about prophecy do so because they either don’t understand the purpose of prophecy or they are too enamored with this life, or both. Christians need to wake up to the reality that this earth in this condition is not our permanent home. We should long to be with our Lord. We should understand that this life does not last forever and that at some point, we will leave this life for the next one.

Unfortunately, there is a growing trend within Christendom that believes that if only Christians got together to create the necessary changes in the world, then the Church would be victorious over the world and a new Kingdom would come into existence over which Jesus would rule. This is nothing more than the kind of thing that Dave Hunt talks about in his book with respect to Kingdom Now, Dominionism, Reconstructionism and COR (Coalition on Revival). All of these different groups believe that if Christians will diligently work hard to spread the Gospel, then the world will change for the better. On one hand, that makes sense IF a majority of people actually come to believe in Jesus and embrace eternal life. However, for the world to actually and specifically change, those in leadership positions in many governments throughout the world must also embrace the Gospel of Christ and live it out as well.

I don’t see this happening in Scripture. Do you? That doesn’t mean I’m a “naysayer” or a negative ninny or an Eeyore. What it means is that my understanding of Scripture and prophetic discourse tells me that just as Jesus stated, things in this world will become increasingly evil and will impact society to a terrible degree. Matthew 24 in Jesus’ own words, tells us that times will be exceedingly terrible just prior to His physical second coming. I’m not sure how a person can read His words in that chapter alone (not to mention all the other portions of Scripture), and not come away thinking that life during those times will be exceedingly challenging and even terrifying.

Jesus, Paul and many others throughout Scripture outline for us how the world will end up as things draw to a close, by God’s specific design. By “close” I am referring to the point in future time at which Jesus physically returns to this earth. When He does, He will then immediately set about to judge all those on earth who are alive at His return (Matthew 25:32-33). Those on His right will enter into the Millennial Kingdom following that judgment. Those on His left will be cast out into eternal judgment. Does this sound like the world will have renewed and remade itself to overcome all evil?

I realize people are getting tired of what they consider to be the “gloom and doom” related to all the prognosticating and prophecy talk about future things. Many instead, are simply shrugging their shoulders over the whole thing and prefer to simply live life and not worry about what’s coming. Some don’t want to deal with it anymore. Part of the problem is that there is simply so much discussion from talking heads. All their warnings, all their prognostications (that often don’t pan out), all their book sales and conference talks and everything else can get a bit much for the average person. It seems all built on sales pitches, at least to some extent, especially with deliberately alarming video and book titles, etc.

Many are simply saying that they don’t want to bother with what’s happening because what will happen will happen. They just want to be left alone. I get it. I fully understand that. The problem though is that globalists (under compulsion from Satan), are not giving up. They won’t quit because Satan understands now more than ever that his time is growing very short. He doesn’t have a whole lot of time to try to do what he is setting out to accomplish. He obviously cannot simply give up so he must continue. He doesn’t need sleep as we do so he continues on without let up. He can always find someone in this world on his side who is not sleeping and get a few things done. Then he’ll go to the next person when that other person needs to sleep.

It is very important for all of us to understand that we are literally in a spiritual war. The upshot of it is that this war is already won by our Lord but it still needs to play out. While Satan might like to keep us focused on minutiae, the truth of the matter is that our Lord wants us to be focused on His Word, His truth and His will. That includes understanding the times in which we live and knowing that we must continue to spread the Gospel to all people during this time is extremely important.

The problem with prophetic discourse as a vocation or avocation is that it can become a major sidebar. In other words, a person can become so enamored with it that it becomes the pursuit of knowledge only, which tends then to puff up. Rightly understanding prophetic discourse means that it should affect our lives to the point that we come to care deeply about other people and whether or not they are lost. If we truly believe that Jesus can return imminently, then we had also best be about warning people that time is short. If we are not doing this, then we are not doing what our Lord would have us do. Didn’t He do the same during His own earthly life? He preached the Gospel peppered with prophetic discourse.

There is a great deal happening throughout the world that is being orchestrated by Satan to usher in the final global empire over which Satan, via his spiritual son Antichrist, will rule. Just yesterday I was reading about Mark Zuckerberg’s “Meta” (which owns Facebook and Instagram), and they are currently working on another level of AI camerbuds for the consumer that will make it far more easier for those in authority to spy on everyone.[2] The new technology being worked on will be a combination of ear buds that include microphones and a camera. The data that Big Tech will gain from users (including those who are simply nearby those who wear these devices), will be a huge plus for Big Tech. What will make this work? Cell phone towers and WiFi. The surveillance net is being created right in front of us in order to literally capture people so that we are prisoners but still able to walk around “freely.” Once things are in place, I can imagine that freedom will become less and less obvious for individuals over time.

Satan’s goal is to enslave all of society over which he will be god. It all goes back to Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28. This has been his goal from the beginning but it’s taken this long to achieve because God and His timing. It appears God is finally allowing Satan to attempt to fulfill his aspirations so we should not turn away from prophetic discourse but embrace it. This world appears to be on its final stage before Jesus returns.

Kingdom Now or Dominion Theology tries to humanize God and deify man. Sadly, the world will continue to deteriorate and spiral into chaos, forcing man to consider the hope of Heaven and abandon thoughts of a glorified earth. Only when Jesus Christ returns at the Second Coming will all things be made new!

The church is not in the business of taking anything away from Satan but the souls of men. The world is a sinking Titanic ripe for judgment, not Garden of Eden perfection. Jesus will take dominion of the cleansed earth. For men to speak of doing that before the judgment of this earth is spiritually arrogant…

Bible prophecy is given as a light shining in a dark place (2 Peter 1:19). Talking about it should not instill fear in the Christian; rather, provide confirmation that the “blessed hope” is ever nearer and the time ever shorter to snatch people from the fire.

As Markell notes in her e-newsletter, too many churches are essentially saying, “Come Lord Jesus, but not too soon.” This life is not the end. It’s merely the way to the final destination. I look forward to being with our Lord, seeing His face, hearing His voice, sensing His love. Do you as well?

[1] https://myemail-api.constantcontact.com/Deafening-Silence-.html?soid=1101818841456&aid=bCBxhvfLqIE

[2] https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/05/14/zucks-surveillance-dream-meta-working-on-ai-powered-camerabuds-that-gather-audio-and-video/

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