Birth Pangs

Does it seem to you like things are getting more and more crazy lately? There have been wars, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, massive snow storms, mass migrations, diseases, drought, increase violence, corruption, fraud . . . and that was just 2022!

"You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains." - Matthew 24: 6-8

Birth pangs? As a guy I'm not going to try to explain in detail what 'birth pangs' are but I DO know that they increase in frequency and severity the closer a mom gets to delivering her baby.

In the passage above, Jesus was telling His disciples about the time that He would return to earth. That time is coming soon.

There are those who don't believe any of 'this end times stuff.' Even professing Christians tend to roll their eyes when the subject is broached. That's too bad.

Jesus also said this.

"These people honor me with their lips but their hearts are far from me." - Matthew 15:8

This is a very frustrating time for those who believe the words of Jesus. We see loved ones totally ignoring scripture. There are pastors in certain denominations that don't teach about the time of the end. Why not? I don't know. It's in the Bible!

It appears that contractions have started in this world. If we want to ignore them, that's up to the individual. But the baby's going to be delivered no matter what.

“Why are you standing here staring into heaven? Jesus has been taken from you into heaven, but someday he will return from heaven in the same way you saw him go!” - Acts 1:11

We can turn off the news and ignore all the signs but Jesus is coming and we cannot stop Him from delivering us out of this world. So rejoice!

"When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” - Luke 21:28