A significant sign that we live in the last days comes from the lips of Jesus Himself. In Matthew 24:21-22, Jesus spoke these words regarding the last three and a half years of the Tribulation:
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
The event that ends this time of “great tribulation” during which humanity will face extinction will be the Second Coming (see Matthew 24:29-31).
On the one hand, the current depopulation effort of the globalists is frightening and surely fits with Jesus’ prophecy.
On the other hand, it opens our eyes to what’s happening around us and reminds us that God is sovereignly directing history to accomplish His purpose. He is preparing the world, and Israel, for Jesus’ upcoming thousand-year reign on the earth.
As we look at the evidence pointing to a world that’s on its way to fulfilling Jesus’ words in Matthew 24:21-22, and we know that His prophecy cannot reach its climax for at least seven-plus years, this shouts to us that Jesus’ appearing must be ever so close.
1. It’s Killing Multitudes of People
According to the United Kingdom (UK) Government, “1 in every 246 people vaccinated against Covid-19 in England has died within 60 days of receiving a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.”[i]
If you think that’s a small percentage, consider this: The CDC tells us that 67.6% of the U.S. population have received these injections for a total of roughly 220,000,000 Americans. If 1 in 246 of them died within two months of receiving the deadly vaccine, that total would be 894,000 people.
For the U.S. alone, there have been 14,348 deaths reported to the CDC due to these shots. Please know that studies show that the CDC numbers only consist of about one percent of actual vaccine injuries.
If you think that 1.4 million deaths in the U.S. is extreme, I refer you to a report on the Global Research website that contains dozens of graphs and charts showing the adverse impact of these injections in the UK. The quotes below come from the conclusion of the article:
. . . . the UK Government has confirmed fully vaccinated young adults are 92% more likely to die than unvaccinated young adults (see here).
They’ve also confirmed COVID vaccinated children are at least 4423% more likely to die of any cause & 13,633% more likely to die of COVID-19 than unvaccinated children (see here).
. . . . Hundreds of thousands of excess deaths are being recorded around the world on a weekly basis, but only a small minority can be attributed to Covid-19.[ii]
Please note that again, it’s the UK government saying these things. It’s not a blogger, but the government itself providing these statistics.
The overall numbers reported to the CDC VAERS system as a result of these injections are both staggering and heartbreaking, but they only represent a small fraction of what’s happening in the world. These are the totals through September 16, 2022:
31,071 deaths
58,024 permanently disabled
52,347 Myocarditis or Pericarditis (these afflictions will significantly shorten the life of those impacted by them)
Prior to the release of the mRNA injections, the average number of athletes dying each year was 29. In an eighteen-month period ending on August 31, 2022, almost 900 athletes have suddenly died of “unknown” causes.[iii] That equates to a yearly average of 600. In just the past 2 weeks, I have read about ten healthy young athletes suddenly dying of heart related ailments as well as a seventeen year-old male who needed three hours of open-heart surgery to repair damage to his heart.
The mRNA injections fall right in line with Jesus’ prophecy; some doctors say that we will not know the final death toll from them for another two years.
2. Transhumanism
I have written several posts on this topic including my latest one: Transhumanism: The Evil Force Behind the New World Order. In this article, I make this point:
Do not let the proponents of the NWO [New World Order] or the Great Reset deceive you; they all accept transhumanism is an essential step to convince people of the need for world governance. Some of these globalists may profess a belief in God or allegiance to a church, but they are lying. They are all staunch atheists who reject all that Scripture says about creation, especially Genesis 1:27, “God created man in his own image.”
Put simply, transhumanism is the combining of humans with machines with the purpose of changing them into something far different than what God created.
Transhumanism in the U.S. took a giant leap forward with the Executive Order (EO) that Biden signed on September 12, 2022.
Leo Hohmann, an investigative reporter and blogger, analyzed the EO with this article, Biden signs executive order designed to unleash transhumanist hell on America and the world. Here are a few of his insightful commentary:
By quietly getting Biden’s signature on this document, his handlers may have given us the most ominous sign yet that we stand on the threshold of a technocratic one-world beast system. Prepare to make your stand because it’s about to get much more intense.
This document’s Orwellian title, Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy, will assure that its significance will fly right over the heads of 99 percent of the media, even the conservative media.
They will read it and yawn. I plead with everyone reading this article to please not make that same mistake.[iv]
Hohmann gets to heart of the EO with a quote from Karen Kingston, a former Pfizer employee and current analyst for the pharmaceutical and medical-device industries:
“Let me read between the lines for America. Biden’s Sept. 12, 2022, executive order declares that Americans must surrender all human rights that stand in the way of transhumanism. Clinical trial safety standards and informed consent will be eradicated as they stand in the way of universally unleashing gene-editing technologies needed to merge humans with A.I.[Artificial Intelligence]. In order to achieve the societal goals of the New World Order, crimes against humanity are not only legal, but mandatory.”[v]
The EO signifies that people in the US will no longer have any rights to prevent the government using us to further research into changing humanity into something the differs radically from what God created.
Below is a direct quote from the EO:
“We need to develop genetic engineering technologies and techniques to be able to write circuitry for cells and predictably program biology in the same way in which we write software and program computers…including through computing tools and artificial intelligence…“[vi]
Will artificial intelligence (AI) really harm people? Consider the following:
In the paper which was published in the journal AI Magazine, the team — comprised of DeepMind senior scientist Marcus Hutter and Oxford researchers Michael Cohen and Michael Osborne — concluded that the answer to the long-standing question of whether a super-intelligent AI may go rogue and wipe out humans was that it was “likely”.
“Under the conditions we have identified, our conclusion is much stronger than that of any previous publication — an existential catastrophe is not just possible, but likely.”[vii]
Is it any wonder that Biden’s handlers wrote the EO in such a way that no one would understand? This EO is satanic; it clearly comes from the one that Jesus described as a liar, a murderer, and a destroyer (John 8:44, 10:10).
Satan’s plan is to destroy humanity and we know that transhumanism is a key part of his agenda. It will move the world closer to the fulfillment of Jesus’ words in Matthew 24:21-22.
3. The Four Riders of the Apocalypse
The Bible tells us that after the Rapture of the church, Jesus will release the seal judgments as recorded in Revelation 6:1-8. Verse 8 tells us that one-fourth of the world’s population will perish as a result of the wars, pestilence, famine, and wild beasts.
The riders of the apocalypse, as people call them, will contribute to the scarcity of humanity that Jesus predicted for the end of the Tribulation (Matthew 4:21-22).
The signs pointing to the nearness of this time are overwhelming to those paying attention. The conditions are ripe for the riders to begin their trek across the globe; at times it seems as though their time is overdue.
The world is far down the road to a one-world government; all it will take is the rider on the white horse to bring it to fruition. I believe he’s waiting in the wings, but he cannot ride until the Lord removes the One that is restraining him (2 Thessalonians 2:1-8).
As for the rider with a sword, it’s not difficult at all to imagine this happening in the near future. I believe that the worst wars in history of humanity will take place after the Rapture, though we could see frightful foretastes of this beforehand.
Here is what Hal Lindsey said about threat is another world war in his article on the Harbinger’s website titled, Christians, This Is Not A Drill… Examining Our World Through The Lens Of Matthew 24:
Before each of the first two World Wars, everyone saw the terrible possibilities. But almost no one really thought it would happen. They thought cooler heads would prevail. But cool heads did not prevail. Pride prevailed. Greed prevailed. Hate prevailed.
It’s happening again, but this time with the added threat of nuclear weapons. As before, no one believes it will really happen. But the signs are there. War threatens every part of the earth, especially Europe. In Ukraine, Russian arrogance has been shattered. Their president, Vladimir Putin, is as proud and as careless with human life as Hitler or Mussolini. And right now, he’s like a wounded animal… with nukes.
As for famines, they already exist in many parts of the world. The coming food shortages could easily lead to the runaway inflation that will come with the third rider (Revelation 6:5-6). A recent article on the Gateway Pundit website provided over one hundred examples of the destruction the food supply in America. Click here to see the entire list.
The seal judgments will greatly reduce the world’s population and bring Jesus’ words closer to reality. We already see many signs telling us that the time of fulfillment for Revelation 6:1-8 is ever so near, which means that the Rapture, which will happen before this passage becomes a reality, is even closer.
4. Persecution
The Bible tells us that after Jesus takes His church away to heaven (the Rapture), there will be great persecution against both Jews and those who come to faith in Jesus after the Rapture. This oppression will arise from the New World Order and the antichrist and it will be the worst ever in history leading to millions of deaths.
We already see much persecution of believers throughout the world and hatred for the Jewish people is accelerating everywhere, especially in America. These are the seeds for what is coming.
In the U.S., everything is in place for persecution against Bible-believing Christians to rapidly expand. President Biden’s rhetoric against the MAGA supporters of President Trump is just for show; it’s a deceptive ruse. His real agenda is to stir up animosity against those who hold to Judeo-Christian values; against those who oppose abortion, transgenderism for young children, and the entire LBGTQ agenda. One’s voting record doesn’t matter here, but rather one’s belief in what God’s Word says.
Our presence as Bible-believing saints represents a roadblock to those seeking to bring in the Great Reset or the New World Order. As such, we pose a grave threat to those in control of the Biden administration.
The Timing of the Rapture
If we see all these depopulation signs already in play and we know that Jesus’ words cannot reach fulfillment for seven-plus years at a minimum, does this not shout to us that Jesus is coming for us in the near future?
We are right on the doorstep of the fulfillment of Revelation 6:1-8, and we know that the widespread death that the horsemen will bring happens after the Rapture.
Jesus may come today. Or we may live through more of the setup for the terrifying Tribulation period, which is already speeding toward the world like an out-of-control freight train.
The timing of the Rapture is a bit of a wildcard.
I believe we must be prepared for both meeting Jesus in the air and for the rapidly growing opposition to our biblically based faith.
If your trust for eternal life wholly resides in Jesus as your Savior, you will go home to be with Jesus at the time of the Rapture. If not, please turn to Him today, do not delay. For more information on the Gospel and eternal life, see my post In No Other Name.
For those of us securely in Christ, the best place to start in this regard is to spend time meditating on passages such as Philippians 3:12-4:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11; Colossians 3:1-4; Titus 2:11-15; 1 Corinthians 15:1-58; Revelation 3:10-11; and Revelation 20-22. I read at least some of these passages every day.
And remember the words of 2 Timothy 4:8. There’s a special “crown of righteousness” for those who “have loved his appearing.” Those who long for the Rapture with eager anticipation will receive a special reward.
Do not lose heart; allow Scripture to keep your mind and heart focused on the prize ahead for you after the suffering of this world ends.
Imagine how much closer humanity will be to extinction in just two or three years given the current trends. Jesus is right at the door. We may have to wait a little longer than we would like, but rest assured He’s come for us very soon.
He might even come for us this month. We live in the season of His appearing.
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[i] Global Research web page, PfizerGate: Official Government Reports prove Hundreds of Thousands of People Are Dying Every Single Week Due to COVID-19 Vaccination, August 16, 2022 @ https://www.globalresearch.ca/pfizergate-official-government-reports-prove-hundreds-thousands-people-dying-every-single-week-due-covid-19-vaccination/5790262
[ii] Ibid.
[iii] Leo Hohmann, Nearly 900 young healthy athletes confirmed dead in 18 months, as British Heart Foundation releases ad ‘normalizing’ heart attacks in children, September 12, 2022, @ https://leohohmann.com/2022/09/12/nearly-900-young-healthy-athletes-confirmed-dead-in-18-months-as-british-heart-foundation-releases-ad-normalizing-heart-attacks-in-children/
[iv] Leo Hohmann, Biden signs executive order designed to unleash transhumanist hell on America and the world, September 13, 2022 @ https://leohohmann.com/2022/09/13/biden-signs-executive-order-designed-to-unleash-transhumanist-hell-on-america-and-the-world/#more-11051
[v] Ibid.
[vi] Ibid.
[vii] Tasos Kokkinidis, Artificial Intelligence Will ‘Likely’ Destroy Humans, Researchers Say, September 16, 2022, on the Greek Reporter website - https://greekreporter.com/2022/09/16/artificial-intelligence-annihilate-humankind/