The End of the World as we know it

The Doomsday Clock is now the closest to midnight ever. “We are living in a time of unprecedented danger.”

Like Noah, we are living amid a society that is increasingly faithless, immoral, and violent. It’s nearly midnight.

Proverbs 19:12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

The foundations are being undermined. A moral meltdown. God hating people rule over us. Our nation has forsaken God. Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

Australia has rejected a holy God. It continues a destructive slide to moral bankruptcy.

Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Schools are indoctrinating our children that there is no right or wrong. Universities are a breeding ground for humanism and New Age religion. Most of humanity is being subtly brainwashed and enslaved… they follow like lemmings to their destruction.

There’s so-called TOLERANCE for everything BUT BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY. CHRISTIANS are stereotyped as bigoted crazies.

Everything is being redefined. Love is exchanged for lust.

A NEW WORLD ORDER is being formed. People will hand over their national sovereignty for global governance. Man has rejected God's Word. We see our society's moral decay. It is a slippery slope. The Bible speaks of sin as abomination – loathsome, disgusting.

God’s judgment is closer and closer. Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness… Sin is more accepted - even celebrated.

Ignorance and apathy prevails. There is a lack of strong Bible preaching. God-fearing people are rare. We need strong Biblical values that help build strong lives, families, and churches.

Be alert for the signs of Deception… Doctrine matters. Romans 16:17. We need to aggressively challenge the false. We must return to a real, wholesome Christianity.

2 Thessalonians 2:10 tells how those who perish are deceived in their sin… because they received not THE LOVE OF THE TRUTH, that they might be saved. There is a deliberate program of misinformation and deception. Another gospel. We need to PRAY for a spiritual awakening. We must counter the counterfeit teachings of the popular church.

God wants a holy people. There is a day of reckoning. There is still hope for Australia. Words of comfort:

1 Thess 4:16-18 (16) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout… we… shall be caught up …in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air…

1. REASON FOR READINESS. We are urged to keep watching. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. We must ready ourselves. We’re meant to be watching, waiting, ready. Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Stay on the alert. 2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. Something big is about to happen. A lot of people aren’t going to be ready.

Do you love His appearing? Are you ready? 2 Timothy 4:8.

2. REASON FOR RESTRAINT. 1 Thess 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober… 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. Something should set us apart from those who sleep. These are days that call for restraint. For people who will be sober, not drunken. Some blindly grope in the dark. Drunken, and reeling. In a stupor. Drunk, drugged, dizzy, deluded.

We need restraint. Philippians 4:5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

3. REASON FOR REJOICING. We have reason for great comfort and joy and rejoicing. 1 Thess 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. Romans 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. As believers in Christ we have true Peace. Joy, Faith, and an everlasting Hope.

For all of us this soon coming event will be either a reason for joy or despair. 2 Thess 1:7-10 ...the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven... The revelation of Jesus Christ will be very different for people. For some, a cause for comfort and joy. For others, a time of judgment and loss.

There’s a day of wrath coming. Revelation 6:17. Some will be punished. In some He will be glorified.

What is it that makes the difference? It matters which side of His wrath you are on.

Will we see wrath or favour? Wrath - or grace?

As it was in the days of Noah… Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

The return of our Lord is called The Blessed Hope. There’s great reason for rejoicing for the Christian believer. Great reason for joy - the blessed hope of His returning…