The last days #10: The victorious power of the Spirit                                  Is 59:16 We have seen how that the last days—both in their general and specific sense—are days of terrible things. The abounding apostasy and the final violent opposition of antichristianity to the cause of Christ will have a […]

 The last days: Days of God’s wrath       Revelation 6:1-17, 16:1-21 The last days are days of increasing apostasy and sin. Sin has natural consequences but it also is visited by the displeasure of God. In mercy the Lord often visits upon men some token judgement as a warning of […]

 The last days #8: The people of God          Matthew 24:12 The Scriptures which describe the nature of the last days also give us to understand the true impact of those days upon the people of God and the gospel cause in the earth. In some sense we cannot help […]

 The last days #7: Lessons from Sodom     Luke 17:28-29 Again we go a long way back in human history to learn lessons for the last days and specially for the period preceding the Saviour’s return. God has written key truths into Bible history that are to be remembered, v32. […]

 The last days #6: Violence fills the earth                 Gen 6:9-13, Luke 17:26-27 Violence in the earth is not new. The age will end with a return to the days that preceded the flood. This violence will again precipitate judgement. The violence in view here is the violent behaviour of […]

 The last days #5: Apostasy Pt4 – Godless commerce         Revelation 18 Two distinct aspects of Babylon are seen in these two chapters: harlot religion and godless enterprise/commerce. Both are obviously connected and linked to the same evil system. The same name used to identify each, v2, […]

 The last days: Apostasy Pt3—Harlot religion      Revelation 17:1-18 The apostasy of the last days is described here under a striking illustration. The imagery describes the apostasy up to the point we looked at last time, when the man of sin emerges out of the midst of it to declare […]

 The Last days—Apostasy, Pt2: A  necessary evil        2Thess 2:1-12 We have seen that the Spirit of God speaks to His people about the apostasy of the last days, 1Tim 4:1ff. We have also seen some general characteristics of that Apostasy from 2Tim 3:1ff. In this passage we have an […]

 The last days #2: Apostasy, Pt1                  2Timothy  3:1-9 There is a word from God for the last days. We saw last time how the Spirit speaks. He warns of apostasy. It is a term we can use without being clear about what it means. The word itself means a […]

The latter times referred to in this text simply indicate the last days of this age. Broadly speaking, it is the period between the two advents of Christ. Cp Heb 1:1-2, Acts 2:16-21/Joel 2:28-32. It is an expression that comes up frequently in the prophetic Scriptures, often referring to events […]