Bible Prophecy and the Last Days
Twelve episodes of this show sit under this heading, and they all obey the same two rules: the text sets the agenda, and nobody sets a date. This page gathers the passages the program keeps returning to, sets the King James beside the Septuagint where the two part company, and lays out honestly where faithful Christians disagree.
Start where Jesus started
The disciples asked a direct question and got a long answer. Everything the New Testament says about the end of the age hangs on this conversation, which is why this show returns to it constantly.
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Matthew 24:3-6, KJVRead what he leads with. Not a date, not a chart, not a nation. He leads with deception, and he says it twice more before the chapter ends. Any teaching about the last days that does not make you harder to deceive has already missed the assignment.
The verse that ends every date
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Matthew 24:36, KJVAnd he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Acts 1:7, KJVKnowledge shall be increased
Daniel gets a strange instruction and a stranger promise, and the two great translations do not render it the same way. Both readings are worth having.
King James Version
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Daniel 12:4Septuagint, Brenton translation
And thou, Daniel, close the words, and seal the book to the time of the end; until many are taught, and knowledge is increased.
Daniel 12:4, LXXThe Hebrew behind the King James pictures movement, people ranging back and forth, and knowledge multiplying. The Greek pictures instruction, many being taught. Set them together and you get an age of travel, of teaching, and of information, which is a fair description of the century you are reading this in.
The character of the last days
Paul does not describe the last days by technology or geopolitics. He describes them by what people become, and it is uncomfortably specific.
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
2 Timothy 3:1-5, KJVKnowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
2 Peter 3:3-4, KJVThat last line is the mood of an entire culture in one sentence. Nothing ever really changes, so nothing ever really will. Peter says that exact confidence is itself one of the signs.
Where sincere Christians disagree
Believers who love the same Bible land in different places on the timing, and a page that pretends otherwise is not helping anyone.
The church is gathered to Christ before the tribulation period begins. Leans on the promise of deliverance from wrath and on the church's absence from long stretches of Revelation.
The church passes through part of the period and is gathered before the outpouring of divine wrath specifically, distinguishing the wrath of man from the wrath of God.
The church goes through and is gathered at the visible return of Christ. Leans on the plain sequence of Matthew 24 and on the long testimony of persecuted saints.
Much of the imagery is read as unfolding across church history or as symbolic of the present age, with Christ's return the final act. This is the oldest majority position in large parts of the church.
This show holds its own convictions and holds them openly, and it does not make any of these the test of fellowship. The command that binds every one of these readers is identical, and it is the next section.
The assignment is watchfulness
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
1 Thessalonians 5:2-6, KJVAnd when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Luke 21:28, KJVWatch and be sober. Look up. That is the whole posture, and it is the opposite of both denial and dread. The signs are not given so believers can be afraid on schedule. They are given so that when the world is astonished, the church is not.
Episodes on this topic
Episode 26: Exposing The Convergence - 18 Months of Patent Evidence DigitalID2025-11-23 · 1 hr 1 min
Episode 27 - The Mark of the Beast2021-09-24 · 33 min- Episode 24 - The Transhuman Apocalypse2021-09-17 · 15 min
- Episode 23 - ALERT: Christians Fire Bombed in Afghanistan2021-08-31 · 15 min
A Shadow Of Things To Come2021-01-20 · 15 min
Episode 18 - Global Pandemic Gives Rise to Anti-Christ2020-05-20 · 22 min
Episode 17 - Can Bill Gates Be Trusted?2020-05-11 · 45 min
Common questions
Does this show set dates for the end times?
No. Scripture is direct that no one knows the day or the hour. The show teaches watchfulness and discernment, not date setting.
What makes this approach different?
Primary documents. When an episode touches a treaty, a weapon system, a patent, or a policy, it names the actual record so listeners can verify it rather than take anyone's word.
Does this show set dates for the return of Christ?
Never. Jesus said no man knows the day or the hour, and Acts records him telling the disciples it is not for them to know the times or the seasons. Every failed date in modern history cost the church credibility it did not need to spend.
Which end times view does this program hold?
The show holds its convictions openly while presenting the main positions fairly, because the command that binds all of them is identical: watch, be sober, and be found faithful. Timing is a matter for study and charity, not a test of fellowship.
Why quote the Septuagint in a prophecy study?
Because the New Testament writers quoted it constantly, and at key verses like Daniel 12:4 it preserves a reading that fills out the Hebrew rather than contradicting it. Two ancient witnesses give a fuller picture than one.