End Times & Bible Prophecy | World Government | Electronic ID | Lawlessness & Terrorism | Middle East | Israel | Climate Change

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Whatever worldview we hold, it should be consistent, coherent and comprehensive. It should, for example, give an explanation for:

  • the existence and order of the universe
  • human rationality and intelligence
  • moral conciousness
  • religious experience

Apologetics gives a reasoned, logical defence of a particular worldview. And Christian Apologetics uses the Bible, logical reasoning, philosophy, knowledge and human experience in order to tackle the big questions of life.

World events are moving rapidly to a climax and the end of the age. World Organisations, the EU, cashless trading and electronic ID, terrorism (lawlessness), the growth of Israel and climate change have all come to prominence within some 50 years! Since all these events (and many more) are foreseen in the Bible, it makes sense to believe some of the other Bible statements. The Bible says there is hope in a dark world.
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End Times

After 6,000 years of steady human progression, the global scenario suddenly seems far less certain. Life as we know it looks threatened by such factors as rapidly increasing population, reduced food stocks, water and energy shortages, massive budget deficits and global warming. Scholars of Bible prophecy interpret what we are observing as signs of "the end of the age" and couple them with other biblical signs.

Bible prophecy is being fulfilled before our eyes and predicts that the end of the age will be dramatic.

World Government

Winston Churchill, Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush, George W. Bush and Gordon Brown have all called for a "New World Order" or "World Government". This is in line with Bible prophecy, which points to a brutal end time world system linked to the historic Roman Empire!

Is the European Union a forerunner of this political system? Is Roman Catholicism the prophesied apostate church associated with this system?

Electronic ID

An RFID chip

An electronic RFID 'tag'. It is the size of a grain of rice and is human implantable.

Today's electronic ID technology includes smart cards (cards with chips), biometrics, and radio-frequency identification (RFID). RFID is everywhere e.g. in supermarkets, general retailers, electronic road tolls, and in your pet dog. The bad news is that electronic ID gives massive control over individuals, and the ultimate electronic ID is just around the corner - the mark of Revelation!

Lawlessness & Terrorism

9/11 - worst ever act of terrorism

9-11 was the worst ever act of terrorism

"Terrorism is any act intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants with the purpose of intimidating a population or compelling a government or international organization to do or abstain from doing any act" [UN Panel, 2005]

Lawlessness is a lack of civil order or peace usually arising either from failure of government, or defiance of the law.

Statistics suggest that terrorist incidents worldwide have increased by an order over the 20th century. In the USA violent crime increased by over 200% in the last half of the 20th century, whilst in the UK the 'recorded annual offences' increased by a staggering 2360% between 1950 and 2003! Bible prophecy says that lawlessness will increase at the end of the age.

Middle East - Israel

Coming war in the Middle East

Iran has said: "Israel should be eliminated from the pages of history". Such intense hatred of Israel will lead to a final world war in the Middle East.

Much of the Middle East conflict appears to be over Israel's very existence. The conflict is also over 'occupied land' and over Jerusalem (for a detailed discussion on land occupation see The Palestinian Problem). But the real reason for Israel's prominence today is biblical rather than political. The Bible says that God chose a special people to be His witness to the world. According to prophecy, at the end of the age the nations will come to know God through Israel.

Climate Change

Global Warming Projections

Warming predictions relative to the global average temperatures in 2000. They assume economic growth but no special actions to combat warming.

Image courtesy Robert Rohde. Enlarge image here

Conventional predictions of future temperature rise depend upon estimates of future GHG emmissions. Predictions typically give a rise of 2-5 degree C relative to 1990 levels by 2100. Who or what is responsible? Climate models must include greenhouse gases in order to accurately simulate the temperature record. Since CO2 has increased some 37% since the industrial revolution, it seems man could be responsible for climate change!

For a biblical perspective on climate change see Is God Changing Our Climate? and Reaping the Real Whirlwind.

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