I recently came across an article I wrote about two and a half years ago highlighting eleven signs of the last days. At the time, I anticipated that the Lord would’ve already come for us long before July 2026.
The fact that we still wait for His appearing despite the increasing relevance of all the signs I wrote about back then demonstrates God’s patience as well as His restraining hand in holding back the calamities that loom over the world at this moment. And the clouds grow darker by the moment as the world teeters on the edge of the start of the Day of the Lord.
My purpose in reviewing these signs in what follows is to encourage those who may have grown weary or even disheartened as they wait for the Lord’s appearing. Please know that what we see is all the more reason to be hopeful that Jesus is coming soon to take home.
The first sign is that of Israel’s miraculous rebirth as a nation. It’s the continuing basis of our assurance that we live in the last days.
The Bible long ago predicted that Israel would again exist a nation. The miraculous reappearance of the Jewish state in 1948 fulfilled Bibel prophecy and testifies to the relevance of the myriad of other signs that continue to converge in our day with increasing intensity.
Second, the growing fever within Israel for the rebuilding of the temple also heralds the nearness of Jesus’ appearing. The Bible says that Israel will have a temple by the midpoint of the Tribulation. The ongoing preparations for the third temple are significant; don’t let anyone tell you they are not.
During the past couple years, the Temple Institute has begun training a great many Levites for service in the future temple. The Israeli government is planning infrastructure in preparation for the construction of third temple. The evidence continues to mount; there will be a third temple.
Third, the approaching hoofbeats of the riders of the Apocalypse (Revelation 6:1-8) are louder than ever. During a radio interview a few years ago, the interviewer asked me if I thought we were already living in the time of these seal judgments. I’m not sure he agreed with my explanation that the Rapture must happen first; he seemed to think God’s wrath had already arrived upon the earth.
Fourth, although it has faded from the headlines in recent years, the ongoing push toward a worldwide digital currency displays the world’s preparations for fulfillment of Revelation 13:16-18. Since 2024, data centers have become front and center as the world races toward generating the computing power and databases necessary for the mark of the beast.
The antichrist needs just such a system in place by the midpoint of the Tribulation in order to control the buying and selling throughout the world. And we are already so close to this becoming a reality.
Fifth, another sign of the last days is sadly the rapid rise of antisemitism that’s reached epidemic proportions in many places around the world. The Lord said there would be an abnormal obsession with Jerusalem, hatred for Israel and its people, and a desire to divide the promised land in the last days (Zechariah 8:13, 12:1-3; Joel 3:1-3). And this is exactly what we see today as the anti-Zion fervor grows stronger every day, even among some who profess to be Christians.
Sixth, The world’s fascination with UFOs and aliens has grown considerably in the past couple years. In recent months, the scoffers of our faith believe that the evidence of extraterrestrial life will undermine our beliefs. Will this be the deception that the world will accept as the reason for our sudden disappearance? It’s entirely possible, if not probable.
During the past couple years, belief in the existence of UFOs has grown immensely.
Seventh, back in 2024, I wrote about the UN’s 2023 seven-year commitment to implement all of its 17 Strategic Development Goals (SDGs) of Agenda 2030. At the time, I wondered if globalists believed they were falling behind on their agenda. I also believed it was significant that they were talking about a “seven-year plan.”
I’m convinced that the plans of the elite will remain somewhat frustrated until after the Rapture. They will continue to make some progress, but our disappearance along with the “sudden destruction” that will mark the start of the Day of the Lord will be the crises they need in order to achieve global dominance.
Eighth, the scoffing that I noted a couple years ago has expanded beyond that of mocking the Rapture to that of our Premillennial belief in Jesus’ thousand-year reign in Zion. The apostle’s warning in 2 Peter 3:3-4 aptly describes the day in which we live as its prophetic words come to life all around us:
. . . knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.”
The ninth sign is the epidemic of deception. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to deceive people has grown exponentially in the past two years. My recent experience with its capabilities to portray a false reality went beyond anything I could’ve imagined just a few weeks ago.
After the disciples asked Jesus about the signs of the end of the age and of His coming, the first words He spoke were these, “Take heed that no man deceive you” (Matthew 24:4). I can’t imagine how this sign will get any worse during the Tribulation, but the Bible says it will (Matthew 24:24). The tools that the antichrist will need to deceive the masses are available; how close must we be to our departure?
Tenth, since 2001, the earth’s magnetic north pole has been moving. A May 2020 article on the Forbes Magazine website discussed how this shift has speeded up in recent years, but did not discuss the dire consequences should the north and south poles swap place.[i] What does this have to do with Bible prophecy?
It’s because what many scientists, mostly unbelievers, tell us will happen during a pole shift is remarkably similar to what the Isaiah says will happen in the Day of the Lord (24:19-20) and also closely resembles John’s description of the sixth seal in Revelation 6:12-17.
Eleventh, another sign that continues to capture our attention as students of Bible prophecy is the building of underground bunkers by the ultra-rich. Back in 2024, social media was abuzz with reports of Mark Zuckerberg, billionaire founder of Facebook, building a massive underground shelter in Hawaii at a cost of about one hundred million dollars. Today we read reports of many other wealthy people constructing elaborate underground places of refuge packed with storable food and resources for a long duration.
This fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah 2:17-19, which John also alludes to in Revelation 6:15-17.
Will I be updating these signs two years from now? I hope that will not be necessary because we will already be with the Lord.
I know we live in the last days leading up to Jesus’ appearing followed by the Tribulation period. Watch the signs, but keep your eyes focused on Jesus amid the ebb and flow of current events.
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. (Colossians 3:1-4)
Maranatha.
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[i] Eric Mack, Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Is Shifting Dramatically From A Powerful Tug Of War, May 7, 2020, at https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2020/05/07/earths-magnetic-north-pole-is-shifting-dramatically-from-a-powerful-tug-of-war/?sh=1934c391ffe1