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     Much of tele-evangelism focuses on end times.  It is the passion of man to know his future.  To those of us who believe in Jesus and the Bible as God’s word given to mankind, the future is known, or should be.
     Yet man wants to know “when” Jesus will come again, conduct judgement and condemn the unfaithful to an unthinkable hell and welcome the faithful into heaven to live eternally with Him.  Why should folks fret about this?  Following a parable, Jesus told us when He will return.  “Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.  But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.  Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect” (Matthew 24:42-44).
     Christians should be concerned whether they are living for the Lord according to His word (New Testament), not dwelling upon when He will return.

     If Jesus said there would be no signs, should we not believe Him?
     Those who say this or that is a sign of the end times or Jesus coming obviously do not believe Him.  Furthermore, the book of Revelation clearly tells about the origin of the “sign” givers — “Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon” (Revelation 13:11).  The lamb presents itself as innocent, but it speaks as a dragon.  What does that mean?  Reading further, we observe it is a deceiver, “He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.  And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs....” (Revelation 13:13-14).  The broader context indicates this is apostate religion, i.e., false religion misleading the myriads.  Who is that dragon?  “So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him” (Revelation 12:9).
     When someone declares end times signs, remember what Jesus said about His return and the originator of the supposed signs.  Who will you believe — Jesus or the devil and his prognosticators?

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