Jesus and Paul are in complete agreement on this. We will not know the “day and the hour”—the exact moment of the Lord’s Return—but we will know and recognize the “times and the seasons” that lead up to that moment.

Amidst all the confusing reports and contradictory teachings that surround the Last Days, these four "absolute" give key insights into the times we live in and provide a very handy framework to surround all the mysterious pieces of this fascinating puzzle.

There are unprecedented signs—stupendous happenings prophesied in scripture—that are taking place now which had never taken place before. And these signs silence even the skeptics.

Long before Jesus came to earth, God chose the Jewish people to be in a unique covenant relationship with Himself. Ultimately the long-awaited Savior would come to them, then through them to us. Guess what? He is getting things ready to do it again!

The Father is in no hurry to bring things to a quick close because He doesn’t want anyone to perish, but all to come to repentance. For that to happen the gospel has to be preached to the entire world. That day is coming at us like a freight train…

Before the entire world could be organized into anything like the unified whole pictured in the Book of Revelation, it first had to be explored, then subdued. When these signs were given, they were unthinkable possibilities; now they are everyday realities.

 

Occasional disasters have sadly been a fact of life all over the planet from time immemorial. Nevertheless, there is something about the calamities of our day which proclaim that the “End of Days” is at our doorstep.

Is there something simple, yet powerful, about the number seven that might provide a key to understanding the timing of the Last Days? Peter supplies the clues that lead us into this mystery of a millennial Sabbath.