Newsweek does an interview with Tim LaHaye, co-author of the phenomenally popular Left Behind series. Title of the interview: “Are These The End Times?”
I find LaHaye’s comments in this interview to be reasonable and biblical. He does not declare emphatically that these are the end times, but he does say that events unfolding before our eyes correlate to Bible prophecies regarding the end.
[There has never been] the accumulation of [prophesied] events as we have today. I have often said that no one knows the day nor the hour that Christ will come, but no generation has had so many signs of the times as our generation. We have more reason to believe that Christ could come in our lifetime than any generation before us.
With warfare erupting again in the Middle East, there is renewed interest in Bible prophecy. That is always a good thing. Jesus taught that we should know the prophetic signs of the End Times, and that we should be looking for them. He preached:
Learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. So, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door. … Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. … For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will. (Matthew 24:32-33, 42, 44)
(Hat Tip to Ron Mashore for pointing out the Newsweek interview).
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UPDATE: See “Crash Course on End Times Prophecy.”
