THE WORLD, AS IT IS, ENDS

The apostle Paul makes this reality clear to us:

And those who deal with this World--

Overusing the enjoyments of this life--

Let them live as though they had no dealings with it.

FOR THE OUTWARD FORM OF THIS WORLD--

THE PRESENT WORLD ORDER—IS PASSING AWAY.

(1 Corinthians 7:31, AMP)

The apostle John tells us this:

Do not love or cherish the World (America)

Or the things that are in the World (America).

If any one loves the World (America),

LOVE FOR THE FATHER IS NOT IN HIM.

For All that is in the World (America),

The Lust of the Flesh [craving for sensual gratification],

And the Lust of the eyes[greedy longings of the mind]

And the Pride of life [assurance in one's own resources

Or in the Stability of Earthly things]--

THESE DO NOT COME FROM THE FATHER

But are from the World [itself].

AND THE WORLD (AMERICA) PASSES AWAY

And with it the Forbidden Cravings

(The passionate desires, the lust) of it;

But he who does the Will of God

And carries out His Purposes in his life,

Abides (remains) Forever.

(1 John 2:15-17, AMP)

The World has been Passing Away since Adam and Eve.

In the Days of Noah all but Eight were Wiped Out.

Before Creation God Almighty Established TIME.

Just as Christ Jesus was Crucified before the World began [Rev. 13:8];

God Established a Certain amount of TIME;

The TIME necessary for Him to Obtain a Bride for His Son, Christ Jesus;

A Bride without Spot, Wrinkle or Blemish;

Consisting of a Specific Number of Saints, He Foreknew;

His Treasured Possession [Malachi 3:17].

TIME will be not one day more or one day less than God Created it to be;

And it comes to and End at the Return of Christ Jesus,

Who Establishes His Kingdom in Jerusalem, on Mount Zion

For a Thousand Years—God's Day of REST.

We are living in the Last of the Last Day of TIME.

The Great Apostasy that the Word of God has Foretold is under way.

(Matthew 24:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:3; Daniel 8:12)

When the Apostasy is Full Blown,

The Lawless One will be revealed;

The son of Satan, the Beast of Revelation, the Antichrist;

Who Opposes and Exalts himself so Proudly and Insolently

Against and over All that is Called God or that is worshiped

[Even to his actually ] taking his seat in the Temple of God.

[Dan. 11:36, 37; Ezek. 28:2.]

(2 Thessalonians 2:4, AMP

Then the Holy Spirit is taken out of the World;

The One Who currently Restrains the Madness of the World.

(2 Thessalonians 2:7)

Then, by Unlimited Seduction to Evil and with All Wicked Deception

For those who are (going to perdition,)

Perishing because they did not welcome the Truth

BUT REFUSED TO LOVE IT

That they might be saved.

God sends upon them a Misleading Influence,

A WORKING OF ERROR AND A STRONG DELUSION

To make them believe WHAT IS FALSE.

IN ORDER THAT ALL MAY BE JUDGED AND CONDEMNED

Who did Not Believe--

Who Refused to Adhere to, Trust in and Rely on—The Truth,

But [instead] took Pleasure in Unrighteousness.

(2 Thessalonians 2:10-12, AMP)

This is what lies Directly Ahead for the People of God and the World.

Daniel tells us that the Antichrist;

Shall speak words against the Most High[God],

And shall Wear Out the Saints of the Most High,

And think to change the times [of sacred feasts and holy days] and the Law;

And the Saints shall be given into his hand

For a Time, Two Times and Half a Time [three and one-half years].

(Daniel 7:25, AMP)

And his (the Antichrists) Power shall be Mighty,

But Not by his own power;

And he shall Corrupt and Destroy Astonishingly,

And he shall Corrupt and Destroy the Mighty men

And the Holy People—The People of the Saints.

[Rev. 13:4-10; Dan. 8:9-12; 2 Thess. 2:3-10.]

And through his Policy he shall cause Trickery to Prosper in his hand;

He shall Magnify himself in his heart and mind,

And in their Security he will Corrupt and Destroy many.

He shall also stand up against the Prince of Princes (Christ Jesus),

But he shall be broken and that by No [human] hand.

[Rev. 19:19, 20.]

(Daniel 8:24, 25, AMP)

How long will God's Great Tribulation last:

It shall be for Time, Times, and a Half [or three and one-half years];

And when they [the Antichrist and his Surrogates]

Have made an End of Shattering and Crushing

The Power of the Holy People,

All these things shall be Finished.

(Daniel 12:7, AMP)

Many shall Purify themselves,

And make themselves White, and be Tried, Smelted and Refined;

But the Wicked shall do Wickedly,

And None of the Wicked shall understand,

But the Teachers and those who are Wise shall understand.

And from the time that the Continual Burnt Offering is taken away

[That is the worship of God],

And the Abomination that makes Desolate

[The Image of the Beast] Is Set Up,

There shall be a Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety days. [Dan. 11:31.]

Blessed, happy, Fortunate, spiritually prosperous and to be envied

Is he who waits expectantly and earnestly--

And comes to the Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty-five days!

(Daniel 12:10-12, AMP)