I think there is always "anti-christ" options being prepared for that opportune moment and that it is SOP for the devil to be aggressively trying to destroy mankind. Only the Father knows when all of this will actually go down though and it can be perceived that end times happenings are happening even if it's just the Father giving humanity a wake up call and stalling just a while. Consider these verses:
Matthew 26:34 ESV “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
1 Peter 3:9 ESV The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
We very well could be entering into the time of the tribulation. I do believe that if humanity would turn to Christ through faith in repentance and allegiance we would not only see a political awakening but a moral awakening as well.
Consider: 2 Chronicles 7:14, 1 John 1:9, and Romans 10:9
if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
I have heard of the Q "source" that Matthew and Luke used to compose their accounts. My mind is now turning it over as to connections and influences... I had not made this connection and tried to reconcile it. ThankQ for mentioning it.
Some late night thoughts:
I think there is always "anti-christ" options being prepared for that opportune moment and that it is SOP for the devil to be aggressively trying to destroy mankind. Only the Father knows when all of this will actually go down though and it can be perceived that end times happenings are happening even if it's just the Father giving humanity a wake up call and stalling just a while. Consider these verses:
Matthew 26:34 ESV “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
1 Peter 3:9 ESV The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
We very well could be entering into the time of the tribulation. I do believe that if humanity would turn to Christ through faith in repentance and allegiance we would not only see a political awakening but a moral awakening as well.
Consider: 2 Chronicles 7:14, 1 John 1:9, and Romans 10:9 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
I have heard of the Q "source" that Matthew and Luke used to compose their accounts. My mind is now turning it over as to connections and influences... I had not made this connection and tried to reconcile it. ThankQ for mentioning it.
Coming to repentance for many...(most?) may be impossible. It's so simple...