We set aside a few minutes most Sunday mornings to identify connections between unfulfilled Bible prophecies and current news & events.
Turmoil in the Middle East on account of the nation of Israel is the most obvious sign that we live in the Last Days. Israel’s existence again as a nation is both a miracle and a fulfillment of many OT prophecies.
Other biblical signs include the push towards both global government & global commerce; the technology to utilize biometrics to buy & sell all goods & services; instantaneous global communication; a great falling away from faith in Jesus Christ; and the exponential growth in knowledge, e.g., with AI.
The Lord gave a prophecy update to us in Matthew 24&25. One thing He said that would characterize the Last Days is often overlooked or misunderstood. He said, “But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark.”[1]
Jesus was referring us to the strange sixth chapter of Genesis. When we go there, we see that Jesus wasn’t talking about weddings taking place just as they always have. No, He was talking about a certain kind of ‘marriage.’
We read, “The sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose. There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.”[2]
These “sons of God” were fallen angels; the “daughters of men” were human females. Their mating produced the giants, called Nephilim.
If you doubt that interpretation, you should know it is corroborated by writings found in the Dead Sea Scrolls that testify to these facts. The writings also speak of a type of genetic engineering. You can find it in First Enoch and the Book of the Giants.
We are not saying that there must be a return of the Nephilim, or that angels will once again mate with human females. The gist of what was happening was an attempt by the devil to corrupt the human race.
What we expect to be happening in the last days is an attempt to corrupt human genetics.
Is that happening? Yes, it is. For example you may have seen an article titled, They Were Made Without Eggs or Sperm. Are They Human?
“They” are called Embryo Models. These are lab generated structures that mimic certain features of early human embryos but are created without using sperm or egg cells. Instead scientists use stem cells.
Technologies like AI and brain-machine interfaces bring questions about what it means to be human. Some fear that significant enhancements to cognitive abilities or transferring consciousness to machines could lead to a loss of personal identity or blur the line between humans and machines. There is also concern about whether a person whose consciousness is uploaded into a machine can still be considered human, or even a person at all, which introduces philosophical and moral dilemmas.
There is no way of predicting the path of transhumanism. Our point is simple: Centuries ago sinister malevolent forces tried to erase what it means to be human by genetic manipulation. Jesus said it would happen again, as a sign of the Last Days.
Jesus promised to resurrect & rapture His Church prior to His Second Coming, and before the time of Great Tribulation would come upon the whole Earth.[3]
The resurrection and rapture of the church is presented as an imminent event. It could happen anytime. Right now, for example.
Are you ready for the rapture? If not, get ready, stay ready, and keep looking up
Ready or not Jesus is coming!