Endtime Signs in the Bible

In Matthew 24:3, Christ's disciples said, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? Jesus then proceeded to describe those world events which would both indicate His return and culminate in the Day of the Lord. He added in Luke 21, And when these things begin to come to pass (or begin to occur simultaneously) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. These signs of Christ's Second Coming are in evidence worldwide, and increasing both in frequency and intensity.

Old Testament Signs of the endtimes:

• Horseless carriages or automobiles (Nahum 2:3,4)
• Airplanes (Isaiah 31:5)
• Desert blossoming as a rose (Isaiah 35:1)
• Alignment of a ten nation western confederacy (Daniel 2, 7)
• Knowledge explosion (Daniel 12:4)
• Great increases in travel (Daniel 12:4)

New Testament Signs of the Endtimes:

• False Christs and False Prophets (Matthew 24; 2 Peter 2:1)
• Wars and rumors of wars (Mark 13:7; Matthew 24:6)
• Famines, earthquakes in divers places, pestilences (Luke 21:11)
• Iniquity abounding (Matthew 24:12)
• Gospel of the kingdom preached to all the world (Matthew 24:14)
• Signs in the sun, moon, and stars, sea and waves roaring (Luke 17:26-30; Luke 21:25-27)
• Introduction of evil spirits which control cults and false religions (I Timothy 4:1)

Endtime Signs within Man:

• 19 signs within man (2 Timothy 3:1-5)
• Hoarding of gold and silver, and its final demise (James 5:1-3)
• Scoffers mocking the Second Coming of Christ (2 Peter 3:3, 4)
• Lethargy and indifference among God’s people (Revelation 3:14-16)
• Invention of the atom bomb (2 Peter 3:10)
• Jerusalem under Jewish control (Luke 21:24)

Judgment Signs:

• As it was in the days of Lot (Luke 17:28,30; Ezekiel20:47; Zephaniah 1:18; Malachi 4:1; Revelation 8:7, 9:18)
• As it was in the days of Noah (Gluttony, drunkeness, illicit sex, corruption, violence) Matthew 24:37; Genesis 6:11)
• Distress of nations (Luke 21:25)
• Hearts failing for fear (Luke 21:26)

Note: Most judgments described in the Book of Revelation, chapters 6-18 are identical to the signs found in Matthew 24 and Luke chapters 17 and 21.