How Can You Survive the End of the World?  

Hi clutterbug! Being with Jesus certainly beats surviving the "end of the world." Nevertheless it was Jesus that said the following so I think it does merit our consideration.

Matthew 24:3-8 (King James Version)

3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

8All these are the beginning of sorrows.

There is a story that the British Army take on surviving a nuclear attack was to advise soldiers not to be in the area when one was taking place. :-)

If we look at the Scriptures the "end of the world" means the end of wicked ones and wickedness and not the end of life or the earth, like in Noah's day. The world of Noah's day endeed but Noah and his family survived.

2 Peter 3:1-10 (King James Version)

1This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:

2That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

burned up????

possibles are:

1. Armageddon

2. Extreme Solar Fares

3. Comet colliding to earth

4. Giant Asteroids...

Yes, Revelation chapter 7 but it also says:

Revelation 7 (King James Version)

4And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

9After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

17For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

I am SOOOOOO glad I don't have spend an eternity worrying about where I'm going to spend eternity. Life is Physical, when the life is gone, only worm food lives on, and so the circle of life is complete.

BCMIKE SAID " IF the book is right..."
What book? Who is reading and interpreting said book? And lastly Why on earth would I listen to some pontification preacher, when he is a mere mortal himself? MEN write books with the thoughts and rules of MAN, and not on a very timely fashion (400 years AFTER whatsisname died? what TRUTH?? no one even KNEW him that wrote about him) and I highly doubt god owns a pencil! End Times? LMAO... yeah go get packed, I'll be out in the car (space ship) waiting to leave....

what do we call it when a american wants war? we don't use sabres much, so maybe it will be ASSAULT RIFLE RATTLING???

Well Jodi, something that you cannot take away from me is personal experience.

On March 17, 1974, on Maple Bay Road near Duncan BC, I was killed in a car accident at 16 years old.

Left for dead by ambulance attendants who were assisting a severely injured passenger, I remember not pictures, but every voice I had ever heard in my entire life to that point. I recognized every voice, and where I was when I heard that voice.

Then I was projected through a very black tunnel and regained consciousness and open the door of my car and fell out to a chorus of "You're dead! You're dead!" from my friends who were there.

When your body dies...YOU DON'T. So, I searched until I found a way to have Jesus as saviour. Then I found inner peace. Not before.

You have to decide where you want to spend eternity.

Good luck...

Thanks for your comments but I must point out that not everyone survived the "end of the world" in Noah's day.

2 Peter 2:5,9 (King James Version)

5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

We aren't talking about Noah because God said that there would be no more floods but fire. Peter says that the earth will be burned with a ferverent heat. That's the end of the world fire to me.

The end of the world does not mean the end of the earth because Jesus said:

Matthew 5:5 (New International Version) Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.

The end of the world means the end of wickedness, the end of Satan's rule of the earth, the end of wicked people. A new world means, God is ruling the earth and righteous people living on the earth.

END TIMES: a means of SELLING SALVATION to the unwitting masses.

So true, there are no end to predictions of the end of the world. Still, if you read my earlier reesponses, we see that Jesus' apostles asked questions about the "end of the world" and Jesus did not dismiss their questions but gave detailed signs that we would see to warn us so that we could take action.

I Wont argue with you as you probably srudy ythe bible where I dont.
I have an idea what will happen but not wehn and wont run to anywhere because some one shouts the End of teh world is comeing ... Sure it is but we just might go out like we came in a ball of fire!

The Bible tells us that there will be many survivors, all the good people from God's standpoint. So we won't be lonely at all. We will have plenty of good company to rebuild the world into a better place. And everlasting life in a world filled with peaceful, God-and-neighbour-loving people may not appeal to all but it does appeal to me.

Will the survivors be all Christians who place their faith in Christ or would they just GOOD people from among the different peoples of the world?

Good question there.. lol =D I'm looking forward to the answer too.. haha =D

The survivors of the end of the world would be selected by God, so only He can answer that question but maybe this will help:

Revelation 7:9-10 (New International Version)

9After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10And they cried out in a loud voice:
"Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb."

lol =D ONly those selected by god will be able to survive end of the world?? Then why are u starting this post in the first place?? lol =D By asking 'how'?? I might be a good guy doing all the good things but i might not even survive if god dun choose me instead, because i dun believe in that religion.. lol =D

Spirit from what I have been able to figure out is my breath. My breath knows nothing.
Now put my breath into my body and I become a living soul. Without a soul I am nothing and will return to dust until Jesus comes back and give me back my breath. I don't want to be in heaven seeing what is going on here on this earth nor do I want to be burning forever in hell if that is my sentence. I don't find any of this belief in the Bible.

So why then in answer to the apostles' questions regarding the "end of the world" did Jesus say to "watch" a couple of times in Matthew chapters 24 and 25?

We are trium being, body, soul and spirit. From head to toe thats your body, your soul is your feeling/emotion, intellect, your spirit is your innerman that separates from your physical body when you die. Its your physical body that turns into dust, like we were form from dust adn God breath the breath of life to us.

God said to the apostles to "watch" and take heed that no man deceive you. Because they were asking about the signs of His coming and of the end times, God said false prophet will come and say theyre the Christ and many will believe them and even the elect of God will be deceive.

You know, I don't mind living on an earth with God as ruler. It's really not a bad place if there were no bad people doing bad things. If God wants me in heaven, I have no problem with that either. I'll let Him decide.

That does help one to be more at ease with what is going to happen if we just have faith that God will see us through. According to what I read, the righteous will live in heaven for a 1,000 years going over the books to see if God was fair in His judgments. The wicked remain dead until after the 1,000 years are up when God will bring the New Jerusalem down to the earth where we will remain. The wicked will then receive their reward or I guess you would say, punishment.I understand that we will visit other solar systems so we won't be confined to this earth.

Maybe there will be a better mylot which pays better. But it will be called "thylot."

Daniel 12:12-13 (King James Version)

12Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

13But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

If you read the rest of my replies you will see that the Bible shows there will many survivors, so many that they can't be numbered.