Is this the end of time or end of days as some believe?

As a Christian, I do believe the earth as we now know it will disappear and be replaced with a new earth or universe. The book of Revelation is part symbolic, so it's hard to always know what it means for sure. Jesus said we were in the end times back when he was on earth, but the Bible also says one day is as thousand years with the Lord. Many people have tried to interpret biblical prophecies and are sure they are right, but Jesus said no one knows the day or the hour except God himself. If we are living as we should in relationship to him, all these end time things shouldn't matter. We will be ready whenever. Of course, it would be nice to know if we are wasting our time remodeling a house we will never move into, etc. rather than doing something we'd rather do if the world were ending next month. But the Bible also tells us that we aren't supposed to be lazy and sit around waiting for the Lord's return (which is the beginnng of the end.) We are to keep at our daily work, etc. If the world ends, it ends. If it doesn't end in our lifetime, we have continued to be productive and earn a living. We are told that in the end times the number of wars, disasters, and earthquakes will increase until the Lord returns to claim his people. There is also a prophecy (can't remember which book of the Bible, since I'm not a student of the end times) that there will be a final big battle between God's people and the evil powers that will culminate in the end of the earth. This battle is assumed to take place in the Middle East. Some scholars focus most of their attention on these things, but for me, the when is not that important. The important thing for me is a right relationship all the time with the one who will be coming back and who holds history in his hands.

Ideas of the coming end of time have been around for a long time. I personally am intrigued and terrified by the idea. It is not so far fetched. It is hard to comprehend the damage we do to this planet with our over-consumption of resources and pollution! It is clear that nature has been unbalanced. The number of natural disasters are literally increasing over the years.

I have been watching about the countless earthquakes that have been popping up lately. A lot of them that have been happening in the United States in areas that haven't seen one in the past 40 years. Hurricanes, flooding and fires that isn't really strange because those happen so often it's not even freaky anymore. Fires are normal when it happens in ares that have been in severe droughts like Texas for example. I really don't know if it's the end of time or end of days. I do think with the earthquakes popping up in odd places has me thinking that the Earth is fighting back. I don't know if people see it that way. If you think about it, we have been destroyinng it for ages. It's just fitting that it would get tired of it.

Run! Run! Run in circles, scream and shout. We're all going to die! In all seriousness the only abnormal occurrence at the moment is that we are in a La Niña climate cycle. The number of earthquakes is running at a normal statical average and all else is somewhat better than it has been in past history. The difference is that the media has become all persuasive and we are better informed than we have been in the past.

All that relious stuff is a load of nonsense. The earth has always had natural disasters and at times far worse than anything we see today. The best we can say is that in about 4.5 billion years the sun will run out of fuel and implode this will cause a supernova, probably only a small one, and it will then expand out to the obit of Mars and the earth will be no more. this sort of thing happens all the time in the universe and in our galaxy (the milky way). Why people should think we are something special in the process and evolution of the universe baffles me. We are just part of it.

I do believe that it is possible that we are nearing the end of days, as the Bible foretells. However, the Bible is also explicitly clear that no one knows when the end will come. This is very specifically written, that no one will know. So although I believe it is true, I have no idea when or how long away the end is. Could be next week. Could be 100 years from now. But the Bible is also clear that certain things will happen. Those prophecies are coming true, even in these days. The natural disasters are, I believe, just a part of the prophecies that are coming true.

Hi bostonphil, There have been people who felt this way in every generation for thousands of years. As for all the natural disasters, there have always been these, it's just that we hear so much more about it now. I don't believe in an 'end of days' or anything like that. We can destroy life on the planet but we can't destroy the earth itself. Scientists believe that there have been many changes in the earth over millions of years and of course we know that something killed the dinosaurs. We also know about the last ice age, and there may have been many others before that. The time may come when our species will no longer be able to live here but eventually the earth will be ready for life again. We may be approaching the end of an age and entering into a new time of enlightenment but the earth will be here for a long time yet. Blessings.

This is a complicated issue. I don't believe that we'll see the end of the world or Jesus returning this year but I do think we're seeing momentous events and that something very big will be happening soon and if there are historians to write about this, they will say that this the end of one age and the beginning of another. We're living in times unlike anything that has ever happened before. We've developed more advanced technology than anybody has ever had before. Technology is still advancing at an increasing pace and it's clear that it's either going to cause huge changes (probably including a huge increase in human life expectancy) or will be stopped by a huge disaster (the only thing that can stop it). The Western countries have mostly rejected Christianity and got themselves into a huge economic and demographic mess (partly because the family planning message has been mainly directed at Europeans and the Chinese, effectively a sneaky form of genocide against those groups) India, China and the Islamic countries are becoming more powerful. Looking at prophecy. Well there's the Mayan long calendar 2012 thing, Nostradamus, Saint Malachy's "Prophecy of Popes" which claims that the next will be the last. Then there's the Bible. It contains lots of prophecies, many phrased cryptically. Many people (especially the Jehovah's Witnesses) have used these to predict the end of the world and got it wrong. I try to resist the temptation to make these prophecies fit recent or likely near future events but it's getting increasingly hard: Hose 3:4 sounds a lot light the present situation of the Jews. Psal 2:1-2 sounds a lot like the present plan to erect a Palestinian state and increasing hostility towards Israel among the nations. Zech 6:1-8 sounds like a poetic description of 9/11 and also seems related to Reve 6:1-8. However, there are clearly 3 great disasters which have yet to happen: A quarter of the world's population being wiped out (Reve 6:8); something that involves stars falling and the sky rolling up like a scroll (Reve 6:12-17); a devastating comet impact (Reve 8:3-9:2). Therefore, I think we're living in very uncertain times and may well be seeing some prophecies being fulfilled. However, I wouldn't rely on being raptured tomorrow (I don't believe in the rapture anyway).

I believe that if there is a beginning, there should be an end. I believe in the things written in the Bible. I believe God has something in store for us soon to be revealed.

People have been predicting the end times as long as I can remember. LOL I guess someday it will be true. I don't think one can interpret from the Bible that it's near the end. There have always been disasters like earthquakes, flooding, fires, hurricanes throughtout history, but no end time..yet..........

I do not believe in any of those bunches of hoaxes. They are just so rubbish, and there's no reason to take heed of them. It's stupid to believe the days are going to end. That is not possible. At least no to happen that fast. There occur thousands of earthquakes every single day, and no one makes big fuss about them. It is natural, and it has always been and will always be like that. It's just that now media and propaganda bomb us with sensationalist news to benefit themselves. I do not believe that lot of non sense.

we can never actually tell wether if this is the end of the world.. only god knows everything.. if by this time the world ends then there is nothing we can do for it and just accept.. just live our lives to the fullest and enjoy life as it was a gift given to us..well have a nice day friends..

I am also intensely interested in the doomsday. But I really have no idea about if those believers are right. Prensonally, I think hedonism may be better than we talking about the end of time day after day. Why don't we set aside our time to enjoy lives? After all, there is nothing we can do if that day really comes.

After all i have seen in this world ....earthquakes , tsunami and fire and all disasters i don't think the world is going on a good road.I think end is near , our planet is destroyed day by day by humans.I wonder how long will last .I guess it depends on us on how near or far the end will be.

These are not the end of days. that i can assure you.

I intensely believe that we are at the creation of the time of Misfortune and the order of Events of Revelation ending with the end of the world as we recognize it.

A lot of people want the world to end, the stress of life is just becoming to hard for some. The world will end someday, somehow or should I say the human race. Time will most likely never end, will the universe explode or something. All I know is that human life will come to an end, after we are gone the planet could easily heal itself and even replace us. The information of when time or the world is going to end is no use to me.