New Year Message – The End of the Age
1st January 2021
In my last two New Year messages I have talked about a growing darkness over the world and I hoped that this would be turned around by the Church. But that hasn’t happened and things became much, much darker in 2020.
This time last year I had no idea what was going to happen globally. I knew that apostasy was widespread in the church and that this was a sign of the end of the age but I had no idea just how close we were to the end. By the end of the age, I mean the Church Age which we have been in since the Feast of Pentecost in Acts chapter 2. When the Coronavirus issue began in 2020, I knew that something significant was happening but I didn’t know what it was. But gradually I came to see what it was all about. I realised that a great deception was taking place and that the virus was being used to prepare the way for a Great Reset that would lead to a one world government, one world digital currency and a one world religion. And all of this is prophesied in the Bible for the end times. The measures being taken to supposedly tacking the Coronavirus were in fact designed to condition us for a “new normal” that will take away our freedoms and subject us to oppressive control and tracking. And what has amazed me is how the vast majority of the people in the world have believed the lie, including the majority of Christians. Again, this is something that the Bible talks about as part of the end times experience.
What has happened globally across the world is truly demonic and the amazing thing is that most of the Church has gone along with it. Most of the modern church is totally lacking in discernment and biblical knowledge. The 2020 plandemic has shown that there are basically two types of church these days; the Philadelphian Church and the Laodicean Church. The Laodicean Church is by far the biggest part of Christendom and the Philadelphian Church is very small. See Revelation Chapter 3 to see what I mean. The Laodicean Church has gone along with the lie and the Philadelphian Church has not. I knew that most of the modern church was rotten but I didn’t realise just how bad it was. And the most shocking thing for me is seeing the churches which I thought were sound going along with the lie.
One of the conclusions I have come to in 2020 is that the Church Age is effectively over with just a remnant remaining true but restricted. The witness of the church has all but come to an end.
So, what can we expect going forward into 2021? Firstly, things are going to get much worse. Those Christians who believe that the Coronavirus will be defeated and we will go back to the way we were a year ago are living in cloud cuckoo land. In 2021 and for the rest of this age, the church will continue to be suppressed and will never be free to function as it used to. Global persecution of the Church began in 2020 and it will be stepped up considerably in 2021. When Joe Biden becomes the president of the USA, the process towards a one world government, etc will speed up considerably, free speech will be taken away, a global financial collapse will take place and those pushing for the so-called Great Reset will have their way. We will rush headlong into a Marxist type new world order which will be horrendous for most people. And all of this will prepare the way for the Antichrist spoken of in the Bible.
For unbelievers the future is going to be terrifyingly awful, especially when The Tribulation begins, which is nearer than most people realise. For believers the near future is going to be awful but not as bad as it will be for unbelievers. We are in the 11th hour of the Church Age and for those of us who believe in Jesus this is an exciting time. Why? Because Jesus (the bridegroom) is coming for His bride the Church) very soon. And when he does, we will be taken away from this awful world. There is nothing for us to fear. Even though we are living in an ever darkening, evil world, we have great hope, knowing that we will be taken out of here. That glorious day is almost upon us. It is time to do what Jesus said we should do at this time: “When these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (Luke 21:28)