The Signs of the Times - Days of Lot and of Noah 2016 YEAR END CONFERENCE

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1 The Signs of the Times - Days of Lot and of Noah 2016 YEAR END CONFERENCE

2 We are in the days of 2 Noah and Lot As in the days of Noah and Lot Bt 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, ntil the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know ntil the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. (Matthew 24:37-39) Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they boght, they sold, they planted, they bilt; bt on the day that Lot went ot of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. (Lke 17:28-29)

3 Signs in today s society 3 The decline of morality Bt know this, that in the last days perilos times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, prod, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, nthankfl, nholy, nloving, nforgiving, slanderers, withot self-control, brtal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haghty, lovers of pleasre rather than lovers of God, (2 Timothy 3:1-4) Offenses, betrayal, hate, lawlessness And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise p and deceive many. And becase lawlessness will abond, the love of many will grow cold. Bt he who endres to the end shall be saved. (Matthew 24:10-13)

4 Signs in today s society 4 - Diseases - Violence (Islamic terrorism) - Gender isses / LGBT / Same-sex marriage - Christian persection and discrimination - Anti-Israel sentiment (eg., United Nations) - Liberal brainwashing in schools and niversities - Prsit of self interests, pleasre, enjoying life

5 Signs in today s world Disease - HIV/AIDS a global pandemic that started in the 1980s 5 - SARS, Ebola, Zika, Bird Fl

6 Signs in today s society - 6 Violence - New York, USA Sept 11, ,996 dead - Bali, Indonesisa Oct 12, 2002 Torist bombings dead - Moscow, Rssia Oct 23, 2002 Theater hostage crisis 170 dead - Madrid, Spain Mar 11, 2004 Train bombing -192 dead - Boston, USA Apr 15, 2013 Marathon bombing 3 dead, 183 injred - Syria Ag 2014 ISIS massacres 700 dead - Paris, France Jan 7, dead - San Bernadino, USA Dec 2, 2016 shootings - 14 dead - Germany Jl 18, 2016 Knife attack on train 5 seriosly injred - Ohio, USA Nov 28, 2016 Car ramming attack 11 injred - Berlin, Germany Dec 19, 2016 Trck attack 12 dead, 56 injred -

7 Signs in today s society Gender isses / LGBT / Same-sex marriage 7

8 Signs in today s society Anti-Christian discrimination 8

9 Signs in today s society Anti-Israel 9

10 Signs in today s society brainwashing in schools & niversities 10

11 Signs in today s society brainwashing in schools & niversities 11

12 Signs in today s society eating, drinking, marriage, self-indlgence 12

13 Pompeii: A more recent 13 Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed when Mont Vesvis erpted in AD79 Fiery ash rained down at temperatres of 250C/ killing every living thing Thosands died Ancient graffiti was fond reading Sodom and Gomorra Pompeii was the peak of sexal depravity When Pompeii was rediscovered in 1599, the discoverer was so shocked by what he saw on the walls of the preserved bildings, that he was didn t believe it was fit to release pblicly.

14 Pompeii: A more recent 14 Sodom and Gomorrah

15 Take heed! 15 Bt take heed to yorselves, lest yor hearts be weighed down with carosing, drnkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on yo nexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch therefore, and pray always that yo may be conted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man. (Lke 21:34-36)