Is The World Coming to an End?

Questions Recently Received (April 16, 2020)
Focus On Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
by: Darrell G. Young

In light of the current health crisis, is that a sign that the world is coming to an end?

Answer: No! The world is not coming to an end anytime soon! God is still in control of the fate of this world. The world will only end when God mandates its end. It was God who created the world and gave it its beginning. (Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the Heaven and the earth.) And only God can mandate the end of the world. (Rev 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.)

But let me be perfectly clear. There is a “Set Time” when God the Creator will do away with this present world. But before that time comes, there are many things that God has providentially mandated must come to pass. Foremost among those things is the Second Coming of Jesus, upon which time He will act to establish His promised literal Kingdom in Israel. That kingdom is slated to last 1000 years! (see Revelation 20:1-7)

After the 1000 year Kingdom of Christ, with him literally reigning in Jerusalem on this present earth, will the end of this present world meet its appointed end. At that juncture, the resurrected, returned and reigning Lord will join his kingdom unto that of His Father’s! At that time, there will be a new Heaven and a new Earth!

1 Cor 15:20-24 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

Rev 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

While the Bible certainly does foretell of a coming time of intense world wide chaos and Trouble, (before Jesus returns) like the world has never experienced before, the literal End of the World is not near.

So then, the immediate answer to your question; “is the end of the world near because of this current world health and economic crisis,” is emphatically NO! In fact, until this world sees the literal return of Jesus, then we can expect this world to last at least another 1000 years. Until Jesus comes, “Occupy in this world” and keep looking up.