Almost every  day when I awake, there seems to be a new prophetic event happening somewhere in the world.  It’s a daily occurrence, or more than daily with several things happening at once.

For example, today’s news talked of earthquakes and volcanoes in Indonesia, tsunamis, hurricanes raging in the Caribbean, terrorist bombs in packages bound for the U.S, and a young mother who shook her baby to death because she wanted to play “Farmville” on Facebook and the  baby kept interrupting her.

It seems as though we are getting desensitized to catastrophic and horrific events because we hear of them so often.  I sure hope not, because the fact is that we are experiencing a marked increase in all these things and the Bible tells us that we will.  If even one of the above mentioned events were reported in the nightly news 30 years ago, we would have been shocked!  But today we don’t even flinch.  Are we asleep?  Are we dull of hearing?  Are we even paying attention?

The signs of the times are all around us – and the Word tells us all about them in the scriptures.  We are soon to see the return of  Jesus and we must be ready.  He is coming for those who are ready and watching for Him!

Luke 21:31-36 NAS  “So you also, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near. “Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place.  “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.  “Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;  for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth. “But keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”