JUST WHAT ARE THE END TIMES?

What do the end times actually mean? The terms end times, last days, end of days, are all descriptions of a period of time that will culminate in the end of this age. Are we living in the end times? Absolutely, we are. We have been living in the last days since the time that the Lord Jesus was manifested in the flesh.  John 1 v 14 says, the "Word became flesh ..." Christ came and took up residence amongst humanity. When He came and was born as a babe, it marked the beginning of the last days. "God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets, but now in these last days He has spoken to us through His Son"... Hebrews 1:1-2

On the day of Pentecost, Peter stood up and preached the gospel, saying, But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.  For these men are not, as you suppose, drunk, since it is only the third hour of the day.  But this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:  ‘And it will be in the last days,’ declares God, ‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. Even on my male servants and on my female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.  And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky vapor. The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. And it shall be that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.’ Acts 2:14-21.

From these scriptures, we can see that the last days began when Christ came in the flesh and will continue until the Last of the last days.The last days have always been a period of time from the time of the first coming of Messiah. But, we are most certainly living at the tail end of the last days prior to the 1000 year reign of Messiah on this earth. The time of great tribulation lies ahead, this is a call for the faith and patience of the saints. Draw closer to the Lord each and everyone, until next time, may the grace of God be with you.