In this week's conversation between Dr. James Emery White and co-host Alexis Drye, they discuss a topic that's been circulating lately, especially related to the current conflict in Israel (check out CCP80: On the War in Israel): are we in the end times? A recent Lifeway Research article titled “Fear Prevalent in Pews, According to Protestant Pastors” found that people have a growing sense of fear about the future, and that we may be rapidly approaching the end of all time. What are the signs and how do we know?

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While every generation will express feeling this way, the fear and anxiety today is almost palpable. In truth, we've been in the end times since Jesus' resurrection. There is much to be found in Scripture tied to the end of time such as the “little apocalypse” found in Matthew 24, references in Ezekiel and Daniel, and then of course the entire book of Revelation.

Dr. White posted a blog related to this conversation that you may wish to read, titled “Are the End Times Finally Here?” exploring the eight signs that Jesus describes in Matthew 24. He also delivered an eight-weekend series at Mecklenburg Community Church called “The Apocalypse: The Message of Revelation for Today” that explores everything from the tribulation to Armageddon, the antichrist to the number 666, the second coming of Jesus and, yes, the end of the world.

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