By Nab B.
May 11, 2021
updated Oct 2, 2025
Today, Christians speak of this generation as the final last days, as did the ones before them, and the ones before that! Each generation believes theirs to be the very last! They can't all be right, can they?!
A little scriptural digging will reveal if the last days have begun already or will begin later. I believe this has a profound effect on a believer's way of thinking and living. Stay with me, and you will see why.
Scripturally, "the last days" is one long age over a long period of time. It will go on until the Day of Judgment begins. According to scripture, humanity has entered the last days—the last age—since the Day of Pentecost until now.
It's reasonable to ask, "What and who ushered humanity into the 'last days' or 'the last age'"? There is only one event that did it: The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Since then, God decreed that all of humanity (aware or not, believe or not) be "Put on notice" that the "last days" have begun in preparation for a "new creation" coming.
Notice how Paul urged the heathen Athenians to do what God commanded all humanity to do,
"The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now He commands all people everywhere to repent because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead." (Acts 17:30-31 ESV)
Many apostles knew that they were already living in the "last days," or the "last age." Once you see it, obscure scriptural passages will begin to make sense to you, keeping at bay any deceiving church teachings concerning End-time prophecies, or "eschatology."
Here is the writer of Hebrews calling his days the "last days" when God spoke to us by His Son, “Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son.” (Hebrews 1:1-2)
The apostle Peter was the first to call his days "the last days," beginning from the day of Pentecost, “And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh.” (Acts 2:17)
The apostle Paul called his days "the end of the ages," “But they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.” (1 Cor 10:11)
The apostle John even called it the "last hour"—humanity's last age, “Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming...Therefore we know that it is the last hour.” (1 John 2:18)
Speculations about the end times have plagued Christians for many centuries. Many feel disappointed if and when the end does not come in their lifetime. If you think that way, then a change of mind and heart might comfort you.
A deeper love for God and Christ prevents us from being overly concerned, if at all, with times and dates. You will be filled with the spirit joining you as one with the Father and His Son, "That they may be one, even as we are one." (John 17:22) This will cause any true believer to transcend any concerns about "End-Time" or even our "day-to-day time" when divine love and oneness are achieved.
It's futile—a waste of time—to be concerned with times and dates. God, in perfect wisdom, desires we serve Him without constantly obsessing about the end times, which easily leads to false doctrines disguised as "truth."
Jesus put this matter to rest when the disciples were concerned about times and seasons. He shrugged it off, saying: "It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power." (Acts 1:7)
Keep in mind that "all" of God's revelations, in scripture and otherwise, are spiritual in nature and have little to do with carnal obsession with end-time prophecies. Christ's words (teachings) are "Spirit and life," and unless one is "Born from above" (John 6:63), carnal thinking will prevail!
The following statement was a 'game changer' for me a while back. Please, take time and give it thought. It may, I hope, change your view. In fact, it might even make you enjoy this life in preparation for the next one!
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On average, our lifespan is a transient 31,000 days—or 85 years— give or take. That's not a whole lot of time! Why then worry excessively whether the end comes in your lifetime or someone else's time?
We only have one life to show our love and commitment to God and Christ. Use it well, it's already short!
