Signs pointing to the End of this Age have never been more abundant than they are in today's headlines. They herald a time of great change, which has been promised for millennia. But today is different.

What is unique about this time revolves around Israel and man's intellectual evolution.

First, Israel has always been God's prophetic clock. In Matthew 24:32, Jesus tells us to watch for the rebudding (re-establishment) of the fig tree – a symbol of Israel. He warns two verses later when this happens, that generation who sees Israel once again attain statehood "will not pass" until the judgments and the Lord's return take place. This is THE key and often overlooked.

Israel became a nation once again in 1948 and they finally recaptured all of Jerusalem in June 1967. This is quite a feat since Jews were dispursed throughout the world for 2,534 years, managed to hold onto their language and their heritage. When this has happened to other people, they have assimilated into the culture where they live and their heritage becomes just a memory.

Israel's re-establishment set the Lord's clock in motion and He warns that "when you see these signs, all taken together, coming to pass, you may know of a surety that He is near, at the very doors." (Matthew 24:33). So while that we may know only "the times and the seasons", not a specific date, the Lord could arrive literally at any moment.

The second puzzle piece unique to this time is man's scientific advancements. We literally could not have designed and built cars, planes or atomic bombs 200 years ago. We needed computers to effectively distribute the Gospel worldwide and the Internet to disseminate vast amounts of information. Computers and chips are critical to accomplish the global 666 numbering system waiting in the wings and to keep track of those who will allowed to buy or sell when they take this chip. These are all new technologies compared to using horseback for your main means of travel.

Individually many of the signs listed in the Gospels have always been present. It's when ALL these things happen after the formation of the State of Israel that they become truly prophetically significant.

SIGNS:
 

• Airplanes – Isaiah 31:5 and Isaiah 60:8
   
• Horseless carriages or automobiles – Nahum 2:3-4
   
• Israel's deserts will bloom "as a rose" – Isaiah 35:1
   
• Alignment of the European Union – Daniel 2 & 7
   
• Explosion in knowledge, technology and science – Daniel 12:4
   
• Great increase in travel – Daniel 12:4
   
• Rise of false christs and false prophets – Matthew 24:5, 11 and 24
   
• Wars and rumors of wars – Matthew 24:6 and Revelation 6:3-4
   
• Famines – Matthew 24:7
   
• Earthquakes in different places – Mark 13:8
   
• Pestilences – Luke 21:11
   
• Injustice and discrimination flourish – Matthew 24:12 and 2Timothy 3:13
   
• Lawlessness – Mark 13:12 and 2Timothy 3:1-4, 6
• The Gospel of Kingdom will be preached worldwide – Matthew 24:14
   
• Signs in the Sun, moon, space – Luke 21:25-26
   
• Rise of evil spirits, cults and apostates – 1Timothy 4:1-2
   
• Hoarding of gold and silver – James 5:1-3
   
• False prophets denying Christ's deity – 2Peter 2:1-2
   
• Scoffers mocking the Second Coming – 2Peter 3:3-4
   
• Invention of the atomic bomb – 2Peter 3:10-12
   
• Lethargy and indifference among God's people – Revelation 3:15-18
   
• Jerusalem emerges as an international bone of contention – Zechariah 12:2-3 (Jerusalem become a cup of trembling)
   
• Rise of anti-semitism – Psalms 83:4
   
• Russia's new military power and its alliance with the Islamic world – Ezekiel 38 & 39 and Joel 2 & 3 Daniel 11:40 (alignment with Islamic world) and Ezekiel 30:5-6 and Psalm 83:4-7
   
• Emergence of a mighty world power in Asia or China – Revelation 16:12, Revelation 9:14-18