Beginning of the New Age/Dr Pat Holliday/Dr Sabrina Sessions/Marshall Perot

Beginning of the New Age

“Tell us . . . what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” (Matthew 24:3), Jesus responded, “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars” (Matthew 24:6). Because of Jesus’ words in this passage, whenever these is an explosion of conflict, especially in the vicinity of Israel, many people begin to wonder if the new war is a sign of the end times. If only people would read the rest of Matthew 24:6—“. . . See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, butthe end is not yet” (emphasis added). 

Understanding Jesus’ statement about “wars and rumors of wars” to mean that warfare is a sign of the end times is the exact opposite of what He intended. Jesus was instructing us to not allow wars or rumors of wars to alarm or concern us, because “the end is not yet.” Similarly, Jesus spoke of false Christs (Matthew 24:5), famines and earthquakes (24:7), persecution (24:9), apostasy (24:10), and false prophets (24:11), warning that “all these are the beginning of the birth pains” (24:8).