The days of evil have always been here. We have just enjoyed a century of incredible peace. The good times were the anomaly.
Eph 5:16: Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
That was 2000 years ago, and the situation hasn't changed.
Again, Matt 6:34: Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Again, 2000 years ago.
John is somewhat more explicit: 1 John 2:18: Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
The "evil days"; the "last time"; etc, all refer to our current dispensation. Paul was in the Christian dispensation. We are in the Christian dispensation. The Christian dispensation is the final dispensation before the end of time and the Judgment.
That's why the Christian dispensation is the final days/last days, etc.
You need to read your Bible more. You also need to read Bible history. Read Foxe's Book Of Martyrs to see how much worse it was for early Christians than for us. Their days were definitely "days of evil."
Then, of course, the Catholic church came into power, as predicted by Paul in 1 Timothy 4: Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
The "latter times" Paul spoke of happened about 100 years after he wrote that, and as the Catholics grew in power and corruption, they mercilessly persecuted and murdered Christians. Their "inquisitions" are legendary.
What we're experiencing is nothing new. Satan has always hated God. Then, Christ. Then, Christ's followers.
Don't forget Ephesians 2:2: Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Satan's children have had different forms throughout history. Today, they are in the form of liberals. To name a few.
While I agree that the days of evil have always been here -I would still say it’s worse now. There are more Christian martyrs dying today than at any other time in history. The numbers aren’t even close to what the early church suffered through. By sheer numbers alone in world population, that should point to the fact that there is more evil in the world now than back then. More people = More evil.
Some estimates are around a total of 2 million martyrs by the 4th century for their faith. And it hasn’t even started really here in the USA - yet...
Add to the that current technology, Israel back in the land (70 years plus now), Iran-Turkey-Russia pseudo alliance (Ezekiel 38/39), the LGBTQP wave engulfing the globe, trans-humanism, RFID tech, ethnos vs. ethnos (Matthew 24:7), Global Church Apostasy, and the 2 Timothy 3 scenario has been our existence for decades now.
The Days of Noah/Days of Lot are literally out in the open and unashamed.
Foxe’s Book of martyrs is lurid and false
John Foxe was safely abroad, writing his propaganda in Strasbourg, Frankfurt and Basle, during Mary Tudor’s reign was an eye-opener. He falsified and twisted much of what he wrote.
If you read these books and compare historical research with them they outright lie. They claim Catholic martyrs as their own and accept teachings of those that also declare Catholic truths, speaking only of the Baptism they want to prove.
better to read historically accurate books rather than that claptrap
Is referring to Essenes who forbid all from getting married
Among Catholics, laity can get married - and you CHOOSE to become a priest - a eunuch for Christ as St. Paul labelled himself, and even among priest, it's only the Latin rite that doesn't have married priests - the Syro-malabar, Uniate, Maronite etc - in fact all the other 21 rites HAVE married priests
It's better to read a bit first before commenting
And like any good legend, they're false
Over the course of 400 years you had 3000 people killed in the various inquisitions -- yes, that's 3000 too many, but they are still lower than the various anti-Catholic acts carried out by various groups in the same period.