Violence Trumpets Christ’s Sudden Return

Rapture Ready ^ | 10/6/25 | Terry James

[Roman_War_Criminal]

The Prophet of all Prophets, who just happens to be the very Word of God (John 1:1), described the human condition at the time of the first phase of His Second Coming. Jesus said:

“And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man” (Luke 17:26).

Those are strong words, and they open an avenue that runs directly to a signal around which we can build a case for how near this generation must be to the Rapture. I write of the Rapture, and not Christ’s Second Advent, because in this prophecy, Jesus is talking about the sudden first phase, not the seven-year buildup to the second phase of His Second Coming.

The first phase is the Rapture; the second is the moment described in Revelation 19:11 when Jesus Christ returns dramatically to earth to end the human war called Armageddon. Jesus prophesied that at the time of this first phase, the Rapture, folks on earth will be going about life pretty much as usual. It will be like it was during the days before the Great Flood. About those days, Jesus said:

“They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all” (Luke 17:27).

In those days, like in our time, some strange and sinful things were going on—things that finally brought God’s wrath, judgment, and the destruction of all but the eight people inside the ark. The sinful matter going on in Noah’s day that I want to explore a bit here is put forth in the following:

“The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth” (Genesis 6:11-13).

The operative sin is violence that “filled the whole earth.”

Violence has always been part of the human condition. Cain killed his brother Abel in the first murder. More than fifteen thousand wars have been the scourge of every generation since Noah and his family left the ark. Cain’s pre-Flood slaying of his brother set in motion a visceral propensity within humankind to do violence to fellow humans.

Wars waged by the likes of the ancient Assyrians, Egyptians, Babylonians, Medes, Persians, Alexander’s Greek Empire, and the Roman Empire brought tremendous bloodshed down through the millennia. But it was the twentieth century—with World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnamese War, and others that continue into the twenty-first century—that spawned the level of violence that equates to the level of worldwide violence during Noah’s day.

Murderous rage has exploded upon this late hour of human history in almost every aspect. Killing rampages that used to be aberrant acts of the rarely seen serial or spree killers now seem to be a part of homicide that’s considered the norm. One form of violence that strongly indicates a recently elevated rage that’s like the satanic hatred of times just before Noah and the others went into the ark is that aimed directly at true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Perhaps the most notable example is the assassination of Charlie Kirk, founder and head of Turning Point USA. He was a young man who told about his belief in Christ at every venue he spoke at. He tried, through that witness, to lead his listeners to the saving grace of Jesus Christ, in addition to trying to reason with them about coming back to their senses in understanding what living life peaceably in America should entail.

The entire world was shown the face of violence that has burst upon this generation with cameras focused on the young man when the assassin’s high-powered rifle round exploded the carotid artery in his neck at the very moment he sat civilly answering the questions of a student asking, ironically, about gun violence.

Following on the heels of the Kirk murder was the shooting by a sniper in Dallas, Texas, who unloaded his weapon into an ICE van while it transported detainees into an ICE facility.

One detainee was killed, and others were wounded. The sniper then shot himself. He, like Kirk’s assassin who wrote hate-filled things on the rounds in his rifle, had written anti-ICE engravings on the shell casing of the bullet he fired.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Tom Lyons reported that such terroristic attacks against ICE have ramped up 1,000 percent just within recent weeks.

School shootings around the nation, too, have increased, with evidence coming out that such evil stems from the same leftist radical ideology.

The young have been radicalized–with the backing of mainstream news and entertainment media—to deal with anyone who opposes their anti-American ideas and upside-down political persuasion by using violence–even assassinating the political leaders they hate.

Such radicalized youths were responsible for the attempted assassination of candidate Donald Trump, the murder of Charlie Kirk, and the terroristic attacks on the ICE agents who are targets of their hatred.

So many instances of violent insanity are piling up that it is difficult to pick and choose which to use as examples of the end-times violence Jesus described.

That fact alone is enough to validate just how much our days are like Noah’s.

Violence that is such a characteristic of this generation must certainly be a major indicator sounding from the end-of-days trumpet of warning. It is heralding the glorious prophetic truth that Jesus can at any moment step out upon the clouds of glory and shout, “Come up here!” (Revelation 4:1).

[Roman_War_Criminal]

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Maranatha!

[The Louiswu]

Say what you want but no one knows the day or time of His return. You may wish for it but the only way to be prepared is to pray and try to stay in His love and Grace for none of us are truly worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven.

[silent majority rising]

“If the most important thing for you is feeling good, you are going to be miserable. But if the most important thing for you is doing good, you will end up purposeful.”

Don’t look up. Get busy doing good while you can.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[BipolarBob]

Our last days is always one heartbeat away. Be ready.

[EliRoom8]

Of course nowhere does your posting suggest the exact day or hour this occurs. Yet that is the hobby horse preterits like to ride.

Despite the 'scoffer' flak we should not be dissuaded from reading the signs available to us. After all Christ had scolded the Jews (Luke 19:44) for having done that at His first visitation which had been spelled out clearly in Daniel 9. And with regard to this His second coming, He used the fig tree parable to exhort us to be aware of the 'season.'

That aside, since in the Olivet Discourse Christ responds to the Jewish disciples' questions about the end of the Jewish age (Temple destruction, etc.) dispensation commentators hesitate to include anything about the Mystery which Paul was chosen to reveal.
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Thank you for posting the article. it's an encouragement to get going on my own study this morning.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

We are told to “Know the Season”.
You might have missed that verse though and The Lord Jesus heavily scolded the Pharisees for not having a clue about their season.

And whatever do you mean about “Staying in His Love & Grace”?

You either are in it or not - there is no “staying”....

[Roman_War_Criminal]

The Preterists and other mockers/scoffers are here and as always trying to dissuade us from even thinking about this.

To those who look forward to His Return, there is a Crown of Righteousness awaiting them.

I cannot wait to have mine 🙂

[Bob434]

We do have violence today, but there has always been viol3nce, all over the world, in extreme measures. Ou4 current situa5ion isn5 unique in time o4 experience. We’ve actuwlly been very fortunate to live in a nation of laws that prot3ct us from all out violence like happens in other nations by gangs, guerrilla fighters, znd their own governments attacking citizens, chistians, jews etc. When paul was around, he was sanctioned to kill christians. Christians were boiled in oil, roasted over fires, had to fight beasts in an arena, etc etc etc

[Bob434]

I gu3ss my point is, how do we know when th3 violence crosses th3 line and pu5s us 8n second com8ng territory?

[Karl Spooner]

Oh Boy!.........

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King James Bible 16:28
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

[metmom]

It’s obvious this is happening now.

[spacejunkie2001]

There are no phases. He comes one time and he continually implores us to be ready for that coming. We meet him in the air at the same time he destroys everything else. There is no life after his coming on this Earth

[SaveFerris]

(Stay prayed up)

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Matthew 24:42-44
New King James Version

42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.

43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the Thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.

44 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2024%3A42-44&version=NKJV

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Luke 21:34-36
King James Version

34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that Day come upon you unawares.

35 FOR AS A SNARE SHALL IT COME ON ALL THEM that dwell on the face of the WHOLE EARTH

36 WATCH YE THEREFORE, AND PRAY ALWAYS, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2021%3A34-36&version=KJV

[EliRoom8]

Besides your ridicule and mocking graphic there is little sense from the texts of your post. And with regard to the final line, did not Christ very shortly take Peter, James, and John unto the Mount of Transfiguration where they saw the Shekinah glory, Christ in His resurrection body, and the two prophets, Moses and Elijah.

As to the numbers of deaths which you highlighted, are you trying to discount Scripture or use hcarnal reasoning as your guide?

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

The operative sin is violence that “filled the whole earth.”

I have told my wife and a few others that this passage is overlooked in preaching these days. Violence fills the face of the earth and the incidence rate is rising exponentially. Bad sign.

[jjotto]

Genesis 6:13, the word translated as ‘violence’ is the Hebrew word חָמָ֖ס (hamas).

[EliRoom8]

And whatever do you mean about “Staying in His Love & Grace”?

Preterits are mainly from the denominational "Reformed" churches (Lutheran, Episcopalian, Methodist, some Baptist, et.al.) These are primarily peopled by Augustinian Calvinists who believe that only "true" Christians persevere to their death without failure ( hence the "P" in TULIP). According to them, any departure from this path is a failure to persevere and disqualifies one from eternal life. Such a creed undercuts any blessed assurance of eternal life in Christ since it is up to the Christian, not Christ, to maintain one's salvation. And, yes, this is a backdoor to salvation by works.

[GingisK]

WWI, WWII, Korean War, plus countless massacres following dictatorial takeovers were far more violent than what we are witnessing now. But, no Second Coming. That won’t happen upon your bidding.