1 KNOW this: that in the last days disas trous times will come.
2 Timothy 3:1 Cross References - Lamsa
2 Thessalonians 2:3-12
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, unless it is preceded by a rebellion, and the man of sin be revealed as the son of perdition,
4 Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is reverenced; so that even in the temple of God, he sits as a god, and shows himself, as though he were a god.
5 Do you not remember, that when I was with you I told you these things?
6 And now you know what has prevented him from being revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity is already at work: until he who now is the obstacle be taken out of the way.
8 Then shall the Wicked be exposed, that one whom our LORD Jesus shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the revelation of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is due to the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceitfulness of unrighteousness in those who perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved thereby.
11 For this cause God shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie.
12 That they all, who did not believe in the truth but preferred unrighteousness, might be damned.
1 Timothy 4:1-3
1 NOW the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, following after misleading spirits, and doctrines of devils.
2 Who with false appearance mislead and speak lies and are seared in their own conscience;
3 Who prohibit marriage, and demand abstinence from foods which God has created for use and thanksgiving of those who believe and know the truth.
2 Timothy 4:3
3 For the time will come when men will not listen to sound doctrine; but they will add for themselves extra teachers according to their desires, being lured by enticing words;
2 Peter 3:3
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days mockers who scoff, following after their own lusts,
1 John 2:18
18 My children, it is the last time: and as you have heard that a false Christ shall come, even now there are many false Christs, and from this we know that it is the last time.
Jude 1:17
17 But you, my beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our LORD Jesus Christ;
Revelation 8:1-13
1 AND when he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about the space of half an hour.
2 Then I saw the seven angels, who stood before God; and seven trumpets were given to them.
3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, and he had a golden censer; and abundant incense was given to him, that he might offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4 And the smoke of the incense which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angelÆs hand.
5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there were voices and thunderings and lightnings, and an earthquake.
6 And the seven angels, who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with water, and they were poured upon the earth: and a third part of the earth was burnt up and a third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
8 Then the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain aflame with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a star from heaven, burning as though it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was eclipsed, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so that the third part of them was darkened, and the day was darkened for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
13 And I beheld, and heard an eagle having a tail red as it were blood, flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, by reason of the other sounds of the trumpets of the three angels which are yet to sound!