1st Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
[4] Pushing Labor Pain: These can last for a few minutes, or up to about 3 hours. The intense pain is overshadowed by major pressure, as she experiences a great urge to push the baby out. This is the final and the most intense stage of birth pangs which is referred to as “Travail” in 1st Thessalonians. The question on the table, that needs to be urgently answered is: What stage of the labor pains are we now in?
The early labor pain, the active, that transitional, or the pushing labor pain? One of the signs of childbirth is that the labor pains keep coming with increasing frequency and severity and therefore, the only thing we will have to do is to study from God’s word, what are the signs of the “Travail” that is spoken of in 1st Thessalonians, and then we need to compare them with the raw data, to see if the stated signs are indeed occurring with increasing frequency and severity. It is not rocket science!
The Bible speaks clearly about some of the signs that will characterize the last days of earth’s history and they include such statements as: Perilous times shall come, Disobedience to parents, A proliferation of miracles, Lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, False Christs and false prophets, A lack of self-control, senseless violence, and the preaching of the Gospel in every inhabitable place on the globe.
2nd Timothy 3:This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!