Glenn Beck.....

Do any of you listen to Glenn Beck on CNN?

I don't agree with his politics and often disagree with him on other significant issues but he is the one commentator who can literally make me laugh out loud ~ multiple times during a single show. There's something about his authenticity that also appeals, even though I'm quite aware that he's basically a propagandist, just like most of them.

Last night, he interviewed Pastor John Hagee who wants to warn all of us that we are living in the End Times.

With all respect, I believe End Times theology is a real crock but admit to a morbid fascination with it at the same time. I've been reading End Times books since Hal Lindsey wrote "The Late Great Planet Earth" in the 70s.

I also read the "Left Behind" series of books.

It's science fiction.

Anyway, Pastor Hagee cited the following as evidence that we are living in the (Jaws music cued here) Final Days.

1) The knowledge explosion (loosely defined as instantaneous access to information, 24 hour news channels and such)

2) Rebirth of Israel

3) Matt 24:3 - When the fig tree blooms out of season (referring, I believe, to global warming although Hagee dismissed the legitimacy of it)

4) Birth of nuclear weaponry

5) Universal deception (loosely again... political correctness, moral relativism and such)

6) Famines

7) Pestilence (he cited bird flu)

8) Earthquakes

9) International television (this is the means by which the Antichrist will appear within an hour)

10) Skepticism

Personally, I believe the majority of these indicators could be differently framed in any generation. If I recall correctly, nearly every generation has claimed to be in the final days.

What do you think?

Are we in the (Jaws music again) Final Days?
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