Pastor Jack Hibbs is urgently calling the church to wake up to the prophetic signs unfolding around us. Despite the growing fulfillment of Bible prophecy, Hibbs believes many believers have become spiritually asleep.
“We’ve never been this late in Bible prophecy before. All of the major end-time prophetic events have either happened, are happening, or are staged and ready to happen,” says Hibbs.
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But rather than staying alert to the signs of the times, Hibbs warns that the church has grown complacent. “We are so inundated with news that deals with Israel and or the last days events,” he said. “We’ve become so accustomed to watching news and hearing words like the word Israel, Jew, nuclear war, Iran, Russia—we have failed, I think, to notice because we’ve been inundated and then we grow little lazy.”
Hibbs explains that this growing complacency is exactly how Satan works: “Satan will either take the believer and freakishly deceive him by overstating the fact that Jesus is coming back… or he’ll move the pendulum all the way over to the other side where people are overstimulated by the news and their response is He’s not coming at all.” This manipulation of extremes leads many believers to miss the true understanding of Scripture. “Satan doesn’t care as long as he can get people off the real target.”
Perhaps the most terrifying part about the complacency of the church in this hour is how it has led way to the rise of false teachers and prophets.
“The Bible says that there’s going to be a dramatic increase of false prophets and false teachers now,” Hibbs warns. “We’ve seen false prophets and false teachers and the rise of the cults and aberrant Christian groups increase, and I think that’s going to continue.” He points to 2 Peter 3:3, where it says, “scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lust,” mocking the return of Christ by asking, “Where is the promise of His coming?”
Hibbs sees this as a significant issue for believers today: “There are people mocking His return. Do you know anybody who’s mocking His return? I do.”
He cautions that these deceivers are not only misleading believers but also making the church more susceptible to error. “Satan will deceive people. He’ll throw a sparkly toy in front of them and they’ll chase after it,” Hibbs said, emphasizing that believers must be careful to avoid falling into this trap.
The final sign we cannot ignore when it comes to the end times is the rapid pace of technology’s advancement, which is setting the stage for the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.
“We live in a time right now that let’s be honest—when was the last time you were pretty concerned about the cashless system? We live in a time right now that… the Bible says in Revelation 13 in the last days there’s going to be a cashless system.”
Above all, we must look at the seriousness of these prophetic times: “We need to be careful that we don’t fall asleep in the sun, fall asleep in the volume of light… This is what’s happening right now in the world that you and I are living in.”
The clock is ticking, and the return of Christ is nearer than we realize. Will you be ready, or will you fall asleep in the light of prophetic fulfillment?
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Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
