Are We Living in the End Times? - Questions and Answers (with Jon Engen)

Are we living in the end times?

If you talk about the 'end times' in the church, you will likely get one of these responses. "Oh yeah, I read all the Left Behind books"  "have you seen what's happening in (fill in the blank with a middle eastern country)"  or "Revelation is weird and confusing"

There are a lot of hot takes about the book of Revelation and living in the end times, but not a lot of thoughtful discussion.  For some it causes worry, for others, confusion.  We sit down with pastor Jon Engen to straighten some things out, and how to have a healthy, sensible approach to considering what the Bible ways about 'the last days.'

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Key points in the episode:

00:06:26: The Divisiveness and Confusion in End Times Interpretations

00:10:16: Discussion on end times and its influence

00:10:24: The Book of Revelation's role and purpose

00:11:16: Analysing the interpretation of end times in religious texts

00:12:32: Issue with the interpretation of end times

00:13:21: Comparison between politics and the Bible

00:13:56: Difficulties in comprehending the end times

00:14:33: Specific prophecies in relation with the end times

00:14:55: Discussion on signs of end times

00:15:28: Reference to historical events as signs of end times

00:16:37: Variety of opinions on the truth of the end times

00:20:13: Impact of Reading the Left Behind Series on Personal Faith

00:25:13: Encouragement to Christians About End Times

00:27:02: Interpretation of Bible's Closed-Handed and Open-Handed Concepts.

00:36:34: Relationship with Revelation and Israel

00:37:26: Taking a Faith-Driven Approach

00:38:24: Avoiding Timeline Predictions

00:39:17: Understanding the Letters to the Churches

00:40:54: Fear-Driven Conversations

00:44:07: The Need for Realignment with the Presence of God