END TIMES

HOW CLOSE ARE WE? - PART 1

October 19, 2025
@TravisHearn @ImpactChurch

THE END TIMES
HOW CLOSE ARE WE?

1. THE DAY AND HOUR UNKNOWN

“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”
Matthew 24:36-44 (NIV)

“Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”
Matthew 24:1-2 (NIV)

WHAT ARE THE BIRTH PAINS?

False Messiahs and Deception

“Many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.”
Matthew 24:5 (NIV)

Wars and Rumors of Wars

“You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed.” 
Matthew 24:6 (NIV)

Nations Rising Against Nations

“Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.” 
Matthew 24:7 (NIV)

Famines

“There will be famines…” 
Matthew 24:7 (NIV)

Earthquakes

”…and earthquakes in various places.” 
Matthew 24:7 (NIV)

“All these are the beginning of birth pains.”
Matthew 24:8 (NIV)

2. MANY WILL COME CLAIMING TO BE THE MESSIAH.

“Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.”
Matthew 24:4-5 (NIV)

“Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.”
Matthew 24:4-5 (NIV)

“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.”
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (NIV)

3. THERE WILL BE WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS.

“You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.”
Matthew 24:6-8 (NIV)

A. The Rapture.

“After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.”
1 Thessalonians 4:17 (NIV)

B. The Tribulation. 

C. The Antichrist. 

D. The Great Tribulation. 

E. The Second Coming. 

“This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
Acts 1:11 (NIV)

F) The Battle of Armageddon.

G) Millennium. 

H) Holy City / New Jerusalem.

  • Rapture.

  • Tribulation.

  • Antichrist.

  • The great tribulation.

  • The second coming.

  • The battle of Armageddon.

  • The millennium.

  • The holy city, new Jerusalem.

4. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE OF KNOWLEDGE AND STUPIDITY.

“But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
Daniel 12:4 (NKJV)

“I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.”
John 14:6 (NKJV)

“Always learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
2 Timothy 3:7 (NIV)

“For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.”
Matthew 24:24 (NIV)

“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.”
Romans 1:22 (NKJV)

“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ…”
Philippians 3:20 (NIV)

“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone. It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age, as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.”
Titus 2:11-14 (ESV)