When discussing the Bible with friends and family, it is common to hear the phrase, “We are in the last days!” The person who says this usually means that we are near the end of time. Ideas like rapture, war, and tribulation are used, and people point to the “signs of the times” for proof that these events are at hand.
What does the Bible have to say about this phrase? Are we in the last days, or are they still to come? What exactly will happen in the last days?
Hebrews 1:1 tells us that God used to speak in a lot of ways by a lot of people. Verse 2 tells us that God now speaks by His Son Jesus, “in these last days.” When the church started in Acts 2, Peter said that these are the “last days” spoken of by the prophet Joel (Acts 2:16–17). James rebuked his readers for heaping up treasure for themselves by mistreating their fellow Christians “in the last days” (James 5:3).
When discussing the Old Testament Scriptures, Romans 15:4 says that “whatever things were written before were written for our learning.” The Old Testament period is the former days. The New Testament period, where we are now, is the “last days.”
Are we in the last days? Yes. We have been for 2000 years, and we will be until Jesus returns. Jesus’ final return will be sudden, without any warning (Matthew 24:36–39; 2 Peter 3:10). Are you ready for that return?
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