What is the best estimate based on the Bible of when the world will end?

Answer 1

There is never a specific date given, but there are signs, and specific events in specific order given. One must know the signs and their specific order and watch .... Here is some key information to understand

Christ told you of the events which lead to the end of this 2nd of 3 earth iterations (2nd Peter 3). He expressed those in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21, to his Apostles

Careful, because there are some things in that prophecy which were translated into the English which one must know or else you will miss the boat entirely

1. Nation as translated into the English is based upon the Greek word Ethnos which is where the English word Ethnic comes from, its better translated Ethnic instead of Nation
2. Famine refers to Amos 8:11
3. Troubles is better translated Sedition
4. Luke best defines the Earth quakes as Megas Sizemos (Mega Earthquakes), 8 and greater

You must understand the generation of the fig, given by Christ in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 and how that relates to Jeremiah 24 (prophecy which occurred in 1947-48), the final generation of mankind.

You must understand the time limits of a generation (Genesis 6:3 and Psalm 90:10), 120 or 70 or 80 years.

These are all signs, not specific times and dates. The end of this 2nd iteration of earth will end when these signs and prophecies can be observed. The clock started its countdown when the State of Israel came into existence ( Q4-1947 to Q1-1948).

Knowing the timing of a generation, your red letter dates are (2018, 2028 and 2068). This does not mean on those days marked by mans years, these specific things will happen, it only means generations are marked by those dates, one must still observe the signs given, as there is no exact date and time given, only signs and a Generation are given.

At this moment in time, you are building to the prophecy of Daniel 8 (Persia - Iran is rising to power).

You can observe the signs that Christ warned of

1) Ethnic fighting (gender, race, doctoral belief, wealth, sexual preference, etc.)

2) Famine as defined by Amos 8:11 is occurring as people of the world accept philosopha doctrine and dialectics and reject our Fathers word

3) Troubles ... Sedition ... Rolling mobs in the streets? Look a France and Greece and America

4) Megas earth quakes ... (Since 1948) there were about 4-5 per decade until the 1980s, now there are teens per decade and increasing in occurrence and destruction.

5) You have Persia (Iran) on the rise ... Daniel 8

So you have your signs and they are occurring just as they are written.

You have your final generation and it is getting along in years

You have your red letter dates based upon that final generation

You have every thing you need to observe the end of this 2nd earth iteration

Will there be a zombie apocalypse.... No

Will it end in an all out war .... Nope as Daniel 11 states Anti-Christ comes in peaceful and Revelation 13 states he uses miracles to deceive the people.

Will the end be immediate .... No as it takes place during a Generation of either 70, 80 or 120 years.

Answer 2

In one way the best biblical estimate of the end times is found in Mark 9:1 and chapter 13. Here, Jesus tells the disciples that some of them would not taste death until they saw the kingdom of God coming with power. That may seem strange because the world did not end, and when Matthew and Luke were written, they changed this to refer to some distant future time.

In Mark's Gospel, the two references form a pair (pair X) in the framework, parallel structure of the Gospel, thereby showing clearly that these were quite intentionally recorded prophecies:

A . John explains the coming of Jesus (Mark 1:1-8)

B .The baptism of Jesus (1:9)

C . The voice of God from heaven, "Thou art my beloved son" (1:11)

D . The forty days in the wilderness as an allusion to Elijah and Moses (1:13)

E . The people were astonished at what Jesus taught (1:22)

F . Jesus casts out an unclean spirit (1:23-26)

G . Pharisees took counsel with the Herodians how they might destroy Jesus (3:6)

H . Demons, whenever they see Jesus, fall down and say that he is the Son of God.

-- Jesus commands that they tell no one of this (3:11-12)

I .. Jesus calls the 12 disciples (3:13-19)

J .. Jesus rejects his own family: he has a new family, his followers (3:31-35)

K . Jesus rebukes the wind (4:36-41)

L . The demoniac, wearing no clothes (5:15), cries out that Jesus not torment him and Jesus sends out the demons (5:1-20)

M . Jesus comes into his own country (6:1)
-- Where he was brought up

N . The people misunderstand Jesus and he can do no mighty work (6:2-6)

O . Jesus sends out the disciples and curses those who will not receive them (6:7-11)
-- in sending the disciples with authority and expecting all to receive them, Jesus is asserting his own authority

P . Herod thinks that Jesus is John the Baptist risen from the dead (6:14)

Q . Herodias and her daughter conspire to kill John the Baptist (6:16-29)

R . Feeding the thousands, and related miracles and discourses (6:33-8:21)

S . Who do people say that I am (8:27)

T . Peter affirms faith in Jesus as the Christ (8:29)

U . Whosoever shall be ashamed of me: of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed (8:38)

V . The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and scribes (8:31a)

W . Be killed and after three days rise again (8:31b)

X . Prophecy of second coming (9:1)- Jesus tells the disciples that some of them would not taste death until they saw the kingdom of God coming with power.

B' .The Transfiguration of Jesus (9:2-3)

C' .The voice of God from heaven, "This is my beloved son" (9:7)

D' . Jesus talks to Elijah and Moses then to the disciples about Elijah (9:4-13)

E' .A great multitude was amazed at Jesus (9:15)

F' .Jesus cast out a dumb spirit (9:17-27)

G' .They shall kill the Son of man and he shall rise on the third day (9:31)

H' .Jesus clarifies his divine status, saying that he is not God: "Why call me good? There is none good but God" (10:18)

I' . Peter says the disciples have left all and followed Jesus (10:28)

J' . Those who have left their family for Jesus have a new family: all Jesus' followers (10:29-30)

K'. Jesus rebukes the 'sons of thunder', James and John (10:35-45 - cf 3:17)

L' .Blind Bartimaeus cries out for mercy and casts off his clothes, then Jesus heals him (10:46-52)

M' .Jesus comes into Jerusalem (11:1-10)
-- Where he will die

N' .Jesus misunderstands the fig tree that can provide no fruit (11:13-14)

O' .Jesus casts out them that sold and bought in the Temple and curses them for making the Temple a den of thieves (11:15-17)
-- Jesus is asserting his authority

P' .Jesus asks whether the baptism of John is from heaven or of men, and the priests, scribes and elders can not answer (11:30-33)

Q' .Parable of husbandmen who conspire to kill the vineyard owner's son (12:1-9)

X' .Prophecy of second coming (chapter 13)

-- on clouds of glory, within the lifetimes of some of those to whom he was speaking

R' .The Last Supper (14:17-25)

S' .Art thou the Christ, Son of God (14:61)

T' .Peter denies Jesus three times (14:66-72a)

U' .And when he thought thereon, Peter wept (14:72b)

V' .The chief priests, elders and scribes delivered Jesus to Pontius Pilate (15:1)

-- Delivering Jesus is a similar concept to rejecting him.
-- Both parts of the pair involve chief priests, elders and scribes

W' .Jesus dies and on the third day rises again (15:37, 16:6)

A' .The young man explains the departure of Jesus(16:6-8)

Answer 3

By fire