![]() These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. They do miracles, work out of Jerusalem and cannot be harmed ( Revelation 11:3-6 Revelation 11:3-6 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three score days, clothed in sackcloth. God gives the two witnesses power to preach on His behalf for 1,260 days. The Day of the Lord-the time of God’s wrath-is underway. Here is the setting of the two witnesses: The final time of the end has begun for mankind in rebellion against God. The second technology-prophecy verse is in the much-discussed-but-little-understood book of Revelation.Īmong its many prophecies, one, found in chapter 11, involves two servants of God called the “two witnesses.” Here we find a clue pointing to today’s advanced technology. Revelation 11:9 Revelation 11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.Īmerican King James Version ×: Instant live global news And the context of this prophecy is just before Christ’s second coming. The stage is set for God to reach vast numbers with the true gospel. The Internet in everyone’s pockets means the potential now exists-as never before-for the true gospel of God’s coming Kingdom to be preached, truly, to “all nations.” Beyond Today magazine, in print and through the Internet, reaches all but a handful of nations around the globe. What started with the movable-type printing press in 1439 eventually matured into the Internet and smartphones-instant fingertip access to anything at any time! Today roughly 2.7 billion people worldwide own a mobile phone, putting man’s collective fund of knowledge within reach at any moment.Ĭhrist’s words in Matthew 24:14 Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness to all nations and then shall the end come.Īmerican King James Version ×have never made more sense than in this era. It took time, sometimes a lot of time, to get the word out. Messages were carried by foot, by ship or on horseback. ![]() When Jesus spoke this prophecy, it was a very different world. Here is one thing He said would happen: “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations and then shall the end come” (verse 14, King James Version throughout). In Matthew 24, Jesus Christ’s disciples asked Him what would signal His return. Matthew 24:14 Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness to all nations and then shall the end come.Īmerican King James Version ×: The gospel reaching all nations Let’s look at how three specific Bible verses foreshadow today’s interconnected Internet/smartphone/Big Data era and how prophecy is being or might be fulfilled. This should certainly make us pay attention to how quickly our world is changing-and with it, how previously puzzling Bible prophecies might now be fulfilled. Now, our knowledge is almost doubling every day” (Tim Sandle, “Knowledge Doubles Almost Every Day, and It’s Set to Increase,” Nov. In 2000, human knowledge would double every year. ![]() However, by 1950 human knowledge doubled every 25 years. Some readers may recall the words given to the prophet Daniel more than 25 centuries ago in Daniel 12:4 Daniel 12:4 But you, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.Īmerican King James Version ×that at the time of the end “many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” Not until recent history have we seen a time when millions of people rapidly fly all over the globe, reaching destinations in hours that in previous centuries took months or even years.Īnd as for knowledge increasing, an item at the Digital Journal website noted this staggering trend: “Until year 1900, human knowledge approximately doubled every century. Is what we are seeing today outlined in any way in the pages of a book written many centuries ago? Thinking about modern technology-considering hopes and fears, pros and cons, joys and worries-has led some to wonder if our unprecedented digital age was foretold in Bible prophecy. The smartphone, smartwatch and smart home are growing into the “smart world.” The Internet “spiderweb” has descended and covered nearly all elements of civilization. ![]() Tech seems on the verge of recreating human beings into something new-something altered, bionic, computerized, robotic, superhuman. The rapid advance of technology is transforming civilization in ways no one expected-in ways that are exciting and scary, ways we are only beginning to understand. ![]()
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