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10 replied "the end of the world"

7 "didn't have a clue"

Only 3 gave somewhat reasonable explanations:

"I've read about it in the Bible. With so many rapes and murders and shootings going on these days, I wish more people knew about it"

"I know it's Biblical, and it may have something to do with Jesus coming back."

"Armageddon, I believe, is when all the nations fight against Israel in the sea of Jehoshaphat, which is now the Persian gulf"

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Revelation 16:13-1613 And I saw three unclean spirits

like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

Zechariah 14:1Zechariah 14:1--331 Behold, the day of the Lord

cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

3 Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

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Deuteronomy 7:6Deuteronomy 7:6Deuteronomy 7:6Deuteronomy 7:6Deuteronomy 7:6Deuteronomy 7:6Deuteronomy 7:6Deuteronomy 7:6--------888888886 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the 6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the 6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the 6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.the earth.the earth.the earth.7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose 7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose 7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose 7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more In number than any people; you, because ye were more In number than any people; you, because ye were more In number than any people; you, because ye were more In number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:for ye were the fewest of all people:for ye were the fewest of all people:for ye were the fewest of all people:8 But because the Lord loved you, and because he would 8 But because the Lord loved you, and because he would 8 But because the Lord loved you, and because he would 8 But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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Isaiah 43:10

"Ye are my witnesses,

saith the Lord, and my

servant whom I have

chosen: that ye may

know and believe me,

and understand that I

am he: before me there

was no God formed,

neither shall there be

after me."

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Ezekiel 36:24 Ezekiel 36:24 Ezekiel 36:24 Ezekiel 36:24 Ezekiel 36:24 Ezekiel 36:24 Ezekiel 36:24 Ezekiel 36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, For I will take you from among the heathen, For I will take you from among the heathen, For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.your own land.your own land.your own land.

Ezekiel 37:12Ezekiel 37:12Ezekiel 37:12Ezekiel 37:12Ezekiel 37:12Ezekiel 37:12Ezekiel 37:12Ezekiel 37:12--------1414141414141414 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.and bring you into the land of Israel.and bring you into the land of Israel.and bring you into the land of Israel.

And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people and brought you up out of your your graves, O my people and brought you up out of your your graves, O my people and brought you up out of your your graves, O my people and brought you up out of your graves.graves.graves.graves.

And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land; then ye shall know that I the place you in your own land; then ye shall know that I the place you in your own land; then ye shall know that I the place you in your own land; then ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it saith the Lord.Lord have spoken it, and performed it saith the Lord.Lord have spoken it, and performed it saith the Lord.Lord have spoken it, and performed it saith the Lord.

Daniel 12:1

"And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a such as never was since there was a nation even to that same nation even to that same time…….."time…….."

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An Increase in Knowledge (Daniel 12:4)Wars and rumours of wars (Mark 13:7)Decline in moral values (Luke 17:26)Turning away from God (2 Timothy:3)Famines, pestilences and disease (Matt 24:7)Fear and terror (Luke 21:26)

When?When?Luke 21:7Luke 21:7

And they asked him saying, And they asked him saying, Master, but when shall Master, but when shall these things be? And what these things be? And what sign will there be when sign will there be when these things shall come to these things shall come to pass?pass?

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Luke 21:26:

Men's hearts failing them for fear and

for looking after those things which

are coming on the earth, for the

powers of heaven shall be shaken.

"Fearful sights" (Luke 21:11)

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Wars and Wars and rumours of rumours of wars……wars……

Mark 13:7,8Mark 13:7,8Mark 13:7,8Mark 13:7,8Mark 13:7,8Mark 13:7,8Mark 13:7,8Mark 13:7,8 And when And when And when And when ye shall hear of wars and ye shall hear of wars and ye shall hear of wars and ye shall hear of wars and rumours of warsrumours of warsrumours of warsrumours of wars,,,, be ye be ye be ye be ye be ye be ye be ye be ye not troubled;not troubled;not troubled;not troubled;not troubled;not troubled;not troubled;not troubled; for such for such for such for such things must needs be; things must needs be; things must needs be; things must needs be; but the end is not yet.but the end is not yet.but the end is not yet.but the end is not yet.

For nation shall rise For nation shall rise For nation shall rise For nation shall rise against nation, and against nation, and against nation, and against nation, and kingdom against kingdom against kingdom against kingdom against kingdom……kingdom……kingdom……kingdom……

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Isaiah 45:9Isaiah 45:9Isaiah 45:9Isaiah 45:9Isaiah 45:9Isaiah 45:9Isaiah 45:9Isaiah 45:9

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, what makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

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I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me; I girded thee, though thou hast not known me.

That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.

I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

2 Peter 3:92 Peter 3:92 Peter 3:92 Peter 3:9

"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any not willing that any should perish, but that all should perish, but that all should come to repentance."should come to repentance."

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Famines, disease, earthquakes

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"For nation shall rise "For nation shall rise "For nation shall rise "For nation shall rise "For nation shall rise "For nation shall rise "For nation shall rise "For nation shall rise against nation, and against nation, and against nation, and against nation, and against nation, and against nation, and against nation, and against nation, and kingdom against kingdom against kingdom against kingdom against kingdom against kingdom against kingdom against kingdom against kingdom: and there kingdom: and there kingdom: and there kingdom: and there kingdom: and there kingdom: and there kingdom: and there kingdom: and there shall be shall be shall be shall be shall be shall be shall be shall be faminesfaminesfaminesfamines,,,,and and and and and and and and pestilencespestilencespestilencespestilences,,,, and and and and and and and and earthquakesearthquakesearthquakesearthquakes,,,, in in in in in in in in divers places."divers places."divers places."divers places."divers places."divers places."divers places."divers places."

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Zechariah 14:4Zechariah 14:4Zechariah 14:4Zechariah 14:4Zechariah 14:4Zechariah 14:4Zechariah 14:4Zechariah 14:4

"And his feet shall stand in that "And his feet shall stand in that "And his feet shall stand in that "And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of day upon the mount of day upon the mount of day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Olives, which is before Olives, which is before Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and Jerusalem on the east, and Jerusalem on the east, and Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall the mount of Olives shall the mount of Olives shall the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof cleave in the midst thereof cleave in the midst thereof cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward toward the east and toward toward the east and toward toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a the west, and there shall be a the west, and there shall be a the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of very great valley; and half of very great valley; and half of very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove the mountain shall remove the mountain shall remove the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of toward the north, and half of toward the north, and half of toward the north, and half of it toward the south."it toward the south."it toward the south."it toward the south."

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Daniel 12:4:Daniel 12:4:Daniel 12:4:Daniel 12:4:Daniel 12:4:Daniel 12:4:Daniel 12:4:Daniel 12:4:But thou, O Daniel, shut But thou, O Daniel, shut But thou, O Daniel, shut But thou, O Daniel, shut But thou, O Daniel, shut But thou, O Daniel, shut But thou, O Daniel, shut But thou, O Daniel, shut

up the words, and seal up the words, and seal up the words, and seal up the words, and seal up the words, and seal up the words, and seal up the words, and seal up the words, and seal the book, even to the the book, even to the the book, even to the the book, even to the the book, even to the the book, even to the the book, even to the the book, even to the time of the end; many time of the end; many time of the end; many time of the end; many time of the end; many time of the end; many time of the end; many time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and shall run to and fro, and shall run to and fro, and shall run to and fro, and shall run to and fro, and shall run to and fro, and shall run to and fro, and shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be knowledge shall be knowledge shall be knowledge shall be increased.increased.increased.increased.

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The speed of communication increased with the Internet and e-mail……

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26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

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John 3:16John 3:16

"For God so "For God so loved the world, loved the world, that he gave his that he gave his only begotten only begotten Son, that Son, that whosoever whosoever believeth in him believeth in him should not perish, should not perish, but have but have everlasting lifeeverlasting life""

Luke 21:28Luke 21:28Luke 21:28Luke 21:28Luke 21:28Luke 21:28Luke 21:28Luke 21:28Luke 21:28Luke 21:28Luke 21:28Luke 21:28Luke 21:28Luke 21:28Luke 21:28Luke 21:28

"And when "And when these things these things begin to come begin to come to pass, then to pass, then look up, and look up, and lift up your lift up your heads;heads; for your for your redemption redemption draweth nigh."draweth nigh."

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Isaiah 45:18

For thus saith the Lord For thus saith the Lord For thus saith the Lord For thus saith the Lord For thus saith the Lord For thus saith the Lord For thus saith the Lord For thus saith the Lord that created the that created the that created the that created the that created the that created the that created the that created the heavens; God himself heavens; God himself heavens; God himself heavens; God himself heavens; God himself heavens; God himself heavens; God himself heavens; God himself that formed the earth that formed the earth that formed the earth that formed the earth that formed the earth that formed the earth that formed the earth that formed the earth and made it; he hath and made it; he hath and made it; he hath and made it; he hath and made it; he hath and made it; he hath and made it; he hath and made it; he hath established it, he established it, he established it, he established it, he established it, he established it, he established it, he established it, he created it not in vain, created it not in vain, created it not in vain, created it not in vain, created it not in vain, created it not in vain, created it not in vain, created it not in vain, HE FORMED IT TO BE HE FORMED IT TO BE HE FORMED IT TO BE HE FORMED IT TO BE INHABITEDINHABITEDINHABITEDINHABITED:::: I am the I am the I am the I am the I am the I am the I am the I am the Lord; and there is none Lord; and there is none Lord; and there is none Lord; and there is none Lord; and there is none Lord; and there is none Lord; and there is none Lord; and there is none else.else.else.else.else.else.else.else.

Isaiah 11:6Isaiah 11:6--99Isaiah 11:6Isaiah 11:6--99"The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the

leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.the sea.