Anne Graham Lotz, author of The Vision of His Glory, Revised and Updated: Finding Hope Through the Revelation of Jesus Christ,” believes the Biblical end times are near.
“You cannot know the day or the hour, but [Jesus] didn’t say you couldn’t know the generation,” the daughter of Billy Graham told CBN News.
“And he told us to watch — that we’re not supposed to be caught by surprise when all these things take place.”
She continued: “So He gives many signs, but one of the two most thrilling signs to me, the most positive signs are when he says the Gospel will be preached to the whole world and then the end will come.”
“THE GOSPEL IS BLANKETING THE GLOBE FOR THE TIME EVER”
Ms. Graham Lotz said the Gospel has been preached throughout the planet for the “first time in human history,” noting many people and groups are beginning to gain access through technology and other means.
“It’s just blanketing the globe right now for the first time in human history.”
She added that the second sign, which she also sees as thrilling, is Jesus’s parable of the fig tree.
“He was using a fig tree to represent Israel to his disciples,” she said.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE
“When he says the fig tree, when you see it put forth buds and leaves and it begins to blossom, the generation that sees that will be the last generation.”
“Israel has been dormant like a fig tree in the wintertime since the Romans destroyed the Temple in 70 AD.”
She said the Jews, after being dispersed all over the world came back to the land and Israel was founded again after the Holocaust on May 14, 1948.
This fulfillment of prophecy is something she sees as another sign that we could be edging very close to the end of days.
“I THINK WE’RE AT THE END OF THE PROPHETIC TIMELINE”
Ms. Graham Lotz believes, in the end, Christians should know the prophetic timeline and understand its implications.
“For myself, I think we’re at the end of that timeline,” she said.
One of the factors she discussed is the spiritual chaos that seems to be kicking up, specifically after the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
Despite the horror, Ms. Graham Lotz is inspired to see so many young people discovering and heralding the Christian faith.
“When I was praying after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, which was so shocking, I didn’t have words,” she confessed.
“IF A KERNEL OF WHEAT DIES, IT PRODUCES MANY SEEDS”
“It was like, you’re just stunned. But the verse that came to mind was Jesus speaking in John chapter 12, verse 24.”
That verse reads: “Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed.”
“But if it dies, it produces many seeds.”
Ms. Graham Lotz explained what she believes this verse is proclaiming.
“In other words, God can bring incredible life from death and blessing from brokenness,” she said.
COULD THE GRAIN OF WHEAT BE CHARLIE KIRK?
“And I look at Charlie Kirk’s death, as untimely as it was, as much as I grieve for his wife and his children, I wonder if that’s the grain of wheat and God allowed him to fall into the ground, so to speak, and die because, from his death, is springing up just thousands of people’s lives who are being impacted and changed.”
She said Kirk’s life, which was impactful, pales in comparison to the impact he is now having on so many.
“He lived to declare his faith and values and point people towards the Lord,” she said.
“And his death has done that in a way, much more than his life ever did.”
“AT THE END OF EVERYTHING, JESUS REIGNS”
With so much happening in culture, Anne Graham Lotz hopes her book The Vision of His Glory helps people navigate the Book of Revelation, enabling them to better discern what’s to come.
“At the end of everything, Jesus reigns,” she said.
“So good overcomes evil, and love overcomes hate. Jesus overcomes the devil.”
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