"...the disciples came to him privately, saying, tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?" Mat.24:3b
Wanting to know the future is a common issue with people. Wanting to know Bible prophecy is common to many believers. Let someone stub their toe in the middle east and it's the end of the world to some preachers. By focusing on issues happening that Jesus clearly said "the end is not yet", we miss the important things about Bible prophecy.
Jesus says that there is one word to define the nature of the end times and that word is deceive. To answer the disciples question about when, Jesus gave this reply.
"And Jesus answered and said to them: take heed that no one deceives you." Mat.24:4
Jesus used the word deceive 4 times in this chapter. Simple biblical interpretation tells us that words repeated are important to understand. The Greek word is planao. It basically means to lead into error, to cause to wander, to lead astray, or to seduce. There is a mental and spiritual and moral element in deception. Eve was not intellectually beguiled to eat the fruit, she was seduced by the serpent.
Satan is a master deceiver. Deception is his nature. His main activity in the end times is to deceive the nations.
"Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth..."Rev. 20:7-8a
The promise of general AI is to make people super human, almost like making them gods. AI is more a sign of the end times than the Arab/Israeli conflict. There are plenty of people living today who would love to rule the world. They are evil people.
"...For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived. And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth." Rev.18:23-24
Just remember, man as god is chaos. God as a man is grace and salvation. God is way ahead of this game.
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