Scripture speaks of a great falling away from the truth in the last days before Jesus returns to judge the world. People will become obsessed with self worship, forbid marriage, and will devote themselves to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons (1Timothy 4:1; 2 Timothy 4:3-4; 2 Thessalonians 2:3-9).
This was hard to imagine in my mother's childhood. At that time in America, everyone knew about God whether they worshiped him or not. People felt guilty about not going to church. When you said you were a Christian, everyone knew what to expect from you. The standards were high and people who said they were Christians, but did not live like Christ, were called hypocrites.
Now, just within the last fifty years, church attendance has dropped drastically. Active Christianity is often ridiculed in the media and respect of the Bible is rare. People call themselves Christians who never darken the doors of a church, live lives contrary to
God's specific commands, rarely, if ever, read the Bible and expect to go to heaven. Others devote themselves to eastern religions, spending years studying ancient writings that teach we are all gods.
These indeed are the Last Days. Remember, Christ will return when the world least expects him (Luke 12:40-48; 2 Peter 3:4).
