The Bible warns that the last days will be marked by a dramatic decline in morality, and revivalist Isaiah Saldivar says those signs are evident now.
Teaching verse by verse through 2 Timothy 2–4, he explained, “This is that last days type of people. And the phrase last days is different than the end times. The last days is the time between Jesus’s ascension and His return to the earth. So that’s the time that we’re living in.”
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Saldivar stressed that Paul believed he was already in the last days and that believers today are still in that same period of history.
One of the clearest signs, according to Saldivar, is a culture driven by selfishness and sin. Citing Paul’s warning, he said people would be “backbiters, haters of God, boasters, proud, violent, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents.” He added that many would even “have a form of godliness but deny its power,” urging Christians to recognize and separate themselves from such influences.
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Saldivar also warned of false teachers who “are always learning, learning, learning, but… never able to come to the knowledge of the truth,” describing a generation obsessed with knowledge but resisting the transforming power of God’s Word.
Another sobering sign, Saldivar said, is how many people in the last days will reject truth in favor of comforting lies. “They will turn their ears away from the truth and be turned aside to fables,” he quoted from Paul, pointing to modern spiritual trends that emphasize what feels good rather than what is biblical. Yet, like Paul, believers are called to endure, with Saldivar reminding listeners of Paul’s powerful farewell: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”
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For those who want to learn more about the biblical signs of the end times and how they apply today, Saldivar’s full teaching can be viewed in the complete video above.
James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.
