For decades, prophecy teachers have warned that the world was moving toward a climactic moment in history. Many shrugged it off, convinced the warnings were exaggerated or premature. Perry Stone understands that reaction well. As he put it plainly, “You want evidence… and nothing has happened yet.” But in his most recent teaching, Stone argues that believers aren’t paying attention to what the Bible actually says about the end of the age — and what is unfolding right now.
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The issue, he argues, is not that prophecy is unclear. It’s that we’ve grown dull to its precision. “People may not really be taking the scripture and seeing what it has to say about what is happening now and how it fits what has been written,” he said.
And for Stone, the evidence is no longer subtle.
What Jesus Really Meant About the ‘End of the World’
Stone goes straight to the Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24, the moment when Jesus’ disciples asked Him three foundational prophetic questions. They weren’t just curious. They wanted clarity about the future:
- “When shall these things be?”
- “What will be the sign of your coming?”
- “What will be the sign of the end of the world?”
But Stone stresses that the King James translation can mislead modern readers. “When you see in the King James translation the phrase ‘end of the world,’ you have to do a little bit of a word study,” he explained.
The Greek word in Matthew 24 does not mean the planet. “It is a Greek word that actually means the end of the age,” Stone said. An age is “a set time in history where something ends and something new takes its place.”
The change coming is not annihilation. It is a government transfer. “It’s the end of man’s government on earth being replaced by the government of the Messiah,” he said.
The Six Categories of End-Time Signs
If skeptics want proof, Stone argues the Bible gives more than enough. He outlines six major categories of prophetic signs that Jesus pointed to — and says they are now occurring at the same time:
- Signs to Gentile nations and leaders
- Signs to Israel, Jerusalem and the Jewish people
- Signs to the Church and the Kingdom of God
- Cosmic signs in the sun, moon and stars
- Signs beneath the earth, including earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
- Signs in nature, such as famines, droughts, floods and violent storms
“These six things I listed to you are different than things that have been taught in the past because these are connected to actual verses,” Stone said.
The criticism he hears most often — “there have always been earthquakes, always been hurricanes” — misses the point entirely. Jesus didn’t say one isolated sign would mark the end. He said the convergence would.
“When all of these things… begin to come to pass, look up, lift up your head for your redemption draws nigh,” Stone said.
The Prophetic Restoration of Israel
Among the signs Stone highlights, Israel stands at the center. The prophetic clock began ticking the moment the Jewish people returned home.
He lists several key fulfillments:
- Israel becoming a nation
- Jerusalem restored as its capital
- Jews returning from every nation
- Israel’s agricultural explosion
- Israel becoming a “mighty army”
- Israel filling the world with fruit
“All of that’s happening,” he said, and it aligns with Ezekiel, Isaiah, and other prophetic books.
Cosmic Disturbances and Earth Changes
Stone believes the heavens are sounding an alarm as well. “I’m actually working on a powerful message on how all the tribulation judgments are connected to the sun or the cosmic activity,” he said. Although he did not elaborate, he made it clear that the patterns are becoming impossible to dismiss.
He noted “the earthquakes, the volcanic eruptions,” and “very, very strange discoveries being made under the earth.” In his view, nature itself is groaning.
The Gospel Going Global
Another requirement of the end is already happening: “The gospel has to be preached around the world and the Holy Spirit must be poured out upon all flesh.” Stone believes that global evangelism and spiritual hunger are part of the countdown.
A Warning That Echoes Noah and Lot
Some listeners still reject the idea that the end of the age is approaching. Stone refuses to be discouraged.
“You say, ‘Well, they don’t listen to me.’ Well, they didn’t listen to Noah either. How did that turn out for the folks that weren’t listening?” he asked. “They didn’t listen to Lot. How did that turn out for the men of Sodom?”
His conclusion is simple: “I’m only the messenger. And I bring you the message, and you have to determine how you feel about it.”
A Convergence Without Precedent
Stone’s point is not that one disaster marks the end. Nor is it that one sign determines the season. He argues that the simultaneous fulfillment of all six categories — geopolitical, natural, cosmic, spiritual and prophetic — forms a picture too complete to ignore.
“Because all these things are beginning to come to pass,” Stone said, believers must remain awake, alert and ready.
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And perhaps that is the actual warning of Matthew 24: not simply that the age is ending, but that the Church must not sleep through it.
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a background in journalism from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine.
