Signs Of The Times

Matthew 16:1-3

"Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times."

Why couldn't the Pharisees discern what was going on right in front of their faces?

The word of God tells us in Isaiah 6:8-10

"Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” And He said, “Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’ “Make the heart of this people dull, And their ears heavy, And shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And return and be healed.”

The Pharisees, Sadducees, Lawyers, and many Jews during the time of Jesus ministry were under the judgments of God!

We see confirmation and fulfillment of this prophecy in Matthew 13:10-15

"And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: ‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive; For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.’"

We know from scripture that the Pharisees, Jews etc.... saw Jesus with their own eyes perform great miracles and they heard Him with their own ears speak words directly from the Father in Heaven but yet they did not believe in Jesus! This tells us how the spiritual judgments of God affect people and this earth physically!

The same type of prophecies are being fulfilled right now in these last days, as gross darkness covers the ungodly, and the wicked do not understand what is happening right before their eyes!

Isaiah 60:2

"For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people;"

Daniel 12:8-10

"Although I heard, I did not understand. Then I said, “My lord, what shall be the end of these things?” And he said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand."

Can you discern the signs of the times?

In Jesus,
Tyrone