HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO THE RAPTURE? – Let the Facts Speak

November 28, 2025 | www.EndTimesWatch.blog | River Wilde

A Straight Biblical Assessment (KJV)

Jesus said the season of His return would be marked by birth pains (Matt. 24:8).
Paul said the rapture would come suddenly, like a “thief in the night” (1 Thess. 5:2).
John said the spirit of antichrist would already be at work (1 John 4:3).

What we are seeing right now matches every pre-rapture indicator the Bible gives — simultaneously and globally — for the first time in history.

Here is the clearest breakdown:

Israel is restored and central — the “super sign”

Key prophecy: Ezekiel 36–37, Matthew 24:32–34.
Israel being reborn in 1948 and controlling Jerusalem since 1967 is the single strongest indicator we are in the final generation Jesus described.

Today Israel is once again:

• the world’s focal point
• the center of conflict
• the center of peace negotiations
• the center of biblical prophecy

This sign alone means we are in the final season.

All the birth pains are active — at maximum intensity

Jesus listed:

• deception
• wars and rumors of wars
• famines
• pestilences
• earthquakes
• nations in distress
• moral collapse
• persecution
  (Matthew 24:4–12; Luke 21)

Every category is exploding worldwide right now, exactly as Jesus described.

Birth pains get:

• closer
• stronger
• faster

That is the exact pattern the world is in at this moment.

A global cry for “peace and safety” has begun

Paul said this cry would come immediately before sudden destruction falls:

“When they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh.”
— 1 Thessalonians 5:3

For the first time in history:

• world leaders are pushing Middle East peace in desperation
• talk of global safety, global unity, global governance is accelerating
• the entire world is fixated on a “peace plan” for Israel

This is a direct signal that we are near the moment described.

The world is preparing for a one-world system

Even though the Antichrist is not revealed until after the restrainer is removed (2 Thess. 2:6–8), we already see the framework forming:

• global digital currencies
• worldwide surveillance
• international religious cooperation
• elite meetings calling for unified global leadership
• a merging of political, economic, and religious power

The system is being built before the man arrives — which means the Church must be close to departure.

The Gospel has reached the entire world

Jesus said the gospel would go into all the world before the end (Matt. 24:14).
For the first time in human history, this is now a reality.

Technology has accomplished what missionaries could not:

• internet
• satellite evangelism
• smartphones in every nation
• Bible translations nearly complete

This sign is fulfilled.

The restrainer is still here — but fading in influence

Paul said the Antichrist cannot be revealed until the restrainer is removed:

“He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.”
— 2 Thess. 2:7

The restrainer is the Holy Spirit working through the Church.

You can see the world:

• rejecting God
• rejecting truth
• rejecting morality
• rejecting biblical authority
• pushing toward lawlessness

This indicates that the Church’s restraining influence is nearly gone — meaning removal is soon.

The stage for the Tribulation is fully built

The Bible describes the Tribulation as a time of:

• war on a global scale
• famine and economic collapse
• plague
• massive death
• a unified government
• a world leader
• religious deception
  (Revelation 6–19)

All the precursors to these conditions are already present.

The Tribulation is ready to begin — and the rapture occurs before it (1 Thess. 1:10).

SO HOW CLOSE ARE WE?

Biblically, prophetically, practically, and logically…

We are extremely close.

We are not watching signs leading to Daniel’s 70th week.
We are watching signs casting their shadows into the present age.

Every sign Jesus mentioned is:

• global
• converging
• increasing
• accelerating
• and pointing to the same event

This is the first generation where all of this has been simultaneously true.

FINAL SUMMARY

If we were not close, these things would not be happening all at once:

• Israel restored ✔️
• Middle East peace push ✔️
• world crying “peace and safety” ✔️
• global religion forming ✔️
• global government forming ✔️
• global digital economy emerging ✔️
• moral collapse ✔️
• persecution rising ✔️
• deception exploding ✔️
• birth pains increasing ✔️
• Gospel worldwide ✔️
• preparation for Tribulation ✔️

Everything is in place except the trumpet. Are you listening?