DAY 55: CAN WE KNOW THE FUTURE? [2 of 7] Another sign the Bible gives that we’re living in the last days is that the Church will go into apostasy. For those of us looking at Bible prophecy, I think sometimes we focus on the number of earthquakes rising, wars, and rumors of war; but I want to say: “Hey, don’t just look on the outside of these church walls.” If we want to know we’re in the last days, the Bible tells us to look inside at our own camp. Two thousand years ago, Paul wrote to Timothy about how the Church will know when we are living in those last days. What he wrote must have blown Timothy’s mind. Paraphrasing Paul in 2 Timothy 4:3, he basically said: Hey, listen, we won’t know the day or hour, but imagine that Christians will actually attend Church services where all they get from the pulpit will be fluffy stuff and stories made up. Paul tells Timothy the last days will involve the Church gathering around themselves teachers who will just tickle their ears (knetho in Greek, which means “pleasant things”). He says people will turn aside from the truth and only listen to myths or stories made up (mythois in Greek).