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3 9 7themselves, lovers of money, selfassuming,haughty, blasphemers,disobedient to parents, withoutgratitude, with no lovingkindness,having no natural affection,not open to any agreement,slanderers, without selfcontrol,fierce, without love ofgoodness, betrayers, headstrong,puffed up with self-esteem, loversof pleasures rather than lovers ofGod, having a form of godly devotionbut proving false to itspower ; and from these turnaway . . . wicked men and impostorswill advance from bad toworse, misleading and being misled."Matt. 24 :37 "For just as thedays of Noah were, so the presenceof the Son of man will be."Gen. 6:13 "And God said untoNoah, The end of all flesh iscome before me ; for the earthis filled with violence throughthem ; and, behold, I will destroythem with the earth ."Such distresses are a sign of thelast daysMatt. 24 :3-10, 33-35 "While hewas sitting upon the mount ofOlives, the disciples approachedhim privately, saying : 'Tell us,When will these things be, andwhat will be the sign of yourpresence and of the consummationof the system of things?' .Jesus said . . . 'For nation will riseagainst nation and kingdomagainst kingdom, and there willbe food shortages and earthquakesin one place after another.All these things are a beginningof pangs of distress .Then people will deliver you upto tribulation and will kill you,and you will be hated by all thenations on account of my name .Then, also, many will be stumbledand will betray one anotherWorld Distressand will hate one another. . .Truly I say to you that thisgeneration will by no means passaway until all these things occur .Heaven and earth will pass away,but my words will by no meanspass away.'"Luke 21 :25, 31 "Also there willbe signs in sun and moon andstars, and on the earth anguishof nations, not knowing the wayout because of the roaring of thesea and its agitation . . . . In thisway you also, when you see thesethings occurring, know that thekingdom of God is near ."Distress to end for all time atArmageddonNah . 1 :9 "What do ye deviseagainst Jehovah? he will make afull end ; affliction shall not riseup the second time."Rev. 11 :18 "But the nationsbecame wrathful, and your ownwrath came, and the appointedtime . . . to bring to ruin thoseruining the earth ."Ps . 72:4 "He will judge thepoor of the people, he will savethe children of the needy, andwill break in pieces the oppressor."Isa . 14:4 "How hath the oppressorceased! the golden cityceased!"Isa . 66 :23, 24 "And it shallcome to pass, that from one newmoon to another, and from onesabbath to another, shall all fleshcome to worship before me, saithJehovah. And they shall goforth, and look upon the deadbodies of the men that havetransgressed against me : fortheir worm shall not die, neithershall their fire be quenched ; andthey shall be an abhorring untoall flesh ."See also "Devil and Demons'"Sign of Last Days ."