The Coming Evangelical Collapse

Here's a eye-catching article I saw today, but I think the author is off in his timing of the coming evangelical collapse, referred to what I see as the "falling away" written by the great Jewish Apostle Paul in II Thessalonians where Paul is referring to the Day of the Lord 2: Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition 3.

The writer says of The Coming Evangelical Collapse:

• Oneida, Ky. - We are on the verge – within 10 years – of a major collapse of evangelical Christianity. This breakdown will follow the deterioration of the mainline Protestant world and it will fundamentally alter the religious and cultural environment in the West.
  Within two generations, evangelicalism will be a house deserted of half its occupants. (Between 25 and 35 percent of Americans today are Evangelicals.) In the "Protestant" 20th century, Evangelicals flourished. But they will soon be living in a very secular and religiously antagonistic 21st century.

The falling away, or collapse is already here I believe; in fact, we are knee deep into it. Apostasy is all around us and within the Christian established institutional churches. It was the established "Christian" Church that participated in the Jewish Holocaust during WWII. A true bible believing church is rare these days. Consider that Evangelicals are a part of the denominational and institutional church, but Jesus made no denominational differentiation when referring to His church. Christianity has nothing to do with religion and denominations but everything to do with Jesus Christ and a personal relationship with him. Jesus said in Matthew's Gospel 16:18 I will build MY church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. This means that Jesus is still building HIS church, people are still getting saved and the Holy Spirit is still convicting sinners to repent of sin and no enemy can stop it.

At the same time, persecution and discrimination toward bible believing Christians is here indeed and if you don't think so, I may suggest that perhaps one needs to examine more closely his/her walk with Christ.

When was the last time you were arrested for street preaching, giving the message of repentence and witnessing or told to move on because "that" wasn't allowed in a public place? Or when was the last time you mentioned and shared your faith with a co-worker at the job and was told you were not allowed to talk about or share your faith in the work place, even though it was done on your own time? Have you ever lost a job promotion because you are a Christian and talk about Christ in the work place? The writer continues to say:

• This collapse will herald the arrival of an anti-Christian chapter of the post-Christian West. Intolerance of Christianity will rise to levels many of us have not believed possible in our lifetimes, and public policy will become hostile toward evangelical Christianity, seeing it as the opponent of the common good. Complete story here.

Intolerance of Christianity is already here, my friends. Soon, and very soon, the man of sin will be revealed.

BUT of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction come upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Ye are the children of the light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Therefore let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch and be sober. I Thess. 5:1-6

Tags: Evangelical, Christianity, Apostasy