There are many theories about what the last days will be like. However, while the Bible does not give an exact time or date, it does provide a clear picture of what will be occurring on earth during its final days.
In the time immediately before Christ returns, society will be filled with people who love themselves. It will be a self-centered, self-obsessed generation. The media, advertising, and cultural values will promote selfishness to unprecedented levels. Concern for others will be lost in the overriding love for self. Likewise, people will be consumed with a love for money. They will go to enormous lengths to accumulate wealth and to spend it on themselves. Cheating, stealing, and exploiting people will be widespread as people desperately seek to satisfy their insatiable desire for greater possessions.
People will also be boasters. Humility will be passé. Tooting your own horn will be expected. People will be filled with pride at their own accomplishments. Having been told that they are the center of their universe, people will naturally want to brag about their accomplishments to others. Society in the last days will also be filled with blasphemers. People will have no regard for God but rather, will disdain Him and publicly mock Him without any qualm or fear of the consequences. In those days people will also disobey and dishonor their parents. One cannot be consumed with self and still be consistently thoughtful of others. Society will further be filled with unthankful and unholy people. It is interesting that “thanklessness” is lumped in the same category as blasphemers and unholy people. Clearly it will be an age when kindness is scarce and pride and vanity are rampant.
It may trouble you to note that the description Paul gave of the Last Days is starkly similar to the time in which we live. Could it be that the time of Christ’s return is nearer than we thought?