What can believers expect in the last days? Listen to Adrian Rogers. Jesus said that religious

persecution will increase at the end of the age and is going to be centered on Christianity.

Those who follow the Lord Jesus Christ. This world does not mind religion, but it does resent the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, there's going to be

a persecution of believers in the last days, and it's going to separate those who are true

believers from those who are cultural Christians. Welcome to Love Worth Finding, featuring the

profound insights in practical biblical teaching

of Pastor Adrian Rogers. Mankind has always been fascinated with knowing the future.

Our only reliable source of prophecy, though, is the Word of God. In part one of today's message,

we learned that there will be a time of great deception and continuing conflict in the last days.

Jesus also spoke candidly of famine, plagues, and earthquakes.

But knowing what we know about the Lord Jesus, we don't have to be afraid.

If you have your Bible, turn to Matthew chapter 24 as Adrian Rogers begins part two of the signs of the times and the beginning of the end.

Matthew chapter 24, let's read the first three verses.

And Jesus went out and departed from the temple and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple.

Now, don't you think Jesus had seen the temple before?

Why would the disciples be showing Jesus the buildings of the temple?

And Jesus said unto them, see ye not all these things?

Verily I say to you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another

that shall not be thrown down. And as he set upon the Mount of Olives, and by the way the Mount of

Olives looks down upon the temple, the disciples came unto him privately saying, tell us, when shall these things be,

and what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the age? Now, when you keep this prophecy

in mind, remember, this is the setting. Now, notice the subject of the prophecy. The disciples

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