How Christians Can Prepare for the Last Days Before Christ’s Return
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Are we living in the last days before Christ’s return?
It’s a question many Christians are asking as we watch:
- wars and unrest
- natural disasters
- growing deception
- moral confusion
- and increasing hostility toward biblical truth
And while no one knows the exact day or hour Jesus will return, Scripture does tell us to stay awake, discerning, and spiritually prepared.
Jesus warned that many people would dismiss the signs of the times, saying:
“Where is the promise of His coming?” (2 Peter 3:4)
But instead of living in fear or obsession, believers are called to live with:
- peace
- discernment
- spiritual sobriety
- and unwavering faith in Christ.
So how do we prepare our hearts for the days ahead?
Jesus taught believers to discern the signs of the last days without living in fear.
Here are 4 biblical ways Christians can prepare for the last days before Christ’s return.
How Christians Can Prepare for the Last Days Before Christ’s Return
We don’t know when Jesus will return, but God gave us signs in His Word that will help us discern how close it is.
Jesus referred to this when He said, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.”
In Isaiah 24:4-6 we read:
The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away; the haughty people of the earth languish. The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell in it are desolate. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.
Does this sound so familiar to you?
People defiling the earth with sin
- Breaking laws
- Changing ordinances
- Breaking God’s covenant
This is a picture of every country on earth today.
And throughout Scripture, God warns that persistent rebellion eventually brings judgment.
But how do we, as God’s people, prepare for these last days before Christ comes and raptures the church?
1. Keep your mind on Christ
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for in YAH, the Lord, is everlasting strength. Isaiah 26:3-4
It is very easy to allow fear and anxiety to fill our hearts as we read the news and follow the events going on around the world today.
- What fills our minds most each day?
- Are we feeding fear or feeding faith?
- Do we spend more time consuming news than Scripture?
Jesus addressed this when He said:
“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.” Matthew 24:7-10
But He said in verse 13, “…he who endures to the end will be saved.”
Enduring doesn’t mean just holding on until Jesus comes.
While we live in this chaotic world, we can
- Have peace
- Trust in God’s goodness
- Feel secure in His timing
- Be free from all anxiety and worry
When our hearts are stayed upon Christ, His peace fills our hearts with a peace that nothing in this world can take away.
And the foundation for that peace is complete trust in Him.
2. Stay Spiritually Alert
But they also have erred through wine, and through intoxicating drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink, they are swallowed up by wine, they are out of the way through intoxicating drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. For all tables are full of vomit and filth; no place is clean. Isaiah 28:7-8
Our culture is drowning in addiction
- Technology
- Entertainment
- Food
- Sex
- Drugs
- Alcohol
- Pornography
- Perversion
- Money
- Thrills
It has overtaken the church and the pulpits all over the world.
The only way to escape the trap of the enemy is to remain spiritually alert.
We do this by:
- Daily reading and studying God’s Word
- Daily taking time for prayer and listening to God’s voice
- Meditating on God’s Word
- Joining an accountability group helps us stay consistent in our walk with Christ.
3. Check your foundation
Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we are in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.” Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; whoever believes will not act hastily. Also I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plummet; the hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place. Your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it. As often as it goes out it will take you; for morning by morning it will pass over, and by day and by night; it will be a terror just to understand the report. For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the covering so narrow that one cannot wrap himself in it.
The rulers in that day didn’t have faith in God to save and protect them from death, so they turned to death and Sheol and made alliances with them.
Many Christians today feel increasing pressure to compromise biblical convictions in order to fit cultural expectations.
But God said, “Your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.” Isaiah 26:18
Only those who stand on the sure foundation and the precious cornerstone of Jesus Christ will stand.
- Are we putting our trust in earthly things – like money and job security?
- Do we listen to modern philosophies more than God’s Word?
- Are we relying more on human solutions than seeking God first in faith and prayer?
His truth is our protection.
4. Check your soil
Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods? When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow the black cummin and scatter the cummin, plant the wheat in rows, the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place? Isaiah 28:24-25
What is the soil of your heart made of? Matthew 13:18-23
- Has it been trampled by the noise of media and technology tracking through it all day?
- Is it filled with the rocks and stones of the counsel of the ungodly and the philosophies of this world?
- Is it choked with worry and anxiety, distractions, and busyness?
- Or is it plowed and ready to receive the seed of God’s Word that will give out the fruit of the Spirit in your life?
Dear sister, it’s time to check the soil of our hearts.
Are we ready for these last days?
Are our lamps trimmed, and are we watching and waiting, or have we allowed ourselves to become distracted with everything else going on around us?
It is time, dear sister. It is time to focus our minds on Christ, remain sober, established on the firm foundation of Christ, and with a heart freshly plowed and ready to bear good fruit.
No matter what happens in the days ahead, our hope is secure in Jesus Christ.
