Sinais do fim dos tempos
A Bíblia descreve sinais que precederão a volta de Jesus. Guerras, falsos mestres, sinais cósmicos e a pregação do evangelho a todas as nações — tudo aponta para o fim dos tempos.
Sinais proféticos
Este evangelho do Reino será pregado em todo o mundo e então virá o fim. Os sinais dos últimos tempos já se manifestam.
Ā, e kauwhautia tēnei rongopai o te rangatiratanga puta noa i te ao, hei mea whakaatu ki ngā iwi katoa; ā, ko reira puta ai te mutunga."
"Ā muri tonu iho i te whakapāwera i aua rā,
‘Ka whakapōuritia te rā,
e kore anō e titi te atarau,
ka taka iho ngā whetū i te rangi,
ā, ka ngāueue ngā mea kaha o ngā rangi.’
"Ko reira anō puta ai te tohu o te Tama a te tangata i te rangi; ā, ko reira ngā iwi katoa o te whenua tangi ai, ā, e kite rātou i te Tama a te tangata e haere mai ana i runga i ngā kapua o te rangi me te kaha, me te korōria nui. Ā, e tonoa e ia āna anahera me te tētere tangi nui, ā, ka huihuia e rātou āna i whiriwhiri ai i ngā hau e whā, i tētahi pito o te rangi puta noa i tētahi pito."
"Kia mataara rāpea; e kore hoki koutou e mōhio ki te hāora e puta mai ai tō koutou Ariki. Kia mōhio ki tēnei, me i mātau te tangata o te whare ki te mataaratanga e puta ai te tāhae, kua tautīaki ia, ā, kāhore i tukua tōna whare kia pokaia. Nā, kia mataara hoki koutou; nō te mea ka puta mai te Tama a te tangata i te hāora e kore ai koutou e mahara."
ākona rātou kia mau ki ngā mea katoa i whakahaua, e ahau ki a koutou. Nā, ko ahau tēnā hei hoa mō koutou i ngā rā katoa, ā te mutunga rā anō o te ao." Āmine.
"Otiia, kāhore tētahi tangata e mātau ki taua rā, ki taua hāora, kāhore ngā anahera o te rangi, kāhore te Tama, ko te Matua anake.
Os últimos dias
Nos últimos dias virão tempos difíceis, homens amantes de si mesmos. Mas derramarei o meu Espírito sobre toda a carne.
Kia mātau koe ki tēnei, ko ā ngā rā o te whakamutunga puta mai ai ngā wā o te hē. E aroha hoki ngā tāngata ki a rātou anō, e aroha ki te moni, e whakapehapeha, e whakakake, e kohukohu, e tutū ki ngā mātua, kāhore he whakawhetai, kāhore he tapu, kāhore he aroha, he upoko mārō, he ngautuarā, e kore e pēhi i te ngākau, he hunga nanakia, kāhore e aroha ki te pai, he hunga tuku tangata, he hunga hīkaka, whakakake, tō rātou aroha kei ngā mahi tākaro kāhore ia ki te Atua; ko te āhua o te karakia kei a rātou, tōna kaha ia whakakāhoretia iho. Tahuri kē koe i ngā tāngata pērā.
‘Ā tēnei ake kei ngā rā whakamutunga, e ai tā te Atua,
ka ringihia e ahau tōku Wairua ki ngā kikokiko katoa;
ka poropiti hoki ā koutou tama, ā koutou tamāhine,
ka moemoeā hoki ō koutou kaumātua.
Āe, ka ringihia anō e ahau tōku Wairua i aua rā,
ki āku pononga tāne, ki āku pononga wāhine;
ā, ka poropiti rātou.
Ka whakakitea anō e ahau ngā mea whakamīharo i te rangi i runga,
me ngā tohu ki te whenua i raro;
he toto, he kāpura, he paowa pongere.
Ko te rā ka huri hei pōuri,
ko te marama hoki hei toto,
i mua o te putanga mai o te rā o te Ariki,
taua rā nui whakaharahara, rongonui.
Nā, ko reira ora ai te hunga katoa
e karanga ana ki te ingoa o te Ariki.’
"Nā, tēnei ake,
ka ringihia e ahau tōku wairua ki ngā kikokiko katoa,
ā, e poropiti ā koutou tama, ā koutou tamāhine,
ka moemoeā ō koutou kaumātua,
ā, ka kitea te kitenga e ā koutou taitamariki.
I aua rā anō ka ringihia e ahau tōku wairua
ki ngā pononga tāne, ki ngā pononga wāhine.
"Ā, i taua wā ka whakatika a Mikaera, te rangatira nui e tū nei hei hoa mō ngā tama a tōu iwi. Nā, he wā raruraru taua wā, kāhore mai i mua i te wā i whai iwi ai ā taea noatia taua wā nei; hei taua wā ka mawhiti tōu iwi, te hunga katoa e kitea kua oti te tuhituhi ki te pukapuka. Nā, he tokomaha o te hunga e moe ana i te puehu o te oneone e ara ake, ko ētahi ki te ora tonu, ko ētahi ki te whakamā, ki te whakarihariha, mutungakore. Ā, ka tīaho te hunga whakaaro nui ānō kei te tīaho o te kikorangi. Me te hunga hoki nāna i anga ai ngā tāngata tokomaha ki te tika, ka rite rātou ki ngā whetū ā ake ake.
Esperança e prontidão
O dia do Senhor virá como ladrão. Mas nós não somos das trevas — estejamos sóbrios, vigiliando e esperando.
Ko tā mātou kōrero hoki tēnei ki a koutou, he mea kī mai nā te Ariki, ko tātou ko te hunga kua mahue ki te ora, ki te taenga mai o te Ariki, e kore e pahika atu ki mua o te hunga kua moe. Nō te mea ko te Ariki pū anō e heke iho i te rangi me te karanga, me te reo o te tino anahera, me te tētere a te Atua; ā, ko te hunga kua mate i roto a te Karaiti e ara i mua. Ko reira tātou, te hunga kua mahue ki te ora, kāhakina ngātahitia atu ai me rātou i runga i ngā kapua, ki te whakatau ki te Ariki i te rangi. Nā, ka noho tonu tātou ki te Ariki. Nā, he kupu ēnei hei whakamārie mā koutou tētahi i tētahi.
Heoi, aua tātou e moe, kei pērā me ērā atu; engari kia mataara tātou, kia whai whakaaro. Ko te hunga hoki e moe ana, e moe ana i te pō; ko te hunga e haurangi ana, e haurangi ana i te pō. Kia whai whakaaro tātou, ko tātou nei te hunga o te rā, kia kākahuria iho te whakapono me te aroha hei pukupuku; hei pōtae hoki, ko te tūmanako atu ki te ora. Kīhai hoki tātou i meinga e te Atua mō te riri engari kia whiwhi ai ki te ora mā roto i tō tātou Ariki, i a Īhu Karaiti;
"Otirā, kia tūpato ki a koutou anō, kei taimaha ō koutou ngākau i te kakai, i te haurangi, i ngā raruraru o te ao, ā, ka puta whakarere mai taua rā, ānō he reti, ki a koutou. Ka puta hoki ki ngā tāngata katoa e noho ana i te mata o te whenua katoa. Mō konei rā kia mataara, i ngā wā katoa kia īnoi tonu, kia paingia ai koutou kia mawhiti i ēnei mea katoa meāke nei puta, kia tū hoki i te aroaro o te Tama a te tangata."
Kei kūware ia koutou, e ōku hoa aroha, ki tēnei mea kotahi, ki tā te Ariki he rā kotahi rite tonu ki ngā tau kotahi mano, ngā tau kotahi mano rite tonu ki te rā kotahi. Kāhore he whakaroa o te Ariki ki tāna kupu whakaari, kāhore e rite ki tā ētahi e kī nei he whakaroa; engari e manawanui ana ki a tātou, kāhore ōna whakaaro mō te tangata kia ngaro; engari kia tae katoa ki te rīpenetā.
E puta mai hoki te rā o te Ariki ānō he tāhae i te pō; ko reira pahemo atu ai ngā rangi, tōna nui hoki o te tangi; nā, ka ngiha ngā mea tīmatanga i te ahi, ka rewa; ā, pau ake i te ahi te whenua me āna mahi.
Heoi, mō te rewa nei ēnei mea katoa, kia pēhea rā he tikanga mā koutou i runga i te whakahaere tapu, i te karakia; me te tūmanako, me te tākare anō koutou ki te taenga mai o te rā o te Atua, e rewa ai ngā rangi i te ahi, e ngiha ai ngā mea tīmatanga, e memeha ai? Heoi, kei te tūmanako tātou ki ngā rangi hou, ki te whenua hou, ki tāna i whakaari mai ai, kei reira te tika e noho ana.
Nā, he mea huna tēnei ka kōrerotia nei e ahau ki a koutou. E kore tātou katoa e moe, engari, e whakaahuatia kētia tātou katoa. E kore e aha, kimo kau te kanohi, i te tētere whakamutunga. E tangi hoki te tētere, ā, e whakaarahia ngā tūpāpaku, he mea piraukore, ā, ka whakaahuatia kētia tātou.
"Tēnei hoki ahau kei te hanga
ngā rangi hou, i te whenua hou.
E kore anō ō mua e maharatia,
e kore anō puta ake ki te ngākau.
Engari kia koa koutou, kia whakamanamana
ki tāku e hanga nei ake ake;
nō te mea tēnei ahau te hanga nei i Hiruhārama hei whakamanamananga,
i tōna iwi anō hei koanga ngākau.
Ka whakamanamana anō ahau ki Hiruhārama,
ka koa ki tāku iwi;
e kore anō e rangona i muri te reo e tangi ana,
te reo e auē ana i roto i a ia.
"Tā te mea, nanā, kei te haere mai te rā, e ngiha ai ānō he oumu. Nā, ko te hunga whakakake katoa, me te hunga katoa e mahi ana i te kino hei kakau wīti rātou; ā, ka tahuna e te rā meāke nei puta," e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano, "e kore anō he pakiaka, he manga e mahue ki a rātou. Ki a koutou ia e wehi nā i tōku ingoa ka ara ake te rā o te tika, he whakaora mate hoki i runga i ōna parirau; ā, ka puta mai koutou, ka tūpekepeke ānō he kūao kau nō te tūranga kau.
Ā, i kite ahau i te rangi hou, i te whenua hou. Kua pahemo hoki te rangi tuatahi, me te whenua tuatahi, ā, kāhore atu he moana. I kite anō ahau i te pā tapu, i Hiruhārama hou, e heke iho ana i te rangi i te Atua, rite rawa, ānō he wahine mārena hou kua oti te whakapaipai mō tāna tāne. I rongo anō ahau i te reo nui i te rangi e mea ana: "Nā, kei ngā tāngata te tapenākara o te Atua, ā, e noho ia ki a rātou; ko rātou hoki hei iwi māna, ko te Atua nei anō hei a rātou, hei Atua mō rātou. Ka murua hoki e ia ngā roimata katoa i ō rātou kanohi; ā, kore ake he mate; kāhore hoki he auē, kāhore he tangi, kāhore he mamae, i ngā wā i muri nei. Kua pahemo atu hoki ngā mea ō mua."