Are We in the End of the End Times?

Tikkun Global

Jerusalem, Israel

With wars expanding, global instability increasing, and tensions rising between nations, this question naturally comes to the surface. To try and answer this question, we need to step back and ask a more important one: What does the Word of God actually say about the “End Times” or the “Last Days”? Yeshua’s own teaching gives us a clear framework and helps us avoid distraction while keeping our focus on what matters most.

This is not the first time believers have wrestled with questions about timing. After the resurrection, the disciples asked Yeshua directly, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” (Acts 1:6). They were focused on whether the decisive moment had arrived. Yeshua did not deny that restoration would come, but He redirected their attention: “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses…” (Acts 1:7–8). Instead of giving them a timeline, He pointed them to mission. The same pattern applies to us. The question about timing is natural, but Yeshua consistently shifts the focus toward Holy Spirit power and the proclamation of the gospel.

Ten days later, on the biblical feast of Shavuot, the disciples were baptized in the Holy Spirit just as the Lord had promised. When Peter stood up to explain what was happening to the thousands gathered in Jerusalem, he quoted the prophet Joel: “And it shall be in the last days,” God says, “that I will pour forth of My Spirit on all mankind…” (Acts 2:16–17). What they were experiencing marked the beginning of the last days, the Messianic age. The Messiah had come, died for our sins, risen from the dead, and would return to fully establish His kingdom.

For the apostles, the “End Times” began two thousand years ago on the Day of Pentecost. They expected His return within their generation and did not foresee such a long period of the last days. Yet Yeshua Himself, before the cross, described a prolonged period before the very end.

When the disciples later asked about the end of the age, Yeshua gave a response that included two key elements (Matthew 24:3). The first was the increase of wars, conflicts, and global shaking. He spoke about nations rising against nations and kingdoms against kingdoms (Matthew 24:6–7). Yet He immediately added an important clarification: “See that you are not troubled… but the end is not yet” (Matthew 24:6). These developments are the beginning of birth pains (Matthew 24:8). Even significant wars and global escalation do not automatically place us at the very end.

Throughout the last two thousand years, there have been many such periods of wars, earthquakes, and upheaval. These belong to the long period of the last days, but they are not the end itself. Yeshua’s warning is clear: we should be careful not to press the end button too soon.

Yeshua then introduces the second condition: “This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all nations, and then the end will come” (Matthew 24:14). The defining marker is not only global shaking, but global proclamation. The end is connected to the spread of the gospel to all nations.

This global proclamation is also connected to Israel and Jerusalem. Yeshua said, “You shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord’” (Matthew 23:39; Luke 13:35). His return is therefore linked not only to global proclamation, but also to a future response from Jerusalem. The end is tied to spiritual developments unfolding over time, not simply to geopolitical escalation.

This brings the discussion into clearer focus. While the gospel has spread widely, it has not yet reached all peoples. Thousands of people groups still have little or no access to the message of the gospel. Many still lack Scripture in their own language, a local believing community, or consistent witness. The second condition Yeshua described is still in progress.

When these elements are held together, the picture becomes clearer. Wars may increase, but Yeshua says the end is not yet. The gospel must continue to reach all nations, and there remains a future moment connected to Jerusalem’s acknowledgment of the Messiah. This creates a balanced understanding. We avoid assuming that every major conflict signals the final moment while remembering that the mission of proclaiming the kingdom remains central.

Yeshua redirected the disciples from timing to mission (Acts 1:6–8). The same principle applies today. The focus is not determining the timeline, but proclaiming the kingdom. Wars may increase and global instability may continue, but the calling remains unchanged. The gospel must go forward. The nations must hear. People must be brought into the kingdom of God.