Luke 18: 8
. . . But when the Son of Man returns, how many will He find on the Earth who have faith?
This sounds like there won't be very many. Jesus also said, "The love of many will grow cold."
Matthew 24: 9-14
(See vs. 4-8 for the beginnings of the birth pains toward the New Earth.)
Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all Nations because of Me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And the Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole World as a testimony to all Nations, and then the end will come.
Christians in the Middle East are today being handed over to be persecuted, tortured and put to death. The Nation Israel is in a very precarious position politically, with her huge neighbors still proclaiming their desire to obliterate her from the face of the Earth.
I know in America, that many, maybe most, people who think that they are Christians have only a religion, not that vital relationship with God, and will not be able to stand. These are they that will fall away, betray, and hate God's people. And already many churches are preaching a different gospel, not the Good News that Jesus fulfilled that personal sacrifice that Leviticus records first, for each of us, paying in full our debt to God. These preachers are false prophets, and they are deceiving many, having large followings.
Only those with true faith in our true God, and Jesus our Lord and King, will be able to stand under and against the onslaught of the enemy at this time. And many of these will be martyred before the end, so there may be only a few left compared to the masses, when Jesus returns.
So the bad is getting worse, and the good is getting better, with the true Gospel of the Kingdom being preached over the whole World, in every Nation, among every tribe and family, and everyone will hear. So everyone will be accountable for either accepting or rejecting the Truth they will hear.
We all need to regard the gaining of Worldly goods and standing to be only temporary, and our souls and spirits which will last forever to be our focus, knowing that we will either suffer eternally in rejection of God's gracious Gift, or to enjoy His Light and His Love forever.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
