11 Irrefutable Signs We Are in the Last Days :: By Pete Garcia

Andy C · 2025-12-23T18:11:31-0500

Israel brought back a second time (Isaiah 11:11)

“It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His people who are left,
From Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the islands of the sea” (Isaiah 11:11).

Isaiah foretold a second regathering of Israel distinct from the return from Babylon.

The first scattering occurred from 605 to 586BC by the Babylonians.
The first regathering happened after the Babylonian captivity, beginning in 538-37BC.
The second scattering occurred in 70AD by the Roman Empire.
The second regathering is global in scope, from “the four corners of the earth,” which aligns with the modern rebirth of Israel in 1948 and ongoing Aliyah.
This regathering occurs in unbelief, setting the stage for future national repentance (Ezekiel 37:11, Zechariah 12:10).

Third Temple coming (Matthew 24:1-3, 15)

“Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, ‘Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.’ 3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”

…15 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand)”

Matthew 24:1-3, 15 (my emphasis)

The temple and the city’s destruction foretold by Jesus in one other place: (Luke 19:44) (Palm Sunday). It was falsely attributed to Him— John 2:19 (see Matt 26:61).
Jesus acknowledged the destruction of the Second Temple while simultaneously pointing to a future desecration of it.
Matthew 24:15 presupposes a standing sanctuary where the abomination of desolation occurs.
Paul reinforces this in 2 Thessalonians 2:4, describing a man of sin entering the temple of God.
Temple preparations today indicate readiness without requiring prophetic speculation.

Jerusalem trampled by Gentiles until the fullness (Luke 21:24)

“And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled” (Luke 21:24).

Jesus declared Jerusalem would remain under Gentile domination until the defined prophetic limit is reached.
Many empires over the past two thousand years have sought to rename Jerusalem and erase it from history. All have failed.
- Aelia Capitolina: The Roman emperor Hadrian renamed Jerusalem after the Bar Kokhba Revolt in 135 A.D., and it was called that until 324 A.D., when Emperor Constantine I changed its name back to Jerusalem.
- Al-Quds (Arabic): Meaning “The Holy One,” widely used by Muslims instead of Jerusalem.
- Bayt al-Maqdis (Arabic): “The Holy House,” referring to the Jewish Temple.
Major Far and Near East cities of antiquity whose names did not survive time.
- Alexandropolis → Kandahar
- Byzantium → Constantinople → Istanbul
- Ninevah → Mosul (Iraq)
- Babylon → Hillah (Iraq)
Although Israel regained control of Jerusalem in 1967 in the Six-Day War, the Temple Mount remains under the Gentile authority of the Jordanian Waqf.
This partial control aligns with Romans 11:25, where the fullness of the Gentiles precedes Israel’s restoration.
Jerusalem will remain the most contested city on earth until the Second Coming.