March 2023 marked 40 years since I first cracked open the Bible and decided to actually take it seriously, not casually, not just for comfort or convenience, but with intent. Not just read it, really dig into it. Ask the tough questions. Wrestle with the text. Tear it apart if I had to, to know if it could hold up to its claim as being the inspired word of God. Try to figure out what in the world it meant, and more importantly… if it was true. And if it is true, then what does that say about God? Is He real, and what does that mean for me?
First, let me clear something up: I don’t claim to be a Bible scholar, far from it. In fact, I know plenty of people who’ve forgotten more Scripture than I’ve ever learned, and they taught me to understand how much I did not know. But what I have learned over these four decades is this: learned things can’t be unlearned. Once you see the truth, you can’t unsee it. And what I’ve seen in both the modern Church and our culture at large is… well, let’s just say we’ve got a “worldview” problem.
Then there are others, more vocal ones, who are quick to defend their “Christian” beliefs, quoting verses out of context like they’re throwing darts blindfolded. Their worldview isn’t shaped by Scripture—it’s built on pop culture, political slogans, social media influencers, and their personal feelings. And the worst part? They don’t even realize it.
See, what most people miss, even those who’ve spent their whole lives in church, is this: the Bible was written by Jews, in a Jewish context, to a largely Jewish audience. The first-century believers, those earliest disciples of Yeshua (Jesus), weren’t starting a new religion—they were fulfilling one.
Somewhere along the line, something tragic happened. Replacement theology crept in and hijacked the narrative. The Jewish roots of our faith were swapped out for Greco-Roman structures, Western interpretations, and manmade traditions. And in doing so, we lost sight of what the original authors were really trying to tell us. Thus, we never learned to see the Bible through the eyes of those who actually wrote it.
So when we ask, What time is it on God’s time clock? We’re not just asking about prophecy or signs of the times. We’re asking, “What have we missed, or more importantly, what have we misunderstood?” Because if we continue to view Scripture through a Westernized, sanitized “worldview”, then we’ll keep missing the point… and the time.
So yeah, if you want to know what time it is on God’s clock, you better learn to read it from the perspective of a Biblical worldview, and in the language it was originally set.
Let’s get this straight: everyone has a worldview. It’s the lens through which we interpret everything, morals, science, politics, even our opinion on whether pineapple belongs on pizza. (Hint: it doesn’t.) David Noebel, in his book “Understanding the Times,” defined a worldview as any belief system, religious, ideological, or philosophical, that helps us make sense of life, God, and our place in the world.
A toddler believes the universe revolves around him. A secular humanist thinks the physical world is all there is. A Buddhist believes suffering can be escaped through self-purification. Whether conscious or not, these are worldviews.
Someone with a “biblical worldview,” however, believes their primary purpose is to love and serve God. That worldview shapes every decision, from how they treat their neighbor to how they vote.
The Barna Research Group, which has been tracking cultural and spiritual trends since 1984, found that only 9% of Americans hold a biblical worldview. That’s not a typo. Nine percent. And among self-professing Christians who regularly attend church? Only 17% view life through a biblical lens.
So, what are the other 83% believing? Good question.
Relative Truth vs. Absolute Truth
Let’s say you’ve bought the idea that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” Then anything, no matter how vulgar, abstract, or profane, can be labeled as “art.” That’s relative truth.
But if you believe beauty is defined by God’s purity and creativity, then suddenly your standard shifts from subjective emotion to absolute design. That’s the heart of a biblical worldview, truth isn’t up for debate. It’s revealed, not reinvented.
When you believe the Bible is entirely true, cover to cover, you begin to build your life on it. That includes inconvenient stuff like Romans 13, where you’re told to honor governing authorities. Which means doing your homework, voting, and not just echoing whatever your favorite media personality is shouting.
As Barna puts it, we live in a world of competing worldviews. We’re more globally connected than ever, but also more spiritually confused.
Three Major Religions, One Common Thread
Let’s zoom out.
The three major religions—Islam, Judaism, and Christianity- all believe someone is coming to cleanse the world of evil. A messianic figure. A redeemer. A ruler who will restore peace and usher in a new era.
Muslims await the Mahdi. Tradition says he’ll arrive with black banners from the East, specifically Khorasan, which today is in Iran. Not exactly subtle.
Jews who introduced monotheism (the belief in one God) are awaiting their Messiah, but don’t believe He’s come yet. Their messianic age is about a transformed world right here—no death, no suffering, and no need to abandon the Torah.
Christians await the return of Jesus (Yeshua, the same God that orthodox Jews are waiting for). But ask a room full of Christians when He’s coming back, and you’ll get 30,000 different answers, literally, because that’s how many “Christian” denominations exist.
And while many Christians believe His return is imminent, they often misunderstand what that actually means. It’s not the end of the world, it’s the end of the Church Age, big difference.
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
Think belief in the end of the world is just for Bible thumpers? Think again. There’s this little thing called the Doomsday Clock, which was started by Albert Einstein and the scientists behind the Manhattan Project in 1947, who created an organization called The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, who hold an event annually to reset it. Back then, they set the clock at 7 minutes to midnight. Over the years, it’s been moved forward and backward depending on global events—nuclear threats, pandemics, artificial intelligence, and climate change.
Since the Big Bang billions of years ago, to January 24, 2023, scientists predict(and verified by ten Nobel laureates) that we are 90 seconds away from midnight. So, whether you trust the Bible, the Koran, the Torah, or peer-reviewed journals from elite universities, which may disagree on evolution, or Intelligent Design, it seems everyone agrees: something big is about to happen.
So, what time is it?
One of the most familiar, talked about, and misunderstood subjects in the Bible is the end of the world. Atheists and agnostics laugh at the idea and project an image of a Chicken Little-end-of-the-world scenario onto those who believe in the promised return of Christ. First of all, it is important for you to know that God is a God of order, and His Word gives us a timeline in order to follow. From Adam and Eve to the second coming, a Messiah, who will come to redeem mankind and save him from destroying the world He created. Therefore, the end times are NOT the end of the world, as many have been misled to believe; it is the end of the “Church Age.”
Let me be clear. The Bible never tells us to panic or speculate wildly. But it does tell us to watch. To be sober. To discern the times. And Jesus wasn’t vague. In Matthew 24 and Luke 21, He laid out specific signs—wars, rumors of wars, nation rising against nation, famines, earthquakes, deception, lawlessness, persecution, and a massive falling away from truth. All of it is happening now. But prophecy isn’t just a highlight reel of chaos. It’s a roadmap of redemption.
So I urge you—if you really want to understand the times—listen to voices like Amir Tsarfati, an Israeli-born Messianic Jew who hosts a ministry entitled “Behold Israel”. Amir was raised in the culture of Orthodox Judaism. He is a former major in the Israeli Army and the deputy governor of Jericho. Amir brings the Word to life with depth, clarity, and cultural context. He’s not filtering Scripture through the lens of modern Western theology. He’s reading it as it was originally written, through the eyes of someone who knows the land, the language, and the heritage of the biblical authors.
Not Convinced?
If you’re on the science side of things, consider this: Dr. James Tour, a world-renowned chemist, doesn’t just believe in God, he challenges the entire secular narrative about the origin of life. His discussion with Dr. Stephen Meyer from the Discovery Institute peels back the myth of accidental creation and lays out a compelling case for intelligent design.
You’ll find links to that on our Resources page, along with historical tools and study material for anyone who actually wants to be informed, not just entertained.
Final Thought: Daniel’s 70 Weeks
Still asking, “What time is it?”
If you’ve never heard of Daniel’s 70 Weeks, now’s the time. It’s one of the most precise prophetic timelines in all of Scripture, laying out the rise and fall of empires, the “Church Age,” the coming of the Messiah, and the final countdown to the Day of the Lord. If you’ve never heard of or studied this prophecy, do yourself a favor: click the link and read it for yourself. It’s not symbolic fluff. It’s detailed. It’s exact, right on time, and the clearest indicator of where we are on God’s time clock.
Remember this: the truth is not something you vote on. It’s something you discover.
GOD’S TIMEPIECE: UNDERSTANDING THE TIMES
History is unfolding God’s great redemptive plan with a beginning, a middle and an end. The question is, do we understand the times and seasons we’re in?
What’s Next for Israel? Find out as we go through the entire timeline of Israel in the End Times.
The coming of the Mahdi is the central crowning element of all Islamic end-time narratives. Among the Major Signs, the most anticipated and central sign that Muslims are awaiting is the coming of a man known as “The Mahdi.” In Arabic, al-Mahdi means “The Guided One.”
So central to Islamic eschatological expectations is the coming of the Mahdi that some Muslim scholars do not even refer to “the Minor Signs” as such, but instead, refer to them as “The signs accompanying the Mahdi.”
Mahdism: the Apocalyptic Ideology Behind Iran’s Nuclear Program
Against this backdrop, Iran’s hardline clergy affiliated with the IRGC claim religious hadiths state that the ‘Jewish state will be destroyed “BEFORE” the Mahdi’s arrival.
Do we Jews await a human messiah? The last century left us deeply scarred with a wariness of demagogues, of glorifying any individual beyond all others. So we yearn even more strongly for a truly Jewish messiah—one less about power and more about empathy, less about flair and more about education and insight into life.
Many believe that Daniel 9:24-27 is the most important passage of prophecy in all of Scripture.
Daniel was an old man, probably in his eighties. He’d been in Babylon for nearly 70 years and knew from reading the recently completed scroll of Jeremiah’s writings that the 70-year captivity God had ordained for Israel was just about over.
Founded in 1945 by Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and University of Chicago scientists who helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan Project, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists created the Doomsday Clock two years later, using the imagery of apocalypse (midnight) and the contemporary idiom of nuclear explosion (countdown to zero) to convey threats to humanity and the planet.
These scientists anticipated that the atom bomb would be “only the first of many dangerous presents from the Pandora’s Box of modern science.” They were all too correct.
Amir’s message “Daniel’s 70 Weeks” on the 70 weeks vision from the book of Daniel.
In this interview, Dr. James Tour and Dr. Stephen Meyer discuss science and faith, while getting into the details on the discovery of complex, sequence specific information required for life’s function and origin, and the required fine-tuned laboratory that we call our universe that must exist in order for assembly to occur.