2nd Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.
[The Great Controversy pp 88] Those who behold these harbingers of his coming are to “know that it is near, even at the doors.” “Watch you therefore,” are his words of admonition. They that heed the warning shall not be left in darkness, that that day should overtake them unawares. unto them that will not watch, “the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.” Come when it may, the day of God will come unawares to the ungodly.
When life is going on in its unvarying round; when men are absorbed in pleasure, in business, in traffic, in money-making; When religious leaders are magnifying the world's progress and enlightenment, and the people are lulled in a false security, then, as the midnight thief steals within the unguarded dwelling, so shall sudden destruction come upon the careless and ungodly, “and they shall not escape.”
Then shall they that obey not the gospel be consumed with the spirit of his mouth, and be destroyed with the brightness of his coming. [2 Thessalonians 2:8.] Like Israel of old, the wicked destroy themselves; they fall by their iniquity. By a life of sin, they have placed themselves so out of harmony with God, their natures have become so debased with evil, that the manifestation of his glory is to them a consuming fire.
2nd Timothy 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!