We are living in the end times. The Lord reminds us that our present sufferings and trials are but “birth pains” of a new creation to come. What will happen in the meantime? Paul writes about a great “falling away” (2 Thessalonians 2:3). He warns that “the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,” - 1 Timothy 4:1. The end times are times of increasing darkness and evil.