The end times is a period in which God will bring human government to an end — that is, the human experiment of ruling over nations — and will establish His own kingdom. This is a term more closely associated with the nations. For this reason, one may speak of the end times of the nations, or the end of the reign of the nations.

Daniel 2:1–45; Daniel 7:13–14

The last days refer to the period of time spanning from the birth of the Church on the Day of Pentecost to the Rapture of the Church. This period is characterized by a spiritual awakening among the children of God, a proliferation of false prophets, and so forth. The term "last days" is primarily associated with the Church. Some Bible translations may render this term as "the latter times."

Joel 2:28–29; Acts 2:16–21

The Bible defines the Great Tribulation as a period of great suffering, great persecution, and great trial for all those who will refuse to worship the beast (the Antichrist) and his image.

Revelation 13:15 "And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed."

The Wrath of God is the event by which God will punish the world for its wickedness and the wicked for their iniquity. On that day, God will take vengeance upon those who live in all ungodliness, upon those who are rebellious against the truth, upon those who shed innocent blood… For God is a God of vengeance — He avenges, and will by no means leave the wicked unpunished.

Isaiah 13:9–11 "⁹Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. ¹⁰For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. ¹¹And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible."

Revelation 6:15–17 "¹⁵And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; ¹⁶And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: ¹⁷For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"

Apostasy is the abandonment of the faith or of the revelation of Truth; it is a complete and public renunciation of Christian doctrine.

1 Timothy 4:1–2; 2 Timothy 4:3–4

According to the Bible, the borders of Israel extend from the Sinai Desert (to the south) to the Euphrates River (to the north), passing through southern Lebanon; to the east, they stretch into Jordan (a portion immediately beyond the eastern bank of the Jordan River). To the west, they extend to the Mediterranean Sea. It is therefore clear that the Sinai — currently occupied by Egypt — the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank — currently occupied by the Palestinians — cities such as Madaba and Irbid in Jordan (east of the Jordan River), southern Lebanon, and the Golan Heights, to name but a few, are territories that belong to Israel.

Genesis 15:18–21; Exodus 3:8; Joshua 1:4; Numbers 32:32–33

According to the Bible, the Palestinians are descended from the Philistines, who came out of Caphtor (the island of Crete). Geographically, they occupied the cities along the Mediterranean coast, such as Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron. Concerning the end times, the Bible has prophesied divine judgments against these cities (Zephaniah 2:4–7).

Deuteronomy 2:23; Jeremiah 47:4; Amos 9:7; 1 Samuel 6:16–17

According to the Bible, the Ishmaelites correspond to the peoples of Arabia — primarily Saudi Arabia — and a portion of Jordan.

Genesis 25:17–18

A people born of an incestuous relationship between Lot and his firstborn daughter, the Moabites dwelt beyond the Jordan (to the east), opposite Jericho. This territory corresponds to the central region of modern-day Jordan.

Genesis 19:36–37; Numbers 22:1; Joshua 13:32

Like the Moabites, the Ammonites are a people born of an incestuous relationship between Lot and his younger daughter, dwelling in what today corresponds to the northern region of Jordan.

Genesis 19:36–38; Joshua 12:2; Deuteronomy 2:37

Like the Moabites and the Ammonites, the Edomites dwell in what today corresponds to the southern region of Jordan.

Genesis 36:8; Joshua 15:1–3; Deuteronomy 2:1–8

Assyria, with its capital Nineveh, corresponds today to the northern region of Iraq. Assyria was traversed by the Tigris River (Hiddekel), which still flows through Iraq to this day.

Genesis 2:14; Genesis 10:10–12

The four beasts described in Daniel 7 represent four nations or four kingdoms that are to exist in the end times, before the return of Jesus Christ. These same beasts are present in Revelation 13.

• The Lion: Great Britain

• The Bear: Russia

• The Leopard: Germany

• The Beast with Ten Horns: the European Union

The Ram represents the kingdom of the Medes and Persians; the Goat represents the kingdom of Greece (Javan).

Daniel 8:20–21

According to biblical prophecy, the statue of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 2 represents the succession of world governments until the coming of Jesus Christ.

• The head of gold: the Babylonian Empire (Daniel 2:36–38)

• The chest and arms of silver: the Medo-Persian Empire (Daniel 5:30–31)

• The belly and thighs of bronze: the Greek Empire (Daniel 11:2–3)

• The legs of iron: the Roman Empire (Luke 2:1–7)

• The feet partly of iron and partly of clay: the Holy Roman Empire / the European Union (Revelation 17)

Revelation 13:2 "And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority."

According to biblical prophecy, the beast borrows its mouth from the lion — the symbol of Great Britain. It may therefore be inferred that English, an Anglo-Saxon language already dominant in global institutions, will in all likelihood be the official language of this world government.