Confused about the end times? Start here

Working out what the Bible says about the end of days is difficult. But that doesn’t mean we should be complacent or disengage from the issue, says Chris Follett. Jesus is the hope of the world, and the world needs him now more than ever

A recent headline in The Guardian newspaper stated simply: “No way back?”; thereby encapsulating the frightening UN conclusion that there is “no credible way” to achieve the 1.5C climate target set at the 2015 Paris climate accord.

In fact, the world is tracking towards 2.5C warming which, according to the UN, will result in “catastrophic climate breakdown”. Other headlines have noted the frightening rates of extinction of animal species (69 per cent have been lost since 1970 according to the WWF) and the increasing pace of global deforestation.