Terrible Times and Breathed-Out Words

The last days have arrived.

Not "will arrive someday." Not "watch for signs in the distant future." ἔσχαται ἡμέραι—the final days—began with Christ's resurrection. Timothy lives in them. We live in them. The end times stretch from the empty tomb to the second coming.

And in these last days: trouble.

"But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days."