Are We Ignoring the Signs? A Powerful Message for Today’s Church
In a recent video, L.A. Marzulli dives into an article by prolific author and prophecy expert Terry James, titled, “What Would Jesus’ Response Be to Pastors Refusing to Discern the Times?” Marzulli, a familiar voice in the biblical prophecy community, doesn’t hold back in sharing his thoughts, weaving biblical prophecy with today’s headlines.
“Jesus looked directly and deeply into the eyes of the pious religionists and elitist legalists…” Marzulli reads from James’ article, setting the stage for a comparison between the Pharisees of old and today’s clergy. According to James, and echoed by Marzulli, Jesus’ harshest rebukes were reserved for those who should’ve known better—the very people tasked with teaching God’s Word yet failing to recognize the signs around them.
“Oh ye Hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times,” Marzulli quotes from Matthew 16:3, drawing a clear line between biblical times and today’s pastors.
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But Marzulli doesn’t stop at Scripture; he’s got modern issues on his mind, too.
He points to real-world crises like child trafficking and the fentanyl epidemic, asking, “Are you kidding me? Look at the fentanyl.. in the United States… The child trafficking has to stop.” For Marzulli, these aren’t just societal problems—they’re signs of the times, evidence of a world spiraling into rebellion against God.
He’s also critical of church leaders who sidestep prophetic Scripture.
“Yet only a very few pastors in the pulpits will touch on the prophetic portions. If they do, they spiritualize it or allegorize it to such an extent that they give their congregations little indication that these are things to come in a literal sense.” To Marzulli, this is more than theological laziness; it’s a failure to prepare believers for what’s coming.
Marzulli highlights fulfilled prophecies as proof of the Bible’s accuracy, pointing to the establishment of Israel in 1948. “I will plant them in their land, and never again will they be plucked up out of the land I have given them,” he recites from Amos 9:14-15. “That prophecy has been fulfilled.”
One of the more fascinating parts of Marzulli’s talk involves what he calls “the coming great deception.” He suggests that extraterrestrial phenomena are part of this deception, kept at bay only by “the Spirit of the living God.” He says, “The restrainer is holding back the revealing of the so-called extraterrestrial… That’s the spirit of a living God.”
And yes, Marzulli goes there—the rapture. Defending the pre-tribulation rapture theory, he quotes 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17: “For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with the shout, with the voice of the archangel, of the trump of God… We who are alive and remain will be caught up together with those in the clouds.” He pushes back against critics who dismiss this belief as a modern invention, stating, “If you really believe that, then you have no idea of the history of the biblical narrative.”
Marzulli’s gives a clear and urgent message to all believers, saying, “It’s time for Christians to be discerners. See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time because the days are evil.” For him, the signs are everywhere, and Christians need to wake up and pay attention.
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James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.
