Category Archives: End Times Childbirth Analogy

On “Pre-TRIB Safety Tips”and Keeping Your Eyes on the Road

Posted on August 21, 2021 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila …that is to say, “Pre-TRIP safety tips.” I was driving into town on the south stretch of the lane bordered by tired fences keeping a few goats and a couple of horses in their lanes, and just … Continue reading →

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Are We at the Prophetic “Thinning Stage”? More on Jesus’ End Times Childbirth Analogy

Posted on October 16, 2019 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila All posts in this series available here. My sister shared what we think is another important aspect of Jesus’ end times childbirth analogy. This phase of labor and delivery–occuring very close to the baby’s birth–has to do … Continue reading →

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Post Script: on the Childbirth/End Times Prophecy Analogy–Are We Due?

Posted on February 7, 2019 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila If there were a post script for my series on the childbirth analogy Jesus used to help explain  prophetic events of the end times, I would put it like this: once the baby has emerged into his … Continue reading →

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“As Labor Pains on a Pregnant Woman”–Prophecy in 2019 versus 2015

Posted on January 27, 2019 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila 2019 Below is a reprint of one of my earlier posts offering insight into the pregnancy/childbirth metaphor Jesus used to help us understand how it will be (or how it is  today, many prophecy experts argue) in the … Continue reading →

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On Jesus’ End Times Childbirth Analogy: When the Water Breaks–Three Views

Posted on October 31, 2018 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila All these things are the beginning of birth pains (Matthew 24:8, NIV). A Natural View As I keep meditating on Jesus’ use of pregnancy and childbirth to help believers understand the chronology of the “end of the age” … Continue reading →

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Are We At the “Prequel” to Jesus’ Childbirth Analogy? Is It A Time of “Spiritual Decathexing”?

Posted on October 17, 2018 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.  -Jesus (Matthew 24:8, NASB) Decathexis is “the process of dis-investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea.” Or perhaps a previous way … Continue reading →

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On Jesus’ Comparison of End Times with Childbirth (From the Labor and Delivery Room)

Posted on July 22, 2018 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila It occurs to me that considering the times we are in, globally, it might be helpful to re-publish the following three blog posts treating the analogy Jesus used to illustrate how end times events are like a … Continue reading →

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Is It Time to “Push”?–On the End Stage of the Childbirth/Prophecy Analogy

Posted on December 20, 2016 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila I have written before, here and here, on the analogy of childbirth that Jesus used to describe certain aspects of so-called end times or end of the Church Age, detailed in Matthew, chapter 24. Many prophecy watchers … Continue reading →

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“As Labor Pains on a Pregnant Woman”: “Has the (Prophetic) Baby Dropped?”

Posted on July 11, 2015 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Scripture uses the metaphor of the last stages of pregnancy to illustrate how things will be when we are close to the Lord’s return. This verse is often cited: For you know very well that the day … Continue reading →

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