This nation, as we have seen, is to exist to the coming of Christ; and the Bible very fully sets forth the moral condition of the people in the days that immediately precede that event.

Iniquity is to abound, and the love of many to wax cold.

Evil men and seducers are to wax worse and worse.

Scoffers are to arise, saying, Where is the promise of his coming?
The whole land is to be full of violence as it was in the days of Noah, and full of licentiousness as in the city of Sodom in the days of Lot.

And when the Lord appears, faith will scarcely be found upon the earth, and those who are ready for his coming will be but a "little flock." Can the people of God expect to go through this period, and not suffer persecution?
No.