A cleric, Reverend Joshua Talena, says the current global unrest is a sign that the world is approaching its last days.

Mr Telena, the senior pastor of the Shepherd House Assembly International, stated this during the church service on Sunday in Abuja.

He said the scriptures revealed global unrest, wickedness, hunger, and other evil in the last days.

Mr Talena said insecurity in some parts of the country indicated the last days and urged the congregants not to despair.

He decried that human lives were no longer respected and cases of kidnapping had been on the increase in the country in the quest for material wealth.

“Human lives are no longer respected. There is strange hunger in Nigeria; people are killed every day. People’s lives are no longer precious, no human compassion in the land, and iniquity and lawlessness are increasing.

“People are powerless and helpless, and we are in a time of peril,” he said.

According to the cleric, the congregants are living in perilous times where evil such as homosexuality, lesbianism and transgenderism are being accepted in the world.

He admonished congregants to live like they were in extra time, as seen in football matches and should be more committed to serving God.

The cleric urged Christians to live a life that pleases God as they live in the last days and be his ambassadors.

“Ensure you represent Christ in your businesses, workplaces and communities; people should not stop serving God because of you,” he said.

He urged the congregants to be ready as death is the destiny of all, adding that they should also be eternity conscious.

(NAN)