Anne Graham Lotz Warns Rapture Will Come in Her Lifetime

The hand of the statue of Pope Benedict XV is seen under the cross of the St. Esprit Cathedral in Istanbul November 27, 2006. | (Photo: Reuters/Fatih Saribas)

Evangelist Anne Graham Lotz, daughter to famed pastor Billy Graham, said in a recent interview that she believes the Rapture will occur in her lifetime.

Expounding on a previous online post regarding God's impending judgement of America, Lotz said in a recent interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network that she believes the Rapture will come during her lifetime.

Lotz referenced the "birth pains" detailed in the Book of Joel as evidence that the End Times are near.

"So the birth pains, the signs that Jesus gives, whether it is in the environmental world or national world, the wars, or the persecution of Christians, the persecution of Jews, when we see that ratcheting up and increasing in frequency and in intensity in the same generation that sees the Gospel being preached to the whole world and Israel reborn as a nation, that's the generation that is the last," Lotz stated.

"I believe with deep conviction that is my generation," Lotz continued. "I was born just a week apart from the time when Israel was reborn as a nation [1948]. We are the same age. And I believe that if I live out my lifetime, a natural lifetime, I believe I will live to see the return of Jesus in the Rapture when He comes back to take us to be with Himself, which means preceding that there are going to be some signs. There are going to be some warnings."

This month, Lotz has started a MAYDAY Prayer Intitiative from May 15 to the 23 that encourages all Americans to pray to God for repentance ahead of the End Times.