Every false religion is blasphemous to the Heavenly Father. The final judgment demands that every false god be destroyed, along with those that have foolishly followed that god. The testimony of the true and living God is everywhere. You see Him in the sunrise and you see Him in the setting sun. The created marvel of human life, the stretch of the human mind, and the great sense of the Divine in human death all declare how great the Sovereign God is. Yet, men pursue the gods of their own passions and ignore the witness of the true and living Creator.

The Islamic religion has spewed its anger and vengeance on human life for almost 1,400 years. It appears to this multitude that their religion is in its ascendance and ready to triumph over the world. That is a false elusion created by the devil. The pride and arrogance of the leading proponents of Islam are setting the stage for their own destruction. They are calling for war against the very name of Jehovah God and are claiming the right to possess the city where Christ died and arose. This same city, Jerusalem, is also the city where He is soon to establish His earthly Kingdom.

Do not think that our God on His Heavenly throne is unaware of these claims and plans. He is at this moment watching and anticipating His prophetic designs. Angels are hovering over the walls of Jerusalem and moving with the speed of light in careful protection. Nothing misses their watchful eyes as they do the Father biddings. Listen to the Spirit speak, “I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which tho u hast labored” (Isaiah 62:6-8).

We heard the claims of the Islamic Ayatollah’s and many government entities trembled with concern. It is right that we who know the Lord are mindful and are given to intercession and powerful praying. The Heavenly Father always uses His Saints in His schemes of worldwide design. The power of prayer is a spiritual authority that is part of every great Divine plan of God. The Book of Revelation shows the aroma of the saints’ prayers as they ascend to be part and lot of God’s judgment activities. “And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand. And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thundering, and lightnings, and an earthquake” (Revelation 8:4-5).

Recently, the chief Ayatollah of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called for all Islamic Governments to mobilize for the task of seizing Jerusalem and eliminating the nation of Israel. Two different shipments of high-tech military equipment have recently been seized on the high seas, but the question is how many shipments were missed? It is believed that the recent election in Iran was stolen and the entire nation is now in a state of drastic change. A Wall Street Journal article stated, “The Nature of the (Iranian) regime seems to be changing from a revolutionary theocracy to a military theocratic state that is becoming fascist in operation.” A recent journalist said, “Islamic fascism is now our sworn foe in a looming “World War III.” Ahmadinejad has state d, “Islam will be the dominant power in the near future.”

BUT, GOD! God has already declared what He will do when this massive army is looming on the Northern horizon and moving toward Israel and Jerusalem, “For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: ever y man’s sword shall be against his brother. And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone” (Ezekiel 38:19-22).

This will be the “Mother of all Battles,” and their Allah will no longer be a god. The Spirit has spoken, “Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord” (Ezekiel 38:23).

This battle will leave millions dead or vaporized on or from the battlefields. Only one soldier out of six will be left alive and most of them will be gravely wounded. The slaughter will be so complete that the very mention of the Islamic religion will draw a hiss from those that have survived.

Once this horde of soldiers has been stopped and their military equipment reduced to scrap, the hand of God will move toward every nation that had joined this Islamic Coalition. The Word has spoken, “And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel” (Ezekiel 39:6-7).

The destruction of the nations that have sent their armies to destroy the Jews and the great city of Jerusalem will send a message to every surviving citizen of the Islamic world. The heathens — those worshipping Allah and other false gods — will know that there is only one true God and that they have seen His holy furor.

Joel spoke of this moment in the Father’s prophetic plan, “But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savor shall come up, because he hath done great things. Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things” (Joel 2:20-21). This prophecy is extremely clear that the small armies left to return to their homeland will find nothing but sorrow, devastation, and barrenness.

I believe this great event will spark a sovereign move of the Holy Spirit throughout the land where this judgment has occurred. Former Muslims will turn to the Lord Jesus Christ by the tens of thousands. Joel spoke the above words in the same context with his announcement of the latter rain outpouring of the Holy Spirit in revival! Already there is the report of upwards of three million Muslims being converted yearly. You can believe that these changed lives occurring under the radar of the government is circulating big time among the population. It will be a spiritual tsunami when the “War of Gog and Magog” is finished. And when the “War of Gog and Magog” is finished, Allah will be history.

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The world is rightly alarmed at the threat of the Islamic radicals. The fundamentalist elements of this false religion may not be the majority, but they control a scary multitude. According to recent polls conducted by a reputable organization, approximately seven percent (7%) of Muslims worldwide are radical, support suicide bombers and are committed to an Islamic domination of the world. With 1.3 billion Muslims worldwide that 7% represents 91 million, and at least 117,500 of these radicals live in America. Every one of the 91 million Muslims are potential candidates to be used to attack, kill, and eliminate humans that stand in their way. What an awesome fact to go to bed with every night!

A massive effort is underway by leading radical Muslims to guarantee that their Islamic forces possess a nuclear arsenal. We must understand that the only thing protecting Israel and America at this very moment is our massive military power. Within our military circles there also exists a powerful and capable intelligence network. It’s important for the intelligent organization to tap telephones and gather information from every available source. You should be thankful for their ability to disrupt planned attacks.

If there was not – above all of the military and intelligent abilities — a Sovereign God that controls every final act of mankind, we would still be hopeless. This earth is the Lord’s and He will have the final word on how this scary world ends the present age. That does not mean that suffering and sorrows will all be eliminated. Every aborted baby, every act of adultery or fornication, and every same-sex act or marriage will be adjudicated in judgment. Sin — unconfessed and unforsaken sins — must be judged. Every single act of sin that is not purified and cleansed by the Blood of Christ will be purified by judgment. Great sorrows are clearly on the horizons.

But Our Heavenly Father will have the last word. I believe the War of Gog and Magog will occur right before the Rapture or immediately after the Rapture. This war will affect the Islamic world and every individual that believes in this religion. They have been promised that the twelfth Imam is soon to appear. He is their messiah and promises to establish a One World Kingdom ruled by the laws of the Koran. This teaching is supposedly believed by all 1.3 billion Muslims, not just the radical elements. The clash between this Islamic One World Order and the Western version of a One World Order must occur at some moment.

When you understand these two world views that basically dominate the present earth, you can understand why “One Worlders” in the West are determined to succeed ahead of Islam’s mad plan. Thank God that the prophecies of the Bible have promised a third alternative to the first two plans. There will be a One World Order and it will be worldwide and breathtaking. Jesus Christ will lead His army of glorified saints and we will establish a peaceful world of righteousness and prosperity. I am grateful that the Bible does not leave us in a fog. We have hope that is sure and unfailing.

God’s perfect revelation has left us a prophetic picture of the coming end to both the Islamic and Western plan. First, our Eternal God will deal with the Islamic plan for an “Islamic One World Order” and then He will deal with the Western plan for a “One World Order.” Both of these massive efforts to control the world and rule it for their god will end in Northern Israel. Also, the coming spiritual kingdom will be centered in the Land of Promise, Israel and Jerusalem. No wonder Christians are commanded to pray for the “Peace of Jerusalem.”

Ezekiel prophesied on the bank of the river in Babylon as his heart panted for the rolling hills of Judea. By the powers of God’s Holy Spirit, he saw the future clash in his homeland of a massive army to be destroyed by Divine intervention. His words are most revealing, “After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee” (Ezekiel 38:8-9). This prophet of God gave the exact details of this great army marching on Israel.

This revelation names the geographical area and the nations that will be a part of this attack. Every description is clear to show that this is an attack by the Islamic world. It is led by Iran, which was the first country named. The Spirit said, “Persia (Iran), Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee” (Ezekiel 38:5-6). The Spirit named a geographical area that fits perfectly with Russia and other Northern powers. “Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am a gainst thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal” (Ezekiel 38:2-3).

This army could act with only the need of a few weeks to mobilize. They are probably talking in secret even as I write. When this Islamic Army marches, it will be awesome. As these nations gather somewhere north of Israel, probably in the southern tier of the former USSR territories, the world will think that we are on the verge of annihilation. The media will go ballistic. Politicians will gather at strategic locations amid a mad rush to defuse the coming storm. Bomb shelters will be prepared over much of the world.

Israel will prepare for the ultimate moment to fight to the death or simply be buried. They will be given little possibility of escape. At one time, America would have marshaled her total military might in Israel’s defense; but at the present time, would cower and make excuses. Israel’s entire nuclear ability, which is great, will be prepared for a full response. The small nations north of Israel will be quickly turned into an armed encampment. Literally, this army will be so massive that these nations will be rendered helpless and expect that nothing can be left but battlefields. There will be a great effort made to persuade Israel to surrender, dissolve their nation, and leave their Promise Land. Governments will offer refuge to those willing to give up and flee. While some Jews will submit and board planes and ships, the majority will prepare to fight.

As this Army marches south and reaches the border of Israel, the God of Heaven will call all the angels, cherubim, and seraphim to an emergency summit. Sometimes, I think I would like for this to happen after the Rapture so we could be up there to join this momentous moment. My personal opinion is that it will probably happen before the Rapture. In that case our duty will be to call prayer meetings all over the Bible-believing church world. Believe me when I say, this war will not last long and will leave the greatest devastation since the great Noahic Flood.

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To take the "Mark of the Beast: 666" will be an experience of complete identification with Satan’s Antichrist. The term, "Thinking Outside the Box," fits this experience perfectly. A "Born Again" Christian has received the Mind of Christ. Satan’s plan is an imitation or a perfect opposite of God’s wonderful salvation in Christ. Even as I write, our world is slowly moving towards a mindset in preparation for this fateful hour. We have talked much about the nature of the Antichrist but little about the nature of those that take his "Mark." In absolute terminology, the Holy Bible declares that no soul can return to God, be forgiven, or cleansed that has crossed the barrier to this "Mark of the Beast." It is not just an economic identification into the commerce of the One World Order; but, a complete devotion to the false christ that Satan produces. Each person that is "Born Again" to Satan will be one with him and a perfect clone of his ultimate evil. I confess to you that it is scary.

An Angel of God gives a warning to everyone of us and will certainly give the same warning to the world’s population in the prophesied hour. We see this angel speaking these words with a loud voice so that all may hear. "And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the Beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the Mark of his Name. (Capitalization Add ed)" (Revelation 14:9-11).

This kind of language sends a clear message that we are dealing with an extremely dark human development. The multitude that accepts this ultimate lie of Satan and worships his false christ in opposition to Biblical truth will pay an incredible price. This entire movement toward the Antichrist is already a mammoth organized groups of people with millions of devotees.

Remember the words of Jesus Christ when he said, "For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many" (Matthew 24:5). The multitude that swooned at Todd Bentley’s — short period in the arena — is a perfect example. While covered in tattoos that his Jesus told him to get, he spoke of the name of Jesus, but not the Biblical Jesus. There is already an incredible company of such messengers preparing for the end. With the inspiration of the Spirit and ample research, I have named a number of those both deceived and deceivers.

The transformation of those that take the Antichrist’s "Mark" is awesome. They will become one with Satan and will possess his very nature. This multitude, consisting of billions, will be more like a wild animal than a human. The dark truth of this evil is that it will often be hidden underneath a veneer of lamb-like qualities. One minute they are singing the praise of this beast, but in the next minute they will thrust you with a sword because you reject him. Here is that description, "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed" (Revelation 13:11-12).

This description of the lamb with horns is a perfect blend of the religious qualities of piety with the blasphemy of truth. To add to this deceiving blend will be paranormal powers that excite the emotions and produce unexplainable miracles. "And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live" (Revelation 13:13-14). Presently, we are dealing with the "Spirit of Antichrist." After the Rapture and the seven years of the Great Tribulation begin it will be the "Person of the Antichrist" and all hi s devotees. "And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Revelation 13:8).

The taking of the "Mark" is a spiritual transformation into this realm of Satanism. The multitudes will believe unquestionably that they are following the true Christ and worshipping the God of the Universe. A "martyr" complex will possess them and their love of their "god" will cause them to blaspheme the "Lord God" and the "Lamb of God." The love of one’s family will be utterly lost in devotion to the false Christ. The Son of God warned us, "Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death" (Mark 13:12). "And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death" (Luke 21:16).

Can you imagine a world where only one religion is tolerated and that religion is controlled by this False Prophet and his followers. Even Satan will come to hate this crowd of his own worshippers. They will become more evil than he can tolerate and he will inspire the Antichrist to burn the city of Mystery Babylon with fire. "And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire" (Revelation 17:16). The hatred of Satan, his Antichrist, and his False Prophets will also possess all these that take the "Mark" and they will begin to destroy each other.

The judgment of this End Time deception will be swift. "And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the "Mark of the beast", and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone" (Revelation 19:20). Every soul that takes this worldwide "Mark" will be cast into the eternal Lake of Fire with the Beast.

This world under Satan’s control is determined to get you used to "Thinking Outside the Box of Holy Scripture." No soul can be deceived that is utterly faithful to the word. "For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven" (Psalms 119:89). Any man or woman that claims revelation apart from Holy Scripture is helping prepare the way for the "Mark of 666." Deception is always a process and the helmet of salvation is the Word of God.

Researching the religions of the world for a view of their "eternal heavens" is a hopeless venture. If these religions are judged by the futures they offer, they are a sad spectacle. Christianity is the one and only faith that promises a simple and beautiful life in a glorious setting worthy of human existence. All the rest of the world’s religions show signs of being created by a fallen mind or minds with no concept of a meaningful eternal life.

The saddest of all these religions is the Islamic faith. While many politicians and religious leaders claim that the Islam god, Allah, is the same god as the Judeo-Christian God, the facts confirm that this is a false claim. Nothing proves this more absolutely than the different theologies of heaven.

First, let’s look at the Islamic theology of heaven. Their heaven is a sex brothel, where women will spend eternity as sex slaves. Any woman that would ever embrace Islam must be ignorant of this fact. What woman would want to be one of the many wives, along with seventy-two virgins, that serve one man with sex for eternity?

The prophet Mohammed described his view with the following words, "The smallest reward for the people of paradise is an abode where there are 80,000 servants and 72 wives, over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine, and ruby, as wide as the distance from Al-Jabiyyah [a Damascus suburb] to Sana’a ." (Surah Al-Rahman 55, 72, as interpreted by Ibn Kathir, who died in 1373 CE).

Here are quotes directly from the Koran:

• "As for the righteous, they shall surely triumph. Theirs shall be gardens and vineyards, and high-bosomed virgins for companions: a truly overflowing cup." (Koran 78:31)
• "…They will sit with bashful, dark-eyed virgins, as chaste as the sheltered eggs of ostriches." (Koran 37:40-48)
• "…Yes and We shall wed them to dark-eyed houris (beautiful virgins)." (Koran 44:51-55)
• "…They shall recline on couches ranged in rows. To dark-eyed houris (virgins) we shall wed them…" (Koran 52:17-20)
• "In them will be bashful virgins neither man nor Jinn will have touched before. Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?" (Koran 55:56-57)
• "Virgins as fair as corals and rubies. Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?" (Koran 55:57-58)
• "…We created the houris (the beautiful women) and made them virgins, loving companions for those on the right hand…" (Koran 56:7-40)
• "In each there shall be virgins chaste and fair… Dark eyed virgins sheltered in their tents whom neither man nor Jinn will have touched before…" (Koran 55:70-77)

Not only are there virgins in multiplied numbers, but, also, dashing and handsome young boys ready to be devoured in homosexual activities. The Islam pornographic brothel includes the darkest possible sin of men raping innocent young boys. These quotes from the Koran document these horrible acts:

• "Round about them will serve, to them, boys (handsome) as pearls well-guarded." (Koran 52:24)
• "Round about them will serve boys of perpetual freshness." (Koran 56:17)
• "And round about them will serve boys of perpetual freshness: if thou seest them, thou wouldst think them scattered pearls." (Koran 76:19)

While I try to spare you the descriptive and vulgar language that extends far beyond what I am writing, I must mention the sex market promised by Prophet Mohammed. In the Hadiths, Mohammed extends the talk of virgins and boys to promise a free sex market, where there is no end of choices for additional sex beyond the wives, 72 virgins, and young boys. "Ali reported that the Apostle of Allah said, ‘There is in Paradise a market wherein there will be no buying or selling, but will consist of men and women. When a man desires a beauty, he will have intercourse with them.’" (Al Hadis, Vol. 4, p. 172, No. 34)

The only possible creator of this debauchery is the Prince of Darkness, the fallen malevolent, the blasphemer of the Father – Lucifer himself. This fallen prince and all his discontented angels and men are on a subway to Hell. This subway is gaining speed and is soon to arrive at the depot of darkness.

When we stop to compare the Christian Heaven that fills the Bible from Genesis to Revelation with the Islamic heaven (Paradise), we are left with nothing to compare. The Islamic heaven is not a heaven after all, but a brothel where sick men indulge in lustful activities uninhibited by moral restraints. I cannot find one promise to the Islamic women except the task of watching the men live out the wildest description of sex orgies ever recorded. There is doubtless no pornographic book more vulgar and debauched than the Islamic theology of their heaven. A sex market that men can visit and choose a woman at will with which to have open sex has to be at the very bottom of the depravity of fallen mankind.

The Heaven promised in the Holy Bible is rich, pure, God-centered, and reserved for the pure saints that have turned from the filthy world of lust. Our glorified bodies will exemplify the highest morality possible. This glorious life is so far removed from the base appetite of sex that the thought of such will not even come to mind. The joy of our Father and our Savior, Jesus Christ, will be the highest expression of eternal life. The New Heaven and the New Earth will be centered round a New Jerusalem so spectacular that our imagination can only see the blinding light of it all.

The city of twelve levels will be surrounded by jasper walls and pearly gates. Each of the twelve foundations will be enhanced by priceless jewels from pure sapphires to the royal purple amethysts. Streets will be paved with gold and the Light of the city will be the Lord Jesus Christ – the Light of the world. Angels will welcome the saints as they exit and/or enter the city. The River of Life will flow out of God’s throne and the Tree of Life will line its banks.

Our Bible is filled with the way that leads to this eternal reward. Jesus Christ paid the debt of sin for all that choose to surrender to His eternal will. The Heaven of our Holy Bible is a pure place; purchased by His pure blood and offered to every soul that will turn from the lust of life to the "Way, the Truth, and the Life" — Jesus Christ.

Most Americans seem to have forgotten that there is an invisible war between right and wrong and between righteousness and evil. This hidden war may be unseen in it’s behind the scene stages, but will always be visible in the end. Satan has been the master of destruction from the beginning of man’s six thousand years. The Bible describes his final end as the destroyer of nations. “They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?” (Isaiah 14:16-17). For a long time, Satan has had America in his sight for destruction.

William F. Buckley, Jr., died just a few days ago on February 27, 2008. As I listened to remarks of his greatness, talk of his book, God & Man at Yale, kept surfacing. This book, along with Mr. Buckley, was credited with launching the present conservative movement in America. The following is a quote from his book that basically states what this Prophetic News Alert is about. “I believe that the duel between Christianity and atheism is the most important in the world. I further believe that the struggle between individualism and collectivism is the same struggle reproduced on another level.” (God & Man at Yale, p. xviii. The quote is penned by Mr. Buckley, but had been written by a reviewer of his book, Willmoore Kendall.) Atheism is nothing but an intellectual term for Satan’s influence.

With the church world in a spiritual comatose state, it is left up to a remnant of GodÂ’s saints to take a stand. We must learn to discern and identify the power of destruction in the political realm. Often, our choices are not clear enough or not clear at all. This is one of the presidential election years in which we are facing possible disaster. Either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama would offer us more abortions, more taxes, and more homosexual liberties at our expense, along with a lack of security from world dangers. Liberalism is nothing but hungry politicians that want to run our lives for us. They have no sense of God-given rights, values, or liberties. Every value intrinsic in the Bible is rejected and despised. It is a war for our national future and even our survival as an independent nation.

As I study ancient history in preparation for our prophecy conference on the Mediterranean Sea, I am learning more about the great nations that have fallen into the dust of ruins. The greatness and riches of past empires are unbelievable. With his rot and moral decay, Satan has destroyed one great culture after another. There are no armies big enough to save a nation of baby killers, homosexual paraders, greedy leaders, and lazy taxpayers. It takes moral men and women that are willing to take a stand at all costs to protect any nation and assure its continuing future.

Most Bible believers are not perfectly happy with the presidency of George W. Bush. But, he has turned the tide on some very important issues. Finally, the Supreme Court is not far from a clear, conservative majority. This highest court in our nation has destroyed many of the moral standards of America. One more period of eight years of having all appointments to that court being solid conservatives would change the legal standards of America.

Satan cannot destroy any culture that has a moral underpinning. If Abraham could have produced ten righteous men in Sodom and Gomorrah, those cities would have experienced an awakening and they would have survived. Abraham could save those cities from the armies that attacked them, but he could not save them from the filth that demanded their obliteration.

America barely made it through the presidency of Bill Clinton. We are still recovering from the moral decay of the Clinton White House. The recently dethroned New York Governor, Eliot Spitzer, is an echo of that decay. Even people that are basically good and decent – but without any spiritual life – cannot survive long when a nation is on the moral slide downward. “A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump” (Galatians 5:9). There is no doubt that the church world of America is simply following the liberalism that rules the media and attacks everything in its way throughout society. The Clinton years gave the media their coveted excuse to be vicious against all moral values.

I do not need to say anything more about Hillary Clinton than the above stated facts. Barack Obama is only different from her in the color of his skin and his sex. In my mind there is no doubt that Americans, as a whole, do not care about the race or sex of the person that they will choose to be president. Look for yourself at the respected persons across America. Whether they are sports figures, movie stars, singers, executive persons, or political individuals; we have a very broad love of successful fellow Americans. Only eight years ago, Colin Powell, an African-American, was viewed as a prime choice for president. He was the highest military figure in the greatest army on earth, past or present. Condoleezza Rice, a female African American, was highly encouraged to be the conservative candidate.

Barack Obama is the ultimate liberal and would spell disaster for our nation. Obama has stated that he opposes the Defense of Marriage Act. Concerning that Act of Congress, he stated the following in a publication for the Chicago homosexual community, “It should be repealed, and I will vote for its repeal on the senate floor.” He further stated, “I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.”

Studying the voting record of Mr. Obama gives a picture of ultimate liberalism. He voted against a bill to prohibit partial birth abortions. (That’s where a child is partially delivered then brutally murdered.) He even voted against a bill entitled, “Born Alive Infant Protection.” (This would have protected the life of an aborted baby that was alive after the abortion.) On and on the record of his values, as manifested in making the laws of this nation, reveal a dangerous man to God’s laws of righteousness.

Satan wants another president in our White House that does not have any solid Biblical values. He also wants a man that has been indoctrinated against Israel and her right to the Land of Promise. For twenty years, the pastor of Mr. Obama has a proven record of denigrating our defense of Israel and constantly attacking America as being unfair to the Palestinians. If there is one position that Satan loves among all the rest, it is a position of disregard for our faithful support of the nation of Israel. To forget our position beside Israel would be paramount to inviting a thousand suicide bombers to our American cities. You must pray long and hard before you cast your ballot in this election.

Oprah Winfrey is a blasphemer against the God of Holy Scripture. How does a very intelligent lady come from a deeply Christian home of an apparent Godly grandmother to become a full-blown New Ager? It is reported that she began public speaking by reading or quoting the Bible and sermons to her grandmotherÂ’s church family at the age of three. She was actually named after Orpah, the sister of Ruth from the Bible; but the name was misspelled on her birth certificate. Being raped by a family member for years certainly had a chilling effect on her young life.

The sad story is that her incredible mind and personality has been turned into a force for occultic powers. Satan goes about as a roaring lion seeking the best and the smartest lives to use for his kingdom of defiance against the God of the Bible. The New World Order of the Antichrist is exploding and he needs teachers and devotees to spread his high-sounding deception. Oprah Winfrey has become one of his most successful tools to help lead a multitude to hell. The present day acceptance of all religions on an equal level sets the perfect stage. In this atmosphere the villains are saints of God that identify these lies. Hatred for Biblical Christianity has never been so loud.

Oprah has made numerous statements that show her devotion to New Age ideas, but the real proof is in her key radio series for 2008. The entire year has been proclaimed as a study on the book, A Course In Miracles. First, let’s document the source of this study. An atheistic psychologist received this course by demonic revelation in 1965. This same study has been a mainstay with Robert Shuller’s church for years and probably played a large part in the confused mind of Rick Warren. This study came to this psychologist by “mind dictation” and the source identifies himself as Jesus Christ. She recalled, “The voice made no sound, but seemed to be giving me a kind of rapid inner diction, which I took down in a shorthand notebook.”

Another psychologist with whom she is reported to have had a very troubled relationship agreed to participate in these dictations and serve as a kind of secretary and confidant. For several years William Thetford was often with her as she received the volume of materials that constitute this course. He believed she was receiving the original teachings of Jesus Christ to give to the world.

The Oprah Winfrey Enterprise has now become the window to the world for these satanic teachings. It is scary when you consider her entrance into the political campaign of Senator Barack Obama and the impact the media suggests this is having on his candidacy. Satan is determined to put the prettiest face with the least substance in the American White House. With all of our sins and failures, America and Israel are still the two nations hated by the unbelieving world. To think of having a president that believes in the ideas of Oprah Winfrey and A Course in Miracles should drive us to our knees.

LetÂ’s review the heart of this dubious course in miracles. You will find that every idea is totally foreign to the Holy Scripture. It is basically the language of humanism, psychology, and the occult. It has no kin to the Lord Jesus Christ and above all it hates the sacred blood of the cross. If there is one thing Satan and all his ilk love to attack, it is the blood and the very purpose of that blood, which is to cleanse sin.

A Course in Miracles states, “The atonement is the final lesson he (the human family) need learn, for it teaches him that, never having sinned, he has no need of salvation.” (Text, p. 237.) That statement is the unfailing love of the devil. There is no such thing as sin to Lucifer. To admit sin is to admit righteousness and rebellion against righteousness. And that truth demands a Sovereign God that is an eternal being that gave His only Son to redeem man out of sin. The heart of this false system is the denial of the Holy God that rules in His universe.

The false premise of the above statement moves quickly to the next main thrust that is the heart of Pantheism or New Age teaching. Here are the author’s words, “The oneness of the creator is your wholeness, your sanity, and your limitless power.” (Text, p. 125.) This incredible statement is claiming that the universe is God, that every part is part of the whole, and that we fit in the whole as a cog in the wheel. There is no separate individual, either God or ourselves. It is all an elusion, and we move up the ladder of that elusion by our positive mindset. Of course, we move in the reverse when we are negative or harbor negative thoughts of sin, sickness, or failure.

It can only get worse when you start with such rebellion against the Heavenly Father. Here is a list of dark things in this book:

"There is no sin." (Text, p. 9.)
"A slain Christ has no meaning." (Text, p. 10.)
"The journey to the cross should be the last useless journey." (Text, p. 11.)
"The name of Jesus Christ as such is but a symbol … it is a symbol that is safely used as a replacement for the many names of all the gods to which you pray." (Text, p. 13.)

Oprah Winfrey has probably crossed the line in the sand to which there is no return. Believe me, the great Creator and His Eternal Son is beholding it all and the cup of wrath is near the top. The crash of a life like Oprah will leave a heartrending aftershock. We may not hear it here, but the sound will touch eternity.

Tell every soul that you have opportunity to tell that judgment is near at hand. Do not fail to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ as the Redeemer and Saviour of all that call on Him in surrender.

Joseph R. Chambers
jrc@pawcreek.org

The majority of earthÂ’s population is practically ready for the coming Seven Years of the Great Tribulation. Pornography, along with its vileness, is on the cutting edge of preparing for GodÂ’s final judgment of the earth. While millions are slipping under the bondage of raw sex pictures and materials, the truth of pornography is unknown to our world. It is one of the worst forms of sexual sins and in most cases the very source of all sex sins. Sex sins almost always start with pornography. The very image portrayed in its pictures and actions will degrade the viewer to subhuman and demonic emotions.

Experts that have studied the effects of pornography define the results in five steps. These steps all spiral in a downward direction and they all end in a state of mind that reflects absolute insanity. At this state the individual cannot separate action from fantasy. They are no longer in charge of what they do to fulfill the results of the images in their head.

The stages are easily understood and show the loss of oneÂ’s mental ability. By the fifth level, the person becomes practically insane.

• Curiosity
• Addiction
• Escalation
• Imitation
• Uncontrolled Imagination

After interviewing a large number of district attorneys and police attorneys through the years, it is discovered that sex-related murders, rapes, child molestations, or any criminal activity relating to sex almost never occurs without a connection to pornography. In practically every case serial rapist and killer are living in the fifth stage of pornography addiction. They are living in a state of uncontrolled imagination of the images and activities that now fill their mind. You often hear how likeable these individuals were before their perversion was discovered.

The Bible warns us of this dark perversion. The viewing of pornography is an involvement in vain imaginations that can only escalate. The following Scripture is probably the best description of this type of life found in the Bible. Apostle Paul said, “Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools” (Romans 1:21-22). Pornography blinds the mind. It destroys the individual’s ability to think straight.

But, it goes further than just insanity. It changes one’s view of God Himself. Listen as Paul continues, “And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen” (Romans 1:23-25).

The sad truth is that few people ever escape from the long-term effects of viewing sexual insanity. Pornography usually starts with viewing normal sexual activity, but quickly escalates to the viewing of abnormal sexual activity. At that point it becomes worse than sin, it becomes demonic and as vile as hell itself. That is probably when God gives them up and withdraws all conviction and grace. Here is the Biblical description of God’s actions, “For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient” (Romans 1:26-28). Hope is now gone. There is no return. A multitude of Americans are slipping into this final stage of perversion.

This lifestyle of reprobate vileness will be the normal life during the coming Seven Years of the Great Tribulation. Straight people will be considered the abnormal and will be persecuted and killed during this dark period. The Antichrist will be a homosexual himself. Listen to this prophecy in Daniel, “Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces” (Daniel 11:37-38a). Note the words, “nor the desire of women.” The Antichrist will be the most depraved individual of human history and will be totally without normal passions of human nature. This deeply flawed human personality will be enabled by Satan to rule the world for him. Satan will give him his power and the paranormal abilities to deceive the masses.

Bill Clinton is an example of a person deeply flawed in his sexual perversion. To the world controlled multitudes it gives him a strange attraction that is almost irresistible. He is presently like a magnet to the liberal world of politicians and the elitist, especially the media elitist. In fact, he is probably more like the Antichrist than any man alive and it flows out of his utter perversion. No, he is not the Antichrist, but he is a type of the Antichrist.

Pornography is certainly one of SatanÂ’s most clever tools to prepare our world for his last effort to become God. Sexual perversion will so weaken the strong character of our men and women that they will be ready to follow Satan all the way to the Lake of Fire. Even when they can view God on His throne in the Heavens, they will still refuse to repent.

The Lord Jesus Christ directed every word of the Book of Revelation. He said, “And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts” (Revelation 9:20-21). Our world is ready – or so close to being ready – that the time to repent is at a minimum. Men’s ability to repent is very near to the end. Christ’s Rapture will remove the last restraints to this coming worldwide upheaval.

The world – especially the church world – is preparing for the Grand Opening of the Great Tribulation. The noisy old-school church that holds to the Pre-Tribulation Rapture will be removed out of their way. Our presence empowered by the Holy Ghost holds the Wicked One, the Antichrist, at bay and restrains him from his official position as the head of the One World Order. The Antichrist is probably alive but being held in reserve and angry that his readiness to step up to the Satan-appointed task keeps getting held down and hindered. The entire world of One World advisors and promoters will call for the greatest celebration of this generation. Declaring the World of Nations as “One World Under god” will create pandemonium in every major city of this earth, even Jerusalem.

Religion is the one source of world peace and unity. Finally, there isn’t any religious entity left to deny “all religions as being equal.” With the Rapture-ready saints gone, the Jezebel church wins the day and is fully prepared to be partners with the powers of the One World Order. New revelations, new translations, and new interpretations will have prepared the world for a new view of God, of Christ, and of the Spirit. The deception will be so complete that Satan – as an angel of light – will step right up to the world church and receive the long sought after role as the Father’s replacement. He will produce his “christ” and his “spirit,” and the whole world will bow at his feet.

Five unbiblical ideas have prepared the church world for this coming dark hour.

FIRST, the false anointing and spiritual-type activities have become dominant in the spiritual world. The central place that the Bible and Jesus Christ once held has been replaced with a spirit being called the Holy Spirit. ItÂ’s like the church has entered a spirit dispensation, and the primary expectations revolve around some kind of strange spirit experience. Impartations from individual-to-individual are occurring at almost every church altar. There is no such Biblical truth as a Holy Ghost dispensation. The church life from Pentecost up until the Rapture is a Jesus Christ dispensation. He is the Lord of the Church. Yes, He fills us with His Spirit. Yes, there is joy and rejoicing. Yes, the gifts of His Spirit are available, but it is all centered in Jesus Christ alone.

SECOND, this new spirit has subjected himself to the individuals or at least convinced them that he has done so. Men and women speak in tongues at their own will as often and as much as they will. They prophesy over each other as is pleasing to them and constantly intrigue each other by promising good things. New revelations of doctrines and ideas fill their thinking with religious imaginations. They travel from city to city, binding spirits over these cities and calling down judgments of perceived darkness. Paranormal things are filling the lives of the religious world with signs, wonders, visions, and dreams, which are mostly bizarre and without any Biblical context. These are spirits willing to be used because the desired end is total control over the individual.

THIRD, prayer has moved from a relationship with the Father and His Son to a man-centered mindset. Instead of praying “Thy kingdom come,” it is proclaiming, even demanding, “Thy kingdom come.” They say that no one is supposed to pray for God’s will, but they are to command what they perceive is God’s will. The church world is being taught that they can speak things into existence and command the spirit world. One fad after another has taken the church world from a cross-centered spirituality to a man-centered spirituality and prayer life. Very few Christians are able to judge this incredible departure from truth.

FOURTH, the Bible is called the “dusty old truths of the past.” Almost everyone is looking for something new and intriguing. The evangelicals have their new translation, the charismatics have their new revelations, and many fundamentalists have their new interpretations. Any church movement that does not have a strict and unflinching devotion to the plain Word of God will be deceived. The Bible is infallible and our one and only rule for truth and life. We have a church generation where “truth has fallen in the streets” and there is no way back except for a return to “every Word of God.”

FIFTH, the theology of this deception is earth-centered instead of Heaven-centered. The environment, politics, and wealth are the heartthrob of the Jezebel church. They treat heavenly truths like some false “pie-in-the-sky” theology. They laugh at those of us who have our eyes trained on the coming of our Lord to take us out of here. The Pre-Tribulation Rapture is a hindrance to their Kingdom Dominion Theology. They think they are going to rule the world and are expecting to become “Manifest Sons of God” at any moment. They will actually call this manifestation the Rapture and use language that completely skirts the truth.

These five areas of departure from truth shows how close we are to the Antichrist religion of the Seven Years of the Great Tribulation. It’s amazing that all five of these dark teachings fit perfectly with the Catholic world. Much of the present day Catholic church has joined hand-to-hand with Paul Crouch, Benny Hinn, and other key evangelical leaders. That proves the absolute heresy of the present departure from the Word of God. I often hear people say that Jesus cannot return until the church goes back to the glory of the Book of Acts. That is a totally misleading statement. Jesus said the opposite. “I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8). Apostle Paul stated, “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition” (II Thessalonians 2:3). Peter stated, “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape” (1 Thessalonians 5:3).

ItÂ’s getting worse, not better. We are not going to ride with the Antichrist across the land, but with the Son of God down from above to defeat the Antichrist and establish the long awaited Millennial Kingdom on earth.

Joseph R. Chambers

Every false doctrine that is attacking the truth of GodÂ’s Holy Word would be dispelled if the proponents of those doctrines would believe the Book of Revelation. This Masterpiece of GodÂ’s revelation is fundamental Christianity at its best. Every major doctrine of the Bible is on display in the Book of Revelation. The rest of the Bible teaches the doctrines, but the Book of Revelation displays the doctrines in action. Why has the church world missed this great truth? IÂ’m afraid we have allowed the enemies of truth to build straw men about the Book of Revelation, which has driven the book to our shelves instead of our hearts. It is not mystical or hard, but rather open to the hearts of the seekers and the studious. It is revealed on the knees, not in the ivory towers.

The entire Bible goes into action when you begin to study the Book of Revelation. Of all sixty-six books of the Bible, no other book even begins to reveal Christ as matchless as this book does. John the Revelator certainly displays the divine nature of Jesus Christ in the Book of Saint John; but in the Book of Revelation, he reveals or displays the glorified person of our Christ and Savior. John was the only Gospel writer that recorded Christ’s prayer for His saints as recorded in chapter seventeen. John recorded this prayer of Jesus Christ where He uttered these breathtaking words, “And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was” (John 17:5). In the Book of Revelation, John is allowed by Jesus Christ to prove that prayer was answered and to display the triumph of the style in which it was answered.

Anyone that doubts the eternal nature and personhood of GodÂ’s only begotten Son doesnÂ’t need to read anything but this Masterpiece. From chapter one to chapter twenty-two, He is seen crucified, glorified, possessing His FatherÂ’s kingdom, judging the world, redeeming the entire universe, and preparing an eternal New Heaven and Earth. No doctrine that misrepresents the Son of God would have seen the light of day if the misguided souls had believed the Book of Revelation. In this book, He possessed and displayed every name given to Him in all the previous sixty-five books of the Bible.

The trinity of God is on exquisite display in this book. The Father is on His throne and has the redemptive book in his hand. No one except the crucified – but glorified – Son even dares to approach to open the seven-sealed book. The Holy Spirit is present in all the responsibilities of His office to act upon the human hearts on earth while presenting the Bride to the Father to reign with Christ in Heaven. It is the omnipresent Spirit that bridges the total universe for the events that both separate the affairs in Heaven and on earth and tie it all together at the same time. Only the thrice manifested and revealed Godhead could unite the universe for its completed redemption and renewal.

Dispensational truth is never plainer than in the Book of Revelation. Even the city of New Jerusalem is revealed with twelve gates named after Israel and twelve foundations named after the apostles of the church. The twenty-four elders cannot represent anything less than the church and Israel — His two chosen but distinctive companies of saints. No one will enjoy the FatherÂ’s eternity but those that are either redeemed out of these two major dispensations or the dispensations prior to and ending with AbrahamÂ’s period.

The Pre-Tribulation Rapture is alluded to often in the Holy Bible but never put in a chronological setting until we come to the Book of Revelation. The Son of God left no doubt when this Rapture would occur when He revealed this book to John. No judgment of the completed and final hour could begin until the Lord called John “up hither” and showed him the saints – now elders – seated around the Father’s Throne. These saints are never called the church again after Revelation chapter four and verse one. No truth is more certain in this Masterpiece than the Pre-Tribulation Rapture.

You can argue against the seven years of the Great Tribulation until you begin to read the Book of Revelation. The Battle of Armageddon cannot be documented with any finality until you read this book. The Amillennial (no Rapture) or Post-Millennial (Christ comes after the Rapture) lose their entire argument when we believe this great book of the Bible. We see references to the city that the Son of God created but no final proof or description until we read the Book of Revelation. The Book of Revelation is our LordÂ’s final covenant of the future for His saints.

No Bible truth is more wonderfully on display in Revelation than the “whosoever will” of Saint John 3:16. The rainbow around the throne of the Father sends a signal of mercy that never fades until the last soul is redeemed. One of the closing statements of chapter twenty-two of this Masterpiece states, “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely” (Revelation 22:17). There is a multitude in the Book of Revelation that cannot repent but it is because of their choices. There is a constant invitation to others to repent in this book. There are angels flying in the Heavens preaching repentance and two prophets – protected until the world hears their message — preaching repentance. This book is a book of redemption.

Last, but not least, the Book of Revelation declares the perfection of the Holy Bible and its infallibility. The foremost commandment in all Scripture says not to touch the Bible or change its great revelation. The Lord Jesus Christ said, “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book” (Revelation 22:18-19).

The Book of Revelation is the display of truth for every church and every soul. It will bring blessings into your present life and will guarantee eternal life. Read it, obey it, believe it, and rejoice. He sent It To You.

Joseph R. Chambers

The Book of Revelation is God’s masterpiece of literature. It is literally filled with breathtaking revelations of the future, and every one of them must be accepted as truth. Those prophesied events will occur; our God has guaranteed that. His entire reputation is on the line. He forbids us to add or extract a word because this is a covenant – a contract – between Himself and His chosen people. People that ignore the Book of Revelation are placing themselves in peril. It’s just that serious. While the church is the object of this book, the Father is careful to place His nation of Israel at strategic points that are carefully set apart from the church body. Our futures intermingle at some moments but remain separate at other times so that the distinctions are never lost.

There are five basic truths about this book that make it a perfect finish to the whole Bible – both Old and New Covenants. All sixty-five previous books of the Bible fit the pattern of this final testimony. God Himself planned the Bible and retained the finished product all settled in Heaven before Genesis was written. Our Father did not plan different books as He went along by directing and thinking up episodes. It’s all a master plan of our Creator from start to finish. That’s why the whole Bible is complete with this final revelation. Remember, He said, “For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven” (Psalm 119:89).

The five principles that you must follow to understand this great masterpiece are simple. Any person that will follow these instructions will soon be delighted with what they learn. First, this book is written in chronological order – nothing is out of place unless you move it. It starts with the Lord after His resurrection and progresses until He and His Father are dwelling with the eternal family in New Jerusalem. Do not try to move anything from its location or interject some historical past in the order of the book.

Second, study the types and symbols that fill this book and let the same symbols and types in the rest of the Bible interpret them for you. The four beasts of Revelation chapter four are clearly described in Ezekiel as living creatures or cherubim. They are great angelic beings that defend holiness in the earth at Christ’s direction. The number “seven” is used forty-four times in this one book, but from Genesis 1:7 on, it is always the final amount of a perfect event, idea, or even a person. The phrase, “seven spirits,” represents the complete office, action, and person of the Holy Spirit.

The whole Bible is written to interpret itself, and every book is part of the whole. In the first chapter of my book, The Masterpiece, I show the unity of the Bible with the Book of Revelation as the model. The Garden of Eden is first seen in Genesis and lastly revealed perfectly restored in the Book of Revelation. All the judgments are talked about throughout the whole book, but revealed in final fulfillment in the Book of Revelation. Trying to understand this revelation apart from the entire Bible is destined to fail. Trying to deny the Book of Revelation and its End Time development is a disaster.

Fourth, the Book of Genesis must be accepted and believed exactly as it is written if you are going to believe the Book of Revelation. Those two books are the Alpha and Omega of the Bible. The Holy Ghost did not make a mistake. Creation, as revealed in Genesis, is a perfect rendering of GodÂ’s perfect created order. The FatherÂ’s warning to Satan that the seed of woman would bruise his head (to death) is perfectly fulfilled in the Book of Revelation. GodÂ’s desire to walk with Adam and Eve in His garden finds a beautiful ending and a perfect finish in the Book of Revelation.

Lastly, but of grave importance, the Book of Revelation is an exact literal book to be interpreted literally or not at all. Any effort to spiritualize or make this book an allegory is evil and the work of Satan. The Son of God makes the most undeniable statements to establish the truth declared in these pages, “Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand” (Revelation 1:3). To John He declared, “After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter” (Revelation 4:1). Jesus and the book declared, “He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus” (Revelation 22:20). That is not the language of an allegory neither is it a language you can spiritualize while denying the literal meaning.

These five principles are certainly planned facts that set this book apart from every book in the Bible. Every Word of Scripture is inerrant and true, but the Book of Revelation is the final book and must be read, studied, and believed, or the Bible is not complete in your life. The false doctrines that are sweeping the world would find little acceptance in a church world that had the Book of Revelation fully preached and believed. Doctrines like the denial of a Pre-Tribulation Rapture, the denial of the Seven Years of Tribulation, or the thousand years of the reign of Christ on the Earth are not as plain anywhere else in the Bible as in this masterpiece of Biblical literature.

There is no question that our Heavenly Father and His Son planned the Bible perfectly. It is also clear that the Holy Spirit orchestrated it from Genesis to Revelation. It is an infallible Book, and it is complete in every detail. To live in the Bible is life, both spiritual life now and eternal life hereafter. Jesus Christ is both the living Word and the written Word revealed.

Joseph R. Chambers