Hi Lorne I spent most of the day reading your book and enjoyed it very much. It actually clarified many of my thoughts and also gave me a number of questions. I particularly enjoyed the chapter on the tribulation. I am very into prophecy and the end times. I am very blessed to have been a Christian since my youth and if you read my book, God's Gracious Gift, you will see how that impacted my strength of will to endure the trial I survived in 1971. I have two children, both born again believers, but each with very different views on the end times. We were raised in the Baptist church which teaches the rapture, the anti-christ, etc. My son does not believe the rapture as taught in the church to be a actual thing. In fact, he believes strictly in the Bible as the term rapture is never used and as taught by Paul does not exist as such. He does believe in the Christ's return but not necessarily that Revelation is a prophecy but is strictly an analogy. People have doubted his faith because he does not believe in the rapture but I have always defended him as I believe that one's thoughts about end time prophecy has nothing to do with one's salvation. You did confirm such in your book for which I am grateful. My question to you comes about scriptures referencing as in the gospels, "two will be in the field and one will taken and one left behind" or "I will return as thief in the night" I know that scripture refers to Christ's return being unknown. It seems strange to me that so many churches teach the "rapture" as an actual happening if scripture does not support it. How then did it come to be? Just curious. It matters not how and when Christ will return as I am confident He will - hopefully soon. I do believe there are many anti-christs as you point out and one of them may be leading our nation. I fear greatly for my grandchildren as to what amount of persecution they will have to endure. I pray they stay strong in their faith. My 7 year own has already accepted Christ into her life. For that I am thankful. There is one more curious question. I have read a great many books on the end times and wonder if the Christians are not taken out before the antichrist comes (the one real antichrist) then will not they reveal him to the world? The United States is not mentioned in the Bible as it did not exist then, but I have often heard it will not be here in the end times. I dedicated my life to Christ as a Billy Graham crusade and I believe Billy to be God's prophet for our lifetime. I believe when he and others like him have gone home to be with the Lord, that the anti-christ will be revealed. Your thoughts on that? Well, I've taken enough of your time. Thank you for supporting my book. I believe in my heart God has someone who needs to read it and I know He will see that they find it. Blessings, Joy

Good morning, Chris: Thank you for backing my book. That book is already published on the nook and kindle. Another one is also published, If you can borrow a nook or kindle (I recomment you buying one) you'll be able to read it. The book is A PRIVATE CONVERSATION MADE PUBLIC. It's Christ's conversation to his disciples in private (made public by a confidant of his). Therein Christ tells them about the course of this age and his Second Coming and the end of the age (world). He announced that the only thing to occur before the end is that the gospel is to be preached in all the world. I'm sure he did not mean every single person but nations or people. How many countries have not heard that gospel I don't know. Evidentally not all -- for he has not yet come. But it's probably very close. Read carefully that conversation in Matthew 24 and 25. Our Lord bless you and your loved ones very good. Lorne

I like your scriptural rationale. There is a big spiritual awakening underfoot, what with all the misplaced doomsday prophesies about 2012. I stood at the 'Holy of Holies' and experienced a vision, which is strange, considering that I'm a major-league sceptic.. There is no doubt that something Big is probably going to happen in 2012, but it will not be the end, but it might be the beginning of the end, which could take decades to play out - perhaps centuries - we will never know. When I stood on the Temple Mount, I closed my eyes and a voice spoke to me and said "Behold in Zion I cast a stumbling stone; where it began it shall end." Then I saw buildings come down and the Eiffel Tower fall over. A year later on 9/11 I saw two of the biggest in the world come down and thought "this is it." But I was wrong - too many prophesies still need to be fulfilled. The final battle will be over the very rock it all began at and when the Israelis retake the Temple Mount and demolish the Mosques, that's when the final countdown starts. I will do my best to give your book a read in the next week or two. It's a subject of great interest to me.

Hi, Lorne, Your book is on my WL and I have star graded it. I will upgrade it to my shelf asap, that is when the system allows. I wonder why you are on Authonomy as your books should be on every university library shelf. Can't you find a Theology based publisher who specialises in your type of work. I also think there is Dan Brown material lurking there ready to spring out. All the best, Brian aka JB. Woods (Stolen Birthright)

Backing this book...could use the inspiration. Thanks for your kind comments from a while ago, sorry it took me so long to get back to you.

Dear Lorne well I have backed you more than once and this again is a good book. thank you and best of luck Denise The Letter

Dear Lorne, Amazing, your in depth Bible study of II Thessalonians. :) Great the you told the Greek words :) - the one for epiphany, I didn't know. :) Isn't that something that we can learn something new every day. :) I love my Strong's Concordance that I research words all of the the time, but that wasn't one of them. :) God bless you for being an instrument of His. :) You're going to catch up with Paul on books :) - or have you? :) Love, Susie :) Let all that hath breath, praise ye the Lord. :)

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