Armageddon. The very word chills the soul. There ar eprobably very few adults who ar enot familiar with that word and what it implies. This war, called Armageddon, makes all the wars fought to date look like minor skirmishes It will draw the final curtain on modern civilization.

As citizens of the modern world and participants in a "civilized" culture, we like to think the Holocaust represents the last time a mark will be used for identification as a way of perpetuating evil in our world on such a large scale. But it won't be.

It seems there is more evil operating in the world than mere human sin can account for. Satan, the lord of death, is our perennial adversary.

God will not write off the billions of unbelievers groping in darkness after the Rapture. He will send rescuers offering a secure lifeline out of the depths of their impending doom.

In the depths of the Tribulation horrors, the world will witness the greatest spiritual awakening ever to occur on planet earth. Our loving and creative God continually surprises us with methods He devises to care for His people in their darkest hours.

There have been hosts of believers who have been martyred for their faith over the centuries. It has been said that the entire history of redemption is written in the blood of martyers.