LET'S WRAP THIS UP!

Ok, so I'm thinking that the really "bad" stuff, with the Antichrist hunting down and persecuting the followers of Christ and those who refuse to accept the "Mark of the Beast" in their body, is going to be a brief moment in time. God says "for the elects' sake, those days shall be shortened" and, really 3 1/2 years isn't a huge amount of time. We, who are alive then, will be living one day at a time, praying and depending on God for our survival. So, if you are already in the habit of depending on God, you're all set! God loves it when we completely depend on Him for everything!

By now, I hope you're beginning to realize that the Bible is NO ORDINARY BOOK. It's your survival handbook! It's chock full of loads of promises and the reason for those promises is because GOD WANTS US TO CLAIM THEM! He wants us to add our faith to those promises and BRING THEM TO LIFE! The words of God are PURE WORDS TRIED IN A FURNACE OF FIRE AND PURIFIED SEVEN TIMES.

GOLD. They are more valuable than silver or gold! Do you believe that? Then, "according to your FAITH be it done unto you!" Faith is an amazing gift from God. He wants us to use it. It's money in the bank. It's food on the table. It's health to our bones. It's a shining light on our path.

So, let's finish up all this terrible stuff in Revelation so we can get to the Happy Ending!

Revelation 18
1. And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
3. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

If you can come out of "her" physically, leave the US or the West. If you can't, come out spiritually. Jesus said in John 17:15 "I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil."

It takes spiritual warfare to keep yourself out of the influence of the world. If you live in the West, particularly the US, you are surrounded with advertising, evil influences, fornication, lust, pride and materialism. 

5. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
6. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
7. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
8. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

"Utterly burned with fire" it says. So, if this is talking about an enormous country, like America, could it be that God will use nuclear warfare to utterly burn her with fire? In one day? So much destruction so quickly would seem to have to be accomplished by the splitting of the atom.

9. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
10. Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

(At this point, I'm really thinking twice about ever having a McD, KFC, or Pizza Hut meal EVER again! ha!)

11. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
12. The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
13. And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
14. And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
15. The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16. And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17. For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18. And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19. And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20. Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21. And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
22. And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
23. And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

Were you deceived?

24. And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.