It was 330 BC and the day of reckoning had come for Jaddus, the chief priest. Dressed in his vestments, he led a group of prominent citizens to meet Alexander the Great, whose Macedonian army was approaching Jerusalem. Alexander wasn’t the forgiving type, and two years earlier Jaddus had refused to help Alexander’s army conquer the city of Tyre, about one hundred miles up the Mediterranean coast.
Submit to Alexander, and he would generally leave you alone, perhaps demanding tribute and some soldiers for his military campaign, but refuse, and there were consequences. The city of Tyre refused and retreated behind its walls on an island. It took seven months for Alexander to construct a causeway to reach the island. When his siege engines didn’t do the job, he amassed a fleet from around the Mediterranean to attack the city from the sea. Alexander eventually conquered; he always did.
The consequences to the people of Tyre were grim. Six thousand Tyrians were slaughtered in the fight, another two thousand crucified on the beach, and thirty thousand sold into slavery. Now it was Jaddus’s turn, but then something very odd occurred.
According to the noted historian Josephus, when Alexander the Great entered Jerusalem, Jaddus showed Alexander the scroll of Daniel:
And when the Book of Daniel was showed him [Alexander] wherein Daniel declared that one of the Greeks should destroy the empire of the Persians, he [Alexander] supposed that himself was the person intended. And as he was then glad, he dismissed the multitude for the present. [1]
The book of Daniel was written two hundred years earlier in 530 BC. Convinced the prophecy addressed himself, the twenty-five-year-old Alexander forgave the Jews and proceeded to conquer Persia.
Like Jaddus, we also face a threat today. Only for us it is a world-wide pandemic, domestic rioting and violence, and a cancel culture. Crazy ideas have become accepted truth, such as gay marriage, transgenderism, critical race theory, and a coming environmental Armageddon. Everything seems inverted and the future ominous. Wouldn’t it be nice to have some inside information like Jaddus did from the One who knows and controls the future? You can.
Did you know that the rebirth of the nation of Israel was predicted in the Bible? So is the present hatred of the Arab countries for Israel; the confederation of Russia, Turkey, and Iran; the development of implantable microchips; and the worldwide appeal of globalism. The world is not so threatening when you understand God’s plan. As Jan Markell of Olive Tree Ministries says, “Maybe the world isn’t falling apart. Maybe it’s falling into place.”
What happens if things get worse in the world? We are all accustomed to comfort and order, but what happens if it disappears? Can you persevere? You can if you understand Bible prophecy. You only have one life here on earth; don’t let circumstances rob you of your joy. Our training guide can help you live victoriously during troubled times.
Like all successful training programs, our book provides the following key elements:
• The Need. Before you train, you must be crystal clear about the need to train. Chapter 1 reveals our need: the Christian worldview is disappearing from America.
• The Coach. You need a coach, a trusted source with inside knowledge to provide a plan for your training. Chapter 2 provides the evidence that such a trusted source is available.
• The Inside Knowledge. You must understand what valuable information this inside knowledge provides. Chapter 3 three explains God’s end times prophecies and timeline.
• The Problem. To appreciate why doing nothing is not an option, you must understand what originally caused this need to train. Chapter 4 reveals how sexual sin has led to God’s punishment of America.
• The Seriousness. You must recognize that this need is severe enough to justify the time and effort to train. Chapter 5 explains how America’s decline fits into end times prophecy.
• The Urgency. You must also recognize that the need to train is urgent, and training must start now. Chapter 6 reveals the current signs that we are very close to the end.
• The Opposition. You must expect opposition to your training. Chapter 7 reveals the creeping totalitarianism that is spreading across America.
• The Plan. You need a coach to develop a training plan to reach your objective. Chapter 8 explains how to prepare for the end times and live a joyful life.
• The Objective. To persevere when the going gets tough, you must visualize your objective. Chapter 9 describes our hope: the Rapture, Millennial Kingdom, and New Heaven and New Earth.
• The Consequence of Failure. To pursue this training, you must recognize what happens should you fail. Chapter 10 reveals the only way to avoid the coming catastrophe.
This book offers knowledge. With knowledge comes understanding, and with understanding comes peace. Don’t fear the daily headlines. Behold God’s plan in the pages ahead and face the future with confidence.