The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon prompted this article. It is based on the premise that Satan has finally let it be known how terrorism factors into his plans. The article reexamines the statements the Early Church Fathers Irenæus and Hippolytus make concerning the Antichrist in light of recent events.
The purpose of this column is to explain various weather-related parabolic images that relate to the Last Days and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. This edition explains the parabolic imagery in which the “early rain” is over but the “latter rain” is just now beginning to fall. The end of the “harvest” is not far behind.
This set of “Questions & Answers” discusses Zephaniah’s prophecy concerning the impending nuclear holocaust, the ridiculous notion that God prefers one political group over another, the phony front that all leaders—religious and political—put up when tragedy strikes, and the authority of the True Believer. The final answer contains a reminder that one must be careful in ascertaining that what one hears is actually true.