The Final Trumpet

INTRODUCTION

I was raised as an Atheist, who went searching for God as detailed in the book Truth-Not Exactly. The scientific laws of this universe, combined with deductive logic, demanded a first cause or Creator. Logic dictated that this Creator would not create without purpose. Furthermore, I derived that He may have communicated with us. I went on a search for Revealed Truth that contained information they –the writers - were unable to know as truth at that time. Many examples were found and are in Truth-Not Exactly. This led to a review of prophecy in the Bible. Fortunately, the Greeks translated the Bible into Greek about 285 B.C. This meant the Jews or Christians would not be able to make Prophecy after the fact. I discovered so many detailed fulfilled prophecies that it challenged my entire upbringing and mindset.  I knew men could not predict the future such as was found in the Bible. I came to the conclusion that the Bible was divine with the Seal of God on it. I had to agree with what Isaiah said thousands of years ago.      

In Isaiah 41:23, the prophet hurled out the ultimate challenge to the heathen gods, “Show the things that are to come here after, that we may know that ye are gods.”  Being in the 21st Century, it appears that the same questions or challenges were asked over three thousand years ago. If you can tell the future then it would prove that you are a God. If the Bible has prophecy that predicts future events exactly, then this is the seal of God that separates the Bible from all other non-divine books. Who can predict the rise and fall of empires, the way future battles will be fought along with their outcomes, and what cities or races will survive or become extinct? No human can do such a thing. The prophets of God, who spoke and wrote for God, have shown the mark of divine help.

During the end of the 20^th Century, Christianity became extremely focused on prophecy and the ever-changing end-time scenarios that were tied to daily events found in the news. When I became a Christian, I had an entirely new vocabulary to learn. Many of the words came with multiple definitions and interpretations. To say the least, I was a bit confused by words like Rapture, Antichrist, The Beast of the Sea, The Beast of the Earth, Two Witnesses, The Great Tribulation, 144,000, Mark of the Beast, The Four Horseman, The Seven Trumpets, The Seven Seals, etc. I just wanted to understand the truth.