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From my earliest childhood, I recognized the Bible as a very special Book. In Sunday school, as well as in our home, the Bible had a place given to no other book. While I cannot recall my father ever reading a newspaper at the dinner table, it was our family custom to read a portion of Scripture and have family prayer each day. Even before I could read I was taught to memorize short verses of the Bible. Later I joined with the rest of the family in reciting almost daily some portion of S...

What really is new in the fulfillment of biblical prophecy today? Forty years ago I wrote: "The world today faces an international crisis unparalleled in all the history of man. A tremendous revolution is under way in the international scene, in science, in economics, in morals, in theology, and in the religious structure of the church. The world is aflame with the raw passions of men ambitious for power and desperate to be freed from poverty and frustration. An ominous cloud hangs over ...

A person does not have to be an astute student of prophecy to realize that many things are occurring today that have prophetic significance. Because wrong interpretations of prophecy have been made, some shy away from any attempt to understand what God is doing today. While we must be careful not to read too much into current events, a careful study of Scripture reveals some graphic signs which suggest that the rapture of the church could be very near. And that should encourage us, for th...