Last Days of the End (Days Of The Apocalypse #5)

by Mark E. Fisher

Of the approximately 2,500 prophecies in the Bible, 2,000 have already been fulfilled. Those that remain relate to the end times.

The Israel-Hamas war has brought out a virulent anti-Jewish, anti-Israeli hatred unlike anything we have seen in modern times. Such mindless, ignorant hate can only be demon-inspired. It only confirms what Matthew 24:9–12 tells us—that in the end times, hatred will increase, and hearts will grow cold.

To love others means giving them the truth about their eternal destiny. The world needs to hear about the coming judgment—but in a loving, winsome way.

So what do we do while we wait for Christ to take us home? First, we must speak truth against falsehood. The culture is awash in lies, and people, because of either wokeness or shocking ignorance, have been deceived. The world needs to hear the truth. About what is right and what is wrong. And about Jesus, the source of all truth and the only way to salvation. Second, we must speak truth with love and respect. I admit this can be difficult when woke ideologies inspired by the Evil One have captured so many minds so thoroughly and people believe so strongly in the opposite of what is true.

Third, we must ensure that our faith is grounded firmly in Scripture, God’s revelation to mankind. We must resist the lies of the culture and follow the teachings of Christ, even when our relatives, friends, and coworkers have succum...

As part of keeping our faith strong, we must be part of a Christian community, engaging with other Christians who care about us and with whom we have deep relationships. After all, Christians are members of the family of God under Christ with whom we will spend eternity. We must not be isolated from our Christian brothers and sisters. We must not face what’s coming alone. So let us speak truth against the l...

universe—God is creating a people for himself under Christ, a people who will love him, whom he will love, and with whom he will spend eternity.

PS: As in the first and second books, this novel contains the journeys of some individuals when they travel to Hell. All are based on the real-life reports of near-death experiences related by those who were pronounced dead, who found themselves in Hell, but whom doctors brought back to life. Let them stand as a stark warning for all who reject, despise, or mock the name of our Lord Jesus.

If you don’t give yourself to the light, it’s easy to give in when the darkness calls.

Still, I shudder at the thought that such evil consumed the man who fathered me. But there it is.

A better person would push the darkness aside and focus only on the light. Yet here I am, mired in the shadows.

Ah, yes. Welcome whiskey and opium oblivion. Fog and stupor. The pain from the sores was slipping away. In moments, he would drop, insensate and uncaring, into a deep sleep.

But as he was dropping off, what arose before him was not a vision of welcoming clouds or a foggy, fuzzy blanket of forgetfulness, but a picture of an endless lake of dark flames, ever burning, never consuming, always raging. Forever and ever and ever.

“And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?”

Romans 9:25 (HCSB): So that you will not be conceited, brothers, I do not want you to be

unaware of this mystery: A partial hardening has come to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, causing it to scorch everyone with its fire. Everyone was burned by this blast of heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had control over all these plagues. They did not repent of their sins and turn to God and give him glory.

Zephaniah 1:15a, 1–18 (HCSB): That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation . . . I will bring distress on mankind, and they will walk like the blind because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung. Their silver and gold will not be able to rescue them on the day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy. For He will make a complete, yes, a horrifying end of all the inhabitants of the earth.

When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. He laid His

right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last, and the Living One. I was dead, but look—I am alive forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and Hades.”

When his gaze fell on the man before him, emanating a sense of holiness and surrounded by blinding light, he knew instantly this was the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, the risen Christ. How could anyone like him, so unworthy, insignificant, and filled with shame, stand in such a presence? He fell to his knees and dropped his face to the ground.

That he was perfectly good and without sin, and that no human being could ever approach his

holiness.

That the love he held for every man, woman, and child was bottomless, deep, pure and everlasting, and beyond measuring. That, through the millennia, Jesus had offered mankind every possible chance to turn from their wickedness, debauchery, and evil and to embrace eternal life. But that, instead, most had rejected, despised, and spat upon his every entreaty.

That this Jesus, after having removed his people from the earth, was now filled with a righteous wrath against those who—even after seeing the wonders and signs God had displayed—still refused his free gift of salvation. And that this Jesus had every right to inflict whatever judgment he desired upon a planet and a people that he, himself, had created, for the people now followed and worshiped the enemy of all that was good and right and holy.

And finally, that those who had turned to him, trusted in him, and followed him to the end would reap an eternal reward beyond all imagining. And there, Jesus’s message ended. Standing before this holy Being of light, this Jesus of power, judgment, and righteousness, Pasqual shook with shame, mortification, and...

“TELL THEM WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN,” came the sound of rushing waters. “TELL THEM TO HAVE FAITH, TO HOL...

Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. His subjects ground their teeth in anguish, and they cursed the God of heaven for their pains and sores. But they did not repent of their evil deeds and turn to God.

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Pay attention! Disaster

spreads from nation to nation. A great storm is stirred up from the ends of the earth.”

Isaiah 13:1, 4–6, 9–13 (HCSB): An oracle against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw: . . . Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a mighty people! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations being gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war. They are coming from a far land, from the distant horizon—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country. Wail! For the day of the LORD is near. It will come like destruction from the Almighty. . . . Look, the day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with rage and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners on it. Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will not shine. I will bring disaster on the world, and their own iniquity on the wicked. I will put an end to the pride

of the arrogant and humiliate the insolence of tyrants. I will make man scarcer than gold, and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir. Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will shake from its foundations at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts, on the day of his burning anger

A day of the Lord is coming when your plunder will be divided

in your presence. I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.

Jeremiah 50:1, 2a, 41–42 (NLT): The Lord gave Jeremiah the prophet this message concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians. This is what the Lord says: . . . “Look! A great army is coming from the north. A great nation and many kings are rising against you from far-off lands. They are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. As they ride forward on horses, they sound like a roaring sea. They are coming in battle formation, planning to destroy you, Babylon.”

The Lord gave Jeremiah the prophet this message concerning

Babylon and the land of the Babylonians. This is what the Lord says: . . . “For I am raising up an army of great nations from the north. They will join forces to attack Babylon, and she will be captured. The enemies’ arrows will go straight to the mark; they will not miss! Babylonia will be looted until the attackers are glutted with loot. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Revelation 16:16 (NLT): And the demonic spirits gathered all the rulers and their armies to a place with the Hebrew name Armageddon.

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all. But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture. On the day when I act, you will tread upon the

wicked as if they were dust under your feet,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Jeremiah 51:1–6 (NLT): This is what the Lord says: “I will stir up a destroyer against Babylon

and the people of Babylonia. Foreigners will come and winnow her, blowing her away as chaff. They will come from every side to rise against her in her day of trouble. Don’t let the archers put on their armor or draw their bows. Don’t spare even her best soldiers! Let her army be completely destroyed. They will fall dead in the land of the Babylonians, slashed to death in her streets. For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has not abandoned Israel and Judah. He is

still their God, even though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.” Flee from Babylon! Save yourselves! Don’t get trapped in her punishment! It is the Lord...

Jeremiah 50:1, 2a, 14–15 (NLT): The LORD gave Jeremiah the prophet this message concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians. This is what the LORD says: . . . “Yes, prepare to attack Babylon, all you surrounding nations. Let your archers shoot at her; spare no arrows. For she has sinned against the LORD. Shout war cries against her from every side. Look! She surrenders! Her walls have fallen. It is the LORD’s vengeance, so take vengeance on her. Do to her as she has done to others!”

Revelation 18:6–8 (HCSB): Pay her back the way she also paid, and double it according to her works. In the cup in which she mixed, mix a double portion for her. As much as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, give her that much torment and grief, for she says in her heart, “I sit as a queen; I am not a widow, and I will never see grief.” For this reason her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine. She will be burned up with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is mighty.

The merchants of the world will weep and mourn for her,

for there is no one left to buy their goods. . . . “The fancy things you loved so much are gone,” they cry. “All your luxuries and splendor are gone forever, never to be yours again.” The merchants who became wealthy by selling her these things will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. They will weep and cry out, “How terrible, how terrible for that great city! She was clothed in finest purple and scarlet linens, decked out with gold and

precious stones and pearls! In a single moment all the wealth o...

Jeremiah 50:1, 2a, 41, 43 (NLT): The Lord gave Jeremiah the prophet this message concerning

Babylon and the land of the Babylonians. This is what the Lord says: . . . “Look! A people comes from the north. A great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the remote regions of the earth. . . . The king of Babylon has heard reports about them, and his hands fall helpless. Distress has seized him—pain, like a woman in labor.”