Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. (I Peter 4:1,2)

Many times God sends tribulation on us in order to deliver us from temptation. Before we are afflicted we go astray, but after we suffer we cease our sinning. Afflictions are the constant companions of the righteous, but after a season the Lord removes those companions. He removes them because the necessary transformation of character has been wrought in us.

God will permit Antichrist to deceive numerous believers. The true witnesses of the Lord will be driven from the cities of the earth. All opposition will be removed from the path of the man of sin.

Antichrist will subsidize the Christian churches and schools leaving their "dead bodies in the street of Sodom, Egypt, and Jerusalem." The Holy Spirit will not be in those institutions. The voice of the Bridegroom and the Bride will not be in them. "Peace and safety" will appear to fill the land. The tormentors, the Lord's witnesses, have been overcome by temptation or else have been driven by force from the centers of civilization.

Suddenly the Lord will fill the living and dead saints with the incorruptible resurrection Life of the Spirit of God. They will stand on their feet on the earth. Antichrist and his followers will behold them with fear.

Many of the nations of the earth will believe on Christ and come to the Presence of God in the saints.

We now are entering "seven fat years" of abundance of God's Word and spiritual blessing. Let us be diligent in laying up "corn" for ourselves and for those around us. The darkness is at hand in which no man can work. The morning is coming but also the night. (from Sodom; Egypt; Jerusalem)