It has been said of the devil that his greatest ruse is to make people believe that he does not exist. An even bigger ruse among evangelical Christians is the belief that the USA, the greatest economic, political and military power the world has ever seen, and a key ally in the existence and the preservation of the people of God at this hour (much like Egypt and the Babylonians of old), has no place in Bible prophecy.

Adding to and further extending the devil’s list of ruses and distortions of Biblical truth, a certain pastor was interviewed on a Christian radio program, aired 10/18/2023 and heard somewhere in the Milwaukie, Wisconsin area. On that program, a caller wanted to know if we are living in the end times. To that query the pastor replied, “no”. That caller also went on to inquire as to whether there is any comparison between current events of our day and those that are cited as markers of the end times, in the Bible (in so many words, the man wanted to know if historical events today in any way parallel any of those prophesied in Bible prophecy). Again, to this the guest preacher responded most emphatically, “NO, we are not living in the end times. Bible eschatology”, he said furthermore, “only begins with the last 7 years of tribulation, as detailed in the Revelation”. There is nothing today that correlates to anything indicative of the end times, he concluded (Really?! We shall see!).