This excerpt from Treason comes from the introduction . . .

Babylon Begins the Gentile Age      2-11-2020

In 588 BC, the Babylonian Empire burned Jerusalem to the ground and officially ushered in the Gentile Age. It has been an age of great advances alongside tragic tyranny. The Bible is very clear that this age will eventually end in an economic collapse, and catastrophic destruction of cities, nations, and the ecosystems of the planet.

We are fast approaching a series of climactic events that culminate in the physical return of Jesus Christ. In 2 Peter 3:7, we are told that the judgment of the ungodly in the last days will not happen with a flood, but with fire. Then, in the book of Revelation, we are given an overwhelming picture of the destruction of the world by fire.

After a year of intense and focused study for this book, I found myself burdened by all the disturbing images in the prophetic writings. As I prayed and complained to God that I would rather not be a messenger of doom and gloom, His response was not what I expected, and it set me free to keep going. Once I had voiced my complaint, a question arose in my spirit: “Who is the apostle of love in the Bible?” “John the Beloved,” I replied. “Who wrote the book of Revelation?” “John the Beloved,” I replied again.

Once I realized that the apostle of love was the one that gave us the most disturbing apocalyptic book in the Bible, I was relieved. Then I thought of Daniel, the prophet who shared with us his troubling visions of mankind under Gentile rule. Daniel was a gentle and loving man who lived his entire life as a slave in Babylon. His visions came to him as he prayed for his people, the Jews, to be restored back to their homeland. In response to his prayers, he was shown the future of Israel, and the world, and it was not a pretty picture. When he learned that hundreds of years would ensue and cruel dictators would persecute and kill his people all the way to the brink of destruction before Messiah returned, he was literally ill for days.

With every breath I take, I am looking for the greatness and glory of God in these last days. I want to know what the people of God are doing and what will happen to us when the planet finds itself locked into the birth pangs of tribulation before the return of Jesus Christ. I can hear my children saying to me, “Come on, Mom, just say it. We don’t care if it’s perfect; we just want to know what you are hearing and seeing.”

For this reason, I study and I write—for my children and my grandchildren. I want us to be prepared.