"From 1997 onwards, the world will be torn apart by intense and fearful phenomena. Tokyo will be gulped down by the sea. The chosen will flee to the mountains, where they will escape the effects of chemical, biological and nuclear warfare. Just before the year 2000, a polar shift will cause the earth to 'slurp on its side.' Seasons will change abruptly, and the oceans will slosh about like a jostled bowl of water, engulfing California and England. The dead will have to be tipped into mass graves."
The above are the predictions of Damian Thompson, secular author of "The End of Time." One final prediction of Thompson bears quoting in full: "In the next few years, the old world order will disintegrate and a global government will be formed by a leader who, although handsome and charismatic, is the spokesman for forces of evil. His sinister machinations will lead to a Third World War in which half the world's population will perish and a new American or Russian nuclear device will plunge into the sea, killing a third of all sea creatures. A Chinese army of 200 million will do battle with the new world government, and dead bodies will be piled as high as mountains." The fact that Thompson is a secular writer makes his predictions all the more eerie, since they come so close to what the Bible tells us will actually happen during the time of the end.
Time is growing shorter with each coming day. Pay close attention to those individuals who continue to promote a one-world government; observe carefully the development of the EU (European Community) as it takes on unprecedented powers--authority that will have the economic clout eventually to send the U.S. economy into a tailspin; watch as the tensions in the already volatile Middle East approach historic proportions--but which will be child's play compared to the battles yet to come, when the Antichrist steps up his control midway in the Tribulation and abandons his peace treaty with Israel to live out his Satan-incarnated spirit as he does battle with the one true God.
But Jesus said in Luke 21:9, "When you shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified, for all these things must first come to pass." Our Lord then gives us the ultimate word of hope and encouragement when He says in verse 31, "When you see these things come to pass, know that the Kingdom of God is nigh at hand."