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This audiobook has one goal - to help you pursue Christ with passion as long as you live here on Earth. It is a worthy pursuit, and when you reach the end of your life, you will never regret that you pursued Jesus Christ with all your heart, mind, and soul. The audiobook is called an "intense devotional" because it is not a light or feel-good devotional. It will require you to do some deep thinking about the most important spiritual challenges you will face in this life. But this is also an uplifting audiobook with plenty of encouragement and hope directly from God's word.

This book is about the end. The end of the world. The end of all things. The rapture is very soon, and beyond the rapture will be the worst time the world has ever seen known as the seven year tribulation. Bible prophesies are being fulfilled in rapid succession in the last days, and while American churches seem oblivious to the obvious, genuine believers have been watching the prophesies unfold and are getting ready for the rapture. What are the signs of the rapture? How soon will it happen? What can we do to get ready?

There are some great motivational speakers around the world, and some of them are so good with such a powerful emotional message they can get crowds of tens of thousands of people on their feet shouting and clapping and dancing enthusiastically. But among all the motivational teachers from the beginning of time and among all the messages delivered, there is one teacher and one message that stands so far above all the others that there is no comparison.

The day was a Wednesday about 1,990 years ago, one week before the Passover celebration in Jerusalem when Jesus finalized his life’s ministry with several extraordinary events. In one of those events, Jesus’ answer to a key question from his disciples is arguably the greatest speech ever delivered. Jesus’ last major public sermon, his final doctrinal teachings to the people, his stunning rebuke of the religious leaders of the day, and his famous Olivet Discourse, which is the longest answer he ever gave to any question, all occur on Wednesday of the week before the Passover.

Freedom is a choice. It’s a much tougher choice than most people comprehend, because real freedom starts with what you choose to believe. Of course, you have a conscious ability by an act of your will to decide what to believe is true, and you do that everyday, all day long. But the majority of your decisions are actually made at the subconscious level. Deep below the surface of your conscious mind is where strongholds are built.

The real war today is not political, not economic, not military, not social, not philosophical, and not scientific. The real war that is driving everything else is a spiritual war that is thousands of years old. I call this war the War of the Ages. We are living in the midst of a war between God and Satan that has been raging forever as we know time. Understanding this reality will change everything about how you see the world and interpret current events.

The popular declaration in Christendom today is, “Do not take the mark of the beast, because if you do, you will go to hell.” A related question is, “Can you lose your salvation by taking the mark of the beast during the tribulation?” There is a great deal of confusion about the mark of the beast, and few sermons adequately address this subject. Rather than just accept the mantra, “Do not take the mark of the beast!”, let’s carefully dig into the scriptures for help. This issue really involves a number of corollary questions.