August 2001 Vol.4, No. 7 Contents The G8 and the Elephant in the Living Room by Melvin Rhodes Restoration...A Blueprint for Prosperity by Darris McNeely Free Trade Area of the Americas - What Will Happen to Latin America? by Fred Nance Dancing With Indecency by Cecil E. Maranville Excerpts From Good News Radio: Are We Living in the Time of the End? by Gary Petty In Brief... World News Review by Tom Kirkpatrick, Cecil E. Maranville and L. Jim Tuck This Is the Way... No Fishin' Allowed in School by Robin Webber Are We Living in the Time of the End? A Newsweek report states that there has been more scholarship devoted to the study of end-time biblical prophecies in the past 30 years than there had been in the last 300 years. A series of novels based on these prophecies have sold over nine million copies. Are we nearing the end? A Good News radio broadcast by Gary Petty A recent resurgence of fascination with biblical prophecy has spawned religious debate over interpretations of the visions of Daniel, Christ's Olivet Prophecy and the mysterious images that Christ told the apostle John to write in the book of Revelation. People want to know about the future. We are living in turbulent times. Many are concerned about the state of the world and some discerning souls are turning to the Bible for solace and insight-the prophetic passages in particular. A Newsweek article titled "The Way the World Ends" states: "Of all the books of the Bible, none has fired the imagination of the West more than the last, the mysterious Apocalypse. The four horsemen of the Apocalypse, the Whore of Babylon, the deceitful Antichrist-these are just a few of the powerful and troubling images that Revelation injected into Western art and consciousness. Its prophecies have been of even greater consequence: the return of the Jews to the Holy Land, the millennial kingdom of Christ on earth, the Battle of Armageddon and the promise of a new heaven and earth have justified numerous wars and revolutions and inspired utopias and religious sects of every sort." How can we understand biblical prophecy? Are there rules to the strange images and predictions? Where do we even start? A pivotal passage Read the full article at www.wnponline.org/wnp/wnp0108/living.htm Related Information on UCG Sites: Table of Contents that includes "Are We Living in the Time of the End? (8/2001)" Other Articles by Gary Petty Prophecy, end time - Europe: _Berlin - Europe's Future Political Capital? _The Element of Surprise _God's Framework for End-Time Prophecy _Are We Living in the Time of the End? _The End of 'This present Evil Age' _The Destruction of Satan's Kingdom _The Middle East in Prophecy _Prophecy Being Fulfilled? _Iraq's Liberation: A Foretaste for the Entire World _The Rising European Superpower: Prophesied in the Bible? _Major International Challenges Confront President Bush's Second Term _Are We Living in the Time of the End? (3/2005) _60 Years After World War II: What Have We Learned? Jesus' return - prophecies of: _The Man Who Saw It All in Advance _Wise Men Still Seek His Star _Is Revelation Related to a Christian's Reward? _Jesus Christ's return _How Is the Kingdom "at Hand'? _The Feast of Trumpets: A Turning Point in History _Who Could Possibly Misunderstand the Second Coming? _The Feast of Peace _The Biblical Feast of Trumpets: Foretelling 'the Day of the Lord' _The Festival Code: Unlocking the Future _The Rock Which Followed Them _Your Mission... _Psalm 22--An Awe-Inspiring Prophecy! _Describing the Indescribable Prophecy, end time - world: _The Cause of Natural Disasters _And The World Was Filled With Violence _The Population Bomb Keeps Ticking Away _Apocalyptic Prophecy - the End of Time? _An Outline of Future History _Is China Really "Opening Up" to the West? _Meeting Our Moment of Maximum Jeopardy! _Visions of Judgment: The Red Horse of War _Visions of Judgment: The Ride of the Third Horseman -- Famine _Visions of Judgment: The Ride of the Fifth Horseman _Krakatoa -- Preparing for the Future? _How Close Are We to the End of This Age? _The Heavenly Signs in the Sequence of End-Time Events _60 Years After the War in Europe _In the Aftermath of Katrina: What Can We Learn? _Signs of the End Times _Why Don't We Prepare? _World Won't End in "Fire and Ice" _Restoration: Don't Mess With Revelation! _The Two Witnesses and You _The Fall of Satan's Kingdom _The End Time in the Book of Revelation _The End of the Age _The Population Explosion and Prophecy _Noah and Our Time: A Sobering Parallel _What Is the Time of the End? _'This Generation Will Not Pass' _A Dangerous and Dying World _The Book of Revelation: Timetable for the End Time _Introduction (bsc5) _The Crisis at the Close _Does Prophecy Tell Us When Christ Will Return? _Has Jesus Christ's Olivet Prophecy Been Fulfilled? _Armageddon and Divine Intervention _Mass Media and Bible Prophecy _Will Civilization End in Global Cataclysm? _The End of the World: What Does the Bible Say? _The Horsemen of Revelation: The Red Horse of War _The Horsemen of Revelation: The Pale Horse of Pestilence _The Day the World Ended: Lessons From Pompeii _Is God Indifferent to Human Suffering? _'Watch Therefore, and Pray Always' _Does History Repeat Itself? The Biblical Verdict _What's Next? A Looming Trade War? _Questions and Answers _Will You Be Ready to Reject the Mark of the Beast? _The Acts of Moses, Elijah and the Two Witnesses _The Warnings Are Loud and Clear--But Are You Listening? _The Enormous Expansion of Chinese Influence: What Does It Portend? _Is 2012 the End of the World? _Will 2012 Bring the End of the World? Search Our Site Key Subjects Index General Topics Index Biblical References Index Good News Magazine Index Booklets and All Literature Index Home Page of this site