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The Church in Revelation is a book that contains an urgent message for the church that every Christian should read.

This second book written by Greg Dawkins, provides biblical support for a post-tribulation rapture of the church and describes the role of the church during the events prophesied in the apostle John’s revelation of end time events. Few Christians today read or understand the importance of the book of Revelation. The book of Revelation begins with this urgent message from the Lord Jesus Christ, Himself, “Blessed (happy, to be envied) is the man who reads aloud [in the assemblies] the word of this prophecy; and blessed (happy, to be envied) are those who hear [it read] and who keep themselves true to the things which are written in it [heeding them and laying them to heart], for the time [for them to be fulfilled] is near.” Revelation 1:3 (AMP) Sadly, many religious leaders today choose not to heed this instruction from the Lord and a Sunday morning sermon message dealing with the book of Revelation is seldom preached in the churches. Current world events and the predictions of the prophets in the Bible point to the soon development of a one-world governmental and religious system led by the Antichrist and his false prophet. It is clear that, as the Bible predicts, the church today is asleep and needs to be spiritually prepared for the satanic deception and persecution of Christians which has already begun in the world. The Church in Revelation contains God’s end time battle plan and strategy for the Church. The world is about to enter that time in earth’s history referred to by the Lord Jesus Christ as a time of “great tribulation” or persecution of Jews and Christians (Matthew 24:21). The church in America must wake up and lift its voice in support of Jewish people and persecuted Christians everywhere before the persecution comes to our home front.

It is written in the Word of God that Jesus Christ will return one day to rapture His people, the Church, from the earth (I Thessalonians 4: 14-18) before the wicked are destroyed by God. However, it is my belief that God will allow the Church to go through the period of time that the Bible describes as a time of “great tribulation.” The Church which is asleep now, will awaken from its spiritual slumber and become the bright and shining light that the Lord Jesus Christ instructed His disciples they should be. It will be a time for the church to give its testimony of Jesus Christ, and to bring glory unto His holy name. Christians today who don’t believe that God would allow the Church to go through the predicted time of great tribulation before Christ returns would do well to remember the words of the apostle Peter, “Beloved, do not be amazed and bewildered at the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test your quality, as though something strange (unusual and alien to you and your position) were befalling you. But insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, so that when His glory [full of radiance and splendor] is revealed, you may also rejoice with triumph [exultantly]” (I Peter 4:12, 13;AMP). This book is dedicated to all those who are sincerely seeking the truth of God’s eternal Word, and want to be ready when the Lord Jesus Christ returns for His bride, the Church.