Timothy Ph.D. Dailey - Apocalypse Rising: Chaos in the Middle East, the Fall of the West, and Other Signs of the End Times

The End of the World as We Know It

But if we fail, then the whole world... including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age.

Winston Churchill, June 1939

Europe was rent asunder, facing an enemy that appeared unstoppable and bent on conquest. France with her mighty armies had fallen in mere days to the armored columns of the Wehrmacht. The implacable German Fhrer next set his eyes on Britain and decreed: England must fall!

Attempts to appease Hitler had failed, sweeping Churchillthe one leader with the will to resist the Nazisinto power. The pugnacious Prime Minister stood before Parliament and laid down the gauntlet. The Battle of Britain has begun, he announced, and upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization. The rest, as they say, is history.

A monstrous evil that eclipses by a quantum leap that of the Third Reich is waiting in the wings to initiate the Final Battle between the forces of good and evil. In the pages that follow we will offer fresh insight into the spreading turmoil in the Middle East and Europethe United States will not escapeand how it paves the way for the mysterious Gog and Magog of Ezekiel.

Our expansive investigation is a journey back through time spanning more than two millennia, from vast hordes sweeping across Central Asian steppes in search of conquest to present-day geopolitical developments rocking the Middle East, Europe and beyond. We will discover how the lands of Gog and Magog play a role in momentous events in history, from the fall of Rome to the world wars of the twentieth century to the infamous events of 9/11. We will pass through lands scarred by epic battles between East and Westand which are threatened once more by a modern-day invasion from Gog and Magog. We will introduce provocative evidence regarding this question: Is the United States mentioned in the prophetic texts?

Our analysis will reveal a great pincer movement that seeks with one talon to rip apart what remains of Christendom in Europe and the United States while with another talon to rend the Middle East in search of great spoil. Ultimately we will see that planet Earth is facing catastrophic events of biblical proportion, including threats from space-age doomsday weapons.

Last, but by no means least, we step back to examine a critical weakness that is increasingly found in books on biblical eschatology, leaving more than a few prophecy teachers with egg on their faces. The atomization of biblical prophecy leads to detailed charts of end time events that leave little room for the symbolism and vivid imagery that is the hallmark of apocalyptic literature.

Regrettably, this flawed approach can lead to sensationalism and date setting as teachers and writers seek to correlate their intricate prophecy timetables with contemporary events. The reader is invited to skip ahead and review the afterword, The Atomization of Biblical Prophecy, which highlights recent claims that biblical prophecies will take place on specific datesclaims that invariably have proven false.

I can still recall, as a young Bible school student, compiling a comprehensive blueprint of end time events, which included a convoluted timeline complete with supporting Scripture texts. It was truly a thing of beauty. It was also an uncritical presentation by a budding and arguably nave theologian of the views held by the particular denomination in which I had been raised. The years and decades since have (I like to think) brought a greater appreciation for the grandeur and mystery of the biblical prophecies.

The present volume reflects this perspective, which seeks to uncover the historical roots of selected eschatological themes found in Scripture. Together we will explore the fascinating unfolding of the grand eschatological program throughout the ages.

In the Footsteps of Conquerors

The enigmatic Gog and Magog of Ezekiel have been misidentified by a generation of prophecy teachers, many of whom continue to interpret eschatological texts in the light of outdated Cold War politics. The penchant for viewing the Antichrist as a Communist dictator led to the theory that two hundred million Chinese will invade the Holy Land. The Communist Soviet Union came and went after seventy years, while the true lands of Gog and Magog have for millennia harbored enmity toward Christendomhistorically Europeas well as the land of Israel.

A radical new thesis challenges the prevailing ahistorical interpretation of these shadowy foes. Instead of appearing on the world stage suddenly and magically, the ghosts of Gog and Magog have haunted history since the time of Ezekiel, emerging periodically from their remote lair in Asia with great hordes of armed horsemen, all of them brandishing their swords to rain down terror upon distant lands.

We trace the footsteps of these invaders of old as well as those kingdoms and empires that soughtunsuccessfullyto defeat them, foreshadowing a war of cosmic proportions at the climax of human history. We will see that the lands of Gog and Magog have historically been an indomitable and mysterious region that will one day instigate the battle at the end of the world.

The Iron Gates of Alexander