When the Bible states that God will wipe away every tear, does that mean, despite dying or being raptured, we will feel sadness and cry until He does this?

Earlier today I read your article about the Revived Ottoman Empire and also the Q&A about Comparing Daniel 2 and 7. I’ve also long believed that Islam would become the One World Religion if only because they seem to be the only ones that regularly practice beheading (as will happen during the Great Tribulation). What I am not sure about, and I don’t think anyone CAN be sure just yet, is does a Revived Ottoman Empire fit with Daniel’s prophecies? Could it really be a Revived Ottoman Empire instead of a Revived Roman Empire from which the Antichrist will come? And could it be that Islam becomes the One World Religion where their Mahdi is the antichrist and possibly the Roman Catholic Pope is the False Prophet that tries to get non-Muslims to worship the Mahdi? Does that all fit with the Bible?

Is it incorrect to assume that the 1st seal of Rev.6, the Day of the Lord, and the beginning of the Daniel’s seventieth week are all the same ? I hope that you could put up more information concerning this at your site.

I believe that the Rapture could happen at any time. I was told when I was about 17 that our SS group was the “generation that certainly will not pass until all these things have happened” in the Lord’s statement of Matt. 24:34. Other people use other ways to measure it but it seems like it all comes out about the same. I will be 80 this year and am looking forward to being Raptured.

How can unrepentant sinners at death be excluded from the presence of God if He is everywhere?

Years before I ever heard of your ministry I came up with the same calculations that you did. But every time I hear anyone saying, “until the number is reached, there will be no rapture,” I always get a sinking feeling. We believers are responsible for winning souls. I am probably the most anxious for the rapture of anyone who you’ll ever hear from and it hits me hard that we are responsible for winning souls and we haven’t reached that number. What if we don’t get there? I know the Lord knows the end from the beginning, but that “number” still bugs me.

My brother in law and I were talking about the end times yesterday and I was reading him some of your articles. Well he brought up 2 Peter 3:8 NLT “But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day.” Then he said, “So if you think about it its only been like 2 days”. I myself believe the time is very near, but he says he thinks it’s another 1,000 years away. Is there any biblical proof?

In 2010 you said there was enough time for the rapture to take place by the end of 2011, but it didn’t. I agree with your 1948 starting point. Do you see any other solid date variables besides the 70 year life span ? I have not seen any new articles from you to revise your time line. Please don’t give up ! You are our valued resource on the End Times.

In studying the affects of alcohol on the human brain, we know that the back lobes control basic motor functions that include walking, talking, and vision. These develop first in a person from birth thru childhood. The frontal lobes deal with higher reasoning, critical thinking, and decision making capabilities. But the frontal lobes aren’t fully developed until the age 25 or so. Seeing as the frontal lobes are what would help formulate what a person believes (or don’t believe), wouldn’t it be a safe assumption that the age of accountability is actually then, rather then the traditional belief of 13-18?

I understand that the only sin that sends people to the Lake of Fire, are those who, for whatever reason, have rejected Jesus Christ. But I am of the opinion that this can include those who claim to be “born again” believers who have willfully gone into sin. I hear a great deal of debate regarding “Hyper Grace” which I understand is the belief that sin has no consequences because of Gods grace. They say our sins are already forgiven, so it does not matter if we sin. I know that “we all have sinned and fallen short of God’s Glory”, but I also believe that we are to confess our sin and repent of the sin i.e., turn away from the sin. In my mind, deliberately sinning, believing that sin has no consequences, is rejecting what Christ died for! He died and paid the penalty for my sin so that I could be restored back to the Father; not so that I could go back to the sin that He died to set me free from. I hope this makes sense?