You don’t have to wait for Jesus to return to experience the peace and power of His reign. His Kingdom comes whenever we trust and obey Him as Lord. But even that can’t hold a candle to what it will be like when the Light of the World returns to establish His Kingdom on earth forever.

Without a doubt the timing of Rapture in relation to the Great Tribulation is the most hotly debated piece of the Last Days’ puzzle. If we don’t put this key piece in the right place, all the other pieces will be pushed out of proper order and thrown into confusion.

What an incredible cast of characters fill the events of the Last Days! If Jesus' life could be called “The Greatest Story Ever Told”, what superlative can we reach for to describe the culmination of His Story? Naturally, there are villains enough to go around, even villains on a cosmic scale. But there are heroes aplenty, too. Some of them may be some of us. Lord, let it be!

Jesus talked a lot about watching and being prepared for the events of the Last Days. Ok, so how do you do that? Those trials, and the temptations that accompany them, will touch every aspect of our lives. With that in mind, it turns out that there are many facets to being watchful and prepared. Here is a “check list” of the basics.

The Lord is sending vision and dreams to His receivers, the prophets. We are told in the Bible not to despise prophecy, but we are also warned to test it. These are words from prophets who have been tested and proven true in their walk. Even so, test each word against scripture and your own knowledge of the Lord as you weight it for yourself.