Be Prepared Robert C. Courson Jr. has a folksy way of warning people that life is brief: You may tie your shoes this morning, but the undertaker could untie them tonight. In other words, he said, We have no promise for tomorrow. the Danville, Ill. Commercial-News, by staff writer Mary Wicoff Robert C. Courson Jr., ThD, senior pastor of the First Church of God in Mitchell, Indiana, is the author of a new book, The Terminal GenerationThe Apocalyptic Words of Christ for Such a Time as This. The book has climbed to the top of the Amazon charts for Christian Books and Bibles, Bible Study and Reference as well as Kindle eBooks. the Bedford, Ind. Times-Mail, June 6, 2014 Be Prepared and Dont Be Left Behind This book is an instruction manual covering the things to come in our lifetime and also a survival manual of protection and preparation. Be prepared and dont be left behind. Jesus Christ is coming soonsuddenly and silentlyto rapture his church; the Antichrist will ascend to dominate world power, and the wrath of God will be unleashed upon sinful man during the tribulation period. America and the world as we know it are going to change drastically, according to the unveiling and fulfillment of Bible prophecy in our terminal generation.

This book is a fresh look at the subject of eschatology, which is the study of end-time prophetic events. It is not locked into the traditional thinking and teachings espoused in the last two hundred years. The views expressed in this book are the result of a comparison of what Jesus taught on this subject through the Old Testament prophets, what Jesus taught on this important subject while He was on the earth, and what Jesus taught from heaven to His apostles after His ascension. The basic premise embraced while comparing these is that what Jesus taught in the Old Testament, or what He taught while on the earth, or what He taught after His ascension, would never contradict one another. What Jesus taught on earth was spoken in plain earthly language whereas much of the other teachings were generally spoken in parabolic language (in heavenly/figurative language). In interpreting parabolic language, there can be numerous possibilities as to God's intended meaning. However, many of these possibilities can be eliminated by comparing them with what Jesus taught plainly during His earthly ministry. Any interpretation that contradicts what Jesus taught in the Olivet Discourse cannot be the intended meaning of that which He taught in any of the prophetic books of the Bible such as Daniel, Isaiah, Joel, or Revelation. This book is not intended to rehash the popular, traditional teachings of our day on eschatology, but rather to open up the minds of the readers to explore and consider concepts and views that lie outside of the box of the commonly accepted teachings being taught to this present generation. God's Word declares that some of these prophetic things will be sealed or hidden from man until the last days of this age. However, God promises to reveal that which has been hidden to the last day/terminal generation.