The most important New Testament prophecy is also the most neglected and the least understood, despite our Lord's command to "know and understand it." See Matthew 24:15. "The abomination standing in the holy place" launches the tribulation such as never was, bringing a worldwide Calvary that threatens to annihilate the Christian church. This scenario is also discussed by Paul the Apostle in 2 Thessalonians 2 under the title of the "man of sin," the Antichrist who sits in the temple of God at present restrained by the mysterious "hinderer." This book is written for the layperson longing to know what the Bible actually teaches about the future and what will happen at the end of time. In it Dr. Ford describes Antichrist's nature and work and clarifies the gospel of Justification by Faith that Antichrist seeks to destroy.
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The most important New Testament prophecy is also the most neglected and the least understood despite our Lord's command to "know and understand it." See Matthew 24:15. "The abomination standing in the holy place," which launches the tribulation such as never was, a worldwide Calvary, threatens to annihilate the Christian church. This is also discussed by Paul the Apostle in 2 Thessalonians 2 under the title of the "man of sin," the Antichrist who sits in the temple of God at present restrained by the mysterious "hinderer." Both our Lord Jesus and Paul stress that only those who live by the everlasting gospel will be prepared for this last crisis of earth. Ford's most recent book combines these two emphases. Australian Desmond Ford researched this enigmatic prophecy for his 1970 Ph.D. under the tutelage of Professor F. F. Bruce at Manchester University in the U.K. The thesis was later published by the University Press of America and is now in many seminary libraries. But here is a presentation for the layperson who longs to know what the Bible actually teaches about the future-not the popular exegetical travesties so popular today. Ford has been quoted in a number of bible Dictionaries and Commentaries as an expert on this topic. He has spent much of his professional and private life studying eschatology, "the Last Things," and the heights and depths of the Christian gospel, which alone fortifies the believer against all the errors of Satan, the supreme Antichrist. Desmond Ford is a teacher, pastor, author, and counsellor whose ministry has focussed on both eschatology and Justification by Faith alone. He has pastured churches, run evangelistic series, and taught in seminaries in Australia, USA and Canada. He is married to Gillian, lives in Queensland, Australia, and is the father of Elenne, Paul, and Luke. He exercises several hours a day and practices what he preaches in his several books on Christian life-style. 1933 characters"
