Historically high fuel prices.
Steep increases in everything from food to home sales.
Surging COVID-19 cases at a time when most Americans hoped the global pandemic was in the rearview mirror.
The ongoing war in Ukraine.
Each of these crises — and how the world responds to them — could be paving the way for the Antichrist, an Edmond Bible prophecy expert said in his latest book.
The Rev. Mark Hitchcock, senior pastor of Faith Bible Church, outlined his theory in “Global Reset: Do Current Events Point to the Antichrist and His Worldwide Empire? (Thomas Nelson).” Hitchcock co-wrote the book, released on June 15, with his friend Jeff Kinley of Little Rock, Arkansas. Both men are considered Bible prophecy scholars and each has written several books on the topic.
Books written by Kinley, president of Main Thing Ministries, include “Interview With the Antichrist: His Hour has Come” and “Aftershocks: Christians Entering an Era of Global Crisis,” while Hitchcock is author of the books “Coronacrisis: Plagues, Pandemics and the Coming Apocalypse” and “Russia Rising: Tracking the Bear in Bible Prophecy.”
Hitchcock said he and Kinley began writing “Global Reset” about 18 months ago. People around the globe were focused on the COVID pandemic at that time and asking questions about the health crisis and its relationship to Bible prophesy. In recent months, another series of crises only seemed to provoke more questions as people tried to make sense of the calamities.
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