TIM LAHAYE

Yeah, I have been because, generally speaking, to we Biblical literalists, the media is very hostile.

And then I met Jerry and he's such a creative fiction writer, and I don't know if there's ever been a team put together the way we are - where one person does the theological way out and suggestions, and the other person goes into the cave and does the fiction writing.

The unsaved people will be cast into utter darkness forever.

When I gave my life to the Lord, I thought I'd be a preacher.

And part of my vision is to do dynamic videos for kids.

There are the saints who were raptured at the beginning of the tribulation period - those are the Christians.

I came to the conclusion that I am not a fiction writer.

What Jerry has done, in a masterful way, is go through and select portions of the Scripture and put words in Jesus' mouth that are legitimate because they already appear in the Bible.

I think God has chosen to use this as a tool.

I've written many nonfiction books, but that's a special gift.

There were times I didn't think we would ever make it, even when we were cranking two out a year.

But when you take the Bible literally, for what it says, you have to come back to the fact that there is only one way of salvation; there's only one Savior.

If you could see the instructions that I gave Jerry to begin with, I'd be embarrassed.

One of the comments that we've heard that has really blessed us is people have been driven back to the book of Revelation to prove us wrong only to find that what we said was there.

When you allegorize, you're gonna get everybody saved somehow.

The tribulation period is seven years, and when the signing of the covenant occurs, people who know the Bible and take it literally will know that, seven years later, Christ is going to come in His power and glory.

Yes, in fact, it's hard to believe this, but it was almost 18 years ago when I first got the idea.

New fiction writers are a special breed in my estimation, and I never dreamed that so many people would be interested, but I remember being led by God.

The book of Revelation says that we no longer need the sun or the moon, for Christ is the light of the world.

You have to take Bible prophecy literally, just like everything else in the Bible.

The curse of Adam and Eve that fell upon the earth because of their sin will be lifted when Christ returns.

People recognize something's going to happen, and they'd better get ready.

I think it's Jerry's masterful fiction writing.

It's the lie of evolution that all man are just evolved and that they're all equal, and that all creatures are equal.

It's going to be used in the last days to get people to come against Christ, and that's the issue: they come against the Lord Jesus Christ. And in this new book, we show Christ coming to settle that big issue.