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PROPHECY 20/20
by Dr. Chuck Missler
published: 2006
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PROPHECY 20/20 by Dr. Chuck Missler will do for your insight into Bible prophecies about world events what carrots will do for your eyesight. It’s been said that eating lots of carrots will improve your vision, and I believe it. Have you ever seen a rabbit seeing an optometrist? See?
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Well, I think PROPHECY 20/20 will also help you to see where we currently stand on God’s timeline. And I’ll tell you right now what time I think it is: I think we’re about to get that “wake-up call”; I think the alarm clock is about to blare; I think it’s later than you think. Anyone who believes that all is well with the world is dreaming... but not for long! We’re about to wake up to a nightmare!
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When one has read as many books on Bible prophecy about the End-Times as I have, they reach a point of diminishing returns. I thought: Do I really need to read another book on this subject? Well, I’m glad I did because Chuck Missler’s PROPHECY 20/20 is so up-to-date, and Missler always organizes his material in such a logical fashion. I even learned a few more very important things -- not bad for an old dog, eh? This is the fourth Missler book I’ve mentally digested and each one has been a memorable meal.
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PROPHECY 20/20 will give you a sharp overview of past Biblical prophecies fulfilled and then explore those yet to come. And I strongly urge you to dig in now because that light you see at the end of the tunnel (if you’ve got your eyes open at all) is indeed an oncoming train!
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Did you know that an Old Testament Bible prophecy certifiably written at least three hundred years before the birth of Christ foretold the EXACT DAY He would ride that donkey into Jerusalem and proclaim Himself the King of Israel? Did you know that an EMP attack could, in a matter of minutes, blast the United States back into the 1800s? (Do you know what an EMP attack is?) Did you know that Allah is not the Arabic name for God, but is the proper name for the moon god, and that’s why the crescent moon adorns mosques throughout the world? Did you know that three thousand slave labor camps in China are presently exploiting tens of millions of slave labor prisoners to produce much of the $45 Billion dollars in Chinese goods imported by America, and that America still designates China as a “Most Favored Nation Trading Partner”? And did you think that America won’t answer to God for this?
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Although PROPHECY 20/20 examines far more than just America’s place in the End-Times scenario, one of the things I most appreciated about this book was Chapter 26, 'The American Challenge'. Many Christian preachers and writers love to extol the virtues of The United States; they lay it on thick about how we’re the last bastion of freedom, the warriors for Christ on the globe, the conscience and the example for the rest of the world, and all that other hogwash! Missler is one writer who doesn’t shy away from pouring the truth straight out of the vial:
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Where is the most dangerous place for an American to be? In his/her mother’s womb -- there’s a one in four chance of being murdered. Over the last 30 years the United States has experienced a: 560% increase in violent crime; 400% increase in illegitimate births; 400% increase in the divorce rate; 300% increase in single-parent homes; 200% increase in teenage suicides; and a 75% DROP in S.A.T. scores. The deterioration of each of these indicators -- and dozens of others -- can be traced to the year we outlawed The Bible from our schools. Think God might have something to say to us about all this?
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One area in which Missler and I disagree is the identity of “that great city Babylon” which is utterly destroyed in Revelation’s 18th chapter. He is looking for a reemergence to world power of the original Babylon in Iraq. One reason (among many) that I am sure New York City is “that great city Babylon” is that the 18th chapter of Revelation clearly marks her as a major seaport. This could hardly describe Iraq’s Babylon! I’m as sure as I can be that either New York City is “Babylon” or else the End-Times are still 100 years or more into the future because it would probably require that much time for another city to attain the wealth and influence described in Revelation 18. I believe just as strongly, however, that we now stand on the edge of “The End.” But as with all Bible prophecy, a “wait and see” attitude is the most prudent. (Although Missler’s observation on page 238 that the United Nations may be seeking to relocate itself out of New York “for a number of reasons” certainly doesn’t hurt my case any!)
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I highly recommend Chuck Missler’s PROPHECY 20/20. This book, along with END-TIME PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE by David Haggith, may be the only two you really need on this subject.
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I’ll end with the Billy Graham quote found on page 245: “If God doesn’t judge America, He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.”.


~ Stephen T. McCarthy
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