Once upon a time I went along with the charts and diagrams of the end-timers, but I have come to better wisdom. Most of what they say is just plain wrong, even though some of the prophecies in Revelation are being fulfilled before our eyes.

Do not be afraid. This is not the end of the world. The devil tried to jump the timeline to bring it on sooner. To help make it happen, he took out most the church through the carful popularization of a fatalistic prophetic narrative derived from some very bad exegesis of the 70 weeks prophecy in Daniel. ("Took out" = in terms of taking action to stop evil––why take action when we will need to be rescued because "it's God's will" for evil to win? See the lie?)

What's happening out there looks like the narrative because that is what the devil planned and he drove his human recruits among the elite to make it happen. God has very different plans. There are some prophecies that have to be fulfilled first, and you're really going to like it, and so will your grandchildren.

The devil can't have his way while God's born-again children are on the earth because there is always someone who is awake to our true calling and praying. When we are finally taken out, it won't be a rescue. It will be a celebration.