"So I am watching quietly
Every day,
Whenever the sun shines brightly
I rise and say,--
"Surely it is the shining of His face,"
And look unto the gates of His high place
Beyond the sea,
For I know He is coming shortly
To summon me.
And when a shadow falls across the window
Of my room,
Where I am working my appointed task,
I lift my head to watch the door, and ask
If He is come?
And the Angel answers sweetly
In my home,----
"Only a few more shadows,
And He will come."
"Even so, Lord Jesus! Come! Come quickly!"
About This Book
A fictional apocalypse imagines events after the Lord's Second Coming in which those left behind endure the Great Tribulation as a charismatic Antichrist seizes power and mandates the mark of the beast. It follows the rise and investiture of an authoritarian ruler, the cultlike adulation he inspires, enactment of blasphemous decrees such as the abomination of desolation, violent persecution and the martyrdom of witnesses, and the desperate flight and gathering of survivors. Grounded in biblical interpretation, the narrative alternates dramatic episodes with reflective passages aimed at warning complacent believers and urging moral and spiritual vigilance.