As a part of Jesus’ great end-time prophecy in Matthew 24, He says, “because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold,” (vs 12). And 1 John 4:7 tells us, “love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” Here Jesus is warning us to be sure we don’t let our relationship with Him “grow cold” in spite of everything else that is happening.

Jesus goes on to say, “But he who endures to the end shall be saved.” (Matthew 24:13.) Apparently, everyone who begins the ‘Christian journey’ doesn’t necessarily make it to the end. Thankfully God has given us the Bible’s prophecies so we can know what we will encounter on the path ahead, and we need to cooperate with God as He works to prepare us for what is coming.

These prophecies describe a time when, “no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. (Revelation 13:17.) In response, God’s people have been counseled, “to take their families away from the cities, into the country, where they can raise their own provisions; for in the future the problem of buying and selling will be a very serious one.” (Country Living, page 9-10.)

The prophecies also state that as the end-times progress, “the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.” (Revelation 13:15.) In response, “the people of God will flee from the cities and villages and associate together in companies, dwelling in the most desolate and solitary places.” (Great Controversy, page 626.)

Since “Our work is to prepare a people to stand in the great day of God,” (Counsels to Writers and Editors, page 68), we have chosen to address each of these issues to help you be able to endure all the way to the very end. We hope you will be blessed by the teaching we offer in the areas of: