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The key to understanding what you will read in this booklet is to believe the Bible. Shockingly few people truly do. Most people push aside undeniable Bible truths.

Jesus Christ said that spiritual truth must be revealed to us by God—and that God actually hides truth from those who are “wise and prudent” in their own sight. He reveals only to those with the teachable, humble attitude of “babes” (Matthew 11:25).

Here is an important reality: If you know the truth of the Bible, you recognize that the whole world is deceived (Revelation 12:9).

The Bible foretells of a soon-coming time when Jesus Christ will return to this Earth as King of kings and Lord of lords (Revelation 19:16). At that time, the knowledge of God will cover the whole Earth (Isaiah 11:9; Zechariah 14:9).

Now, let’s look at some important prophecies of events that would occur just before that future to be ushered in at the Second Coming.

Through the Prophet Malachi, God foretold this: “Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple …” (Malachi 3:1). The Bible is clear that this preparatory “messenger” role was fulfilled before Jesus’s first coming by John the Baptist (Matthew 11:10-11; Luke 7:27-28). However, John was only a type or forerunner of a man who would prepare for Christ’s return. Malachi’s prophecy clearly has an end-time focus, when Christ will appear not as a human being but as a glorified Spirit Being, to rule with power! (Malachi 3:2-3).