GOD ONLY KNOWS
In his review of John F. Walvoord’s “Armageddon, Oil and the Middle East Crisis” (March 10), Charles Solomon states that Walvoord predicts an imminent conflict in the Middle East involving millions of men. In my opinion, however, Walvoord is careful to point out that the Middle East is the battleground on the road to Armageddon and that “Armageddon is ahead in God’s calendar of future events.”
As Walvoord makes clear, biblical scholars may not know for certain just when these end-time battles will take place, but the existing signs of the times suggest that the desperate struggles will take place in our future years, possibly the early years of the 21st Century.
To Walvoord, the 1948 founding of the nation of Israel is a key factor. He urges that we study the Bible and “watch Jerusalem and the Middle East” for signs of the approaching end and God’s direct, overpowering and physical intervention in the final battles so as to save the human race from total destruction.
KENNETH LLOYD LARSON, LOS ANGELES
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