Download or read book Apocalypse Rising (Episode 1 of 4) written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Apocalypse Is Now The first story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more. The year is AD 2125. Apostasy has bloomed throughout Ichthus, the remnant of future Christianity. Solterra Republic has launched a campaign of state-sponsored persecution against the Church. And a newly formed Resistance searches for a strategy of survival while one of their leaders is nowhere to be found. Then the unthinkable happens: a global catastrophe that feels eerily like the last of the Seven Seals from the Book of Revelation has just been opened—ushering in the events leading to the Great Tribulation. The apocalypse. But how, when the Church still remains on earth and Christians across Solterra are fighting for the faith in an underground Resistance? And if the apocalypse has dawn, what is Ichthus to do about it? Finding those answers are a cast of characters all on a quest to answer one burning question: What is the average Christian to do when the final seal is opened and the seven trumpets of judgment are let loose? Find out in the page-turning, thrilling follow-up season to Apostasy Rising that readers agree is “Great reading and relevant in today’s times”! End Times Chronicles is an explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days—offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrilling action and mysterious suspense, but captures the urgency of our own day and inspires for the journey of faith.