Here is a week long devotional that follows Christ's plan to give us hope no matter how bad the world may get.

Walk with me through the pages of Revelation chapters six, eight, nine, and sixteen. Briefly, may I describe the living hell you can avoid if you are a part of the Rapture. Here are only a few of the dreadful disasters that take place during the Tribulation:

1. GLOBAL GRAVEYARD: One out of every four people will die (see Rev. 6:8), some through the ravages of war, others by starvation, and amazingly many others by the ‘beasts of the earth’. So, whether by death that come instantly and thus less dreaded or a slow and painful death that is lingering and agonizing-25 percent of all people will die. As of 7:21 PM GMT (1:21 PM CST) the world's population was 5,983,632,173 and growing at 7 million per month, so that means at least 1,496,000,000 will die. That amounts to just about five times the current population of the United States-can you imagine that? And remember that the population of the world is doubling every 39.5 years. So every day the number of people who will die becomes larger and larger.

2. GLOBAL GRASSFIRE: One third of all vegetation will be burned up. All grass, every tree, everything green will be destroyed (see Rev. 8:7).

3. GLOBAL NUCLEAR WINTER: The sun and the moon will be darkened as nature goes into revolt (see Rev. 8:12).