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Japan's hero Yuzuru Hanyu has two Olympic golds - and eight bodyguardsBishōnen is a popular term in Japanese anime, meaning a beautiful young man whose appeal is universal. In PyeongChang, a bishōnen returned to the ice rink with grace and made history by sweeping the gold in men’s figure skating in back-to-back Olympics, reenacting a feat achieved 66 years ago.The beautiful young man from a “different dimensional world,” also a term from Japanese anime, was Yuzuru Hanyu. At the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Hanyu, considered the prince of figure skating, rose to the stature of king. And in the PyeongChang Winter Games, Hanyu, despite the obstacles placed in his path and is close to becoming a legend.This is a Tencent Sports exclusive on the behind-the-scenes life of the “figure skating prince” who resurrected a 66-year history in PyeongChang. The charismatic Hanyu, who was instrumental in the upsurge in the popularity of figure skating in Japan, was undoubtedly one of the the saviors of the box office of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, as well as the ‘cash cow’ of Japan’s sports sector.Recreating a legendThe place was the Gangneung Ice Arena, the date February 17.The ice was like a silver plate, giving off a bedazzling shine. Yuzuru Hanyu gracefully slid to the center of the silver plate, making the thousands of spectators at the site, together with his fans watching him perform on TV, catch their breath.This was PyeongChang. The winner of the gold in men’s singles figure skating in the Sochi 2014 Winter Games was here to go for the second Olympic gold he had been long dreaming of. If he succeeded, he would reenact history after 66 years, becoming the sport’s first two-time men’s champion at the Winter Games since Richard Button of the United States in 1952.Hanyu’s PyeongChang tour had a smooth start. In the short program on February 16, he stunned the audience by perfectly gliding to Chopin’s Ballade No.1. The zero-error performance fetched him a high score of 111.68, approaching his season’s best, 112.72.After the event, Hanyu was deluged by Winnie-the-Pooh plush toys rained down on him by cheering fans. The number “111.68” instantly became the most searched word online in Japan. Figure skating fans across the world began to look forward to the birth of a legend. On February 17, when the free skating event would be held, would Hanyu make history?In the free skating event, Yuzuru Hanyu chose classic Japanese music Seimei, the soundtrack from the film Onmyoji. It was a decision that he had made two seasons ago. Skating to Seimei, in every move that he made, even in every breath, Hanyu no doubt identified himself with the protagonist of the story, 10th-century astronomer Abe no Seimei, a character who was wise, valiant and ready to protect others.“I am the onmyoji,” went the music, onmyoji literally meaning an embalmer. “If not me, who would be Seimei protecting the dead from evil spirits?”When the music played, Hanyu’s delicate performance at the center of the silver plate was sheer magic, casting a spell on his audience.He started with a quad Salchow, steadily landing on the ice on his right blade. It triggered a volley of applause. Most spectators did not realize that it was only one month ago that he had resumed training on ice and just three months since injuring his right ankle while preparing for the NHK Trophy.A faultless quad toe loop followed. Then he made a triple Axel jump, which was also a success. After that, he reeled slightly while landing a quad toe loop but immediately steadied himself with competence, smiling.After his final spin, Hanyu landed at the center of the silver plate and stood still. This was it! Then he clutched his fists, bent his head toward the ground and bowed to the stand. The judges showed their appreciation of his performance by awarding him a high score of 317.85.Once the score of the last skater Shoma Uno was given, Hanyu clinched his championship with the highest tally. The brave but quiet young man burst into tears, murmuring “Thank you” in Japanese at the cameras.‘A big heart under a lissome figure’“In the past, I went through a lot, becoming almost like an amine book character that gets injured again and again. Even three month before the Olympics, I had a serious foot injury. I am a human being, not god. It was incredible how so much misfortune happened to me.”At the press conference after the award ceremony, Yuzuru Hanyu said he had turned his own life into a passionate anime.Born in Sendai in Japan, he still remembered the painful impact of the horrifying tsunami and earthquake that hit northeast Japan. Even on that joyful night when he successfully defended his championship in PyeongChang, he remembered the trauma.“There was no water, electricity or gas,” he recalled.What devastated him was the loss of the ice rink in Sendai. To a figure skater, losing his training ground means losing everything.He had no choice but to turn to his primary school teacher in Yokohama. When he left Sendai, he cried and told his teacher: “I am tired. Is it possible for me to continue my career as a figure skater?” Since then, his teacher began taking him to compete in every game across the country to provide him with training opportunities. It was the support of the audience and ice rink operators that made him succeed in Sochi.In Sochi, Hanyu realized his dream of winning an Olympic gold in figure skating. After that, he claimed two silvers in the World Championships in 2015 and 2016. In the 2017 World Championships, he stunned the world once again.“A lonely king.” That was how Hanyu was seen among the global figure skating community before the 2017-2018 Olympic season.However, fate never allows superheroes an easy and straight path to success.During a practice session for the NHK Trophy on November 9, 2017, Yuzuru Hanyu injured his right ankle while attempting a quad Lutz.On November 10, 2017, Hanyu missed the NHK Trophy. December 14 was the day he was supposed to return to practice on the ice. However, it was announced that the skater was suffering from inflammation of his Achilles tendon and ankle bone.On December 24, the Japanese Olympic Committee released the list of figure skaters for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games. Yuzuru Hanyu had made it to the list with his impeccable performance. The others chosen along with him were Shoma Uno and Keiji Tanaka.When Hanyu became injured, his fans across Japan went to the Go’o Shrine in Kyoto, a poplar shrine in Japan for those seeking good health or to ward off bad luck, to pray for his recovery.Finally on January 16, 2018, the good news that Hanyu had resumed practice on ice came from Toronto, Canada, where Hanyu lives and practices. It was less than a month before the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games on February 9.On January 13, Hanyu did his first practice on the official ice rink after arriving in Gangneung. During the 40-minute session, he made 21 jumps, eight of which were quads including the toe loop and Salchow. But he could execute only five of them successfully. On January 15, he did his free skating item to the accompaniment of the Seimei soundtrack. This was the first time he did a quad in front of the world media after the NHK Trophy accident.Until 8:30 a.m. on February 17 when the free skating competition was held, he had not decided on the final composition and whether he should perform his best but the most difficult move, the quad loop. In five hours, he performed his full set of free skating moves, which included three kinds of quads for safety reasons, changing the quad loop planned in the beginning to a quad Salchow.Even though he won, his right foot had not fully recovered. When jumping on the podium, he carefully avoided landing on his right foot. At the press conference, he expressed his appreciation of the people who had extended a helping hand to him over the past years. However, he didn’t say whether he would try to be the figure skating champion three times in a row by taking part in the Beijing 2022 Winter Games.“I will have surgery and get my injured foot treated,” he said.A perfectionist’s regrets“I love that powerful heart under his enchanting appearance,” Japan’s Sankei Shimbun’s figure skating correspondent told Tencent Sports in PyeongChang. Yuzuru Hanyu is “a real different figure from a different dimensional world,” the journalist said.“NO MISS!” “111.68 points!” “Perfect!” On February 16, after the men’s singles short program, these entries made their way in quick succession to the list of Japanese hot words on Yahoo. After the free skating, Hanyu had been saying repeatedly that he had failed to come up with a zero-error performance. “I still have too many shortcomings,” he said with regret.But within 24 hours of February 16, his performance was described by the Japanese media as being “zero error,” “perfect,” and even “top-ranking,” which must have been the perfectionist’s revenge for his lapses in Sochi four years ago.“I know the taste of the Olympics.” “I’m going to avenge myself for the Sochi Winter Olympics tomorrow,” Hanyu said animatedly many times during interviews after the men’s short program.The 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games saw the 19-year-old crowned in his Olympic debut. He performed gracefully and calmly, garnering the highest score in the men’s singles short program at the Winter Games (101.45). However, in free skating, he was slightly nervous and made some mistakes. So his performance could not be described as perfect. Though he finally defeated Canadian Patrick Chan, who had bagged three consecutive world championships, Hanyu said after the Games that he was not satisfied about his performance, even “very depressed.”The night at Sochi revealed Hanyu’s perfection complex. He admitted that he wanted to know “the taste of being a real champion.” “No matter when and where in the future, I will have a perfect interpretation with zero error like Evgeni Plushenko did.”After the Sochi Olympics, Hanyu published his autobiography Blue Flames II, in which he further explained his “ideal.” The reason why he held Plushenko as his idol and hero was that the Russian never lost in any contingency or won on the basis of a miraculous one-time victory. Hanyu was obsessed with being supreme and invincible.In this book, Hanyu shared a rarely shown old photograph. It was of him standing before a Christmas tree, a personable young boy with a touch of melancholy in his eyes.That was the winter of 2004. The nine-year-old was obsessed with Plushenko, showing his admiration by even having a retro mushroom haircut like the Russian’s.The young boy was fascinated by the idol’s performance in the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games though at that time, Hanyu was only seven years old. Five years later, when he took part in the Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships, he looked to carry himself in the graceful style of Plushenko.Hanyu moved up to the seniors at the age of 17. Whenever he met the Russian emperor of figure skating, Hanyu would quietly consult Plushenko on the secrets of the quad jump or the Biellmann spin. Plushenko always encouraged Hanyu, saying, “Beat me!” “Overtake me!” In Sochi, Plushenko was injured in an accident before the short program, but he accidentally witnessed the rise of the Japanese figure skater.“Perhaps I used to be his idol, but now, Hanyu is my idol. He is a genius!” Plushenko remarked.On hearing that Hanyu was injured before the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics, Plushenko, by then a loyal Hanyu fan, rooted for him, firmly believing Hanyu could retain his title.After Hanyu succeeded in defending his title, Plushenko, who won the Olympic gold medals twice but could not defend his championship, sent his best wishes, saying, “I am proud of Hanyu! He is amazing.” When Hanyu was asked at the press conference whether he had finally overtaken his idol, he replied modestly, “I am still far behind.”Winnie-the-PoohTo what extent can a sports star’s popularity impact certain events and the development of the related economy? Hanyu is a sterling example.In PyeongChang, Hanyu was undoubtedly the hottest and most sought-after name.Figure skating has a tradition of the audience throwing plush toys at the end of a skate. After his performance on February 16, his favorite cartoon character Winnie the Pooh began to rain down on him.“This is not rain, it is hail! A storm!” It almost turned the Gangneung Ice Arena into a sea of plush toys, making even veteran sports journalists from all over the world speechless.Hanyu, Asia’s first Winter Olympic champion in men’s singles figure skating as well as the youngest Olympic gold medalist in that category, won the title of “Japan’s most favorite male athlete” in 2017 by virtue of his formidable strength, winsome appearance and the support of his large number of fans worldwide.On February 11, Hanyu was mobbed by a large number of fans as soon as he arrived at Incheon International Airport. The next day, during his first official public training, Hanyu stayed at the ice rink for only 15 minutes, but attracted more than 100 reporters. Half an hour before the training, more than 50 cameras from 15 television stations from around the world were in place, and the latecomers didn’t even have a place to stand.On the third day, Hanyu held a press conference. The conference hall, which could accommodate 100 people, was crammed with more than 150 media outlets, and the crowd spilled over into the corridor. Such spectacular scenes have long been a commonplace for the Japanese media. In the summer of 2017, Hanyu’s new season programs disclosure conference held at his perennial training base in Toronto, Canada, attracted dozens of Japanese media outlets all the way from the other side of the globe.In the short program on February 16, Hanyu made his official appearance for the first time since disappearing from the public for 100 days due to his injury. His fans from Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam and Japan turned the stadium into his home court and showcased a magnificent cosplay.“Hanyu has fans all over Japan, and even the world, from all genders and ages. There are also spontaneously formed fan clubs in countries like Italy and Russia,” a loyal fan of Hanyu said.In PyeongChang, there was a feeling of family solidarity among his fans though they came from all over the world.On the day of the short program, a girl from Taiwan got up at 3 a.m., left her hotel at 4, and began to line up to see Hanyu’s official training from 5. During the break, she got a surprise gift - a Winnie the Pooh plush toy, given by Hanyu’s fans from the Chinese mainland.After the special press conference, journalists from the BBC, Japanese television stations and Chinese media outlets began to interview each another, turning the conference to a “global fans (journalists) meeting.” In order to interview Hanyu, media outlets worldwide, including the BBC and Reuters, sent Japanese-speaking journalists.EntourageOn February 17, when the press conference for the gold, silver and bronze winners was held, after the 30-minute question answer round, it was finally time for the photo session. As photographers flocked to the champions, Hanyu swiftly pushed aside the nameplates and water bottles in front of them, then put his arms around Shoma Uno and bronze winner Javier Fernandez of Spain, flashing his signature ingenuous smile.It was not just removing the nameplates and water bottles for photographers’ cameras; it was the manifestation of his natural character, unpretentious and spontaneous.He doesn’t regard himself as someone special, even though crowned double Olympic champion.How does Yuzuru Hanyu win so many fans across the world? One small gesture may hold the answer.While 1,000 readers may have 1,000 interpretations of Hamlet, Yuzuru Hanyu has one universal evaluation. The Hanyu reporters met in PyeongChang was an icon who regarded himself as an ordinary person, a heartthrob who was humble and polite.After the short program on February 16, a photograph taken by the Japanese media went viral among Chinese online users, who exclaimed, “Hanyu is so wonderful!” It was during the interview of Hanyu’s fellow skater Shoma Uno. Hanyu sought to avoid taking away the limelight from Uno and to avoid the cameras, the Sochi gold medalist, the most shining star on that day, bent down and literally crept away from the stage, smiling shyly when he stood up finally.And in another gesture, after the short program, Hanyu gently picked up a strawberry cake from the sea of Winnie the Pooh bears. “I will eat well, save energy and prepare for the free skating tomorrow,” he said. At the press conference, he considerately looked after Shoma Uno, who sat next to him, quietly telling him, “Don’t be nervous.” From time to time, he also helped Uno adjust his headphones which was relaying the simultaneous interpretation.Every time Hanyu attended a press conference after a competition, he would always show consideration for the reporters who had been waiting for a long time and rush to meet them. “Please give me a minute,” he would say, bending down to remove the blades still attached to his boots. Then he would look at the media with a smile, and begin to answer every question seriously and sincerely.“I cannot compare myself with Plushenko or Uno,” Hanyu said, calmly responding to the overwhelming applause he received after winning his second Olympic gold.“Uno is three years younger. It seems I am in a slightly awkward position. Rather than competing, I would like to enjoy skating for as long as possible and hope other top skaters come up with more perfect performances,” he added.His clear vision and crystal-transparent soul has won him numerous fans.Unlike other athletes, Yuzuru Hanyu came to PyeongChang flanked by eight bodyguards. To ensure Hanyu’s safety, the Japanese Skating Federation had specifically requested the Japanese Olympic Committee to accord him “the highest Olympic privileges.”Yuzuru Hanyu was the only athlete who came to PyeongChang with bodyguards. When his flight landed, he himself was taken aback by the treatment. As some foreign media commented, it was like escorting some invaluable gem.Besides bodyguards, the Japanese Olympic Committee also arranged a press officer and a professional nutritionist team exclusively for Hanyu. The nutritionist team was formed in 2012 with professionals from the Japan Institute of Sports Sciences to ensure Hanyu took sufficient nutrients to be able to undertake the high-energy practice sessions. To the best of this writer’s knowledge, Yuzuru Hanyu is the only winter sports athlete who enjoys the privilege of having a press officer exclusively for him. Previously, only Kosuke Hagino, Japan’s competitive swimmer, had such a press officer. Even the famous Japanese footballers Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa did not have such a privilege.His popularity is also reflected in The New York Times. After the short program, a New York Times reporter grabbed the opportunity to interview Hanyu at the media section. In an unprecedented move, the media officer of the Japanese delegation permitted the reporter to ask two questions.It was not the first time that Yuzuru Hanyu made headlines in The New York Times. The first time was in the Sochi 2014 Winter Games when the 19-year-old won the gold in men’s figure skating, creating a sensation among his fans worldwide. Later, the magazine hailed him as “Michael Jackson on the Ice.”Box office hitAfter Yuzuru Hanyu won his second Olympic gold, Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) immediately put up an advertisement featuring him on Japan’s largest website Yahoo, saying there must be some reason for his power, like the reason ANA was the ideal airline for everyone.When Yuzuru Hanyu claimed the gold in the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, he signed up with ANA as his sponsor, and endorsed Procter & Gamble products and Sendai Tourism. His fee for shooting a single advertisement rose to 50 million yen ($470,000) and recently, to 80 million yen ($752,000), equaling the fee of famous Japanese female figure skater Mao Asada.On 2017 New Year’s Eve, Yuzuru Hanyu debuted on television as the judge of the 66th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen, or Japan’s New Year singing contest. This further increased Hanyu’s popularity in Japan, giving him the potential to overtake Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori in popularity in the future.The charismatic Hanyu is not only the cash cow of Japan’s sports sector, but also the savior of the box office of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games.As a result of his overwhelming popularity, anything he does not only affects the mood of his fans around the world, but also impacts the organizers, sponsors and suppliers of every major figure skating event. Hanyu’s withdrawal from the NHK Trophy, the ISU Grand Prix and Japanese national championships because of his ankle injury caused direct losses for these events.Within 48 hours of his withdrawal, the rating of NHK Trophy’s prime time broadcast dropped sharply. The average rating declined to 6.7 percent from the 16 percent in the previous year, when Hanyu was the champion. In December that year, the ISU Grand Prix held without Hanyu also witnessed a decline in rating from 17.6 percent in the previous year to 14 percent. The sales of the sport’s derivatives also suffered.Under such circumstances, Hanyu’s fans, eager to watch the brilliance of the figure skating maestro again, could only pin their hopes on the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games.Since the beginning of 2018, the South Korean media had been reporting that Yuzuru Hanyu may not compete in the group games or the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Games revenues may face a bleak prospect as a result. However, the International Olympic Committee answered this by presenting a clip, titled Yuzuru Hanyu, who is your opponent? on its official television station, which was well-received. Obviously, the purpose was to increase the revenue of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games.According to previous reports by Lanxiong Sports, a Chinese online sports industry services provider, only 61 percent of Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Games tickets -- or 655,000 -- had been sold by the end of December 2017. However, the organizing committee said tickets for figure skating sold out as early as March 2017, bringing in revenue of 680 million South Korean won ($637,800).During the Pyeongchang Games, over 10,000 Hanyu fans came to Gangneung, where the figure skating events were held. The 2,000 tickets sold out within hours of being up for sale.“Hanyu’s remuneration is expected to rise by 1.5 times at least, if not be doubled, after he won the gold in PyeongChang,” a journalist from Asahi Shimbun, one of Japan’s largest daily newspapers, told Tencent Sports.Although new figure skaters will come to the fore one after another, the emergence of the next Yuzuru Hanyu is still a distant possibility. Will Yuzuru Hanyu take part in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games? It depends on whether his injured right ankle fully recovers in the coming years

US’ lies about China’s Xinjiang debunkedTHIS IS CURRENT LIFE IN XINJIANG10 imperialist lies about China’s Uyghur population, and the truthFacts against the lies concerning the Xinjiang Uyghur Province of Chinahttps://unitedworldint.com/16190-10-imperialist-lies-about-chinas-uyghur-population-and-the-truth/US’ lies about China’s Xinjiang debunkedXinjiang residents upload personal videos to debunk Pompeo’s lies on 'genocide'Relocated residents live happily in their house in Altay, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Schools, kindergartens, health centers and markets have been established on this area, part of Gobi Desert, since 2016. The per capita net income of qualified registered poor households in this town has increased from 4,220 yuan in 2016 to 11,745 yuan in 2020. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Xin) Residents from different fields, including religious figures from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, spoke out on what is really happening in the region, refuting Western media hype and opposing former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo's "determination" that China is committing "genocide" in the Xinjiang region. Pompeo on January 19 - his last day as US secretary of state - tweeted that he has "determined" China is "committing genocide and crimes against humanity" in Xinjiang against Uygurs and other ethnic groups, and he wrote that China and the Communist Party of China "must be held to account." Since last week, many residents from Xinjiang began to post videos of themselves telling stories of their own lives to refute Pompeo's "genocide" claim with the hashtag "This is Xinjiang" on Sina Weibo. As of press time on Monday, the topic had been viewed more than 46.8 million times with more than 53,000 netizens joining the discussions. Tusenjan Wusman, a doctor from Hotan Prefecture in southern Xinjiang, said in the video that "I really want to ask Pompeo 'Have you been to Xinjiang? Do you really know what life is like here?' We live a happy life in the region, and why do you always defame the region?" Jilil Tursun Tuohut, an imam from a mosque in Ayake village in Luopu county, also appeared in a video uploaded online, in which he said in the Uygur language that he is very angry about Pompeo's accusations against China's Xinjiang. "My family's life as well as people's living standards in the region have improved greatly in recent years," Jilil said in the video, and he showed viewers around his house. "We don't need your care and please mind your own business!" More videos featuring residents from more fields have been uploaded, including one from Abdula Abdujli, a scholar who has been studying ethnic languages for more than 20 years, who said in a video that there have been no restrictions in Xinjiang on the use of ethnic languages. Alinur, a grass-roots civil servant from Yining, said in a video that "Pompeo is a liar. What he said is opposite to what I see with my own eyes every day… as a Uygur living in Xinjiang, I have more rights to say whether it is good than a US politician." Aside from Xinjiang residents' voices, in recent days authorities in China and the Xinjiang region have expressed strong opposition to Pompeo's accusation that China is committing "genocide" of the Uygurs and other ethnic minority groups in Xinjiang. The Standing Committee of Xinjiang Regional People's Congress released a statement on Sunday, saying that Pompeo's slanderhttps://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202101/1213911.shtmlUighurs in re-education centers did they look horrified tortured abused ?Recently, an anti-China pseudo-scholar from Germany named Adrian Zenz (who calls himself Zheng Guoen in Chinese) has published a paper titled "Sterilizations, IUDs, and Coercive Birth Prevention: The CCP's Campaign to Suppress Uyghur Birth Rates in Xinjiang." The paper cites false statistics and highly misleading sources, drawing a ridiculous conclusion that ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are under the threat of "genocide." However, his analysis and conclusion are neither in line with scientific research standards nor academic norms.According to official statistics, the overall population in Xinjiang continued to grow steadily from 2010 to 2018. During this period, the population of permanent residents increased by 13.99 percent, among which the Uygur population increased by 25.04 percent, and the Han population 2.0 percent. Clearly, the growth rate of the Uygur population is nearly twice that of the overall residents and is way higher than that of the Han population. The Uygur population has increased by more than 2.5 million people in merely eight years. What kind of "genocide" is this? Zenz, with his anti-China stance, fabricated his conclusion without any basis.Nobody knows Xinjiang better than the local Chinese citizens. At present, the people's livelihood in Xinjiang has greatly improved. Citizens there now live in peace and tranquility. And people of all ethnic groups are as united as pomegranate seeds.In the recent outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic in Xinjiang, the government has, as always, put humanity as the top priority. The government took quick and appropriate actions, providing nucleic acid tests and professional treatments free of charge. Thanks to such comprehensive efforts, China has put an end to the spread of coronavirus in Xinjiang with no deaths. Till September 4, there has been no infection for 17 consecutive days in Xinjiang and the whole of society is back to normal.The Chinese government shows the world with its real actions that the human rights that matter the most are "the right to life" and "the right to health." Therefore, it is ridiculous to turn a blind eye to the facts and use population issues as a new lever to smear China, especially under such special circumstances when people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang are united against the epidemic.Some Western pseudo-scholars pursue double standards on human rights. But the truth is that their accusations related to nationality, religion and human rights have never been the real situation in Xinjiang. Now that the pandemic continues to spread in the West, Western countries had better spend more energy caring for their own citizens as well.As a Uygur proverb goes, "The camel marches while the dog keeps on barking." Lies and slanders will not stop China's development. Western radical forces will not stop China's development. Nothing will. We have faith that people of all ethnic groups will continue to follow the Party and stay united. The best response to those attacking China and its Xinjiang policy is Xinjiang's stability, prosperity and harmonious development.Xinjiang has the fastest population growth in China. From 2015 to 2017, the annual growth rate was usually above 1.1 per cent. It dropped to 0.613 per cent in 2018, but was still twice the national average of about 0.3 per cent, according to the central and regional government censusUS’ lies about China’s Xinjiang debunkedUighurs are lovely and warmpeople. They are cheerful and respected in China like the other 55 minorities. They are an integral part of the Muslim communities that live in all regions of China. The most important concentrations are found in the northwestern provinces - Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia - but there are also large populations in the provinces of Yunnan and Henan Among the 55 officially recognized ethnic groups in China, ten are mainly Muslim. The most important groups are, in order of importance, the Hui, the Uyghurs, the Kazakhs, the Dongxiang, the Kyrgyz, the Salars, the Tajiks, the Uzbeks, the Bonans and the Tatars Muslims mainly live in the regions bordering Central Asia, Tibet and Mongolia, regions which are known as the "Belt of the Koran"Muslims dance in front of the Id Kah Mosque in KashgarLook these PicturesThese are the real scenes of life in xinjiang with respectful Uighurs far from the extremists that we present to you and who want to split the harmony that reigns in Xinjiang between all the communitiesWomen wearing the veil, men with beards, mosques, Uighurs language on Chinese banknotes, signs in three languages of signs in Uighurs or Chinese Where is the so-called ethnic or cultural genocide?In tghe the dream of the demons and false accusers of China.False experts like Adrian ZENZ who are destroying the cotton economy of Xinjiang farmers by making them scapegoats for the horrific campaign of slander he launched on forced labor People live normally born not try again to make puppets at the hands of the CIA of the NED American Australian propaganda agencies of Great Britain for your dark designs of destabilizing ChinaRecently, the international community has witnessed a new round of hype in some Western countries on the topic of the Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. This time, the US and its Western allies are trying to label China’s actions as “genocide” – a severe accusation against humanity, but one that also unveils the political purposes behind the accusation.Lies told a thousand times are still liesForeigners who have never been to China’s Xinjiang may be easily fooled by reports circulating on Western media, with many so-called “victims” crying about their “tragic experience” in Xinjiang. But if readers are willing to take a deeper look into their stories, they will find that many of their remarks are self-contradictory and shallow lies.Let’s take BBC’s recent sensational report on accusing “mass rape” in Xinjiang’s vocational training centers as an example.Tursunay Ziyawudun, the only one who claimed to be a “victim” of “gang-rape” in the BBC report, said that she lived with her husband in Kazakhstan and her passport was confiscated when she returned to Xinjiang. She went to the training center in 2018 and left it at the end of that year. She then went back to Kazakhstan and fled to the US.Funds change testimonies, people turn into victims entering the USAfter a small digging, I found that this is not the first time that Tursunay appeared in Western media reports. When Tursunay was first interviewed in Almaty, Kazakhstan on October 15, 2019, she made no allegations of rape or overly harsh treatment.Then, in an interview with the US-based Buzzfeed News on February 15, 2020, Tursunay said, “I wasn’t beaten or abused.” These remarks contradicted the BBC’s report of many “distressing” details.In the BBC report, Tursunay claimed that her earrings had been “yanked out” causing her ears to bleed. But in the Buzzfeed report, this part was described as the police asking the women to take off their earrings.A website named Moon of Alabama listed all the changes in Tursunay’s “testimonies” and noted that it was when the US-based and funded Uyghur Human Rights Project found her and helped her go to the US in September 2020 that the woman suddenly became a victim of “gang-rape” in a “camp” in the BBC report.The changes of Tursunay’s “testimonies” showed us how untenable her remarks were. It also showed that BBC, who boasts itself as “objective and fair” media has abandoned professionalism when reporting China. This is also the reason why it has been barred from airing in China.Another story shows how biased BBC’s Xinjiang reports are. In a report released on December 15, the BBC claimed that “New evidence suggests that upwards of half a million minority workers a year are being marshalled into seasonal cotton picking under conditions that again appear to raise a high risk of coercion.”However, data released by the agriculture department of Xinjiang in 2020 showed that the total cotton plantation area in Xinjiang reached 24.19 million mu (1.6 million hectares) and around 16.90 million mu were harvested by machines, accounting for 70% of the plantation area. Also, 95% of the cotton in northern Xinjiang was harvested by machines and the mechanization rate in southern Xinjiang has increased steadily.Aside from factual mistakes, the BBC’s report contains a massive amount of guesswork. The BBC report claimed that its reporters including John Sudworth were “stopped” when “filming the perimeter of the complex.” Sudworth and his team released video footage of them arguing with some people outside the factory. Film of a man who tried to cover the camera was uploaded online, and the BBC said that although they filmed in public areas, they were stopped by “officials.”FOLLOW THE MONEYCOTTON FORCED LABORS ANOTHER LIEFOLLOW THE MONEYFew workers are needed in many yarn factories in Xinjiang as machines are widely used. (Photo by Liu Xin)I went to that factory and learned details of people who were involved with the incident, learning a side of the story that BBC did not tell. Jiang Yong, the man who tried to cover the BBC’s camera, told me that “They totally distorted the facts!” Jiang is not an “official” as the BBC claimed but the deputy manager and head of the logistics department of the Pomegranate Seed Garment Co.The BBC reporters never required to go into the factory but they claimed in their report that ethnic groups in the factories are “forced” to work there.In Xinjiang’s factoriesI stepped into the factory and found it is nothing special compared to other clothing factories. I randomly talked to a girl who told me her name is Aliye Ababekri. Aliye said this is her first job and her current monthly salary is 2,500 yuan ($382), which is expected to increase soon. She said that the job helps her achieve a dream from childhood – to learn clothing design.Mutalip, a Uygur worker in a cotton factory in Xinjiang told me he loves his job. (Photo by Liu Xin)She also invited me to visit her dormitory nearby the factory – She shares a fully equipped apartment with five other women and they have decorated the walls with paper flowers they cut.I have visited Xinjiang many times in the past few years and the more I went there, the more I realized how ridiculous the accusations made by some Western media. These stories are only a small part of the net of lies made by the West.I went to visit Istanbul many years ago and still remember the feelings when seeing people of different colors happily talking in streets and the prayers in the mosques – all show this is a place for people to enjoy a peaceful life. China’s Xinjiang is also a place with gorgeous landscapes and people of different ethnic minorities. Thanks to the government’s anti-terrorism measures, local residents are enjoying a peaceful and better life there.However, the stable situation in Xinjiang may upset the US and some certain countries and they began to spread disinformation on China’s Xinjiang – from “camps” to “forced labor” and from “sterilization” to “genocide.” These lies were made with the purpose to slander China in the international community, especially in the Islamic world.Many foreign journalists are not fooled by the liesNot everyone has been fooled by these slandering. Many foreign journalists, experts and party leaders I have interviewed debunked accusations against China’s Xinjiang and shared with me their own experience in visiting the region.Last month, I happened to meet a French writer Maxime Vivas. Based on his two visits to Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in 2016 and 2018, he wrote a book titled Ouïghours, pour en finir avec les fake news (Uygurs, to put an end to the fake news).He told me that he has observed incredible dynamism in the Xinjiang region during his visits. When I asked him what he thought of the “forced labor” accusation in China’s Xinjiang, Vivas said “Forced labor? Our media have gone too far.”“They said that in Xinjiang, there are ‘500,000 Uygur slaves in the cotton fields.’ Unfortunately, they could never show us satellite photos by which we would see these “unfortunate” people, probably guarded by hundreds of thousands of armed police! In France, in my region, when the time for the harvest arrives, our wine growers call on grape pickers from Spain, Morocco, etc. They are not called “slaves,” but “seasonal workers,” Vivas told me.Actually, few people in the West have a clear understanding of where China’s Xinjiang region is and what is the real situation there. Last month, I found a huge error committed by the US-based CNN on its Xinjiang reports.For US CNN, Xinjiang is a dot near Hong KongCNN mismarked China’s Xinjiang – a region that takes up one-sixth of the whole country’s territory – as a small dot near Hong Kong in South China. The small dot is a town in Guangdong with its name having the same pronunciation as Xinjiang. Without even getting the location rights, CNN reporters and US experts are boasting that they care about “human rights” there. How ridiculous!Lies repeated a thousand of times cannot become truths. I think disinformation on China’s Xinjiang would be gradually dismissed with more foreigners coming to see the region.Xinjiang Welcomes You!I hope more foreigners and those from Turkey can visit Xinjiang one day and see the Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, take a visit to the Id Kah Mosque in Kashi Prefecture, talk to busy but happy workers in yarn factories in Aksu Prefecture, see children enjoying free education in any villages in Xinjiang, get a taste of local food – the lamb and the baked bread with ingredients inside; and enjoy the gorgeous scenery in Altay.The white paper on vocational education and training in Xinjiang that China issued on Friday reveals the lies fabricated by some in the West about the region’s vocational education and training centers. Their dishonest comments about these centers show that their real intention is to interfere in China's domestic affairs with double standards under the guise of human rights.People attend a group wedding at the Kanas Scenic Area in Altay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on July 1, 2019. [Photo: IC]Xinjiang has long been a battlefield in the fight against terrorism and extremism in China. Thousands of violent terror attacks were carried out in the region between 1990 and 2016 in the name of the three evil forces of separatism, extremism, and terrorism. These attacks damaged social stability and economic development in the region. The right to live safely is a fundamental human right, and no responsible government could sit back and let this kind of violence continue unabated.Counter-terrorism is a global challenge. To tackle the problem, countries have set up deradicalization centers for people affected by terrorism and extremism. China has adopted a similar approach in Xinjiang: The vocational education and training centers are set up to nip in the bud radical ideas, and to help people to improve their livelihoods. The work of these centers accords with the spirit and principles of the anti-terrorism and deradicalization campaigns being undertaken by the international community.However, some politicians and media in the West have adopted a double standard by stigmatizing the vocational education and training centers in Xinjiang. By doing so, they are providing moral support to terrorists and extremists. By any measure, this is a violation of human decency.The newly released white paper exposes the lies told in the West by providing concrete facts.Despite what some Western critics have said, the vocational training centers have never conducted any form of cultural cleansing. The only criterion to judge if someone needs training at a center is whether he or she has engaged in illegal acts of terrorism or religious extremism. A person’s nationality, religion, or the place where they live has no bearing on whether they are enrolled in a center.The centers do not suppress religion, including Islam. China’s laws prohibit discrimination based on someone’s ethnic or religious background. The centers separate educational activities from religious activities, and stipulate that the trainees are not allowed to organize and participate in religious activities inside the centers. But when they return home, they can decide whether they want to participate in legal religious activities.The vocational education and training centers are not prisons, as some people in the West have described them. They are boarding schools that provide trainees with free job skills training and work experience. This keeps them away from harmful extremist ideas, and helps them to get a job after they graduate. The freedom and legitimate rights of the trainees is fully respected and protected. The centers guarantee that the trainees can enjoy the right to personal dignity, and are free from insult or abuse.Religious extremists are often able to tie up believers with spiritual shackles by taking advantage of their lack of education, which is why the centers provide courses on standard spoken and written Chinese, and China’s laws and regulations. The rights of trainees to speak their own language and follow their own lawful customs are fully respected.The residential education model used by the centers allows trainees to return home on a regular basis. They can also ask for leave when they need to attend to personal affairs. Trainees enjoy the freedom of correspondence. Regular recreational activities are held at indoor and outdoor sports and cultural facilities. There are reading rooms available, where trainees can relax or study.After they have completed their courses, the trainees continue on with their lives and make a valuable contribution to their community. According to local officials, most of the trainees who have graduated have already found jobs.STOP the terrorism STOP the extremismDo you know the underside of the cards, the hidden face of the Uighurs and their horrific crimes and attacks on innocent women children civilians of the political game of the Americans and the CIAAND YOU STILL BELIEVE THEY ARE LAMBSLOOK AT THESE IMAGES THESE VIDEOS AND READ WHY CHINA REACTED STRONGLY TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL THESE CITIZENS MASSACRES BY AX BLOWS BEED WITH SABER AND WHITE ARMS ATTACKS LATCHED BY CRAZY TRUCKS OR CARS FILLED WITH FUEL OR EXPLOSIVESYou blame China for its firm response, but WHAT OTHER NATION DIDN'T DO IT CHARLIE HEBDO LE BATACLAN IN FRANCE THE ATTACKS IN LONDON THE ATTACKS IN GERMANY FRANCE UK GERMANY USA HAVE NOT HUNTED BARBARIAN TERRORISM?Welcome to the UIGHURs TERRORISM in pictures15 INNOCENTS CITIZENS KILLEDTIANANMEN SQUARE TERRORISMLe 28 juillet 2014, une grave affaire terroriste violente s’est produite dans le comté de Shaqi, au Xinjiang, causant la mort de 37 innocents Hans et Uighurs 13 blessés et 31 véhicules brisés.Kashgar, Xinjiang Bombs Crazy TruckOn July 30/31, 2011, three people were killed and more than 10 injured in an explosion in central Kashgar, Xinjiang. The day before a crazy truck in a street market killed six people and injured 28 othersKumming train station attack 31 deaths 143 people injured all innocents civiliansOn August 4, 2008, TERRORISTS attacked border guards and then detonated cars loaded with explosives in the city of Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, killing 17 officers and injuring 15 others in one of the top 10 terrorist attacks in China.Shaybak District in Urumqi 31 deaths May 22, 2014The explosion at North Street Morning Market in Shaybak District in Urumqi was an extremely serious case of violent terror of a very bad nature. According to initial reports, on May 22, 2014, at 7:50 a.m., 31 people were killed and 94 injured when the crowd drove two vehicles through a fence, crashed into a crowd and detonated an explosive device.On November 16, 2013, Abra Ahiti and nine others attacked the Silibua Town Police Station with knives and axes, killing two policemen and injuring two civilian policemen.DECAPITATION OF 15 PEOPLE MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS AND GUARDIANS OF RESIDENCE LACHELY KILLED On April 23, 2013, violent terrorist groups beheaded community cadres and civilian police in Silibua town, Bachu district, killing 15 people and injuring two others.RESTORING PUBLIC ORDER AND CITIZENS 'SAFETYThe situation in Xinjiang continues to be stable. No terrorist incidents have occurred in the region for nearly three years since the education and training centers began to open. In the first half of this year, nearly 76 million tourists visited Xinjiang, an increase of 46 percent over the same time last year. These achievements provide evidence that China’s approach to countering terrorism and extremism is safeguarding the rights of the people of Xinjiang to life, health, and development. And China’s approach provides valuable lessons to the rest of the world when it comes to combating terrorism and extremism. Not long ago, ambassadors of some 50 countries sent a joint letter to the president of the United Nations Human Rights Council and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressing their support for China’s Xinjiang policy. This reflects the wide support and understanding China has from the international community on this issue.Terrorism is a tumor in society. It has caused devastation in many parts of the world, including in Western countries. The people who are criticizing China for its approach to the problems in Xinjiang should drop their double standards and take a closer look at China’s efforts to combat terrorism and extremism. A prosperous and stable Xinjiang will be a resounding reply to the false claims made by people who have ill intentions towards China.

ANSWER: According to apocalyptic Bible Prophecy, the world will end in this manner (in chronological order).John 13:19 “Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe that I am He.”I. FINAL SIGNS OF THE ENDAn Increase In KnowledgeDaniel 12:4 "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase."Science and technology would advance so far into complexity that we now live in the digital age of information where knowledge is readily available within seconds and at the touch of our fingerprints.While knowledge had increased regarding science and technology, the knowledge of the Bible has also deepened since ancient times. The science of archeology continues to vindicate the credibility of the Holy Scriptures!//ABOVE: When the knowledge of man increased, so did their ability to create weapons of mass destruction.Wars and Rumors of WarsMatthew 24:6-7 “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places…”With the increase in knowledge of our science and technology, so did our ability to destroy ourselves, each other, and the planet as evident by the results of many debilitating wars, weapons of mass destruction, political unrest, social unrest, religious intolerance. Danger lurks at every corner with a new threat unknown and known to the common man.From 1914-1918: In World War I, more than 20 million people diedMany of the countries involved wanted to test their innovations in machine guns, grenades, and artillery, as well as new weapons such as submarines, poison gas, warplanes, and tanks through an increase in knowledge.War itself was propagandized as “glorified” and many young men signed up to be part of it.From 1939-1945: In World War II, more than 60 million people died.It was during this dark period when Albert Einstien, in his studies in quantum physics (light theory), helped to develop the early versions of the nuclear bomb.From 1947 – 1991: The threat of nuclear war was prevalent between the Soviet Union and the U.S.A.From 1950-1953: In the Korean War, more than 5 million people died.From 1955-1975: In the Vietnam War, ~.79 to 2.45 million people died.From 2011-2017: more than 500,000 people were killed and 12 million people were uprooted in Syria and Iraq.From 2015-2017: the Turkish and PKK conflict kills 2,500 combatants and civilians and displaces more than 350,000 civilians.In 2016: Conflicts in Greater Sahel and Lake Chad Basin create mass human suffering uprooting 4.3 million people.These are only a few mentioned of many.//ABOVE: Adolf Hitler posing with young followers at a 1935 Hitler Youth gathering. (Source: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)Natural DisastersLuke 21:11 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.”Matthew 24:7 “…And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.”Earthquakes:At the end of the year 2004, an earthquake centered in the Indian Ocean caused a tsunami that killed nearly 280,000 people across Southern Asia.The National Earthquake Information Center now locates about 20,000 earthquakes around the globe each year (approximately 55 per day).//ABOVE: “World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 5 during January 2020″ (source: Earthquake report world-wide for January 2020)Wildfires:In the summer of 2010, an unprecedented Russian heatwave kills about 56,000 people and wildfires destroy a third of the wheat crop.As of December 9, 2020, over 9,639 fires have burned 4,359,517 California acres alone, making 2020 the largest wildfire season.From January 1 to December 4 of 2020, there was a total of 52,934 wildfires. The total number of burned acres in 2020 alone was 9.5 million acres.In 2019 there were 47,673 wildfires. The total number of burned acres in 2019 alone was 4.7 million acres.In summary, the statistical trend of the frequency of wildfires between 1980 to 2020 has increased dramatically according to the National Interagency Fire Center.//ABOVE: The “Skirball fire” raging in the mountainsides (during the winter of December 2017) on California Highway 405 (near the Los Angeles area) as commuters drive in horror.//ABOVE: The “Kincade Fire” (source: Watch firefighters drive through apocalyptic fire scene [2019] in California)Hurricanes/Typhoons:In 2013, Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda killed more than 6,000 people in the Philippines.In September 2017, Hurricane Maria kills over 500 in the Caribbean and the United States while destroying Puerto Rico.In 2017, Hurricane Harvey inflicted more than $125 billion in damage within four days.In 2020, Super Typhoon Goni, the world’s most powerful storm in four years, smashes into the Philippines and other Islands destroying over 260,000 homes and affecting over two million people.According to a report by CBS News, in 2020 alone, “the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has spawned 30 tropical storms, forcing forecasters to dig deep into the Greek alphabet for names, having run out of the assigned names in the middle of September. This breaks the former record set in 2005 of 28 named storms. A typical season only produces 12 named storms, so 2020 has already seen two and a half times more than average.”Pestilences:We had already witnessed the increase in “pestilences” of diseases such as cholera, SARS, AIDS, Ebola, Zika, flu, malaria, and now the worldwide COVID-19 Pandemic. The COVID-19 Pandemic also created an economic meltdown.I could go on and on with more statistics but in short, it seems today that rarely a week goes by where you don’t hear about some new natural disaster and the threat of it. Only over the past few years, the frequency of natural disasters only continues to increase and worsen.//ABOVE: People running for cover during the Las Vegas mass shooting on October 1, 2017//ABOVE: “How Orlando shooting unfolded, as seen via texts”Perilous Times2 Timothy 3:1–3 “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good,”It is not a surprise to know that there is a major decline in morality that is almost in a state of ‘free-fall’:On September 11 of 2001, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were destroyed by terrorist hijacked plane attacks. The Pentagon was also partly destroyed and there was a failed attempt at the White House/Capitol.On December 12 of 2012, a young gunman opens fire at the Sandy Hook Elementary School killing 26 people (20 children between ages six and seven, and six adult staff members).In 2016, Chicago experienced one of its most violent years with record numbers of 4,300 shootings and 762 murders.In 2016, Mexico records 20,792 homicides (many relating to drugs) which was a 22% increase from only the year prior.In June 2016, A gunman opens fire inside a nightclub in Orlando, Florida murdering 49 people and injuring 50 others.Within 35 days of 2017, the world had witnessed two of the five deadliest mass shootings just in the U.S.In October 2017, a Gunman fires from a Las Vegas resort into a large crowd killing 58 people and injuring more than 500 others. This mass shooting is the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.On February 14, 2018, a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people and injuring 17 others.Around 6:30 AM December 25, 2020 an Motor home in Nashville Tennessee exploded which was felt nine blocks away. It destroyed several other vehicles and damaged several buildings. It also launched black smoke in the sky that could be seen for miles. Police believe this was an act of terrorism.Furthermore, the state of the world is worsening in terms of the increase in child abuse, sex-trafficking, child predation, terrorism, financial corruption, political corruption, riots, violence, homicide, looting, etc. Day by day, the majority world who refuses to keep the commandments of God test His patience further and further, until it is too late when he passes Judgement and returns to rescue His people.Not only has morality declined, but also the economy:In December 2007, nearly 10 million people lost their homes during the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis.In February 2018, the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 1,175 points (the largest drop in a single day in history).In the later part of 2020, the COVID-19 Pandemic has created massive unemployment and the deaths of many small businesses due to strict government regulations to suppress the effects of the virus.Interest in the Demonic/Occult1 Timothy 4:1 “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,”From the mainstream media, Hollywood, and even the pulpits of churches, the interest in spiritism (spirit-communication) has increased because the dangerous world of the occult has been put into a positive and innocent light which deceives many people.The Dangers of the Occult are detailed here: What are the dangers (if any) of dabbling with the occult?The Gospel Goes to All of The WorldMatthew 24:14 “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.Despite the moral downfall and the literal destruction of the World in various places, the Bible tells us the good news that the Gospel of Christ will be preached into all the world so that people know that they have a choice in obtaining eternal life through the blood of Christ.These signs are a warning for us all to “examine themselves as to whether you are in the faith” (2 Corinthians 13:5). If we do not know our sins and acknowledge them, then we cannot repent from that which we do not know about.In order to understand the gospel as it relates to the context of sin, grace, law, and salvation, read: Martin White's answer to What are the three basic types of sin according to the Bible?II. A WORLD POLARIZEDWorld Conditions Will WorsenMatthew 24:21–22 “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.”As the events of the world continue to become darker and more ominous each day, millions of people will be waiting anxiously for some sort of peace and rescue from the troubles that are befalling the Earth.In these dire times of trouble, the bible says that “men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of heaven will be shaken.” (Luke 21:26)A Clash of powersRevelation 13:11–12 “Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.”This piece of Bible prophecy describes a political power that will rise up “out of the Earth” (a sparsely populated land) in the last days of human history. This political power would be established on the two pillars of religious and civil liberty but it will “speak like a dragon” (like Satan). This power will eventually align itself with a foreign religious power controlled by Satan, in order to control the world. Through this political-state union, Satan will attempt to force every human being into a false system of worship.Although this works on many people, there will be others who will see through this deception and remain true to the Lord and his commandments. At the same time that this decree will be issued, the people of God will experience a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit to call all the people to worship the Lord of the Sabbath (Exodus 20:11)—the Creator of the heavens and the Earth (Revelation 14:6-7).A great revival of the Holy Spirit will compel many in the world under the influence of the Holy Spirit to take a bold stand for the Word of God and to earnestly work for the salvation of souls. This work is described by Revelation 18:1 which states, “after these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven…and the earth was illuminated with his glory.”Supernatural Signs and WondersRevelation 16:14 “For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.”Revelation 13:13–14 “He [the beast power] performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.“As the supernatural influence of the Holy Spirit become more pronounced in the World, occult manifestations of supernatural power will also intensify to counterfeit the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. Jesus says that through spirit-communication, false-Christs, and false-prophets, many will be deceived by “great signs and wonders” which will deceive “even the elect” (Matthew 24:24).Forced WorshipRevelation 13:15 “He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.”The union of the Antichrist power and the lamb-like beast from the Earth will threaten people with death if they do not worship the image of the beast.This parallels the story of the three Hebrew boys in Daniel 3 when the King of Babylon forced all within his realm to bow down and worship an image of himself which would disobey the First (Exodus 20:3) and the Second commandment (Exodus 20:4,5).The same sort of test will occur in the last days where laws will pressure many people, under the threat of execution, to worship a certain “image” because Satan who works through governments and even certain churches, wants to turn everyone away from the worship of the Creator God and His Son, Jesus Christ.These laws will be disguised under the pretense of moral living and humanism at the expense of the commandments of God, but in reality, these laws would force people to embrace the mark of the beast and the antichrist power (Revelation 13:14–17).The Great DeceptionRevelation 12:9 “So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”This, the war in heaven and the expulsion of Satan and his angels, occurred before the existence of Adam and Eve. This text tells us where the Devil is. The Devil is not in hell, he is on Earth with a terrorist mindset.1 Peter 5:8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”Revelation 12:12 “…Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”Revelation 12:4 “His [the dragon’s] tail drew a third of the stars [angels] of heaven and threw them [the angels] to the earth.”Satan managed to deceive 1/3 of the angels in Heaven. If he can do that with the intelligent angels of Heaven, how much more can he do it for human beings who were made “a little lower” than angels (Psalm 8:5, Hebrew 2:7)?2 Corinthians 11:14 “And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.”One of the greatest deceptions that will occur on Earth is the manifestation of Jesus Christ by the Devil himself, the father of lies (John 8:44), who will masquerade himself as Jesus Christ to deceive the people of the world. News will spread at the speed of light of the appearance of this false-messiah and deceive multitudes. News agencies from all over the world will flock to document Live footage of this supernatural being and many people will mistakenly believe this satisfies the prophecy “every eye will see him” (Revelation 1:7).Jesus warns us of this deception:Matthew 24:5,23–27“5 For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many…23 Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There!' do not believe it. 24 For false-Christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you beforehand. 26 Therefore if they say to you, 'Look, He is in the desert!' do not go out; or 'Look, He is in the inner rooms!' do not believe it. 27 For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.”How will Jesus actually come to Earth? The Secret Rapture?III. THE CLOSE OF PROBATIONThe Plagues FallRevelation 16:1-2 “Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, ‘Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth.’ 2 So the first went and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and a foul and loathsome sore came upon the men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image.”Like in the days of Moses in Egypt, plagues will also befall the Earth before the Second Advent (“coming”) of Jesus Christ. These plagues are similar to the Plagues of Egypt.The plagues fall in this order:1. Gruesome sores on those with the mark of the beast2. Sea turned to blood3. Freshwater turns to blood and death of all marine life4. Sun scorches Man with immense heat5. Darkness covers the throne of the beast6. The Euphrates River dries dried up7. Mighty Earthquake, lightning, and thunderingsEven during the fall of these great plagues, those who refuse to worship the beast and his image will be protected by God’s power because of His promise, “4 He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. 5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day…10 No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;” (Psalm 91:10).The protection of God’s faithful children in the last days from the seven last plagues will be similar to how God protected the Children of Israel from the 10 plagues while they were still in Egypt (Exodus 8-9).A Final ChoiceRevelation 22:11 “He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still."During this time, the Mercy period of God expires and God will pronounce a final judgment on every single person in the history of existence. This is similar to how God closed the doors of the ark supernaturally after Noah preached for many years to the inhabitants of the Earth that they may repent and enter the ark but once the doors were shut, it was too late! Salvation was no longer offered and the reward and punishment were to be carried out. This is also called the “close of probation” when each person’s choice to either worship the Creator or the Beast will be final.This of course does not negate God’s grace and will for all to choose to follow him because it is written, “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9); but again, there will come a time where the doors of Heaven will be shut and God’s “mercy seat” will turn into the “judgment seat” to make way for Judgement (2 Corinthians 5:10, Revelation 20:11-13, Matthew 25:31-32). Sin in its entirety will not be permitted to exist forever, because it is meant to be eradicated along with anything that chooses to remain contaminated with it.The Wrath of SatanRevelation 12:17 “And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”When all have made their final decision on who they worship (either Jesus or Satan), Satan will scheme to stir up more hatred against those who refuse to worship Him and his false-Christ. Thus, the Devil will use the lamb-like beast to kill the followers of Jesus who “keep” God’s commandments and the “testimony of Jesus Christ” (Revelation 14:12).Revelation 13:15“He [the lamb-like beast] was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.”This is the beginning of the battle of Armageddon that goes beyond a military battle in the Middle East because it is a worldwide spiritual battle between the forces of good and evil. In this battle, Satan and his forces make a desperate attempt to eradicate God’s people and gain total control over the world, but the Lord has not forgotten His people during these troubled times. The saints of God passing through the Earth, like the martyrs in the Roman colosseums, will not fear death nor persecution because of their firm faith in the coming of their Lord, their assurance of eternal life, and the first resurrection (you don’t want to be in the second resurrection—Revelation 20:6).IV. THE RETURN OF THE KINGThe Promise of His Return1 Timothy 2:5-6 “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,”Acts 1:9–11 “Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, 11 who also said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.’"John 14:1-3 "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.”Revelation 22:7,12,20 "7 Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book…12 "And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work…20 He who testifies to these things says, ‘Surely I am coming quickly.’ Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! "The Manner of Christ’s ReturnMatthew 24:30-31 “Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”Revelation 1:7 “Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.”Matthew 24:27 “For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.”Matthew 24:36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.While there is no exact date of his surprise return, we will only know the nearness of His coming that is why Jesus provides us the signs of the “Time of the End” before the “End of Time”.The Nature of the Second Coming:A literal event (Acts 1:9–11)A visible event (Revelation 1:7)A worldwide event (Matthew 24:26–27)An audible event (1 Thessalonians 4:16)A physical event (Revelation 16:18)A decisive event (Matthew 24:29–31)A glorious event (Matthew 25:31)A transforming event (Luke 21:25–28)A bright event (2 Thessalonians 2:8)Descriptors of Christ’s Return:Lightning (Matthew 24:27)Clouds (Matthew 26:64)A trumpet (Matthew 24:31)A shout (1 Thessalonians 4:16)Power (Luke 21:27)Glory (Mark 13:26)Angels (Matthew 16:27)Brightness (2 Thessalonians 2:8)Flaming fire (2 Thessalonians 1:8)Mighty Earthquake (Revelation 16:18The Truth is, the event itself is not a secret. It is only the time of His coming that is secret.To understand where the history of the “secret rapture” doctrine (where you get the popular “left-behind” series) comes from, read: What are the different types of Christian eschatology?The Fate of the WickedRevelation 6:15-16 “And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!’”While the Saints of God are fleeing from evil people, God suddenly appears and descends from Heaven with the full glory of his angelic host and the Heavenly city of the New Jerusalem to rescue His persevering children. The Saints of God rejoice as they witness the full glory of their Divine King! In the meanwhile, those who have rejected God and his salvation by following the beast will reap the results of their rebellion where they had spurned every chance to repent before the close of probation. Thus, during the Second Coming, “[they] said to the mountains and rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!’” (Revelation 6:16) while many “weep” with “gnashing teeth” (Matthew 13:41,42,50 & Luke 13:28). Those wicked will be destroyed by the consuming brightness of His mere presence in Heaven (2 Thessalonians 2:8).My friends, there is no middle ground:Matthew 12:30 “He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad”1 John 2:15 “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”James 4:4 “Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”Eternal Morning1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.”The Lord Himself will resurrect the dead in Christ who experienced the first death like Moses.Those who are alive in Christ, witness the first mass ressurection. These people represent those who will go to Heaven and not experienced the first death like Elijah.Notice in verse 16 that the “trumpet of God” will sound.1 Corinthians 15:51–55 “Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.’ 55 ‘O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?’"Notice that the “trumpet” mentioned in 1 Thessalonians 4:16 is “the last trumpet” mentioned in 1 Corinthians 15:52.The Saints on Earth who did not experience the first death, like Elijah, are also transformed and “put on immortality” and “incorruption” and later ascend to heaven with the recently resurrected Saints.1 Thessalonians 4:17 “Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.”With the world convulsing and shattering below them, the redeemed of the Lamb will ascend into Heaven and meet Jesus and His angels in the air.Total Planetary WastelandJeremiah 25:33 “And at that day the slain of the Lord shall be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they shall become refuse on the ground.”All those who remain, the wicked, will all die at the Second coming of Jesus Christ. During the Second Coming total planetary collapse will ensue as oceans boil, earthquakes shatter the land, islands vanish, and hailstones pummel the Earth (Revelation 16:17–21).The wicked who somehow managed to survive these catastrophes are soon destroyed by the brightness of the Lord’s presence and the global upheaval. The bodies of the wicked will lay scattered throughout the planet leaving the planet desolate of life except for Satan and his angels.For the first time since its creation, the planet Earth has become totally devoid of human life which ultimately reveals the ultimate consequences of sin and rebellion against a Loving, Just, and Merciful God who died in their stead so that they might choose to live.V. THE MILLENNIUMThe Justice of GodPsalm 89:14 “Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face.”Romans 12:19 “Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord.”Psalm 9:8 “He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity.”Psalm 96:13 “Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness.”These verses clearly explain that God does not leave sin without punishment. God, is not only the God of Mercy but also Justice.The Millennium PrisonRevelation 20:1-2 “Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;”The term “bottomless pit” comes from the Greek word “abussos” which is a desolate region and a state of chaos. The Greek translation of the Old Testament (called the Septuagint or LXX) uses this same word found in Revelation 20 to describe the earth before creation as it was “without form, and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep” (Genesis 1:2). Furthermore, the prophet Jerimiah also uses this word to describe the earth during the millennium (Jerimiah 4:23–26). This indicates that the earth will be returned to a state similar to the time before God began to create life on our planet.When the Earth becomes desolate and the Saints of God are raptured to Heaven during the Second Coming, Satan and his angels will be left alone on the dark, desolate, and abysmal Earth. In misery and with nothing to do for the first time since the start of his futile rebellion, Satan will be forced to ponder upon the results of his rebellion against the kingdom of God as he beholds the mangled cities, scorched forests, and dry bones in every corner.The Millennium ReignWhat happens to God’s people when Jesus returns?Matthew 24:30-31 “Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 “For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep [dead]. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.”John 14:1–3 "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.”The first thing that happens to God’s people (the resurrected saints and those saints who remain alive) is that they will be gathered up from all four corners of the earth and then ascend to Heaven in the sky to meet Jesus in the air. In the New Jerusalem, we will be living in mansions prepared for us by the Lord.The Desolate EarthJeremiah 25:32-33 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Behold, disaster shall go forth From nation to nation, And a great whirlwind shall be raised up From the farthest parts of the earth. 33 And at that day the slain of the Lord shall be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they shall become refuse on the ground.’”Jerimiah 4:23–25 “I beheld the earth, and indeed it was without form, and void; And the heavens, they had no light. 24 I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled, And all the hills moved back and forth. 25 I beheld, and indeed there was no man, And all the birds of the heavens had fled.”After the not-so-secret rapture, Satan and his angels are again bound to the desolate, void, and abysmal earth during the Millennium.The Hidden RevealedWhat will the righteous do in Heaven during the Millennium?Revelation 20:4 “And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.”Revelation 20:6 “Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.”The time-frame in Revelation 20 that speaks of Satan being bound to the bottomless pit and the righteous saints being in Heaven is the same.The purpose of this Millennium reign in Heaven is for God to commit the judgment to them in a jury review of those who have been lost and died without the first resurrection because the Bible says, “Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts?” (1 Corinthians 6:2)Many of the saints will wonder why certain people such as close friends, relatives, leaders, church-people, etc., they once knew are not with them in Heaven.This is because the Bible teaches that we are to withhold our judgment in regards to the salvation of others while we are on this earth but the time for human judgment will take place in heaven during the Millennium reign. Paul wrote, “Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.” (1 Corinthians 4:5).In other words, we will judge others when the Millennium begins, when all the secrets, sins, and crimes of the lost are exposed into the light for the host of Heaven so that we can see exactly how God was fair in his judgments regarding his condemnation of those who received the mark of the beast and the mercies he had provided them before the close of probation. The veil will be pulled aside which will reveal the spiritual battles that raged for each wandering soul.Not only will human secrets be revealed but also those of the fallen angels of Satan! The Bible says, “Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life?” (1 Corinthians 6:3).NOTICE: These verses of 1 Corinthians 6:2–3 does NOT teach that the saints will determine who will be saved or lost because God had already done that when he sealed his people and issued the mark of the beast during the close of probation before the Millennium. Instead, these verses tell us that the saints will understand the whys and why not of God’s final judgments (emphasis added).Before any single sinner receives the punishment of the second death after the second resurrection, humans will have a full understanding of the transparent justice of their loving God as a vindication of His Holy character. All the words and deeds of the wicked are weighed against the Word of God and the justice of their sentences for eternal death is affirmed without a doubt so that no man nor angel can ever accuse God, just as Lucifer had done in Heaven to deceive 1/3 of the angelic host, of being unjust, unmerciful, or unloving.Perfect JusticeAt the end of the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison for a short time and God with the entire host of Heaven will return to the Earth to carry-out the final punishment on the lost. The meek will inherit the Earth, but it must first be transformed from the ashes.VI. THE END OF SINThe New Jerusalem Descends from HeavenRevelation 21:2 “Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”The word “Jerusalem” means “city of peace”. The New Jerusalem is the new and eternal city of peace contrary to the Earthly Jerusalem which had been destroyed multiple times.The Second ResurrectionJohn 5:28-29 “Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice 29 and come forth--those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.”Revelation 20:5 “The rest of the [wicked] dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.”Obviously, the wicked, who are dead on the Earth and not in Heaven during any part of the millennium, did not take part in the first resurrection; however, there is a special resurrection during the Second Coming for the wicked who nailed Christ to the cross (Revelation 1:7).Satan Released from PrisonRevelation 20:7-8 “Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.”When the millennium ends, the wicked people of every time and place are resurrected again (with the same mortal bodies they possessed before death) to experience the judgment of the second death but before God destroys them all, Satan will make one final attempt to battle the New Jerusalem which descends from Heaven to the Earth at the end of the Millennium (Revelation 21:2) by gathering and deceiving the resurrected wicked of the Earth once more.Meanwhile, Jesus descends from Heaven and His feet touch the mount of olives and it transforms into a great plain so that he can land the massive city of the New Jerusalem on it (Zechariah 14:4).The Books OpenedRevelation 20:12 “And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.”The “dead” in this verse does not only refer to physical death but to those also dead in sin.Ecclesiastes 12:14 “For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil.”Acts 17:31 “because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead."A Futile BattleRevelation 20:7–8 “Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.”The Second Death of Eternal DestructionEzekiel 38:16 “You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me, when I am hallowed in you, O Gog, before their eyes.”John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”As the wicked surround the Heavenly city of the New Jerusalem, they suddenly feel exposed (Luke 12:2) and realized the dismal condition of their condemned state and thus they will finally bow their knees to God while in despair for it is written, “…‘As I live’, says the Lord, ‘Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God.’” (Romans 14:11).As the wicked confess who God is, the Lord executes his righteous judgment for those who refused to accept His offer of salvation,Revelation 20:9 “They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.”Malachi 4:1,3 "For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up," Says the Lord of hosts, ‘That will leave them neither root nor branch’…3 ‘You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this,’ Says the Lord of hosts.”At that point, when God reigns fire from Heaven, as he did with Sodom and Gomorrah, the wicked had faced the irreversible consequences of their actions when they were engulfed and eradicated by a raging inferno in front of the eyes of the saints who remain safe and secure inside the walls of the New Jerusalem.The wicked will experience the judgment that Jesus had faced on the cross but they will not have hope in another resurrection, for they had every chance prior to the close of probation to repent from their wicked ways and seek the salvation offered by Jesus’s priceless death on the Cross.2 Thessalonians 1:9 “These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,”The fires that had completely annihilated the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah will be the same fires that will befall those who surround the Heaven City after the end of the millennium.Complete Destruction2 Peter 3:10,12 “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up…12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?”The complete destruction of the world after the Millennium follows the same language as the Prophet Daniel in the vision of the statue of a man with different metals. The “feet of part iron and clay” represents our modern people/time by which the “stone” struck it and completely destroyed it (see Daniel 2:35).V. THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH//ABOVE: Jesus recreates Earth from the ashes of the Old World as well as the Heavens.A New BeginningRevelation 21:1 “Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.”The term “sea” used by John the Revelator, who was kept prisoner in the ISLAND of Patmos, is probably using the term as a metaphor for sin and “separation”. Sin is the absence/separation of God (Isaiah 59:2), through the disobedience of His Law (1 John 3:4).2 Peter 3:13 “Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.”Isaiah 65:17 "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.”Isaiah 66:22–23 “’For as the new heavens and the new earth Which I will make shall remain before Me,’ says the Lord, ‘So shall your descendants and your name remain.’”After the execution of the second death, the saints of the New Jerusalem will experience first-hand the Creative power of Jesus as he had done during the six-days of Creation. They witness Jesus Christ, the Creator (Colossians 1:16, John 1:3), recreate the Heavens and the Earth to its intended perfection before the Fall of Man.The End of All SufferingRevelation 21:1-5 “Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." 5 Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." And He said to me, "Write, for these words are true and faithful."Isaiah 65:17-19 "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing, And her people a joy. 19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem, And joy in My people; The voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, Nor the voice of crying.”Isaiah 11:6-96 "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them. 7 The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 The nursing child shall play by the cobra's hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper's den. 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord As the waters cover the sea.”1 Peter 1:3-4 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance [a]incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,”Matthew 5:5 “Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.”1 Corinthians 2:9 “But as it is written: ‘Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.’”The Memorial of LoveRevelation 21:3 “And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.”Zechariah 13:6 “And one will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will answer, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'”A little child walks through a Heavenly garden and sits on the lap of Jesus. The small child traces, with small fingers, the strange markings and wounds on the body of Jesus and asks Him, “What are those wounds on your body?” and Jesus said, “Those are wounds from the time I proved my love for you, my child”.The events of the Lord’s Mercy and Justice are all a vindication of his Heavenly love for us and thus, the Bible can be summarized by the simple statement of “God is love.” (1 John 4:8).VI. A FINAL PLEAThe Two EternitiesEternal Death:Revelation 2:11 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death."Revelation 20:14 ″Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.”Revelation 21:8 “But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."Malachi 4:3 “’ You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this,’ Says the LORD of hosts.”Psalm 37:28 “For the Lord loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.”[to be “cut off” is not just to die/perish, but it is a divine curse involving the complete non-existence of the sinner and his descendants]Eternal Life:John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”John 11:25 “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.’”1 John 5:11–13 “And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.”Ezekiel 18:23 “’Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?’ says the Lord God, ‘and not that he should turn from his ways and live?’”Ezekiel 33:11 “…‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’”There are only two eternities that a person can obtain. Choose today who you will serve! Ask yourself today if you are right with the Lord. Do not delay your salvation! Come as you are and the Lord will receive you with open arms.Joshua 24:15 “And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve…But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”Revelation 3:11,20,21“11 Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown…20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. 21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.”If this makes sense to you, my friend, share this answer with your friends and other spaces! May God bless you.Source: Adapted from “The Final Events of Bible Prophecy” by Amazing Facts MinistriesFor a Graphical Representation:The Final Events of Bible Prophecy | Amazing Facts Documentaries | Amazing FactsThis one-of-a-kind presentation is packed with Bible references that give you a clear and straightforward look at what the Bible really has to say about the ...https://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/media/e/14777/t/the-final-events-of-bible-prophecy