What if the Rapture doesn't happen when everyone expects?
For decades, millions of Christians have clung to the hope of a pre-Tribulation Rapture - the belief made popular in the Left Behind series and only widely taught since the 1800s. But what if that hope is shattered on the very first day of the end times?
When a charismatic world leader named Hans Auntay Khrysto brokers a shocking peace treaty between Israel and a powerful alliance of Muslim nations, the global Christian community holds its breath. They wait for the promised Rapture... and nothing happens.
No trumpet. No gathering of the saints. Just stunned silence - and the horrifying realization that they have been left behind.
In the chaos that follows, faith is tested like never before. Some believers fall away, seduced by the Antichrist's rising power and promises of peace. Others dig deeper into Scripture, clinging desperately to God as persecution begins to sweep the earth.
A small but determined group of revival crusaders refuses to surrender. They continue spreading the Gospel, take the church underground, and prepare for the escalating horrors to come. But when the Temple is desecrated at the midpoint of the Tribulation and the Mark of the Beast is enforced, the stakes become life or death.
Now true followers of Christ must flee into hiding or face certain execution.
Gripping, biblically grounded, and thought-provoking, Birth Pangs of the Tribulation is the explosive first book in Gary Michael Epping's Tribulation Trilogy. It challenges long-held assumptions about the end times while delivering a powerful story of courage, doubt, perseverance, and unshakable faith in the face of ultimate evil.
This completely revised and re-edited 2nd Edition launches you into a series that continues with Tribulation Rising and The Unfolding of the Great Tribulation.
If you've ever wondered what it would really look like to follow Jesus through the darkest chapter in human history... this is the story you've been waiting for.
