Considering the times in which we live, it seems to make sense that we pay a little closer attention to end times prophecy. Paul described the hour of our existence as perilous times, meaning precarious, unsafe, uncertain or even dangerous as a result of conflicts that go all the way back to the Garden of Eden following the sin of Adam and Eve. Every person and every nation had or has a role to perform in this conflict, past, present and future. The one source of hope in the midst of the conflict is the Word of God whose author is the Creator, Controller and Finisher of time. Regardless of the raging storms of life, the Word of God will abide forever.