Revelations

I love to go to the local Christian bookstore. I always need something to read, and I find books that are fairly current with correlation to end times prophecy most interesting. Of course with all the stuff happening so rapidly, it tends to be a little hard to keep up.
I picked up this book, Mystery of Iniquity, by Michael Rood. I read the back cover author's note, and this man is listed as a messianic moreh (Jewish teacher) and supposedly well known. I began reading this book and noticed that I got a really bad headache everytime I started to read. I couldn't concentrate on the words, they would get fuzzy quickly. I began to realize that I didn't agree with a lot of the author's opinions. He feels that the Rapture is a lie and that we who believe it are misled. I even told my husband that something wasnt right. After all, I want to believe the truth. I want to get this right. Was I mistaken? Were my beliefs in error? I did the only thing that I could do, I went back to the Original Source. I prayed that the Lord would help me see the truth and reassure me if my beliefs were right and help me to accept change if they were wrong. I went back to the Bible, and even used the Greek to KJV New Testament for original translation as close as I had. You know what? I wasn't wrong. The lord led me to believe that what I knew was on the right path all along. Then I looked up the author on the wikepedia site. Lots of information. This person isn't Jewish after all. He alo has a lot of connections to the occult, astrology, and has set himself up as a prophet yet he has been inconsistent and outright wrong on many occassions. I was almost led to question what I know to be true be a wolf in sheep's clothing! Praise God He led me back, and quickly. Like the Bereans, I began a seriously written down study for myself starting with Revelations. I have tons of notes of how I see it, and my goodness, how John was able to do all of it in the time frame he had is amazing. Yes, things I have learned previously came into mind, but not as a way to sway my opinion, but to verify what I knew. It did get even clearer now! It is truly amazing to feel the Holy Spirit working with you. He doesn't yell, it is that "still small voice" that gives you a gentle loving nudge. Praise you God for reining me back in from a dangerous place! Maybe later I will include some of my scribbles here to see.