This book presents a prophetic warning of God’s judgment on the church. “For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God” 1 Peter 4:17 For centuries the church has been subjected to an overwhelming assault from the power of Antichrist. “And it was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them.” Revelation 13:7 As a result of this attack, the church has been contaminated with apostasy, and left powerless to witness to an ailing world. The church must face the Lord’s judgment and be purged and refined. This is so that it might effectively receive the “latter rain” of revival and restoration. God has revealed His purposes to “His servants the prophets” Amos 3:7, and has instructed them to warn His children. The burden of their message at this time is to “Come out of her, My people, (i.e. to come out of the apostasy in the church) lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.” Revelation 18:4
