200 DATE WITH THE GODS"Well, there's some truth to that, but let's not get into
that right now.
"There's a man on this earth who writes that the
Rapture is the ultimate trip. It most certainly is. It's the
only way to go."
We looked at each other in silence for several mo
ments, before Rama continued.
"Now, about the timetables for these prophecies being
fulfilled before the antichrist proclaims himself God ....
You have the heat on in the Middle East, like it has
never been before. A country in this world has a
particular way of thinking. It thinks that it is the
strongest nation in the world. At the beginning of 1976,
there will be a sort of confrontation. A new word is
going to be exposed to the media: Detente. An eye-to
eye confrontation between the world powers to see
which one is the strongest.
This is going to be felt all over the place. The political
situation in the world up to the end of 197 6 is going to be
tense. This would be the logical time for the antichrist to
step up with his solution for the Middle East crisis. Let's
put it this way: If the Rapture came before you went
back to the United States, that would put us about seven
years from the Third World War, or rather, Armaged
don."
"Seven years from the time this man makes the seven
year peace plan?"
"That's right. This is what we're going to call the
Tribulation period. It's the seven-year period marked by
the entrance of the antichrist into world political affairs.
He won't look like an antichrist when he first appears. In
fact, he'll have a workable Middle East peace solution.
His personality is pleasant and this will favor his being
regarded as a great statesman. At the beginning, he will
seem warm and loving as a leader. But it won't take very