I've really appreciated each and every customer review about my book. One review at Barnes and Noble's Website, however, struck a familiar cord in my heart. This reviewer said:

My first question is why isn't anyone else looking at these facts. I have the 2003 prophecy conference on videotape, and no one addresses any of these facts. Keep up the good work Herb (Read it here)

You don't know how many times I've asked myself this same question. Why isn't anyone else dealing with the information I've been writing about? You see, I've always considered myself one of them -- them being the well known prophecy teachers like Hal Lindsey and Tim Lahaye that I have learned so much from. In fact, I thought when I came out with this information, they would immediately appreciate its implications and jump on it like I did. But, they didn't. Instead, they have raised up a great wall of silence. 

I must admit, I'm still a little hurt and confused about this. The result is sometimes I become angry and write something I later regret. You see, I still highly regard today's well know prophecy teachers. Like so many others, I owe my own interest in Bible prophecy -- and perhaps even my salvation -- to Hal Lindsey's best seller, The Late Great Planet Earth.

This brings us back to that question, why isn't anyone else addressing these facts? Here's some of my thoughts on this issue:

Firstly, the politics in the European Union are very confusing. Unless you happen to be looking in the right place, at exactly the right time, you probably wouldn't be aware the facts I've been reporting -- such as the 10-nation alliance and its Assembly Recommendation 666. And when someone like me comes along, you have no way to know if the reports are reliable.

Secondly, some of the information I'm reporting goes against current popular expectations. For example, when I told the late John Walvoored that the 10-nation alliance may have appeared on the scene in Europe, he answered, "It couldn't have." The reason he reacted to my information in such manner was because he was expecting the rapture to come before the 10 nations. He asked to see a copy of my manuscript. Unfortunately, when I called back for his mailing address, I found because of a fall he had become too ill to read it. He passed away last December.

Thirdly, there has been a subtle change away from what the old prophecy scholars -- such as John Walvoored -- taught. Before the Left Behind series, it was commonly believed there would be a 10-nation alliance emerge in the area of the old Roman Empire signaling the rise of the Antichrist's kingdom. However, the success of the Left Behind books have changed the popular view. Instead of a 10-nation alliance in Europe, they portray the world being divided into 10 regions by the United Nations -- which in turn are controlled by the 10 kings the Antichrist rises from.

And now we're getting to the primary reason I think there has been a wall of silence raised against the things I've been reporting. The events I've been reporting may threaten some people's predetermined views. Like I said earlier, the popular view today is the 10-nation alliance is to appear after, not before, the rapture. 

Yet, this wouldn't be the first time actual events on the ground would prove the popular view on prophecy wrong. In his great book, Dispensation Truth, Clarence Larkin hit the nail on the head way back in 1920 when he foresaw the appearance of a 10-nation military alliance in Europe. However, he didn't foresee the return of Israel as a nation until Christ's second coming. In other words, Larkin thought Israel wouldn't be returned until after the rapture. However, he was wrong. Israel was reborn in 1948.

Here's my point: In the same way Larkin was wrong about Israel, the popular view today may be wrong about the 10-nation alliance. There's no reason it couldn't appear before the rapture -- just like I've been reporting on FulfilledProphecy.Com.

Stay tuned!