Afterword 

    How  certain am I of these predictions? I am very certain of the broad 

strokes of these events. I am certain of all the major events and points. I am 

less certain about the exact details and exact timing of each event. 

    I understand certain things about the future, mainly by interpreting Sacred 

Scripture, and also by understanding the words of the Virgin Mary about the 

future at places like La Salette, Fatima, Medjugorje, and Garabandal. But I 

myself have never received any private revelation of any kind. 

    I wrote these predictions because I believe that they are true. I have not 

written anything that I believe to be false. Even so, I must admit that some 

of these predictions could contain errors. The words of Holy Scripture, and 

the meaning of those words, is entirely without error. But my interpretations 

of Holy Scripture could contain some mistakes. 

    Previous editions of this book did contain errors. For example, I 

predicted, in an earlier edition of this book, that the war among the Arab 

nations and the subsequent related events (invasion of Europe, etc.) would 

begin in 1998/1999. These events did not occur at that time. I have adjusted 

the time frame for the beginning of that set of events repeatedly in previous 

versions of this book. I believe now that I have the correct time period for 

the beginning of that sequence of events: 2009/2010. But most predictions in 

this book have remained essentially the same from one edition to the next. 

    In this fifth edition of the book, I have included additional insights into 

future events that I have had since the completion of the fourth edition. I 

have never received any form of private revelation. These insights come 

mainly from my understanding of Sacred Scripture, and also, to a much 

lesser extent, my understanding of the words of the Virgin Mary at places 

like La Salette and Fatima. As I began to translate the books of the Bible 

from Latin into English, I found, in my translation of Daniel, a better 

understanding of the future events described in that book. This improved 

understanding (especially concerning the kingdom of the ten kings and the 

Antichrist) is reflected in this new edition. 

    I suspect that the actual events, as they unfold, may differ somewhat from 

my predictions mainly by being more complex than my understanding and 

the description found within these pages. Even so, many of these predicted 

events must necessarily occur sooner or later. For example, the events 

described in the book of Revelation cannot fail to occur, for God's Holy 

Infallible Scripture cannot fail. However, my interpretation of Sacred 

Scripture could possibly contain some errors or misunderstandings. Even so,