This book began as a Bible study that evolved into a project which consumed seven years due to the extensive research involved. My purpose was to write a treatise based on biblical doctrine confirmed with secular documentation while maintaining the inspirational flow of spiritual understanding-557 footnotes and 600+ scriptural references. For example, did you know that regarding the subject of gambling-666 is the total of all the numbers on a roulette wheel, the number of the Mark of the Beast, and the first Apple computer was sold for $666.66? Yesterday the elders spoke, and it was received with instant obedience. Today we have an enlightened generation whose sincere questions demand a convincing answer. We cannot fail to convey this holiness message lest we lose one generation and disappear into irrelevancy. It is my desire to cover all the bases yet be succinctly to the point. May Jesus open your understanding as He did mine while mining these gems of truth.