The inspiration for the title of this book came directly from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Those books and movies are, without a doubt, my favorite of all time. J. R. R. Tolkien has taken the truths of the Scriptures on certain topics and brought them to life in such a dramatic way that I wanted to emulate that style and bring correct teaching to the doctrines this book covers.

These truths--the Rapture, the great tribulation, and the city of heaven--have been much maligned in certain segments of the body of Christ. Hebrews 6:1-2 states that you must have a foundation on certain doctrines before moving on past the elementary stage of Christianity. One of the listed doctrines in that portion of Scripture is the resurrection of the dead (i.e., the Rapture). It also says that you must understand these doctrines to advance toward completeness and maturity.

That is my goal for the readers of this book: for you to have an understanding of these doctrines and correct wrong teachings of them as well so that you may reach a higher level of maturity in Jesus Christ, as Ephesians 4:13 says, "We all attain oneness in the faith and comprehension of the knowledge of the Son of God."