People in the Film
In the US
James and Laura Bagg live and work in New England. They are highly educated engineers, working with jet engine design and maintenance. They believe that the world as we know it will end with the Battle of Armageddon in Israel and when this happens they will be members of Christ’s army.
Pastor Robert Dean
Dr. Robert L. Dean, Jr, is Pastor of the West Houston Bible Church, and has more than 35 years of pastoral experience. He is on the faculty of Faith Evangelical Seminary, Oregon Theological Seminary and is Chairman of the Governing Board for Chafer Theological Seminary. He has a Ph.D. in theological studies and historical theology. He believes that the truths of the Bible are vitally important in today’s world.
The Edwards Family, Oklahoma
The Edwards Family, Devonna and Tony and their five children, Amanda, Kristin, Ashley, Travis and John, live in Oklahoma. Tony is an attorney and Devonna is the founder of Shared Blessings, a community agency devoted to clothing people in need. The family agrees the Rapture will happen, and but they feel differently about when it will happen. Devonna looks forward to the Rapture in the near future, while her daughters hope they get to live their lives out before the End Times occur.
Dr. H. Wayne House on tour in Israel.
Dr. H. Wayne House, professor of Biblical Studies and Apologetics at Faith Seminary in Tacoma, Washington, has authored numerous books on Christian apologetics, religious movements and Bible prophecy. He is the past president of the Evangelical Theological Society. He is dedicated to conducting study tours to Israel in order to deepen people’s understanding of the Bible and Bible prophecy.
Gary Derickson, Chairman of the Ministry Division and Professor of Biblical Studies, Corban College, Salem, Oregon, earned his Doctorate in Philosophy in 1993. He was awarded the Donald K. Campbell Award in Biblical Exposition and has written many scholarly articles on religion including “The Disciplemaker: What Matters Most to Jesus.”
Dr. David Hunt is a founder of The Berean Call Ministry, devoted to alerting believers in Christ to the unbiblical teachings and practices that impact the church. At least 4 million copies of his books have been sold and have been translated into more than 50 languages, including Countdown to the Second Coming, and In Defense of the Faith.
Dr. Thomas Ice is the Executive Director of the Pre-Trib Research Center on the campus of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. The Center sponsors meetings and conferences and serves as a clearinghouse for speakers on Pre-Tribulationism. Dr. Ice has authored many scholarly books and articles and is a frequent lecturer at conferences on Bible history and prophecy.
Phillip Goodman is President of Prophecy Watch Television, and founded the Spiritual Armor Project prophecy ministry. He directed the award winning Adult and Community Education for the Tulsa Public Schools for 21 years and has conducted prophecy seminars in the U.S. and Canada. His ministry is dedicated to teaching, encouraging and strengthening faith in Jesus Christ and Bible prophecy within the events of our present age.
Scott Nelson, Pastor of the Morningstar Church in Salem, Oregon began his ministry with a 35-member congregation and now presides over a megagchurch of more than 3000 members.
David Lowe is author of Earthquake Resurrection: Supernatural Catalyst for the Coming Global Catastrophe and Then His Voice Shook the Earth. He lives in Wichita, Kansas. The events of September 11, 2001 prompted him to study Bible prophecy more deeply and to regard history as unfolding according to God’s prophetic plan.
In Israel
Walid Halaweh is a 4th generation Palestinian schoolteacher and shop owner who lives in Jerusalem. He explains the importance of the Al Aqsa Mosque to him and his family.
Yitzhaq Hayutman, a Jerusalem architect and cybernetics expert, has a plan for peace: to position an airborne hologram over Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock to unify all parties to the conflict.
Rabbi Felix Rogin heads The Temple Mount Center in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem. The Center is designed to raise awareness and advance plans for rebuilding a Third Temple on the same spot where the Second Temple was destroyed. This is the same site where the Dome of the Rock currently stands.
Ray Sanders directs Christian Friends of Israel, an international evangelical Christian ministry in Jerusalem. CFI represents Christians throughout the world who love and wish to express their solidarity with Israel based on Bible prophecy.
Laura and Lisa Spiker are Evangelical Christians and sisters who traveled to Israel on the Christian Study Tour in the summer of 2006 conducted by H. Wayne House.
Commentarty
Chip Berlet is a Senior Research Analyst and investigative journalist at Political Research Associates in Somerville, Massachusetts. PRA is a progressive think tank devoted to supporting movements that are advocating and building a more inclusive and just democratic society. He has devoted his professional life to documenting, writing and speaking out against prejudice, theocratic fundamentalism and civil liberties violations.
Mel White is a gay American clergyman, author, activist and filmmaker. He has written speeches and been a ghostwriter for televangelists such as Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and Billy Graham. He was awarded the American Civil Liberty Union’s National Civil Liberties Award for his efforts to apply the principles of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King to the struggle for justice and human rights for minorities. He has produced, written and directed many documentary films and TV specials on spirituality. Mel received his Doctorate of Ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary. He authored Stranger at the Gate, about the Christian Right agenda and how it can be resisted.
Barbara Rossing is a Professor of New Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, and serves on the executive committee and council of the Lutheran World Federal. Her book, The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation is a critique of fundamentalist “Left Behind” theology. She received a master of divinity degree from Yale University Divinity School and the doctor of theology degree from Harvard University.
Gershom Gorenberg is an American born Israeli political writer specializing in the political history of Israel and Israeli-American relations. He has lived in Jerusalem for 25 years, is a senior editor and columnist for The Jerusalem Report and a Senior Correspondent to The American Prospect. He is the author of The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount and The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements 1967 – 1977.