Jacob Rosenberg, a hard-working business owner in Israel, suddenly finds his world turned upside down when a nuclear war erupts in the Middle East between his homeland and their enemies. As the nations of the world rush to stabilize the region and prevent another devastating nuclear exchange, Israel finds itself completely alone and surrounded by a massive Coalition promising peace in exchange for her national sovereignty. Will Israel survive with all the nations arrayed against her? And when strange, god-like extraterrestrials arrive on the earth promising peace, security, and goodwill, can they be trusted? Are they really the observers, guardians, and protectors of mankind as they proclaim? Who is this coming World Leader they speak of, who is to guide mankind through a period of trials as the world begins to take the next great step in its evolution? Could this new World Leader be the long-awaited Messiah that the Jewish prophets spoke of centuries before? Follow the story of an Israeli family and their struggle to survive in a world quickly being altered by war, fear, and deception. Will they be able to discern the truth of what is happening on the earth before it's too late?

I first took a passing-interest in Bible prophecy in 1996, and then in 1998 began to study it much more seriously. This book is largely a result of those studies and several of my own thoughts and "guesses" as to the times ahead.

This book has been on my heart to write for several years, and attempts to cover the main events of the End Times as described in the Bible. Several of the major events covered are the Magog Invasion, the Rapture, the rise of the Anti-Christ and the global government, and then the Second Coming and the Millennium.

As my first published book, "The Time of Jacob’s Trouble" chronicles the lives and adventures of an Israeli family that suddenly finds itself in the midst of the Tribulation.

“Go! Go!” Jacob yelled, pushing his teenage daughter ahead of him into the bomb shelter. “Hurry! Don’t look back!”

Others were pressing in behind him, and he scowled back at them angrily, even though some of them were his own neighbors. He could hear the crying of babies and children in the dim light.

A few moments later, everyone was safely inside. When the doors closed, everyone suddenly became quiet, listening carefully for any sounds outside. Like many others in the bomb shelter, Jacob was afraid, but he was also angry.

His country of Israel had shown herself to be weak for too many years, and this was where it had gotten them. Her people were sick of the rocket and mortar attacks that continued to go unanswered. They were sick of trying to make peace with those who wanted no peace.

He looked over at his wife, who was holding their daughter Ruth, and both had tears in their eyes. He tried to reassure them that everything would be okay and apologized to Ruth for his rudeness earlier. They had only been forced to go into the shelter once before during a long series of terrorist attacks, but this time was much different – much more frightening. Much more deadly.

He closed his eyes and thought about how his nation had gotten into this mess.