““These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and elect and faithful.” And he *said to me, “The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and crowds and nations and tongues.” (Revelation 17:14–15 LSB) https://accordance.bible/link/read/LSB#Rev._17:14

The end times, the last days, before the Lord God Almighty returns to end the world as we know it now to recreate the world to become the way He always planned it to be, will be very difficult for everyone. Most of the peoples of the world will continue as they do today, rejecting God and doing whatever they desire. Some of the people who today identify as Christians will no longer do so for they fear men more than God. This is already occurring by those who claim to be Christians and sit as executives, government leaders, deans and presidents, yet fail to identify with Jesus in those places or insist upon the adherence to His values in their policies. Political correctness does not lead to holiness, nor does it gain a person access to the throne of the King of kings. Those who stay faithful to identify themselves with Jesus, particularly in their insistence that all people must repent and obey everything Jesus has commanded us, will suffer in this world. Some will pay the ultimate sacrifice for all who stand with Jesus will be maligned, impugned, despised, hated, attacked, and disregarded. This is the way men treated God when He lived among us as one of us in Jesus the Savior. Yet when God returns, He will reward His faithful servants, those who suffered like Him by suffering for Him, with eternal life and eternal reward that will far surpass anything we can hope or imagine as being the very best in this life. The way is narrow, difficult is the path that leads to life, and few are upon it, but blessing, honor, glory, and life eternal will be given to those who stay faithful until the end.