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Scripture tells us that prior to the return of Jesus Christ at the end of history, the nations of the earth will have become evil swamps of idolatrous tyrants who have forgotten their own souls, believe that all that exists is the evolving universe of psychic energy, and prefer evil over good. Earth and its idolatrous citizenry will have deteriorated to the evil, godless condition that it had been during Noah’s day.

Lest we mistakenly perceive idolaters as nice, misunderstood people, in “Journey to the Celestial City,” Wayne Martindale sets straight this error with his unvarnished depiction of hell-bound idolaters as haters of good people. All that’s left in them is darkness – self-centeredness, hate, envy, lies, thoughts of theft and murder and sadistic pleasure received from hurting other people. They are evil, violent idolaters who prefer evil thoughts, evil words, evil companions and evil acts. Thus when they encounter good people they, "“…condemn them, perverting their reason by rationalizing evil and finding ways to blame the good or God or religion for their problems and the problems of the world. They already hate goodness because it implicitly condemns the evil they have chosen. They wouldn’t like heaven if they could have it. They are, in a sense, already in hell, preferring darkness to light.” (Eternal Perspectives, Randy Alcorn, p 76)"

Pretty much describes the world we live in today.