He believed in God. He accepted Jesus Christ. He was baptized. He just wasn’t ready for Him to come back. Once, his faith had been the center of his life. Somewhere along the way, conviction became convenience. Church became optional. Prayer became occasional. Old habits returned—alcohol, women, nights he promised himself would be the last. He never stopped believing. He simply believed there would always be tomorrow. Then one morning, he wakes with a hangover and an awareness so powerful it drives the breath from his body. Something has changed. The world has become impossibly still. He walks to the window. The clouds are parting. He cannot see Jesus Christ descending from the heavens. He doesn't need to. He can see His presence. The Lamb is returning as the Lion. And suddenly, every human being on Earth is connected. There are no borders. No races. No nationalities. No political ideologies. No religious divisions. Christian, Muslim, Jew, believer and unbeliever—all see one another with a clarity humanity has never possessed before. They see each other through the eyes of God. And what they see makes them sick. Wars that once seemed justified become human beings slaughtering human beings. Hatreds inherited for generations become absurd. Skin color becomes meaningless. Flags become pieces of cloth. The labels mankind used to divide itself collapse beneath one unbearable truth: There was only ever humanity. Across the planet come the screams of those facing judgment. And standing at his window, a born-again Christian suddenly discovers that knowing the Savior and being prepared to stand before Him are two very different things. He turns away from the heavens and cries out the only truth he has left. “I'm not ready!” Then a Voice answers. The same Voice humanity was warned would come without appointment, without negotiation, and without another tomorrow. From award-winning author Jerrimiah Stonecastle comes a spiritual novel of faith, judgment, human division, redemption, and the terrifying instant when belief is no longer a matter of faith— because God has arrived. THE SECOND BETWEEN HEAVEN & HELL How much can a man discover about eternity in a single second?