The world feels unstable-and Christians are told to believe this is normal.The Bible says otherwise.Cities burn while leaders excuse it. Governments clash with their own citizens. Protests erupt at home while revolutions shake nations abroad. Fear is used to justify control. Truth is treated as flexible. And the church is often pressured to stay quiet, stay vague, and stay out of the way.Down and Dirty with the End Times refuses that silence.This book is not a speculative timeline, a collection of theories, or a sensational attempt to predict dates. It is a prophetic commentary-rooted in Scripture, especially the book of the Revelation, and applied directly to the world we are living in right now.Written from a conservative Baptist perspective, Marvin McKenzie opens the Bible and the headlines side by side, exposing the patterns God said would appear as the end approaches. Civil unrest, global power struggles, regime collapse, government overreach, economic pressure, and religious compromise are not treated as random events, but as part of a larger biblical trajectory Revelation clearly describes.This book confronts hard questions many Christians are asking-but rarely hear addressed clearly: - Why does chaos seem to be accelerating?- Why is authority being resisted everywhere at once?- Why is compassion increasingly used to demand compliance?- Why does unity come at the cost of truth?- Why is worship-not politics-the real battleground?Down and Dirty with the End Times challenges softened views of Jesus, exposes counterfeit unity, and draws a clear biblical distinction between tribulation and the wrath of God. It presents a straightforward, Scripture-based case for why the church is not appointed to wrath and why Christ's return remains the believer's blessed hope.This is not a book written to scare believers-but to steady them. Revelation was never meant to confuse the faithful or entertain the curious. It was given to prepare the church for pressure, deception, and allegiance tests-and to remind God's people that history is not spiraling out of control. It is moving exactly where God said it would.Each chapter presses Revelation into real-world application without drifting into partisan ranting or abstract symbolism. Babylon is exposed not as ancient history, but as a living system of power, wealth, and false glory. The final chapters lift the reader's eyes beyond collapse and conflict to the ultimate purpose of prophecy: the glory of God.If you are looking for a book that reassures you everything is fine, this is not it.If you want a book that avoids uncomfortable connections, this is not it.But if you believe the Bible still means what it says-and that Revelation speaks powerfully to the world unfolding before our eyes-this book was written for you.The chaos is not accidental.The direction is not unclear.And the end has already been declared.Down and Dirty with the End Times gets real with the Revelation-because pretending otherwise is no longer an option.