Anti-gay activist Scott Lively was the guest on VCY America’s “Crosstalk” radio program yesterday, where he asserted that the issue of acceptance of homosexuality within the church is a “dress rehearsal” for the End Times.

“I believe we’re in End Times,” he said, “and that we’re being prepared as a body for a time when the Antichrist is going to appear on the scene and the Mark of the Beast is going to be something that all believers are going to be presented with this challenge. It seems that the issue of homosexuality and the way that it’s being addressed in society and in the church is kind of a dress rehearsal for that.”