A retired bishop and pastor, Isiah Lawrence Nottage was also a customs officer who worked in various divisions for the Bahamas Customs department, including audit and investigation. Formerly a Spanish tutor, musician, and an authority on past biblical eschatology, Bishop Nottage is the author of several exciting and controversial books, including his 926-page book, The Rapture and the Tribulation Are Past. He also wrote East Jerusalem: The Former Garden of Eden.