-- THE EPISTLES: Deceptive double Vision -- I Corinthians -- Philippians -- Colossians -- I Thessalonians -- II Thessalonians -- Titus -- Summary of the Double Vision Epistles -- THE EPISTLES: Sobering Up, A Corrective Prescription -- Galatians -- Hebrews -- THE APOCALYPSE: A parallel with Rip Van Winkle -- Historical Setting: God's People in Peril -- Seven letters to seven churches -- Initial Vision: The Mystery of the Kingdom Revealed: The Scroll -- The Throne room -- The Mysterious Scroll -- The Lion and the Lamb -- The Singing -- Seven Seals -- The Great Tribulation -- The Four Winds and the Mark -- The 144,000 -- Seven Trumpets -- Abbadon and the locust/scorpion army -- Three Woes and Seven Thunders -- The 42 month Times of the Gentiles -- The two witnesses -- The great earthquake and the great city -- The mystery of God fulfilled -- Summary of the Initial Vision -- Key Personalities in Chapter 12 -- The Child, the Woman, and the Dragon -- The Vision Recapitulated with Proof -- The dragon's battle strategy -- The beast of the sea -- The mortal wound -- Worship of the beast -- The beast on the land -- The number 666 -- The mark of the beast -- Perks of the dragon -- The Child's battle strategy -- Mt Zion, the 144,000, and the Singing -- The Eucharist -- The three angels and Babylon -- Two more angels and the winepress of God's wrath -- The Woman's battle strategy -- The Great Battle -- Seven plagues -- Armageddon -- The harlot amidst seven hills -- The scarlet beast -- Seven emperors plus one -- Ten kings of the future -- The Fall of Babylon -- Reaction of the dragon's allies -- Reaction of the Child's allies -- Vision of the End: The Final Battle -- The Great Supper of God -- Present Benefits of Daniel's Blessings -- The Millennium -- Millennial Winkle Warps -- Future Benefits of Daniel's Strong Covenant -- Gog and Magog -- Ezekiel's summary -- The great white throne judgment -- A New Jerusalem in a new Heaven and new earth -- Eternity -- The Church's Gospel -- The Church's Nature -- The Church's Mission -- It Is Done! -- Summary: Two Questions -- DESSERT -- WRAPPING UP -- WHY THE RAPTURE IS APPEALING -- Three Psychological Reasons -- Positive, Pollyanna, and Voyeuristic -- Two Theological Reasons -- Too High a View and Too Low a View -- An antidote -- WHAT IS AN HONEST CATHOLIC TO DO? -- A Catholic View of the End Times -- APPENDIX ONE: THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS -- APPENDIX TWO: DANIEL'S SEVENTY WEEKS IN HISTORY -- APPENDIX THREE: DANIEL'S SILLUK IN VISION IV:E -- APPENDIX FOUR: ZECHARIAH: A Minor Misunderstanding -- Daniel's seventieth week in Zechariah -- The Day of the Lord -- First section: Eight Visions -- Second section -- The First Oracle -- The Good Shepherd -- The Second Oracle -- The pierced one -- The Mount of Olives split in two -- The flight -- The sacrifice -- APPENDIX FIVE: THE GREAT TRIBULATION: an alternative -- APPENDIX SIX: AUTHORSHIP FOR THE APOCALYPSE -- Author -- Date -- Three texts -- Frame of reference -- Ancient witnesses -- Internal evidence -- Soon -- Disguises -- Seven churches -- Health -- Temple -- Language -- APPENDIX SEVEN: STRICT PRETERISM -- The Temples -- The Olivet Discourse -- St. Peter and St. Paul -- The death of Death -- APPENDIX EIGHT: TIMELINE.
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