End Time Delusions : the Rapture, the Antichrist, Israel, and the End of the World
Will Christians vanish in a rapture? Will seven years of apocalyptic terror overtake those left behind? Will one future Mr. Diabolical & mdash;the antichrist & mdash;rise to control the world? Will he enter a rebuilt Jewish temple, claiming to be God? Will Earth & rsquo;s nations attack Israel at Armageddon? Best-selling books like Left Behind and popular apocalyptic movies predict such things. Are they correct?No area of Christianity has been subject to more misguided interpretation than end time prophecy. Millions of Christians sense we are nearing Jesus Christ & rsquo;s return. Yet when it
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; Delusion (noun):; Section 1 : Rapture Delusions; Chapter 1: Now You See Them, Now You Don t; Chapter 2: The Parousia and Twinkling Eyes; Chapter 3: Will God's Church Escape Tribulation?; Section 2 : Seven-Year Tribulation Delusions; Chapter 4: The Seven-Year Tribulation Theory; Chapter 5: Dropping the Bomb; Chapter 6: David Van Biema's Secret; Section 3 : Antichrist Delusions; Chapter 7: Antichrist: Facts vs. Fiction; Chapter 8: Paul's Point: Antichrist Comes First; Chapter 9: Falling Away From the Truth. Chapter 10: Judas: A Type of AntichristChapter 11: One Future Mr. Diabolical?; Chapter 12: Titanic Truths About the Temple; Chapter 13: The Restrainer: Myths and Memories; Chapter 14: Putting the Pieces Together; Chapter 15: Echoes of Forgotten Voices; Chapter 16: 1260 Years: The Time Factor; Chapter 17: The Return of the Wounded Beast; Chapter 18: The I.D. of Antichrist; Chapter 19: Battle of the Isms; Chapter 20: The Path of the Virus; Chapter 21: Faith of our Fathers; Section 4 : Israel Delusions; Chapter 22: All Eyes on Israel; Chapter 23: Wrestling With an Angel. Chapter 24: A New Look at Jesus ChristChapter 25: Clarity Through Double Vision; Chapter 26: Choice and the Chosen Nation; Chapter 27: Calvary and the Divine Divorce; Chapter 28: When the Wall Tumbled Down; Chapter 29: 1948: An Unsinkable Doctrine?; Chapter 30: When the Euphrates Runs Dry; Chapter 31: Frogs, Fables, and Armageddon; Chapter 32: Thunder From Heaven's Temple; Chapter 33: 144,000 Israelites Indeed; Endnotes