The phenomenon of Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins's Left Behind series is only the most recent entry in the development of the Christian ideas of the Last Days, or the coming of the Apocalypse, which have developed over the centuries. Readers who are curious about what supports the growing belief that God's Kingdom on Earth is imminently approaching will find answers in this book. With insightful and broad knowledge of the historical, religious, and contemporary contexts of the Apocalyptic texts, Clouse introduces readers to the beliefs and values held by those who rely on the promises found in the Book of Revelations.
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Introduction ix
1. Biblical Foundations
The Seventy Weeks of Years
Increase in Apostasy
The Rapture
The Tribulation
Armageddon
The Millennium
The Last Judgment
2. Premillennialism and the Church Fathers
Papias
Irenaeus
Justin Martyr
Tertullian
Hippolytus
Commodianus
Lactantius
Origen
3. Augustine's Spiritualized Amillennialism
from The City of God
4. Radical Millennialist Movements and the Church's Response in the Medieval and Reformation Eras
Anabaptist Millennialism
John Calvin
Martin Luther
Guy de Bray
The English Congregational Church
5. Seventeenth-century Revival of Premillennialism
Johann Alsted
Joseph Mede
John Archer
John Rogers
Anna Trapnel
6. Eighteenth-century Postmillennialism
Daniel Whitby
Jonathan Edwards
7. Nineteenth-century Dispensationalism
John N. Darby
William E. Blackstone
Dwight L. Moody
8. Twentieth-century Developments
Cyrus I. Scofield
William S. McBirnie
Christabel Pankhurst
Dr. Leonard Sale-Harrison
9. Into the Twenty-first Century
Hal Lindsey
Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Notes
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading
