Politics & Prophecy: A Lawyer’s View of the End Times
by Gerald R. Thompson*
Table of Contents
Will the world end? Of course it will. The question isn’t when, but how. Discover the thread that ties all end times prophecies together. Learn about the coming war for nations, kingdoms and empires. It’s an epic struggle for control of the heavens and earth. It’s amazing how little things have changed in 5,000 years.
But also understand the politics of the end times – and the politics of prophecy. Who will be the leaders, and who will be subservient? Will there be a one world government – or a one world religion? How will society be organized and structured? This is a completely unique take on the subject that challenges conventional wisdom.
Is it fiction, or history written in advance?
Introduction
OVERVIEW
WHAT IS GOD DOING?
INTERPRETIVE CONTEXT
Four Principal Views
What Really Drives End Times Viewpoints
Why I Am an Historic Premillennialist
BASIC CHRONOLOGY
OBSERVATIONS ABOUT TIME PERIODS
What Calendar Does God Use?
Part 1 – The Big Picture
THE OVERARCHING NARRATIVE
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
WHO IS WHO?
Genealogical Chart
WHO IS WHERE?
ESSENTIAL SYMBOLOGY
PARALLEL WITH EXODUS
THE COMMON THREAD
Game of Thrones
Clash of the Titans
Part 2 – Judgment of the Nations
A WORD OF CAUTION
THE SEVEN SEALS
THE SEVEN TRUMPETS
THE SEVEN BOWLS
THE TWO WITNESSES
The Most Hated Persons In The World
What Kind Of Witnesses?
ARMAGEDDON
The (Great) Day Of The Lord
Gog and Magog
Marriage Supper of the Lamb
The Great Winepress of God
TRIBULATION SAINTS
FIRST RESURRECTION
A Resurrection Of The Body
Timing and Sequence
THE RAPTURE QUESTION
Arguments For
Arguments Against
Will The Church Be Spared?
Part 3 – The Restoration of Israel
PROPHECY OF THE 70 WEEKS
The “Day-Year” Theory
Days of Future Past (Troubling Inconsistencies)
The 70th Week
The Beginning of the End Time
THE REGATHERING OF THE JEWS
The Root and the Graft
Hallmarks of the Regathering
FIRST AMONG THE NATIONS
Spiritual Rebirth
The Time of Jacob’s Trouble
The Times of the Gentiles
THE MESSIANIC ERA
The Golden Age
Topographical Changes
REBUILDING THE TEMPLE
Importance of the Jewish Temple
Five Reasons for Rebuilding the Temple
Driven to Rebuild
ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION
THE 144,000 OF ISRAEL
Why Are They Sealed?
Who Are They Really?
Anglo-Israelism and the True Jew
Part 4 – The Conquest of Evil
THE BEAST KINGDOM
The Historical Context
The Missing Kingdom (7th Empire)
The Coming Caliphate (Final Empire)
THE GREAT HARLOT
THE SATANIC TRINITY
Satan
False Prophet
The Mark of the Beast
THE ANTICHRIST
The Twin Visions of the “Little Horn”
The Man of Lawlessness
A God of Fortresses
OPPOSITE WORLD
THE ABYSS (BOTTOMLESS PIT)
FINAL BATTLE AND JUDGMENT
The Last Hurrah
Great White Throne and The Second Resurrection
The Judgment Seat of Christ (“Bema Seat”)
DEATH AND THE LAKE OF FIRE
Part 5 – The Kingdom of Christ
SECOND COMING (SECOND ADVENT)
The Sabbath Principle, or the 7,000 Year Plan for Man
He Will Raise Us Up on the Third Day
THE MILLENNIUM
Why Christ’s Kingdom Will Be Physical And Political
The Nature of Kingdom Government
Rule with a “Rod of Iron”
A New World Order
THE SEVENTH DIVINE COVENANT
The Unfinished Work Of Christ
Perfection of the Mosaic Theocratic Law
A Worldwide Theocracy
ONE WORLD RELIGION
The Millennial Church
A Kingdom of Priests
A Revival of Sacrifices
Religious Freedom – The New Normal
THINGS THAT WILL NOT CHANGE
The Curse of the Ground
Dominion Over The Earth
Ministry of the Holy Spirit
NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH
All Things New
The New Jerusalem
The Sum Of All Things
POSTSCRIPT
Appendix B
COMPARISON CHART OF PROPHETIC VIEWS
Appendix C
A BRIEF TIMELINE OF THE END TIME
* Ver. 8.0. Copyright © 2013-2020 Gerald R. Thompson. All rights reserved. Used by permission. All Bible quotations are from the English Standard Version.