Category Archives: Eschatology

Mark of the Beast discovered

And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17and he provides that no … Continue reading

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Revelation

“A revelation should be revealing,” Martin Luther. The New Testament book of Revelation (or Apocalypse) is viewed in different ways: Hands Off Some folks don’t think much of  Revelation. It’s either too obscure or too bizarre to be worth the … Continue reading

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I Don’t Know When Jesus is Coming, but Neither Do You

A few years ago I was pedaling my bicycle down a back road when a woman driving an old station wagon full of kids pulled up beside me, matched my speed, rolled down the window and shouted, “Do you know … Continue reading

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Left Behind?

Left Behind™: A Novel of the Earth’s Last Days by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins The volume appeared in our church library, so I checked it out. Some Christians read the Book of Revelation (from the Bible) as a … Continue reading

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