Ultimate Things: An Orthodox Christian Perspective on the End Times

308 Pages·2005·42.193 MB·English

by  by D E Engleman (Author), T Hopko (Foreword)

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by Dennis E. Engleman

ULTIMATE THINGS
An Orthodox Christian Perspective
on the End Times
by Dennis Eugene Engleman
CONCILIAR PRESS
Ben Lomond, California
ULTIMATE THINGS
©
1995 Dennis Eugene Engleman
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Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Engleman, Dennis Eugene, 1948-
Ultimate things an Orthodox Christian
:
perspective on the end times / by Dennis Eugene
Engleman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN0-9622713-9-X
1. End ofthe world. 2. Eschatology. 3. Orthodox
Eastern Church—Doctrines. I. Title.
BT876.E54 1995
236'.9--dc20 95-24936
CIP
To my wife Deborah
who nurturedme in her heart
while Inurtured this book in my mind
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Table of Contents
Foreword 7
Chapter 1: The Last Christians 11
This Generation, 15/ AWorld in Chains, 16/ End Times
Guidance, 17
Chapter2: Why Do You Stand Gazing? 21
Setting Dates, 22/ Does it Really Matter? 24/ Worldly
Antagonism, 26/ Signs oftheTimes, 28
Chapter3: The Great WorldEmpires 31
The Four Metals, 33/ The Four Beasts, 37/ The Ten
Horns, 40/ The Seven Kings, 43/ Prophecy Fulfilled, 44
Chapter 4: The Preparation ofIsrael 47
Returning Home, 51/ The LastJewish Temple, 53
Chapter5: Satan in Bondage 57
The Bottomless Pit, 59/ The LastJudgment, 61/ The
Church Age, 62/ The Gospel Preached, 67
Chapter 6: The Beginning ofthe LastDays 70
The Withholding One, 71/ Who Guards? 72/ Birth of
the Christian Monarchy, 73/ The Guardian Revealed, 75/
Growth ofthe Holy Church, 76/ Russia Becomes "Third
Rome," 77/ The Mystery ofIniquity Strikes, 79/ The
LastTsar, 80/ Free at Last! 82/ The First Victims, 83
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Chapter 7: TheMeaning ofthe Russian
Miracle 88
No Surprises, 89/ Fount ofRevolution, 90/ The Coming
Storm, 92/ Rebirth Prophesied, 93/ Communism's
Collapse, 96/ Return ofthe Tsar? 97/ Heavenly Silence,
99
Chapter 8: The Spirit ofthe End Times 103
Perilous Times, 105/ What Is Truth? 106/ Nihilistic
Fervor, 109/ Nihilism and the Unclean Spirit, 112/
Lawlessness, 113/ Utopian Dreams, 114/ The
Revolution, 1 17/ RevolutionaryWorkers, 118/ Stopping
Apostasy, 120/ Finding Sanctuary, 122
Chapter 9: The Nature ofthe Beast 127
The Ape ofGod, 129/ Life Parallels, 132/ An Imitation
ofChrist, 134/ Infernal Royalty, 136/ ''GGG:' 138
Chapter 10: Why the DevilHates a Crowd 146
The Population Threat, 148/ A Working Campaign,
149/ The Black Hand, 151/ Woman with Child, 152/
The Fallen Angels, 154/ Our Modern Holy Innocents,
156
Chapter 11: The Seven-Year Reign
ofAntichrist 160
Seventy Weeks, 161/ Between Sixty-nine and Seventy,
165/ The Last Week, 166/ The First HalfWeek, 167/
The Second HalfWeek, 169/ ATime and Times and
Halfa Time, 170/ The Coming ofthe Thief, 172
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Chapter 12: The FirstHalfWeek:
WorldDeception 175
The Willing Suspension ofDisbelief, 177/ Have I Got a
Deal for You! 179/ One World Government, 180/ The
A
False Prophet, 182/ Sign from Above, 184/ Leading
ReUgious Revival, 186/ The False Messiah, 187/ As in
Noah's Day, 188/ Rebuilding the Temple, 190/ The Two
Witnesses, 191/ Conversion ofthe Jews, 194/ The
Gospel Preached, 195
Chapter 13: The Rapture:
Emancipation or Entrapment? 198
EscapingTribulation, 199/ What Does it Mean? 202/
The Countdown, 203/ A Satanic Deception, 205/ The
Protection ofTradition, 206
Chapter 14: The SecondHalfWeek:
WorldEnslavement 208
Martyrdom ofthe Two Witnesses, 209/ Mark ofthe
Beast, 210/ The Plagues, 213/ Desolation ofthe Temple,
215/ Persecution ofBeUevers, 216/ The Seventh Church,
217/ Persevering to the End, 219/ The Path to
Resurrection, 221
Chapter 15: The Catacomb Church 224
A
Heritage ofMartyrdom, 225/ Christianity a Paradox,
228/ Not ofThis World, 229/ The Allure ofthe
Catacombs, 231/ The Cloud ofWitnesses, 232/ An
Image Yet to Come, 234/ Finding the Catacomb Church,
235/ Flight to the Wilderness, 237/ The Mind ofthe
Fathers, 239/ Preparing for Eternity, 240
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Chapter 16:Armageddon 243
The Last Battle, 245/ Dry Rivers, 247/ Archangel
Michael Fights, 248
Chapter 17: The Second Coming 250
He's Back! 251/ New Heaven, New Earth, 255/
Uncreated Light, Immaterial Fire, 256/ The
Transformation, 258
Chapter 18: The LastJudgment 262
The End ofDeath, 264/ The Judge, 265/ The Sheep and
the Goats, 267/ Fate ofthe "UnholyTrinity," 269
Epilogue: The Eleventh Hour 272
Go into the Vineyard, 276/ The Last Christians, 278/
Prayer, 279
List ofReferences 281
Index 285
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