Foreword………………………………………………1
Introduction………………………………………4
1. The First Beast ……………………………………9
'Out of the Sea'
2. The Seventh Head……………………………… 27
John's Future Empire
3. The Meaning of 'Ten'…………………………… 36
Literal or Metaphorical?
4. 'His Fatal Wound'……………………………… 49
Miracle or Metaphor?
5. 'To Make War with the Saints……………………… 56
and to Overcome Them'
6. The Eleventh Horn………………………………… 69
Subduing Three
7. The Second Beast……………………………… 74
'Out of the Earth'
8. 'To Worship the First Beast'…………………… 92
What is Worship?
9. 20th Century Emperor Worship…………………… 103
Repeating History
10. The Bitter Fruit…………………………………… 125
The Beasts' Killing Fields
11. Religious Empires……………………………… 136
Non-Christian and Christian
12. Muhammad as Emperor…………………………… 153
Ruling from Beyond the Grave
13. 'Satan's Century'…………………………………… 173
Summary of 20th Century Emperor Worship
14. Totalitarianism………………………………… 179
The Secular Perspective
15. John's Metaphors………………………………190
The Two Beasts
16. 'Antichrist is Coming'…………………………… 194
Ready or Not
17. "The Abomination of Desolation"…………………204
Recognising the Pattern
18. Reviewing and Interpreting………………………222
Revelation 13: 1-15
19. The Hidden Kingdom……………………………228
What Has God Been Doing?
20. Islam………………………………………… 245
The Slouching Beast?
21. Conclusions…………………………………… 258
