Are These the Last Days?
Published on 1. July 2014
189 pages
978-1-62136-717-8 (ISBN)
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"e;The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day."e;-Proverbs 4:18, NKJVSolomon says in Proverbs 4:18 that we can expect anincreasein enlightenment and anexpansionof understanding as we approach the last days.That is Charles P. Schmitt's position as he presents a fresh scrutiny of Old and New Testament prophetic scriptures in the light of today's world events. He traces not only the conflict between Israel and the Arab world but also their amazing last-days promises of restoration. At all times he underscores the primary backdrop for any Christian view of the last days: worldwide evangelism before the end comes.Are These the Last Days?will graciously challenge your status quo understanding of end-time prophecies and enable you, as Solomon said, to see this subject in an "e;ever brighter"e; light.
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Charles P. Schmitt and his wife, Dotty, are lead pastors with Immanuel's Church, a large, multicultural congregation in Washington DC that began in their home. They travel extensively for world missions and conference ministry and are passionate about seeing the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in revival power.
Content
- Intro
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION: OPENING THOUGHTS
- PART ONE: A PROPHETIC HANDBOOK OF END-TIME PROPHECIES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT IN LIGHT OF TODAY'S EVENTS
- 1. THE CONFLICT OF ALL AGES
- 2. THE OTHER SONS OF ABRAHAM
- 3. SONGS OF THE KINGDOM
- 4. THE ROAR OF ISRAEL'S YOUNG PROPHETIC LIONS
- 5. THE FIRST OF DANIEL'S FIVE END-TIME VISIONS
- 6. DANIEL'S PROPHETIC EXPERIENCES IN CHAPTERS 3-6
- 7. DANIEL'S VISION OF THE FOUR BEASTS
- 8. DANIEL'S VISION OF THE TWO-HORNED RAM AND THE SHAGGY GOAT
- 9. DANIEL'S VISION OF THE DAY MESSIAH THE PRINCE DIED
- 10. DANIEL'S FIFTH AND FINAL VISION OF THE GREAT WAR
- 11. THE PROPHET EZEKIEL
- 12. THE MINOR PROPHETS: HOSEA THROUGH MICAH
- 13. THE MINOR PROPHETS: NAHUM THROUGH MALACHI
- 14. ZECHARIAH 12-14
- PART TWO: A PROPHETIC HANDBOOK OF END-TIME PROPHECIES FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT IN LIGHT OF TODAY'S EVENTS
- 15. JESUS' END-TIME TEACHINGS
- 16. JESUS' TEACHING ON PREPARING FOR HIS RETURN
- 17. JESUS' END-TIME TEACHINGS IN MARK AND LUKE AND THE END-TIME TEACHINGS OF PETER AND JAMES
- 18. PAUL'S UNDERSTANDING OF ISRAEL AND THE CHURCH
- 19. PAUL'S UNDERSTANDING OF JESUS' SECOND COMING AND OF THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH
- 20. PAUL'S SECOND LETTER TO THE THESSALONIANS
- 21. THE RESTORED TEMPLE OF THE LAST DAYS
- 22. THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST
- 23. THE VISION OF THE SEVEN-SEALED BOOK
- 24. THE VISION OF THE SEVEN TRUMPETS
- 25. THE VISION OF THE GREAT CONFLICT
- 26. THE VISION OF THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES
- 27. THE FINAL VISION OF THE KINGDOM AND THE HOLY CITY
- 28. WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE OUGHT YOU TO BE?
- APPENDIX 1: DIFFERENT ESCHATOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDINGS
- APPENDIX 2: A COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 11
- APPENDIX 3: ISRAEL AND THE CHURCH
- APPENDIX 4: WHEN WILL OUR LORD JESUS RETURN, AND WHEN IS THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH?
- APPENDIX 5: "OTHER CHRISTS"
- APPENDIX 6: NOW IS THE TIME TO WORSHIP
- APPENDIX 7: A MIDNIGHT CRY: AN ALERT FROM CURRENT EVENTS ON THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES
- NOTES
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- CONTACT THE AUTHOR
