The Second Coming: An Essay

A preface notes my years of comparing history to scripture. I came to some conclusions at variance with conventional wisdom on the second coming. The first chapter discusses the repetitive nature of biblical events in that one event presages or foreshadows another event. The second chapter criticizes rabbinical interpretations of scriptural passages as distortions and falsehood. The Babylonian Talmud is condemned in particular. The third chapter discusses the relationship between Israel and Rome. I surmise that fleeing Israelite merchants and sailors helped found ancient Rome. The fourth chapter discusses the worldly nature of Roman Catholicism, how it undermined the Byzantine Empire and Celtic Church to advance its corrupt worldly power. I deem the Reformation to be instigated by Rome to become its own opposition in effect. In particular, Vatican penetration and corruption of Britain is discussed and its role in the advance of British imperialism. Chapter five explains that both Jews and Christians have misinterpreted the role of the Messiah in history. The military conqueror they are looking for is found in Chapter 63 of Isaiah and is most certainly not the Messiah. Chapter six discusses how the current corrupt world order can be turned around and true Christianity planted in the world, and with it the body of Christ, the second coming.