Remember the former things of old; for I am God,
and there is no other; I am God, and here is none like me,
declaring the end from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, My counsel shall stand,
and I will accomplish all my purpose. (Isa 46,9-10)

Seek and read from the book of the LORD! (Isa 34,16)

Introduction

There are all over the world a great number of exegetes, who deal with the interpretation of the altogether 66 books of the Bible. The majority of them treat a particular one of these books; some few have set themselves the task to represent the overall connection of all prophetic texts of the Bible. Also this paper can be counted as one of the latter group. In contrast to single interpretations, where one can deal with one book after another, an overall interpretation requires an exhaustive study of all books of the Bible in order to acquire a general knowledge of the focal points and connections first. Only after this it is possible to decide which texts from which book belong to which subject. And for that a purposeful study of the entire Scriptures is necessary once again. By proceeding this way it is also possible then to support the interpretation offered by parallel passages from various books of the Bible and to comply with the old-established principle of a reliable exegesis that only Scriptures shall interpret Scriptures.

In conventional interpretations these parallel passages are quoted with their addresses of origin – that is to say for instance Isa 52,7 for: book Isaiah, chapter 52, verse 7. But as one can easily imagine, there is only a very restricted readership that take the trouble to look up the text in the Bible every time. In most cases the readers trust the indications and go on reading. But with that one often does not only renounce an essential help for a better understanding, sometimes it also turns out that this connection with other texts does not make any sense. Either because the interpreter sees here a connection that obviously does not exist at all or quite simply because the indication of the source address is wrong.

As the paper on hand here deals with the prophetic texts of the Holy Scriptures as a whole and as due to the complexity of the matter the reader should get all possible support, all parallel texts were directly inserted – to the extent necessary for the respective analysis. The fact that as a result of that the number of pages of the individual sections was extended quite considerably, was accepted for the benefit of the advantage that the reader disposes of an immediate opportunity to get the information right away and also to check what message can be derived from this passage from the Scriptures for the subject which is being dealt with at the moment.

The first part of this paper comprises the excursuses 1-12. In each of these excurses a controversial subject of the exegesis of the Bible is taken up and analyzed. These excursuses are independent of each other as well as independent of the main part. However, reference is made in the main part to the respective excursus by means of footnotes when these subjects are being dealt with.

The second part, the main part, deals with the last days in its chapters 1-14. The subject matter of the individual chapters is based on both the preceding and the subsequent chapters and therefore, they form a logical connection, which can be inferred from the general survey at the end of this section.

The third part contains the tables (first table portrait, all other tables landscape). These tables are in the main working documents, which are intended to help to reconstruct the analysis. They are also independent of the main part and of the excursuses, however, also in the excursuses reference is made to the tables belonging to that subject by means of footnotes.

At the end of this introduction the hyperlinks to all documents are indicated in a table of contents.

General survey of the periods and the events.

The Great Tribulation

1^st seal: The Antichrist (first 31/2 years)
The Great Tribulation:
5^th seal: The martyrs in heaven
6^th seal: The great darkness
The sealing of the 144.000
The dead faithful out of the Great Tribulation in heaven
7^th seal: Silence in heaven

The plagues of the trumpets 1-6
God's two witnesses
The 7^th trumpet
The two witnesses of God killed by the returned Antichrist / The fall of Jerusalem
The dominion of the Antichrist (second 3 1/2 years)
The day of the wrath of God

The judgment of reward in heaven / The First Resurrection
The return home of the redeemed
All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to the Messiah
God–s new and everlasting covenant with Israel / God pours out His Spirit on Israel
The remnant of Jacob conquer all their enemies
The rebuilding of Israel / The entering of the Lord into the temple

Satan gathers all nations / The last fight
The General Resurrection / The Last Judgment
The death and Hades annihilated
The passing away of heaven and earth

The new heaven and the new earth / There is no longer any sea
The heavenly Jerusalem / The tabernacle of God among men
The city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it.
The glory of God has illumine it, and its lamp is the Lamb / There is no more night

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