An analysis - substantiated on the basis of the Bible and
free from any dogmatic doctrine - by Friedrich Horak Obliged only to the Word of God and not to any
denomination!
All links to the individual documents can be also found in
the TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Behold, the Lord GOD will come with might, With
His arm ruling for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him And His recompense before
Him. Like a shepherd He will tend His flock, In His arm He will gather the lambs
And carry them in His bosom; He will gently lead the nursing ewes. (Isa
40:10-11)
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
1st seal: The Antichrist (first 31/2 years)
The begin of the woes:
2nd seal: Nation against nation, men slay one another
3rd seal: Famine and earthquakes, drought and shortages on
food
The abomination of desolation on the holy place
The Great Tribulation:
4th seal: Death and Hades reap the harvest
5th seal: The martyrs in heaven
6th seal: The great darkness
The return of the Son of Man
The Rapture: the raising up of the dead in Christ and their take off
with the living ones
The sealing of the 144.000
The dead faithful out of the Great Tribulation in heaven
7th seal: Silence in heaven
The Day of the Lord
The plagues of the trumpets 1-6
God's two witnesses
The 7th 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 judgments of the bowls 1-6
The judgment on heaven and earth / Israel dwells in security in the time
of the judgment
The 7th bowl of wrath: The reorganization of heaven and earth
The destruction of Babylon
The battle of Armageddon
The Millennium
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
The End of the World
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 Creation
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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