Seven Books

The TEnd project started in 2006 as a self-directed Bible study. Gradually I dreamed up seven books in three levels, beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Three books outline the salvation prophesized for each of three groups, as originally stated by Clarence Larkin 100 years ago. Book four has the hardest material in Bible prophecy – dispensationalism. The intermediate companion is my favorite God’s Types and Signs. The reader can see how complicated prophecy can be, but also feel the love of God’s efforts in making the way clear. 

The two advanced-level books are companions: one for heaven and one for hell. Bible prophecies are briefly compared to historical evidence. Clearly influences of heaven and hell merge on the world. There are two kingdoms, but not divided by borders. These opposing forces occupy the same time and space together. 

Reading all seven would be a Sunday school class. But pick one you may like.

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Seven Signs

The Bible leaves clues for certain things to happen before Jesus Christ’s second coming. In Old Testament times, the reader was completely clueless of how these things will come to pass. Like how can knowledge be increased? It’s only after Jesus’ first advent that we can see what’s coming. Our Savior taught of our Christian responsibility to watch. But who knows what to be watching for?

The seven signs of the times represent the foundation of what’s important to know about Bible prophecy. So much that this information is included in all of the TEnd books, except book #5 on prophetic types and signs. Some things need to be learned by repetition. History from the past 100 years shows an eye-popping fulfillment of many of the ancient signs of the end.

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Seven Princes

Peter Binsfeld was a Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church who wrote the Church’s doctrine on demons, commonly known as the seven deadly sins. Better remembered as a ‘witch hunter’ Binsfeld ruled that confessions obtained through torture were valid. An individual could be found guilty of more than one sin, although it seems the Inquisitors settled on one Cardinal Sin. The demonic leaders identified with each sin:

The Cardinal (or capital) Sins formed the basis of Inquisition guilt and penalty. This story appears in the seventh book.

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Seven Days

Genesis details six days of creation, and on the seventh He rested. The creation account serves as a flashpoint between believers that shouldn’t be there. In book six, I explore the history behind the ‘new earther/old earther’ argument that has served to create much friction among men. The wisdom of Solomon appears in the book of Ecclesiastes. Consider the aging King was uniquely qualified, having great wealth and ability. Solomon also had the time and energy to think on the biggest questions of life, and a peaceful reign to allow meditation.

“He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end” (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

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Seven Nations

The book of Daniel has a mystery in ten kings, seven of which have fallen. There are four earthly kingdoms described: Babylonian, Medio/Persian, Greek, and Roman. Daniel writes of Babylon’s fall, but the last two are prophesized far in advance. In Daniel 7, a fifth earthly empire is described as proceeding from the fourth. I detail this information in the third book, and build upon the concept in book six.

A prophecy key appears in a kingdom different (or diverse) from the first. Author E.G. White unraveled the mystery over 100 years ago. History remembers that the Roman Empire fell gradually, and broke into ten pieces before the Roman Catholic Church consolidated power. Seven nations survived! This kingdom was diverse from the rest because it was a religious authority, not a civil government with a superior army.

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Seven Crowns

The term ‘bema’ does not appear in the Bible. However, the term has been used to describe rewards given to faithful believers. Paul refers to the Olympic Games as winners received their awards here. Typically these rewards were crowns made from a wreath. This prophecy information only appears in the first book, The Christian Track.

The Greek term ‘stephanos’ translates to a crown given as reward for achievement, versus diademos for royalty. Paul discusses racing to win “And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown {stephanos}; but we an incorruptible” (1 Corinthians 9:25).

The bema seat judgment is for all those raptured Christians in heaven during the Tribulation. This ‘judgment’ is not the severe punishment God hands to his enemies. This is where each believers work is judged as foretold 1 Corinthians 3: “Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it.”

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