The Approaching End of the Age by Henry Grattan Guinness

More than 20 years’ intensive Bible study resulted in the author’s deep conviction that, “(the Papal and Islamic) powers occupy in the Word of God as prominent a place as they have actually held in the history of the church.” - From the Preface.

Book Contents

• About The Author
• Titlepage
• Preface To The First Edition. Preface To The Second Edition.
• Preface To The Fifth Edition.
• Preface To The Eighth Edition.
• Table Of Contents.
• Contents Of Appendices.
• Quote By Butler

Part 1. Progressive Revelation.

• 1 God’s Revelation Of Himself To Man Has Been A Progressive One.
• 2 Progressive Revelations As To The Relative Period Of The Second Advent Of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 3 Progressive Revelations As To The Millennium, The Resurrection, And The Judgment.

Part 2. Progressive Interpretation.

• 1 Human Comprehension Of Divine Prophecy Iias Been, And Was Intended To Be, Progressive.
• 2 Consideration Of Certain Broad Principles, On Which The Apocalypse Is To Be Interpreted.
• 3 The Apocalypse Is A Continuous Prophecy Extending From Its Own Time, To The Consummation Of All Things.

Part 3. Foretold And Fulfilled.

• 1 The Prophecies Of “babylon,” And ‘‘the Beast.”
• 2 The Man Of Sin, Or Antichrist.

Part 4. Inquiry Into The Divine System Of Times And Seasons Natural And Revealed.

Section I. Solar And Lunar Dominion Causal And Chronological.

• 1 Chronology, Biblical And Natural. Is There Harmony Between The Two?
• 2 Suli-lunar Dominion In The Organic World. Effects Of Light And Heat On The Development Of Plants And Animals And The Human Race.

Section II. The Law Of Completion In Weeks.

• 1 The Week In Relation To The Periodicity Of Vital Phenomena.
• 2 The Week In Scripture.
• 3 The Week In History

Section 3. Soli-lunar Cycles, And Their Relation To The Chronology Of History.

• 1 Solar And Lunar Supremacy In The Ordering Of Terrestrial Time.
• 2 Difficulty Of Harmonizing Solar And Lunar Measures.
• 3 Cyclical Character Of The Prophetic Periods Of Daniel And The Apocalypse.
• 4 The Prophetic Times And Their Epacts.
• 5 Soli-lunar Measures Of Our Lord’s Earthly Lifetime, And Of Human History As A Whole.
• 6 Concluding Remarks.

Appendices

• Appendix A. Soli-lunar Cycles, And Their Relation To The Chronology Of History.
• Appendix B. Authors Consulted In The Preparation Of This Work.
• Works On Romanism.
• Works On Prophecy.
• Futurist.
• Historical Works.
• Astronomical Works.
• Works On Physics.
• Appendix C. East London Institute For Home And Foreign Missions.
• Appendix D. Containing Answers To Futurist Objections.
• Index.

Publication Information

• Lutheran Library edition first published: 2023
• Copyright: CC BY 4.0