Our Day

About this eBook

Author

Spicer, William Ambrose, 1865-1952

Title

Our Day In the Light of Prophecy

Credits

Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

BS: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: The Bible, Old and New Testament

Subject

Bible -- Prophecies

Category

Text

eBook-No.

18503

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18503

Release Date

June 5, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.OUR DAY
2. 2.In the Light of Prophecy — By W.A. SPICER
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.FOREWORD
6. 6.THE BOOK THAT SPEAKS TO OUR DAY — The Book That Talks — God Its Author — The Word That Creates — The Word That Works Within — The Word Our Safety and Defense — The Bread of Life — The Source of All Doctrine — The Book for All Mankind — Christ the Central Theme
7. 7.THE WITNESS OF THE CENTURIES — The Sure Word of Prophecy — God's Challenge — The Word Fulfilled after Long Waiting — The Witness of Nineveh — The Burden of Tyre — The Desolation of Babylon — Egypt and Edom — The Testimony of History — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.PROPHETIC OUTLINE OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY — THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL 2 — Babylon — Medo-Persia — Grecia — A Power Rising in the West — Rome — The Kingdoms of Modern Europe — The Next Great Event
9. 9.THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST — The Promise of His Coming — The Manner of His Coming — "This Same Jesus" — The Purpose of His Coming — The Prelude to His Coming — His Glorious Appearing — The Resurrection of the Just, and the Translation of the Living Righteous — The Destruction of the Wicked — The Climax of Human History — "Now is the Accepted Time"
10. 10.SIGNS OF THE APPROACHING END — OUR SAVIOUR'S GREAT PROPHECY — Part I — "What Shall be the Sign?" — A Striking Parallel — The Last Days of Jerusalem — The Sign to the Believers — The Prophetic Word Fulfilled — Part II — The Period of Tribulation — The End Drawing Near — Signs in the Heavens and the Earth — The Time When the Signs Begin — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.THE LISBON EARTHQUAKE OF 1755 — "Lo, There Was a Great Earthquake" — The World Set to Thinking — Extent of the Lisbon Earthquake — Recognized as a Sign
12. 12.THE DARK DAY OF 1780 — "The Sun Shall be Darkened" — The Prophecy Fulfilled — Cause Unknown — Contemporary Records — Thoughts Turned to the Judgment — In the Connecticut Legislature
13. 13.THE FALLING STARS OF 1833 — "The Stars Shall Fall from Heaven" — Another Sign in the Heavens — The Spectacle Described — The Prophetic Picture Reproduced — A Sign to All the World — The Sign of 1833 Emphasized by Other Displays — The Lord's Signal to Watch — He Will Come for His Own — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.THE MEANING OF PRESENT-DAY CONDITIONS — "THERE SHALL BE SIGNS ... UPON THE EARTH" — 1. Political Unrest—the Arming of the Nations — 2. Signs in the Social World — 3. Signs in the Industrial World — 4. The Great Missionary Movement — "Even at the Doors"
15. 15.THE HISTORIC PROPHECY OF DANIEL 7 — FOUR GREAT UNIVERSAL EMPIRES — Part I — Babylon — Medo-Persia — Grecia — Rome — Part II — The Fourth Kingdom and the "Little Horn" — Prophetic and Historic Pictures of the "Little Horn"
16. 16.THE 1260 YEARS OF DANIEL'S PROPHECY — A Prophetic Period — A Pivotal Point in History — Papal Supremacy Officially Recognized — The Sword of Empire Cleaves the Way — A New Order of Popes — A Persecuting Power — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA — THE END OF THE 1260 YEARS — A Crisis in History — Significant Events of the French Revolution — A New Era of Liberty and Enlightenment
18. 18.THE WORK OF THE "LITTLE HORN" POWER — "He Shall Speak Great Words Against the Most High" — "And Shall Wear Out the Saints of the Most High" — "And Think to Change Times and Laws" — God's Law Unchangeable — A Change in Practice — What the Papacy Claims
19. 19.THE BIBLE SABBATH — Is the Seventh-day Sabbath a Plant of Our Heavenly Father's Planting? — The Old Testament Record — The New Testament Record — Is the First-day Rest an Institution of God's Planting? — No Sunday Sacredness in the New Testament — How the Change Came About
20. 20.GLIMPSES OF SABBATH KEEPING AFTER NEW TESTAMENT TIMES — First Centuries — Fourth Century — Fifth Century — Seventh Century — Eleventh Century — Twelfth to Fourteenth Century — Fifteenth Century — Sixteenth Century — Seventeenth Century — "Loved Not Their Lives unto the Death" — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.THE LAW OF GOD — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — THE LAW OF GOD — The Character of God's Law — Its Office — God's Law from the Beginning — Proclaimed Anew at Sinai — One God—One Moral Standard — The Standard in the Judgment
22. 22.JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH — Man Cannot Justify Himself — The Free Gift of Christ
23. 23.BAPTISM — THE MEMORIAL OF THE RESURRECTION — Baptism for Believers — The Form of Baptism
24. 24.THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL 8 — A HISTORIC OUTLINE AND A VITAL QUESTION
25. 25.THE CLEANSING OF THE SANCTUARY IN TYPE AND ANTITYPE — The Service of the Earthly Tabernacle — Christ's Closing Work in Heaven
26. 26.A GREAT PROPHETIC PERIOD — THE 2300 YEARS OF DANIEL 8:14 — The Starting-Point — Date of the Commencement to Restore Jerusalem — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.THE PROPHECY FULFILLED — EVENTS OF THE "SEVENTY WEEKS" AND END OF THE 2300 YEARS — The Time of the Messiah's Coming — Confirming the Covenant — The Ending of the 2300 Years
28. 28.A WORLD-WIDE MOVEMENT — FORETOLD IN THE PROPHECY OF REVELATION 14 — The Way Prepared for the Rise of the Movement — The Closing Work
29. 29.THE JUDGMENT-HOUR MESSAGE — THE GOSPEL FOR OUR DAY — 1. A Gospel Message — 2. A Solemn Warning — 3. A Call to Loyalty to God — The Work of the Papal Power — The Image to the Papacy — The Mark, or Sign, of Papal Authority — The Sign of Jehovah's Authority — FOOTNOTES:
30. 30.THE ORIGIN OF EVIL — The Cause of the Downfall — The Earth as the Battle Ground — The Judgment upon Satan
31. 31.SPIRITUALISM: ANCIENT AND MODERN — First Declaration of the Doctrine — Divine Warnings — Modern Spiritualism — What They Are Not — What They Are — The Climax of Deception
32. 32.LIFE ONLY IN CHRIST — MAN'S NATURE AND STATE IN DEATH — Man by Nature Mortal — Mortality Universal — When Immortality is Bestowed — Man's State in Death — A Few Questions Briefly Considered
33. 33.THE END OF THE WICKED — The Two Resurrections — The Punishment Everlasting — Some Opinions Briefly Considered
34. 34.ANGELS: THEIR MINISTRY — Attendants at the Throne of God — God's Messengers — Bearers of Tidings — Unseen in Halls of Government — Messengers of Deliverance — Guardian Angels
35. 35.THE TIME OF THE END — The Time — The Prophecy Unsealed — Increase of Knowledge — The Opening of All Lands — Material Agencies for the Work — Modern Printing — FOOTNOTES:
36. 36.THE EASTERN QUESTION — MODERN HISTORY IN THE LIGHT OF ANCIENT PROPHECY — Rise and Fall of Ancient Empires — Persia — Grecia — The Kings of the North and South — The Modern King of the North — Removal to Jerusalem — What Comes When Turkey Falls — In the New Testament — The Approaching End
37. 37.ARMAGEDDON — THE FINAL CLASH OF EARTHLY EMPIRES — The Prophecy Fulfilling — Satanic Agencies at Work — The Awakening of the East — The Political Storm Center — The Religious Storm Center — Foretold in Prophecy — What Comes with Armageddon
38. 38.THE MILLENNIUM — 1. Events at the Beginning of the Thousand Years — The Resurrection of the Just — Christ's Second Coming — The Righteous Taken to Heaven — The Destruction of the Wicked — The Binding of Satan — 2. Events During the Thousand Years — In Heaven — On Earth — 3. Events at the End of the Thousand Years — The Descent of the Holy City — The Loosing of Satan — The Wicked Before the Bar of God — The Destruction of Sin — The Earth Purified and Made New
39. 39.THE HOME OF THE SAVED — The Land of Peace — The Restorer — Bringing Back the Lost Dominion — The Hope of the Promise — The New Earth and the New Jerusalem — The Glories of the Saints' Eternal Home — "He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus."
40. 40.INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND AUTHORITIES

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