The End May Be Much Nearer Than We Think [Audio Version]

De: James Thomas Lee Jr

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

In my adult Sunday school class on December 12, 1982, I spoke to the class about the Theory of Evolution and expressed my beliefs about how that theory will lead to the Tribulation. Remarkable as such a statement may sound, I believe it to be the truth. So I have written this book to retrace the steps that led to that lecture. I hope to relate, in this summary, not just a review of that Sunday morning class, but also to provide a trail of my research. Perhaps, after reading these pages, my reader will be led to conclude, as I already have, that the end may be much nearer than we think.

Chapter one will present the reason for all of my research. In trying to teach the book of Revelation, I had found several questions about the Great Tribulation that I could not answer but had felt should be answered. Chapter two will move away from the Tribulation and follow the class into Genesis. But it will reappear again, based on my study of Genesis after studying Revelation. By all of that, I could see that the accounts of those two seemingly unrelated events, Creation and the Tribulation, were drawn closer. In chapters three and four, the Theory of Evolution will be shown to be the catalyst that will eventually set off the Great Tribulation. Finally, in chapter five, Revelation will be looked at again to answer the questions that had initially been raised in chapter one.

But while I did not realize it at the time, my research into the above topics, more than forty years ago, actually touched upon dispensational theology. The second head-to-head confrontation in this book matches the Edenic covenant, which corresponds to the first dispensation. The third head-to-head confrontation in this book matches the Adamic covenant, which corresponds to the second dispensation. The fourth head-to-head confrontation in this book matches the Noahic covenant, which corresponds to the third dispensation. The fifth head-to-head confrontation in this book matches the New Covenant, which corresponds to the sixth dispensation. The sixth head-to-head confrontation in this book matches the Davidic Covenant, which corresponds to the seventh dispensation. So while they may not match perfectly in every detail, they are close enough for me to say that I am a dispensationalist, based upon my own independent study.

Now there is one final note to be made about the organization of this text before concluding this Introduction. Something that the reader might find useful is boxes throughout that show the different passages that are being referenced at the times and in the places where they are being referenced. That way, he or she will not have to jump all over the place or get into or out of the scriptures to locate a particular reference. Hopefully that inclusion will help the reader in trying to understand the various events and to also quickly put them into their right context. So it is hoped that that addition will make this text easier to read and that the Lord will receive the praise, honor, and glory that He rightfully deserves.