Devoted followers have scanned and made freely available the full text and images of Clarence Larkin's groundbreaking 1918 work of premillenial dispensationalist Christian theology, Dispensational Truth; or God's Purpose and Plan Throughout the Ages. It was first brought to my attention by James Elkins' discussion of painting, What Painting Is, and I looked it up... and the images are amazing!
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A history of the world that has been, and the world that will come, through Larkin's interpretation of the Bible (i.e. mostly the books of Genesis, Daniel, and Revelations):
And there's a schematic of all of human history, which will last only seven thousand years. Each thousand years is equivalent to one of the days of creation:
This time of man is marked by seven eras of crisis:
Man must muck his way through as best he can, relying on his threefold nature:
If you screw up, there's a whole lot of judgment waiting for you:
We're in the sixth thousand years of the world, so the Antichrist is loose on the planet. He's about fourteen years old now, in fact:
And to help us, there's Jesus and the saints, compared and shown here with sun, moon, and stars:
Watch out for that Great Throne Judgment - it's gonna get ya!
Truly a beautiful book!
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A history of the world that has been, and the world that will come, through Larkin's interpretation of the Bible (i.e. mostly the books of Genesis, Daniel, and Revelations):
Man must muck his way through as best he can, relying on his threefold nature:
We're in the sixth thousand years of the world, so the Antichrist is loose on the planet. He's about fourteen years old now, in fact:
And to help us, there's Jesus and the saints, compared and shown here with sun, moon, and stars:
Truly a beautiful book!
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