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THE LITTLE BOOK




A STUDY
OF THE VISIONS AND PROPHECIES
OF THE COMING OF THE LORD
AND END OF THE WORLD





by Glenn McClary
Copyright © 1993, 1998
All RIGHTS RESERVED
Printed October 6, 1998



D E D I C A T E D

To my Master's children
Matthew 7:6



A C K N O W L E D G M E N T

I want to express my gratitude
to those who have helped me along the way.
Our Lord knows your name.
Matthew 10:40-42



See the Mighty Angel giving John the little book.

"Take it, and eat it...."
Revelation 10.








TABLE OF CONTENTS



CHAPTER ONE
THREE GENERATIONS, 1
AN UNDERSTANDABLE PARABLE (1); WRONG INTERPRETATIONS (1); SATAN'S WHIP (2); "AS YE SEE..." (2); WE ARE NOT IN DARKNESS (2); PROPHECIES DESCRIBE HUMAN EVENTS (3); A GUESS IS NOT "TO KNOW" (3); THE LIE REVEALED (3); THREE GENERATIONS SAW (3); MOSSES'S GENERATION SAW (4); JOHN THE BAPTIST'S GENERATION SAW (4); THEY ARE OUR EXAMPLE (4); OUR GENERATION (4); GENERAL TIME, EXACT TIME (4); YOU CAN KNOW THE GENERATION (5); RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS (5); HUMAN EVENTS FULFILL PROPHECY (5)
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CHAPTER TWO
THE METHOD, 7
A METHOD OF COMMUNICATION (7); THE BEST WAY TO ASSEMBLE A PUZZLE (7); ALL THE PIECES GIVE THE MESSAGE (8); GOD GAVE US THE MESSAGE (8); VISIONS CONVEY A MESSAGE (8); GOD'S METHOD (8); A SAMPLE PICTOGRAPH(8); NO EXACT DATES OR TIMES (9); GOD'S WORD CONTAINS THE CLUES (9); KEY WORDS (9)
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CHAPTER THREE
ONE MESSIAH TWICE, 11
IT IS GOD'S WILL (11); PROPHECIES OF HIS FIRST COMING (11); PROPHECIES OF HIS SECOND COMING (12); THINK FOR YOURSELF (12); THE TIME HAS COME (13)
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CHAPTER FOUR
MAJOR PROPHETS, 15
THE QUESTION (15); SING A NEW SONG (15); THE UNIVERSE ENDS (16); SATAN DESTROYED (17); IDOLS DESTROYED (17); WORLD'S ARMIES DESTROYED (18); HIS PEOPLE RECALLED (18); EVIL FROM THE NORTH (18); FALSE PROPHETS PREACH PEACE (18); RESURRECTION (19); OUR ANSWER (19)
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CHAPTER FIVE
THE MINOR PROPHETS, 21
DIFFERING DESCRIPTIONS (21); HOW TO DETERMINE SEQUENCE (21); CORRECT DEFINITION (21); HIS PEOPLE RECALLED (22); BIRTH PANGS (23); HE POURS OUT HIS SPIRIT (23); HE INFORMS HIS PEOPLE (23); FALSE PROPHETS (23); GATHER TO ARMAGEDDON (24); WORLD'S ARMIES GATHER (24); AFTER ISRAEL RETURNS (24); THREE HORNS PLUCKED UP (24); SOLD AS SLAVES (24); IT IS APPOINTED (24); THAT DAY WILL BE DARK (25); HE COMES IN ANGER (25); MOUNTAINS MELT (26); JUDGMENT DAY (26); EVERY EYE SHALL SEE (26); WE SEE HIS GLORY (26); SATAN DESTROYED (26); EVERY PHYSICAL THING DESTROYED (27); THE UNIVERSE SHAKEN (27); THE LORD'S FURY (27); THE TWO WITNESSES (27); ETERNAL ISRAEL (27); WE ARE HIS JEWELS (27)
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CHAPTER SIX
DANIEL'S SEQUENCE, 31
DANIEL'S AUTHORITY (31); VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS (31); UNDERSTANDING IS FROM GOD (32); THE SEQUENCE OF NATIONS (32); ROME RISING (33); THE END TIME BEASTS (33); FIND THE CLUES (33); END TIME ROME (33); THE BEASTS IDENTIFIED (34); A MORE DETAILED SEQUENCE (35); END TIME GREECE (35); IDENTIFY THE CLUES (36); PERIODS OF TIME GIVEN (36); THE KINGDOMS IDENTIFIED (36); OUT OF ONE OF THESE (36); HUMAN HISTORY OMITTED (36); NEW COVENANT DEFINITIONS (37); GOD GIVES UNDERSTANDING (38); THE NEW COVENANT CONFIRMED (38); WORSHIP OF GOD FORBIDDEN (38); SATAN CLAIMS TO BE GOD (38); THE UNDERSTANDING (39); THE FINAL FRAMEWORK (39)
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CHAPTER SEVEN
MATTHEW'S SEQUENCE, 41
NOT ONE STONE (41); THE QUESTION IS, WHEN? (41); WATCH FOR FALSE PROPHETS (42); THE END IS NOT YET (42); THE BEGINNING OF THE END (42); WE MUST WITNESS (42); SEE THE SEQUENCE (43); THE WEAK WILL FALL (43); WATCH FOR FALSE PROPHETS (43); SIN COVERS THE EARTH (43); ENDURE TO THE END (43); THE END COMES (44); ATTENTION TO THE SUBJECT (44); THE ABOMINATION (44); THE HOLY PLACE (45); ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS (45); HISTORY, OR FUTURE EVENT? (45); THE SUBJECT UNDER DISCUSSION (46); A MAJOR END TIME EVENT (46); FAITH TESTED BY FIRE (46); MERCY FOR THE ELECT (46); WATCH FOR FALSE PROPHETS (47); EVERY EYE SHALL SEE (47); VULTURES FLY (48); IDENTIFY THE CONTEXT (48); THE QUESTION IS, WHEN? (48); THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN (48); EARTH'S TRIBES MOURN (49); AN UNDERSTANDABLE PARABLE (49); YOU WILL SEE (49); OUR GENERATION (49); A STATEMENT OF FACT (50); EXACT TIME IS UNKNOWABLE (50); OUR DAYS LIKE NOAH'S (50); THE DOOR WILL BE CLOSED (51); NOT IN SECRET (51); THE LAST TRUMPET (51); WATCH, AND SEE (51); IDENTIFY THE CONTEXT (52); BE CAREFUL OF THE LIES (52)
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CHAPTER EIGHT
LUKE'S SEQUENCE, 55
NOT ONE STONE (55); THE QUESTION IS, WHEN? (55); GOD GIVES HIS PEOPLE SIGNS (56); FALSE CHRISTS (56); IDENTIFY THE SIGNS (56); IDENTIFY THE SEQUENCE (56); A RECOGNIZABLE SIGN (57); SEE, THEN RUN (57); BEFORE, OR AFTER (57); PROPHECY FULFILLED (57); TIMES OF THE GENTILES (58); ATTENTION TO THE SUBJECT (58); SEE, AND COMPREHEND (58); IDENTIFY THE SEQUENCE (58); IDENTIFY THE EVENTS (58); AN UNDERSTANDABLE PARABLE (59); WHEN YOU SEE (59); ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS (59); OUR GENERATION (59); THE LAST SOUND (60); FIRST THINGS FIRST (60); IT WILL COME SUDDENLY (60); WATCH, AND SEE (60); SUMMERY (60); SEQUENCE OF END TIME EVENTS (61)
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CHAPTER NINE
SAINTS EARLY AND LATE, 63
QUESTIONS (63); THE EARLY SAINTS UNDERSTOOD (64); THE WISE SHALL UNDERSTAND (64); UNDENIABLE PROMISE (64); SEE, AND KNOW (64); THE WINDOW (64); THEY UNDERSTOOD THE SALUTATION (64); THE SEVEN LETTERS (65); SOULS UNDER THE ALTER (65); THEY WERE MARKED (65); THE REMNANT (65); SEE THE EARLY SAINTS (66); SEE THE LATE SAINTS (66); COMPANIONSHIP (66)
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CHAPTER TEN
WHICH VISION FIRST?, 69
CLUES TO SEQUENTIAL RELATIONSHIP(69); THE CEREMONY BEGINS (69); WHY WERE WE GIVEN THE BOOK? (69); A COLLECTION OF VISIONS (70); UNIMPORTANT QUESTIONS (70); WHICH SEQUENCE? (70); INTERNAL SEQUENCE (71); THE CORRECT ORDER (72); THEN I SAW (72); WHAT HAPPENS FIRST? (72); HOW WE CAN KNOW (72); THE BIRTH OF CHRIST (73); WAR WITHOUT END? (73)
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
BEGIN THE CEREMONY, 75
SEALS, VIALS AND TRUMPETS (75); HE WENT FORTH CONQUERING (75); SOPHISTRY (76); GATHER FOR WAR (76); THE BEGINNING OF THE END (76); "THIS GENERATION" (77); WHICH GENERATION? (77); OUR GENERATION (77); A LIST OF HUMAN EVENTS (78); REFERENCES (83)
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CHAPTER TWELVE
BIRTH, DEATH AND RESURRECTION, 86
BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH (86); MARY, OR ISRAEL (86); THE GREAT DRAGON (87); Y'SHUA ASCENDS THE THRONE (87); DISPERSAL OF JUDAH (87); SATAN CAST DOWN (88); THINGS ACCOMPLISHED (88); THE EARLY SAINTS (89); WOE TO THOSE LIVING ON EARTH (89); FALL OF JERUSALEM (89); DISPERSION OF THE CHURCH (89); THE DARK AGES (89); ETERNAL WAR? (90); SATAN LOCKED AWAY (90); IDENTIFY THE CONTEXT (90); LOOK FOR INTERNAL CLUES (90); EXAMINE HUMAN EVENTS FOR EVIDENCE (91); SATAN IS LOOSED (91); WAR AGAINST THE SAINTS (91); GATHER FOR ARMAGEDDON (91); THE EARLY SAINTS (92); THE THOUSAND YEARS (92); STUDY WITH PRAYER (93); WHAT HE DID SAY (93); WHAT HE DID NOT SAY (93); WHAT WILL END? (93)
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN
SEALS, TRUMPETS AND VIALS, 97
SOME QUESTIONS (97); THE BOOK IS OPEN (97); SATAN IS LOOSE (97); THE GREAT SWORD (98); FAMINE (98); DECADE OF THE EIGHTIES (99); DEATH AND HELL LOOSED (99); FIRST TRUMPET (99); BUT FIRST, THE MARK (99); RADIOACTIVE WASTE (100); WATERS POISONED (100); THE SUN TURNED OFF (100); MODERN SOPHISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS (101); OUR BROTHERS IN CHRIST (101); THE PLAIN TRUTH (101); LOOK FOR INTERNAL CLUES (101); THE LOCUSTS LOOSED (102); THE MARK IS A CLUE (102); THE VIALS POURED OUT (102); THE FIFTH VIAL (103); THE FINAL BATTLE (103); THE SEVENTH TRUMPET (103)
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN
THE MARK OF GOD, 105
THE MARK OF GOD (105); IDENTIFY THE SEQUENCE (105); WHAT IS THE MARK? (106); WE, LIKE OUR BROTHERS (106); WHO, HOW MANY? (106); ADOPTED SONS (106); CHILDREN AS THE STARS (106); TO EACH AS HE IS ABLE (107); THE HOLY SPIRIT (107); WE ALL USE METAPHORS (107); GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (108); THE LAST SEVEN YEARS (108); HIS SERVANTS ON EARTH (108); THE GIFT OF POWER (108); IDENTIFY THE CLUES (109); SORROW AND POVERTY (109); DEFENDED BY GOD (109); OUR TIME TO DIE (109); THEY CELEBRATE OUR DEATH (109); THE REMNANT (110); RESURRECTION (110); END TIME EVENTS (110); HEAVEN, AND THE LAST BATTLE (110); PROPHECY (110); SET THE STAGE (111)
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN
BEASTS FROM THE SEA, 115
CONSIDER ALL THE EVIDENCE (115); THE FATE OF THE BEAST (115); THE BEAST MAKES WAR (115); THE BEAST BLASPHEMES GOD (115); ACCOUNT FOR DESCRIPTIONS (116); SEE, AND COMPREHEND (116); ROME AND CO-RULERS (116); A BODY PREPARED FOR SATAN (117); SOPHISTRY (117); IN THE MIDST OF THE WEEK (117); REJECT GOD, WORSHIP SATAN (117); HAVE PATIENCE (118); THE FALSE CHURCH (118); SATAN'S POWER (118); SATAN'S MARK (118); REFUSE THE MARK (119); UNDERSTANDING IS A GIFT (119)
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN
MODERN BABYLON, 121
WHO IS BABYLON? (121); EVIDENCE FROM HISTORY (121); A NATION OPPOSED TO GOD (122); THE FIRST PYRAMID (122); JUDAH AND ISRAEL FALL (122); A ROSE BY ANY NAME (123); SATAN'S SYSTEM (123); PROPHECY OF DESTRUCTION (123); SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE (124); MODERN BABYLON REVEALED (124); IF THE SHOE FITS (124); NO PROPHECY OF AMERICA? (124); THE SHOE FITS (125); HER NAME BY DEFINITION (125)
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
BURNED WITH FIRE, 127
BABYLON NEVER DESTROYED (127); HER END IS SURE (127); SEE, AND COMPREHEND (128); HER OWN CUP (128); SHE IS A WHORE (128); RULES MANY PEOPLES (128); TECHNOLOGY IS A FALSE GOD (128); HER HABITATION (129); SHE IS SUPPORTED BY SATAN (129); SHE IS RICH (129); HER NAME IS OBVIOUS (129); SHE KILLS THE SAINTS (129); SATAN RISES UP (130); SATAN, THE LAST KING (130); A VERY SHORT REIGN (130); ALL NATIONS RULED BY SATAN (130); WAR AGAINST THE ELECT (130); SHE DRINKS HER CUP (130); LOOK UPON HER END (131); SEE, AND COMPREHEND (131); BURNED IN ONE HOUR (131); SURVIVORS? (132)
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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
THE STRONG DELUSION, 135
THE LIE OF HIDDEN TRUTH (136); TWO KINDS OF WISDOM (136); HISTORY OF DELUSION (137); SOURCE OF MODERN SCIENCE (137); NEW NAMES FOR OLD LIES (138); THE FRUIT OF TECHNOLOGY (138); SIGN OF THE END (139); THE MODERN CHURCH (139); THE FALLING AWAY (139); THE STRONG DELUSION REVEALED (140); DIVIDE AND CONQUER (140); CONCLUSION (140)
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CHAPTER NINETEEN
BABELSCIENCE, 143
ANCIENT FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE (143); THE KINDS OF LOGIC (143); MODERN SOPHISTRY (144); WHAT IS SCIENCE? (144); SOPHISTRY IN SCIENCE (145); MODERN BABYLONIAN SCIENCE (146); CHAOTIC SCIENCE (146); A LOGICAL CIRCLE (147); CURVED SPACE (147); OUR SYSTEM'S ABSOLUTE MOTION (148); THE STRONG DELUSION REVEALED (148); RELATIVITY ANCIENT AND MODERN (148); CONCLUSION (149); A SIGN OF THE TIMES (150); REFERENCES (152)
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CHAPTER TWENTY
AFFLICTION OR RAPTURE, 159
THE EARLY AFFLICTION (159); THE ROMAN STATE (159); THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (160); WE WERE WARNED (160); WHAT ABOUT THE RAPTURE? (161); WHERE IS IT WRITTEN? (161); STUDY CAREFULLY (162); ONE TAKEN, ONE LEFT (162); WHO IS APPOINTED TO WRATH? (162); THE CHURCH IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION (163); OUR BROTHERS (165); HIS SERVANTS (165); THE WITNESSES (165); CAMP OF THE SAINTS (165); WHO COMES WITH HIM? (166); IDENTIFY THE GROUPS (166); HIS FIRSTFRUITS COME WITH HIM (166); IDENTIFY THE SEQUENCE (166)
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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
THE ESCHATOLOGRAPH, 169
PROOF AT LAST (169); SEE THE CLUES (169); SEE THE MESSAGE (169); THE ESCHATOLOGRAPH (169); WOMAN WITH CHILD (180); FINAL BATTLE (180); SEVEN SEALS (180); SEVEN TRUMPETS (180); SEVEN VIALS (180); FOUR BEASTS (180); SEVEN HEAD BEAST (180); LAMB-LIKE BEAST (180); KING OF GREECE (180); THE VILE PERSON (180); MODERN BABYLON (180); SEAL HIS SERVANTS (180); THE LITTLE BOOK (180); THE WITNESSES (180); HEAVEN OPENED (180); THE HARVEST (180); OUR LORD COMES (180)
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
PROPHETIC TIME PERIODS, 185
NO MAN CAN KNOW THAT DAY (185); STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF APPROVED (185); STAND ON FAITH (185); A GIFT FROM GOD (186); DANIEL'S SEVENTIETH WEEK (186); THREE AND A HALF DAYS (186); MORNINGS AND EVENINGS (186); TIME AFTER THE ABOMINATION (186); TIME, TIMES, AND HALF A TIME (186); TIMES OF THE WITNESSES (187); HOW DO THEY FIT TOGETHER? (187); THE LAST SEVEN YEARS (187); SATAN'S RULE (187); THE WITNESSES (187); COMPARE THE TIME PERIODS (187); PUT THEM TOGETHER (187); FORTY DAYS! (188); WHY WERE WE GIVEN THESE PROPHECIES? (188); A GRAPH OF THE TIME PERIODS (189)
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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
COME TO ARMAGEDDON, 191
IDENTIFY THE CONTEXT (191); AN IMPORTANT QUESTION (192); A QUICK REVIEW (192); THE BOOK IS OPEN (192); THE SECOND SEAL (192); THE THIRD SEAL (192); 80's DECADES (192); COMING EVENTS (193); THE NATIONS RISE (193); NUCLEAR WAR (193); PUT TOGETHER ALL THE PIECES (193); IDENTIFY THE CONTEXT (193); ROME RISES (194); SATAN INCARNATE (194); WITNESSES TESTIFY (194); NUCLEAR WAR (194); FORECAST DEVICES (195); GREECE RISES (195); WAR IN THE SOUTH (195); A PEACE CONFERENCE (195); RELIGIOUS WAR (195); NO PEACE (195); SATAN'S DIVIDED KINGDOM (196); WAR AGAINST GOD'S PEOPLE (196); THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS (196); RUN FOR YOUR LIFE (196); THE FIFTH SEAL (196); SATAN RULES (197); CIVIL WAR (197); OUR BODIES LIE IN THE STREET (197); SATAN'S CONDUCT (197); THIS DYING WORLD (197); THE LAST WEEKS (198)
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REFERENCES, 201
INDEX, not included



All Scripture quotes are from the King James Version.


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