End+of+Days

=End of Days=

Summary:
pg. 421-422 ||< This passage describes the aftermath of the Apocalypse or the "end days" when all hope is gone. It says that a curse will devour the Earth, leaving it in ruins and having nearly no inhabitants left. || pg. 423-425 ||< Daniel describes what he sees when he comes to the Throne Room in "The Throne of Heaven". Then in Daniel's Dream of the Great Beasts he saw the four winds of Heaven bring four great beasts from the sea. The Ancient One, (how Daniel refers to God) destroys the beasts and then grants dominion to those that are faithful to him. He and his council use the Book of Life to do so. || pg.426-428 ||< War breaks out in heaven, and everything is in chaos. Satan (the dragon) is thrown down from heaven along with his angels. In the Bowls of Wrath, God sends seven angels down to Earth each with a bowl that contains a new horror. An angel then came down and bounded Satan for a thousand years, after this time ends he will be released to gather an army. Daniel then sees the Great White Throne Room, the dead being judged, and the Book of Life. Those names that are not in the Book of Life will be thrown into the Lake of Fire. || pg. 429-430 ||< After Judgement Day, there is a new heaven and a new Earth. (The Title!) The new heaven and Earth are one place where God lives among the mortals and there is no death, pain, fighting, or crying. There is also a new Jerusalem that is described as "the bride, the wife of the lamb". ||
 * < Title ||< Book, Pages ||< Summary ||
 * < The Earth is Broken ||< Isiah
 * < Marvelous Visions ||< Revelation, Daniel
 * < Scenes from the Final Judgment ||< Revelation
 * < A New Heaven, A New Earth ||< Revelation Isiah

Discussion Questions:
1. What does the beaten olive tree symbolize? 2. When it says, "the Lord will punish the host of heaven in heaven and on earth the kings of the earth," what do you think it means? 3. What are the differences between the four "living" creatures and the four "beasts" from the sea? 4. What does the singing signify in //The Throne in Heaven//? 5. What three details in these passages seem most horrible to you? What three details seem most comforting and pleasant? Why? 6. Angels pour out on the earth the "seven bowls of the wrath of God." DO any of the resulting disasters recall incidents from other Bible stories you have read? Explain.
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Supplementary Material:

 * Title || Author and Pages || Summary ||
 * The Masque of the Red Death || Edgar Allan Poe (p.435-441) || This poem is about a disease called the Red Death which devastates a country. The Prince who was not effected by it threw a party and the Red Death is an uninvited guest that kills everyone at the party. ||
 * Rise and Shine || Richmond Lattimore (p.442) || This short poem describes the joy the mortals feel after judgement day has passed, and how they now get to live on this beautiful New Earth. ||

Outside Material:


media type="youtube" key="SzkwtbyiaME" height="315" width="560" Satan is trying to take over after he is released from his thousand year sentence.

Study Guide/Quiz Questions:
1. In //The Earth is Broken//, describe the kind of destruction that is described in this passage from Isaiah. 2. Describe the things that Daniel sees in his vision in //Marvelous Visions//. 3. What will happen after Satan is released from his thousand year sentence? 4. How is the New Heaven and New Earth different from the old heaven and Earth? 5. What do the party-goers discover when they see and unmask the strange figure? 6. What is the author referring to when he starts the poem by referencing "the big trumpet"?