1 The Personal Anti-Christ; 2 The Emperor Nero; 3 The Roman Church; 4 The Mohammedan Power; 5 The Restoration of the Jews to Palestine; 6 The Time, Purpose, and Circumstances of Christ's Second Coming; 7 The Personal Millennial Reign of Christ on the Earth. These are the main subjects of disagreement among interpreters, and mark the dividing lines of opinion. The Historical School, in its various forms, usually makes one or more of these central to the thought of the book; while the Symbolical School, for the most part, does not regard any of them as either distinctly indicated, or certainly implied. It is fortunate, however, that the main teaching is not materially affected by the view we may take concerning these subjects of disagreement. |