The End of the World · Character

Jesus Christ

The Galilean whose warnings of fire and judgment set the clock ticking for every generation that followed, his words reread as either literal doom or eternal metaphor.

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Also known as Christ, Jesus

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Referenced in the context of a star at his birth and the millennial comets at his birth and death anniversaries.

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Jesus stands at the center of the book's argument about how prophecy works: whether his foretellings in Matthew were meant as literal catastrophe or as a vision in which a trillion years shrivel to a pinpoint. Dennis traces how the four gospels rarefy the terror from Matthew's physical fear to John's philosophical calm, and how the early Church, reading the time-phrases literally, saw Nero and the fall of Jerusalem as the end already arriving. He matters because every later date-setter, from millennial monks to William Miller, is arguing with him.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

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Aftermath
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Stoffler
psychological · ambivalent
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Paul of Tarsus
professional · positive
Noah
social · ambivalent
Julius Africanus
professional · positive
William Miller
psychological · ambivalent
Satan
rivalry · negative
Jehovah
family · positive
Daniel
psychological · positive

Stoffler
Jesus Christ appears to Stoffler as a figure of divine judgment or obsession, driving Stoffler's apocalyptic fervor.
Paul of Tarsus
Paul of Tarsus is a devoted apostle and theologian who spreads and codifies the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Noah
Jesus Christ and Noah are connected through biblical typology, with Noah's flood prefiguring Christ's final judgment.
Julius Africanus
Julius Africanus is an early Christian historian who chronologically links Jesus Christ to world history.
William Miller
Jesus Christ is the central object of William Miller's prophetic calculations and religious obsession.
Satan
Jesus Christ and Satan are cosmic enemies, representing the ultimate struggle between good and evil.
Jehovah
Jehovah is the Father and Jesus Christ is the Son in the Christian Trinity, sharing a divine familial bond.
Daniel
Daniel's prophecies are seen as directly foretelling the coming of Jesus Christ, creating a prophetic link.

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Comet
Referenced in the context of a star at his birth and the millennial comets at his birth and death anniversaries.
Water
Referenced in the context of the Shu King account dating to the twenty-fourth century before Jesus.
This Year
His declaration 'at hand' was later fitted to specific numerical predictions for the end.
Next Year
Quoted as saying 'this generation shall not pass till all these things be done'; his eschatological words are analyzed across the four gospels.

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