266 pp., paperback

A popularly written antidote to dispensational sensationalism and newspaper exegesis. Convincing biblical and historical evidence showing that the Beast was the Roman Emperor Nero Caesar, the first civil persecutor of the Church. The second half of the book shows Revelation's date of writing, proving its composition as prior to the Fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. A thought-provoking treatment of a fascinating and confusing topic.


TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface to Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition

PART 1: WHO IS THE BEAST?
Introduction
1. The Identity of the Beast
2. The Relevance of the Beast
3. The Number of the Beast
4. The Character of the Beast
5. The War of the Beast
6. The Worship of the Beast
7. The Revival of the Beast

PART 2: WHEN WAS REVELATION WRITTEN?
8. The Interpretive Importance
9. The Thematic Evidence
10. The Political Evidence
11. The Architectural Evidence
12. The Ecclesiastical Evidence
13. The Patristic Evidence
14. The Patristic Objection
15. The Theoretical Problems

Conclusion
Scripture Index
General Index