From: djb6@ellis.uchicago.edu (Dennis Brennan)
Subject: Oct. 28: The Rapture (pamphlet found in Chicago)
Reply-To: djb6@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Kazoo Organizations
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 01:17:53 GMT

A pamphlet found on the Midway Plaisance (a street near the U. of Chicago),
having been thrown out the window of a van painted with Scriptural slogans:

RAPTURE- OCTOBER 28, 1992
WHAT TO DO IN CASE YOU MISS THE RAPTURE

* Stay calm and do not panic

Your natural reaction once you realize what has just occurred is to panic.  But
to do so is absolutely useless now.  If you had wanted to get right with God
before the Rapture, you could have, but you chose to wait.  Now your only 
chance is to stay on this earth and to endure to the end of the Tribulation.
"But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved."  Matthew
24:13

* Realize you are now living during the Great Tribulation

The Great Tribulation is a seven year period starting from [sic] the time
of the Rapture until Christ's second comeing.  Also know [sic] as "the time
of Jacob's (Israel's) trouble" (Jeremiah 30:7) and "Daniel's Seventieth
Week" (Daniel 9), this period will be unparalleled in trouble nad horror.

* Gather as many Bibles as you can and hide them

Soon after the Antichrist becomes _the_leader_of_the_European_Community_
[my emphasis] (the revived Roman Empire), Bibles will be confiscated and
owning a Bible will be tantamount to treason.  The Bible, however, will be
your most valuable possession during the Tribulation.

...

After the Antichrist becomes the leader of the European Community, he will 
institute a world economic system, designed so that you cannot buy, sell,
or eat unelss [sic] you take the mark or the number of his name.  Money will
be useless [Quote from Revelation 13:16-18 follows]
...

The first thing to do is move out of the city and into a rural or mountainous
area, for the Antichrist's control will come last to the least populated
areas.  Take a good radio or TV with you so that you can stay attuned to
events and discern the time schedule of the Tribulation.  Store water and
food, because you will not be able to purchase anything without the mark.  
Water in lakes and streams will be polluted by radioactive waste from 
nuclear warfare and will eventually turn into blood.  Bring different types
of clothing for all seasons, as well as flashlights, batteries, generators,
and First Aid supplies.  In short, learn how to survive and live off the land
as the pioneers did.

* Trust no one

There will be secret agents everywhere, spying for the Antichrist's 
government.  Be on the lookout.

... 

P{opular during the first three and a half years of the Tribulation,
[the Antichrist] will be physically appealing, highly intelligent, with
Christ-like charisma and personality.  An international politician,
military tactician and economic expert, his word will be peace; he will
make a treaty with the Jews, which he will break after three and a half
years.  He will have such supernatural power that a mortal wound to his head
will be healed...

The Antichrist will have a companion, the False Prohphet [sic], who
will make an image in the likeness of the Antichrist and cause it to speak.
All who refuse to worhsip [sic] the image will be killed.  The final three
and a half hears will be absoultely [sic] insane, with demonized spirits
everywhere...

No indication of who published this paper, nor is there any address to
send money to.  I couldn't resist turning this thing over to the net...


-- 
Dennis Brennan
djb6@midway.uchicago.edu