Some are taking the problem computer programmers will have and are projecting a complete global financial collapse. Some of these folks are also offering insurance packages to protect those who buy into their proposal. Similar scams exist in the religious arena, where all kinds of special events are being predicted for the turn of the century. Unlike a great deal of the material circulating concerning the millennium, this book offers no escape and has nothing to sell. The book then explains why the answer is no.
Butler begins by discussing various end times' approaches made by religious groups.
This is a very useful part of the book because it briefly explains the basic beliefs of postmillennialism, amillennialism, and premillennialism with further explanation of historical and dispensational understandings. Butler takes us in chapter two through a history of people who have set dates as to when Christ is to return from the time of Barnabas to the present. In chapters three to seven the Valley of Jehosphaphat, Gog and Magog and the book of Daniel with it's four beasts and the seventy sevens and kings are discussed. The remainder of the book deals with the book of Revelation and its prophecies. This book is a refreshing change from the hysteria that is sweeping the world concerning this subject.