232 pages ; 20 cm

Includes bibliographical references

Introduction -- Before the Two Advents -- A parallel -- The future -- What is prophesied -- The past two years -- 1. The restored Roman Empire -- The new Roman Empire -- The Roman Empire and France -- The Roman empire and Great Britain -- The Roman Empire outside Europe -- The Roman Empire and Islam -- The Roman Empire and Turkey -- the Roman Empire and the Jews -- Religion in the Roman Empire -- The phenomenon of Caesarism -- 2. Prophecy, history and science -- Christ and the Antichrist -- Christ's coming for the church -- Christ's return to the world -- How prophecy is possible -- Prophecy viewed by great thinkers -- The "laws of nature" and the second advent -- The problem of advent and appearance -- Heaven as a place

3. Some essential characteristics -- Earth as the scene of the advents -- An anthropomorphic God -- Expected before: coming this time -- The kingdom of earth not renounced -- The second advent not a gradual process -- The second advent not in the heart only -- The second advent and the law of love -- 4. Christ's return -- Christ's return in relation to religion -- Christ's return in relation to the problem of evil -- Christ's return in relation to philosophy -- Christ's return in relation to science -- Christ's return in relation to world peace -- Christ's return in relation to natural conditions -- Christ's return in relation to the moral issue -- Christ's return in relation to the interpretation of history -- Conclusion

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