Years after learning that the organization that he was a part of was in fact a cult, Benjamin wakes up and escapes. After attending several churches, some good and some bad, he realizes that he would find answers another way. He embarks upon an intellectual odyssey of study and self-reflection that would ensue for several years. This journey leads to a transformation that caused a change of scenery.
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DEDICATION 4
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 8
PERMISSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9
1 NIGHTMARES 22
2 SOUL SEARCHING 26
3 UNEXPECTED ESCHATOLOGY 34
Four Views of the Book of Revelation 37
Historicism 37
Preterism 41
The Dating of the Book of Revelation 42
Dispensationalism 47
Idealism 53
The Millennial Views on Revelation Chapter 20 54
Premillennialists Approach 58
Post-Millennialists Approach 59
A-Millennialist Approach 60
An Unexpected Conclusion Reached on
Eschatology 61
4 IN COMES TEXTUAL CRITICISM 66
Old Testament Textual Criticism 72
Specific Textual References 75
5 EARLY CHRISTIANITY 80
Eschatology Again? 90
The Essenes 94
Gnosticism 96
Ancient Egyptian Connection? 102
Ancient Greek Connection? 104
6 DID JESUS CHRIST EVER EXIST? 108
Did Moses Write the Pentateuch? 112
Biblical Archaeology 115
Biblical Schools of Thought 118
Implications for Christianity 121
Testimonium Flavianum 123
The Gospels 125
Did the Apostle Paul Preach a Historical Jesus? 127
Marcion of Sinope and the Apostle Paul 128
The Essenes Again? 135
7 WAKING UP TO SLEEP AGAIN 140
8 THE REALM OF MODERN METAPHYSICS 145
Whipping Excursion into Atheism 149
On Ancient Greece and Egypt 150
Freemasonry Early or Late? 156
Why Discuss Gerald Massey? 162
Scholars within New Age 166
9 TRUTH-SEEKER 173
Regarding my Approach to “Race” 179
10 CONCLUSION 189
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 194
ENDNOTES 196
WORKS CITED 205