Texts and commentaries

Our Hope: The Appearing of Jesus Christ

John Piper; Desiring God

Defends a physical future appearing against symbolic interpretations and connects the two advents through Titus 2. Quotations from opposing theologians are reported by Piper.

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Our Responsibilities during the Period of Occultation of the Present Imam

Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi

Interprets waiting as moral and social reform rather than allowing corruption to worsen. Weekly presentation of deeds functions as an analogy of correspondence with the hidden Imam; includes attributed prayer and source references.

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Our Saviour Has Arrived

Elijah Muhammad

Applies Revelation 13 beast and dragon to American presidential authority and the pope, describes an approaching final clash, and connects anticipated divine action to racial injustice and demands for territorial/economic independence. Polemical representations remain attributed.

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Our Saviour Has Arrived (commemorative article)

The Final Call

Explains July4commemoration as Fard's1930appearance and a declaration of Black independence, connects new-heaven imagery to social restoration, and presents Farrakhan as continuing the mission. This documents 2024 community reception.

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Padma Purana

Traditional attribution Vyasa; English translation N. A. Deshpande

Divine-name hymn describes Kalki ending Kali and restoring the earth within a larger devotional catalogue. The introductory incarnation list and promises for reciting names establish devotional context.

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Pahlavi Rivayat accompanying the Dadestan i Denig

Anonymous Middle Persian compilers; A. V. Williams translator

Successive saviors, failed early rain warnings within the narrative, resurrection through ritual, and final bodily renewal provide a detailed sequence.

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Paliau Movement

Michael French Smith

Separates Paliau’s gradual New Way from Wapei’s 1947 resurrection deadlines and the later conditional Cemetery Cult expectations.

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Papahurihia, Penetana

Judith Binney

Challenges common millennial and resurrection attributions, distinguishing communication with the dead from raising them. Supplies an explicit basis for reconsidering a candidate’s scope.

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Participate to Prepare for Christ's Return

Steven D. Shumway; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Interprets church service, ministering, and temple worship as preparation for Christ's return.

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Serving prepares us to meet Christ · commentary →

Peace Among the Nations

Bahai International Community, Office of Public Information; approved by Universal House of Justice

Responds to year-2000 inquiries, describes political peace as a process established during the twentieth century, distinguishes Lesser and Most Great Peace, and denies a specified cataclysm at century's end. Its wording on peace established in that century must be compared directly with the 2001 clarification.

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Perfect Love Casteth Out Fear

Dieter F. Uchtdorf; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Calls for studying signs and preparing for the return without constant fear or manipulation; evidence of internal critique of fear-based religious motivation.

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Recognizing the signs without living in fear · commentary →

Persian Bayan

The Bab

Future manifestation, allegiance and sudden appearance; distinct Babi work represented through later Bahai anthology.

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Personal Preparation to Meet the Savior

Dale G. Renlund; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Relates covenant keeping and becoming like Christ to readiness for his return; the end-time claim is presented in institutional devotional teaching.

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Using our gifts to serve others · commentary →

Pesikta Rabbati

Anonymous rabbinic compilation with attributed teachings

The homily connects Isaiah’s light with the Messiah and presents an attributed dialogue about suffering and redemption.

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Pilgrims Notes and the Calamity

International Teaching Centre

Addresses North American fear induced by pilgrimage reports; repeated or respected witnesses do not confer scriptural authority. Distinguishes ordinary wartime city risks from definite identification of an unforeseen calamity, discourages dating and survival preoccupation.

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Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer

Anonymous; rabbinic speakers are literary attributions, not verified authorship

Attributes fifteen end-time actions and three battles to Ishmaelites and connects the Davidic Branch with Daniel 2:44 and Isaiah 63:1.

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Pirqe Masiah

Anonymous post-rabbinic work; named biblical or rabbinic speakers are literary attributions

Recasts Daniel 12:1 deliverance as merit arising from acceptance of Torah and develops future honor for Israel; follows explicit source-exegesis rather than assumed chronology.

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Postcards from the Cosmos: Cosmic Spaces in Alternative Religion and Conspiracy Theories

Andrew Fergus Wilson

Analyzes cosmic salvation narratives in Heaven’s Gate, Raelian and Aetherius settings through the cultural symbolism of spaceflight.

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Postmillennialism

Sean Durbin; Critical Dictionary of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements

Explains changing uses of the postmillennial category and warns against imposing modern timing distinctions on early modern writers. Discusses institutional activism across differing millennial expectations.

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The Millennium before Christ’s return · commentary →

Prayer for Missionaries

Louis Marie de Montfort

Prays for missionaries and connects their work with a coming transformation by divine love before destructive judgment.

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Prayer of Dedication, 27 March 1836 [D&C 109]

Joseph Smith; Joseph Smith Papers edition

Petitions for Israel's gathering, redemption of Jerusalem, escape from final calamity, and meeting the Lord at the resurrection trumpet.

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Dedicating the house commanded in the revelation · commentary →

A prayer to be caught up with the Lord · commentary →

Premillennial Eschatology

Assemblies of God USA, General Presbytery

Defends resurrection, earthly millennium, judgment and renewed creation in that order, while discouraging detailed speculation and fear-based preaching. Institutional historical synthesis is attributed.

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Premillennialism

Sean Durbin; Critical Dictionary of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements

Distinguishes historic, historicist and futurist premillennialism and describes competing identifications of Israel, including Baldwin’s United States interpretation.

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Christ returns before the Millennium · commentary →

Preparation for Christ’s Coming

Ellen G. White

Connects imminent return with practical character preparation and service.

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