Will Catholics Be "Left Behind"? Book

This book gives a detailed description of fundamentalist eschatology according to Scofield/Darby/Lindsay and the Moody Bible Institute then contrasts it with Catholic theology.

It focuses on premillennial dispensationalism (rapture > tribulation > new world order > antichrist > parousia > Armageddon > thousand years > end of days) and the supporting scripture, but walks through the four interpretations of The Book of Revelation (futurist, historist, preterist and idealist) and sheds some light on why there are differences of opinion on the book's meaning.

At its core, the two sides of this debate disagree on the definition of The Kingdom.

Catholics believe the Old Testament is fulfilled in Christ, The Church is the New Israel and the Kingdom is a present-day reality which will become fully realized in Heaven after the second coming.

Fundamentalists who ascribe to Scofield believe in two Parousias: one where those who are Saved will be taken up in the Rapture with Jesus (before the Tribulation) and the another when they return to Earth with Jesus to defeat Satan in the Battle of Armageddon before returning to heaven and turning over the Kingdom (on Earth) to the Jews (God's original chosen people) who will finally believe Jesus is the Christ (the warrior Messiah) and worship him on Earth for 1,000 years.

Certainly an eye opener. I wonder how many people who like/believe the Left Behind series of books actually know their full beliefs.