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Certain prophecies that the author of [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] and other prophets (including [[Daniel]], [[Isaiah (prophet)|Isaiah]], [[Jeremiah (prophet)|Jeremiah]], [[Zechariah (prophet)|Zechariah]], and [[Malachi (prophet)|Malachi]]) wrote down, did not come to pass within the time frame of the Bible. Some say that they ''still'' have not come to pass, and herein lies perhaps the most bitter of the disputes among prophecy students:

Certain prophecies that the author of [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] and other prophets (including [[Daniel]], [[Isaiah (prophet)|Isaiah]], [[Jeremiah (prophet)|Jeremiah]], [[Zechariah (prophet)|Zechariah]], and [[Malachi (prophet)|Malachi]]) wrote down, did not come to pass within the time frame of the Bible. Some say that they ''still'' have not come to pass, and herein lies perhaps the most bitter of the disputes among prophecy students:

1. [[Futurism]] holds that these prophecies have not yet come to pass, and still remain to come to pass. Futurists closely follow current events for signs that these prophecies are about to come to pass in the present day. A key concern of futurists is the baleful prophecy that in the last seven years before Jesus' return to earth, a totalitarian dictatorship will arise that will exceed by several orders of magnitude the power, the scope, and the atrocity of [[Nazi]] Germany during [[World War II]].<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Revelation|chap=13|verses=1-18|version=KJV}}</ref> This concern has led many of them to express great fear that the [[United Nations]], or alternatively a possible reinvention of the [[Baghdad Caliphate]], will be that dictatorship, or its progenitor.

1. [[Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)#Futurism|Futurism]] holds that these prophecies have not yet come to pass, and still remain to come to pass. Futurists closely follow current events for signs that these prophecies are about to come to pass in the present day. A key concern of futurists is the baleful prophecy that in the last seven years before Jesus' return to earth, a totalitarian dictatorship will arise that will exceed by several orders of magnitude the power, the scope, and the atrocity of [[Nazi]] Germany during [[World War II]].<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Revelation|chap=13|verses=1-18|version=KJV}}</ref> This concern has led many of them to express great fear that the [[United Nations]], or alternatively a possible reinvention of the [[Baghdad Caliphate]], will be that dictatorship, or its progenitor.

2. [[Historicism]] holds that the specific prophecies mentioned in Revelation chapters 6 through 16 actually reflect world history as it has unfolded since the destruction of the [[Temple of Jerusalem]] in 70 AD.<ref>[http://www.historicism.com/ Historicism.com]</ref> Historicists fear no future dictatorship because any such dictatorship has already risen and fallen.

2. [[Historicism]] holds that the specific prophecies mentioned in Revelation chapters 6 through 16 actually reflect world history as it has unfolded since the destruction of the [[Temple of Jerusalem]] in 70 AD.<ref>[http://www.historicism.com/ Historicism.com]</ref> Historicists fear no future dictatorship because any such dictatorship has already risen and fallen.