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...Testament story seems retold as often as the episode of Jonah swallowed whole (there are strong suggestions of it in works as disparate as Pinocchio and Jaws). But somehow Warwick Hutton has found a way of giving the tale a fresh approach in Jonah and the Great Fish (Atheneum; $12.95). The text is simplified but not simpleminded, and if the sins have been scaled down, the sinner has not. As Jonah and his shipmates are buffeted by the tempest, the wind seems to blow from the page, and the great fish that consumes him soon turns from a monster into...
Most Christian churches teach that the end of history will be marked by Christ's return to earth to establish a perfect kingdom. A number of Old and New Testament passages describe the prelude to this event in terms of angelic battle and earthly turmoil. One of these vivid prophecies, the only one that names Armageddon,* is Revelation 16. Most scholars believe that Revelation and other prophecies refer to such epochal events as Jesus' death and resurrection and the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in A.D. 70. Others see them as symbolic depictions of the spiritual struggle between...
Trying to put the Armageddon issue into perspective, one moderate evangelical, New Testament Professor A. Berkeley Mickelsen of Minnesota's Bethel Theological Seminary, points out that the accounts of Christ's return are rich in symbolism. Says he: "If you're not careful, pretty soon it's Buck Rogers. To take apocalyptic language and make it scientific language is wrong." He is perturbed at the prophecy hunters' emphasis on global conflict. "Scripture teaches that great nations must treat compassionately the oppressed of the earth," says Mickelsen. "When Christ really does break into this scene, there...
...Often interpreted to mean "Hill of Megiddo," near the site of several great Old Testament battles...
Helms' responses to the attacks are testament to the powers of the incumbency. President Reagan, Vice President George Bush, half-a-dozen Reagan cabinet members and more than 33 U.S. senators have stumped in North Carolina on Helms' behalf. Most recently, in a highly controversial move, 22 U.S. ambassadors endorsed Helms' candidacy...