David Sliker's End-Times Simplified: Revised Edition vs our Isaiah-through-line rewrite. Same doctrinal footprint, roughly 42% of the word count, one visible seam at chapter 2.
| # | Sliker (Original — Revised Edition) | Ours (Isaiah-through-line rewrite) |
|---|---|---|
| Intro | Introduction: Simplifying the End Times | Introduction: Simplifying the End Times |
| 1 | Why Study the End Times | Why Study the End Times |
| 2 | The Bible Was Written For Everyone | The Mountain and the City (Isaiah 2, 4) |
| 3 | The Return of Israel and Jerusalem | The Branch and the Beauty (Isaiah 4, 11) |
| 4 | How Serious Is the Problem? | The Great Light in the War Zone (Isaiah 6–9) |
| 5 | Who Can Endure It? | The Four Installments (Isaiah's refrain structure) |
| 6 | God's Great Plan for the Church | The Branch and the Kingdom (Isaiah 11, Sevenfold Anointing) |
| 7 | God's Great Plan for Israel and the Nations | The Judgment of Babylon (Isaiah 13) |
| 8 | Satan's Plan to Keep His Place | Ethiopia, Egypt, and the Five Decrees (Isaiah 18–19) |
| 9 | The Two Plans Unfold | The Isaiah Apocalypse (Isaiah 24) |
| 10 | The Emergence of the Victorious Church | Judah Sings in the Siege (Isaiah 26 song) |
| 11 | The End of the Long Night | The Fading Flower and the Sure Foundation (Isaiah 28) |
| 12 | The Dawning of a New Day | Return and Rest (Isaiah 30) |
| 13 (epilogue in original) | On the Other Side of Eternity | The King in His Beauty (Isaiah 33) |
| Original | Ours | |
|---|---|---|
| Pieces | 14 (Intro + 12 chapters + Epilogue) | 14 (Intro + 13 chapters) |
| Total words | ~74,000 | ~31,093 |
| Average per piece | ~5,300 | ~2,220 |
| Longest | Ch4 "How Serious Is the Problem?" (6,974) | Ch4 "The Great Light in the War Zone" (2,906) |
| Shortest | Ch9 "The Two Plans Unfold" (3,535) | Ch5 "The Four Installments" (1,748) |
Keeps. The pastoral goal, the two-parties frame (God's plan / Satan's plan), the Israel-and-nations emphasis, the Church-as-victorious ending, the NKJV citations, the anchor verses per chapter.
Changes. The organizing text. Sliker's book runs Revelation's plot as its spine and cites Isaiah, Daniel, and Matthew 24 as evidence along the way. Our version flips that: Isaiah IS the spine (Isaiah 2 → 4 → 6–9 → 11 → 13 → 18–19 → 24 → 26 → 28 → 30 → 33), and Revelation, Daniel, and Matthew 24 become the corroborating voices. The epilogue-then-Ch13 slot is repurposed for the Isaiah 33 destination ("the King in His beauty"), so the book lands on Isaiah's own end-of-book image.
Result. Same doctrinal footprint, ~42% of the word count, one visible seam at chapter 2.
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