Those of us who believe that the gospel of Christ will triumph on earth BEFORE the Lord returns (or would LIKE to believe this) should read this book. Since the mid 1960s Miller, who has studied & lectured extensively on five continents, has gone on record that a vast spiritual revival would break out in Southern Russia (Ukraine) before the return of Christ. Current happenings in that part of the world seem to verify the author's understanding of the prophecy. Miller's PANORAMA takes the classic "historical" view of Revelation. He sees a natural, sequential historical parallel in the seven seals, trumpets & bowls. The seventh bowl, Miller believes, was poured out into the air in the mid 1960s--existential thought--which temporarily dethroned established Christian beliefs. In spite of existentialism's many abuses, however, Miller sees the personal freedom to think for oneself as being used to eventually defeat the three great enemies of Christianity: secular atheism (Marxism), the Papacy, & resurgent Islam. The author points to Revelation 20:8 (cf. Ezekeil 39:6) as proof that a worldwide revival will begin in "Magog," which he identifies as ancient Scythia (now South Russia or Ukraine). "The current bleak outlook for the church in western Europe & the United States is due for a change to the victory side," writes Miller. "The Ukraine is the place pinpointed where the intervention of God will begin." (p.230).