A Cup of Trembling: Jerusalem and Bible Prophecy

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Summary: Where to begin
Review: ..with this confused mess?
What about page 20 where Jeremiah 7:7 is quoted without the very important conditions specified in verses 5 and 6. Israel did not keep those conditions and suffered the consequences. Or page 130 where Daniel 8:25 is misquoted. Chapter 8 doesn't even mention the Antichrist - it is a prophecy about Antiochus Epiphanes. Note that even scholars who do not believe in predictive prophecy are clear on this - their argument is that is it so accurate that it must have been written after the event. The word that Hunt says is "peace" is actually "deceit" - a very accurate description of the rise to power of the man who did his best to destroy Israel between 168 and 164 BC. Unfortunately, these basic errors by the author undermine his entire premise - which takes up most of the rest of the book.

The book is appealing of course - who of us wouldn't like to know what is going to happen next? But the Bible is pretty clear on this topic - there is only one event left in God's plan of history: judgement day. Hunt has weaved together a horrible mess of opinion polls, quotes from the Jerusalem Post and out-of-context quotes from the Bible in order to sweat the details - and it shows. Much of his attempt to reconcile current affairs with biblical prophecy is now amusingly dated, since current affairs tend to change rather rapidly (and this book was written in 1995).

Avoid.

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Summary: This book clears so much up and covers a rare Bible topic..
Review: I bought this book after seeing the WONDERFUL reviews here and it really is that good. Dave really covers, Judaism, catholicism, and the muslem dealings around the Middle East well. I've read many latter-day commentaries and this book is truly 1-of-a-kind. It's really to bad the book is out of print. BUY IT USED!

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Summary: This book clears so much up and covers a rare Bible topic..
Review: This book by Dave Hunt shows the kind of truth through research and un-biased insight into the Middle East that is hard to find. It is an easy read, well thought out, well researched, and helped this reader to fully understand the delicate relationship that the Jews have been forced to balance in the past, present, and will in the future. Their plight is truly amazing. It is worth a great deal of attention and study for anyone interested in understanding the truth about what the Holy Bible says about God's chosen people, the Jews, and their God given right to Israel.

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Summary: Jerusalem. It's Role In Our Future.
Review: This book examines the role of Jerusalem in World events, both from a secular and Biblical perspective, with a major emphasis on Biblical prophecy. The fundamental Biblical prophecy used behind this work being that of
Zechariah 12;verses 2 to 9, where Jerusalem is described as being a "cup of trembling" to the nations and that all who burden themselves with it shall be "cut in pieces". The prophecy also being used to describe the coming of all nations against Jerusalem & Israel in the latter days.

Written in 1995 this book needs an update in relation to the World & regional events that have occurred since then. However, the essential truths upon which this book is based still apply and become more and more evident with each passing day.

The historical role of Jerusalem is examined together with that of the Jewish people. Sections also being devoted to the subject of anti-Semitism (hatred of the Jews), Islam, terrorism and how the Bible & the Quran present the issue of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. The involvement of the Catholic Church and Christianity play no small part in this discussion. Not least of the issues studied is the manner in which elements of the modern day Church view the situation, with Zionism and the doctrine of replacement theology also investigated.

The book would not be complete without an in depth study of the present day conflict raging over the Holy Land between the Israelis and the Palestinians and indeed the issue is appropriately addressed.

The book declares that if Israel expects to make a "just and lasting peace" with the Palestinians/Muslims then it is an utter delusion. The contents of the book describing that any "peace with Islam" requiring "total submission to Allah". The phased plan of eradicating Israel is examined in the context of how it is being applied to the Palestinian issue where any/all land ceded by Israel is described as being used as a platform from which to obtain more and more land until the eventual objective is obtained.

The book clearly showing that there can be no lasting peace until the return of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. Reference also being made to the temporary "pseudo-peace" of the coming anti-Christ and the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple.

The contents of this work are quite comprehensive and it is difficult to refer to them all in a review.

The book concludes with a call to repentance and a personal faith in Jesus Christ. A call to repentance also being made to Israel and the Israeli Government. The latter also being encouraged to repent of "imagining that they could bring peace through their own efforts" and to repent of trying to barter land that the Bible declares should "never be traded or sold". A land described as being God's land given as an eternal inheritance to the Jewish people. A parallel call to repentance is also made to the Arab people's in relation to their hatred towards the Jewish people and their rejection of God's gift of the "promised land" to the Jews.

This is a useful addition to anyone's library on the Middle East.

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Summary: A must read for anybody interested in Bible Prophecy.
Review: This book is a must reader for those wanting to understand the history of Israel and what's happening today. It will definately make you take closer look of news reports coming out of the Middle East. Hunt explains the origins of conflict between Jews, Muslims and Catholics. Based on the Muslim goal for the ultimate destruction of Israel, this book explains why "Peace in the Middle East" can never be obtained and how negotiations between Israel and the Palestian States are setting the stage for the fulfillment of final Biblical Prophecies.