Total Eclipse: Christ Returns: A Commentary on the Revelation of Jesus Christ

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Summary: Scholarly and Refreshing
Review: Author Stephen Amy has done his research! After reading a dozen so-called commentaries that offer apocalyptic speculation instead of exegesis, this book is a breath of fresh air. It is as much about worship as it is about prophecy. According to Amy, the book of Revelation does reveal the future, but reveals even more about the present, and the way that Christ wishes to reveal Himself to us. The center of the book of Revelation is the Throne of God and Christ Himself. This book teaches us the how and why of worship at the altar.
The author dismisses the fantastic approaches to the book that have become popular in recent years, and sticks to the text itself and the intent of the author, the Apostle John. Amy shows how the message of Revelation is lost entirely when the wrong assumptions, such as a secret rapture, are made. The author clearly demonstrates (at least to the objective reader) that the "pre-tribulist rapture theory" is an assumption, not a conclusion. In fact, for many this theory has become a "lens" that can actually distort the vision that the Apostle John is relating.
"Total Eclipse" is the first book I have read that provides a cast of characters so that the reader can tell the white hats from the black. (Hint: "Those who dwell on the earth" is a technical term that describes one group. "The people from every tongue and tribe and nation" is a completely different one.)
This is a book that every serious Bible student will want to read and own and share with colleagues. The reader will not only learn a great deal about the when of Christ's return, he or she will learn more about Christ, who He is, and why He must return. "Total Eclipse, Christ Returns" unlocks the questions of "what" and "why." The "when" becomes much clearer, and at the same time, much less important. Readers who would rather hear the truth than to have their ears tickled will not be disappointed.


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Summary: Shedding Myth Finding Worship
Review: This book is a bright new light that points to the theme of worship, focuses on the coming of the Lord Jesus, exposes clearly the identity of all the key characters formerly shrouded in misinterpretation, and carefully explains the chronological sequence of the end times. Read this book and understand not only the Book of Revelation, but the sign of Jesus'Coming, the Seventy Weeks of Daniel, the Abomination of Desolation and the messages to the seven churches. This is not a re-telling of popular eschatology.