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Summary: A Tugboat Captain Makes Good
Review: Scholarship in this computer generation has been exponentially challenged. So much so that, as an example, Mr. Lindsey would be suggested to hold a 'pre-millenial pre-wrath position', which is, to those embedded in the study of endtime prophecy, an immediately recognizable misconstruance of that author's belief.
In view of the danger of so easily committing any like theological faux pas, earnest scholars, whatever their field, would do well to keep "Vanished Into Thin Air" as a ready reference work.
Mr. Lindsey importantly outlines many of the major doctrines entwined in eschatology, unraveling the essential postions that have become entangled in public discourse.
His deftness at navigating the shoals and reefs of Biblical Prophecy reveal the divine wisdom of those early years of training as a tugboat captain plying the ever-changing reaches of the Mississippi.
Mr. Lindsey has pointed out that in this day and age of the blog, most everything necessary can be confirmed and where erroneous, corrected or discarded. Those who invest in this book will be encouraged that scholarship like Mr. Lindsey's will not soon 'vanish into thin air.'
TL Farley,
author,
When Now Becomes Too Late,
also available on Amazon.com
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Summary: Deja vu all over again...
Review: Could you write basically the same book every year or so and still sell enough copies to keep publishers salivating for your next book? Lindsey can. I suppose this is because Christians have such short memories, or such poor theological appetites. This book is simply a reworking of his previous book on "the rapture," released several years ago. Try to find a respected dispensationalist theologian who will endorse Lindsey--I double dare you. If dispensational premillenial pap is your speed, then this book is for you. If you are like me, you would like to see the title come true: "Hal Lindsey Vanished into Thin Air: The Hope of Every [Thinking] Christian."
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Summary: Very good book, I can't wait for the rapture...
Review: Excellent book for those who want to know what will happen in these last days. It will work on your heart. God Bless You all
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Summary: Cheap scare-mongering from a master huckster
Review: Hal Lindsey has been writing this crap for about 30 years now, and it's the same with every book: "Don't make any long-term plans because Jesus is coming any day now", "If you don't become a Christian you are going to live through an eternal nightmare starting very soon" etc., etc., ad nauseaum. (Interesting how the Christian God has to make threats.) Those who took Lindsey at his word over 30 years ago must be living in poverty and illiteracy by now. Hopefully many woke up by now. Bible "propehts" are slick hustlers in the same vain as fake psychics and New Age gurus. What's most incredible is how Lindsey can publish the same scare-mongering tripe year after year, and the same people gobble up his books as if they were going to read something new. For the Christian reading this, do youself a favor: don't be irresponsible with your life. Go to college, get a good job that you like, pay your bills, plant trees, and have fun. And don't think you have to use scare tactics to "witness" to people. If you approach others with love and understanding, rather than scare-mongering, you will gain genuine converts.
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Summary: A Real Christian's View
Review: Hal Lindsey wrote another great book. He does a great job expalining why the Rapture is going to occur before the tribulation and why all the other rapture views such as midtribulation and posttribulation are wrong and don't make any sense.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: Hal Lindsey wrote another great book. He does a great job expalining why the Rapture is going to occur before the tribulation and why all the other rapture views such as midtribulation and posttribulation are wrong and don't make any sense.
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Summary: Definitely a great book! :)
Review: I loved how Hal went thru and verified thru mostly the Scripture and past literatures to Bible times to see what God has to say about when the rapture takes place. So much pretrib evidence that it's amazing. I keep finding the same thing after i prayed God show me also. What a blessing this book was to read so muchmore verification of the grace pretrib rapture. :) God bless.
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Summary: Not a Rehash
Review: I was surprised and delighted with "Vanished Into Thin Air." I am a veteran of Hal Lindsey books, having been saved largely through the reading of his book, "There's a New World Coming" back in 1979. I found enough new to justify buying, reading, and actually studying from this book. The text is written with Lindsey-like simplicity. Even when a Greek word is printed onto the page, you won't feel overwhelmed. The new book draws a little from many of his books and mixes them into a cohesive whole. He debates the teaching of the "Kingdom Now" group of post-tribulationists again as he did in his book, "The Road to Holocaust." He updates "Late Great Planet Earth" with new developments pointing towards the return of Jesus Christ. An earlier review claimed that this was a rehash of his 1983 book, "The Rapture." The event of the Rapture is analyzed in depth. However, there is also new information in this area as Lindsey quotes an early church letter (sermon) which adds credence to the view that the Rapture is not a topic only developed in the past couple hundred of years. I was most impressed with Lindsey's claim that he undertook this book to honestly question his belief in the Pre-Trib rapture viewpoint. From his study, he could not. Lindsey may be knocked for some date-setting tendencies back in the 1970's and early 1980's. In his excitement, he said and wrote statements that today he wishes he could retract. Who wouldn't be excited about these promises? However, those faults should not detract from the truth of his main thesis: Based on bible prophecy, today's world indicates that we can not be far from the rapture, and following, the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. This promise should give us comfort and hope despite everything we see and hear around us.
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Summary: More than my money's worth!
Review: I was surprised and delighted with "Vanished Into Thin Air." I am a veteran of Hal Lindsey books, having been saved largely through the reading of his book, "There's a New World Coming" back in 1979. I found enough new to justify buying, reading, and actually studying from this book. The text is written with Lindsey-like simplicity. Even when a Greek word is printed onto the page, you won't feel overwhelmed. The new book draws a little from many of his books and mixes them into a cohesive whole. He debates the teaching of the "Kingdom Now" group of post-tribulationists again as he did in his book, "The Road to Holocaust." He updates "Late Great Planet Earth" with new developments pointing towards the return of Jesus Christ. An earlier review claimed that this was a rehash of his 1983 book, "The Rapture." The event of the Rapture is analyzed in depth. However, there is also new information in this area as Lindsey quotes an early church letter (sermon) which adds credence to the view that the Rapture is not a topic only developed in the past couple hundred of years. I was most impressed with Lindsey's claim that he undertook this book to honestly question his belief in the Pre-Trib rapture viewpoint. From his study, he could not. Lindsey may be knocked for some date-setting tendencies back in the 1970's and early 1980's. In his excitement, he said and wrote statements that today he wishes he could retract. Who wouldn't be excited about these promises? However, those faults should not detract from the truth of his main thesis: Based on bible prophecy, today's world indicates that we can not be far from the rapture, and following, the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. This promise should give us comfort and hope despite everything we see and hear around us.
Rating:
Summary: Not a Rehash
Review: I was surprised and delighted with "Vanished Into Thin Air." I am a veteran of Hal Lindsey books, having been saved largely through the reading of his book, "There's a New World Coming" back in 1979. I found enough new to justify buying, reading, and actually studying from this book. The text is written with Lindsey-like simplicity. Even when a Greek word is printed onto the page, you won't feel overwhelmed. The new book draws a little from many of his books and mixes them into a cohesive whole. He debates the teaching of the "Kingdom Now" group of post-tribulationists again as he did in his book, "The Road to Holocaust." He updates "Late Great Planet Earth" with new developments pointing towards the return of Jesus Christ. An earlier review claimed that this was a rehash of his 1983 book, "The Rapture." The event of the Rapture is analyzed in depth. However, there is also new information in this area as Lindsey quotes an early church letter (sermon) which adds credence to the view that the Rapture is not a topic only developed in the past couple hundred of years. I was most impressed with Lindsey's claim that he undertook this book to honestly question his belief in the Pre-Trib rapture viewpoint. From his study, he could not. Lindsey may be knocked for some date-setting tendencies back in the 1970's and early 1980's. In his excitement, he said and wrote statements that today he wishes he could retract. Who wouldn't be excited about these promises? However, those faults should not detract from the truth of his main thesis: Based on bible prophecy, today's world indicates that we can not be far from the rapture, and following, the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. This promise should give us comfort and hope despite everything we see and hear around us.
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