Are We Living in the End Times?

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Summary: This book is a MUST for believers!
Review: Lahaye has an annointed grip on interpretation of endtime prophecy! This book is easy to understand and it answers a myriad of questions for the Christian believer interested in the prophetic words of the Bible. I found out things I never knew and I have been studying this stuff for 15 years er so! Great book Tim! Keep it up!

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Summary: Are these the end times? Yes, and this book shows why
Review: This is one of several books I own by Tim LaHaye and found this to be an outstanding book for several reasons. First of all, it is an excellent introduction to Biblical prophecy. The authors explain in simple terms how they reached the interpretations they did by providing supporting scripture, logical reasoning and easy to understand examples. I would say that the authors have made a sound argument for the belief that we are living in the end times, but the Bible has already done that. LayHaye and Jenkins have merely compiled that knowledge in an easy to understand way, highlighting numerous contemporary events that only make that conclusion even more believeable.

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Summary: Informative and Thought Provoking
Review: My understanding of this topic was minimal, but I found this book to be both informative and thought provoking. Reasons include:

1) Organization of the book: reflected a teaching style that I could grasp and follow. The first section of the book describes the importance of prophecy, the second details the Events, and the third provides depth and insight to the Personalities involved. The symbolic language of Revelation is difficult for me to understand, but this three-pronged approach to explanation was good for me: rationale for the importance of the drama, the drama itself, followed by the cast of characters.

2) Frequent cross-referencing to the Bible: I suspect it's difficult to write a book on the end-times without introducing an element of subjectivity. However, as theories and beliefs were portrayed, hundreds of biblical references and quotations lent authenticity to the viewpoint. This helped establish credibility and added to the teaching style of the book. This approach did not allow the authors the flexibility to wander from the scriptures for very long. The author's statement and his quote from Matthew 24: 'The generation that sees Israel reemerge 'will by no means pass away till all these things are fulfilled' simultaneously scared me and thrilled me.

3) Frequent cross-referencing to historical events in the world: once the symbolic message of Revelation began to be de-mystified, it was further brought to life by correlating it with events of the world, such as World War I, the birth of Israel, the Six-Day War, plans for rebuilding The Temple, Saddam Hussein, China, the increase in knowledge, and the gradual, but continual, moral breakdown of our society. I found the '18 Characteristics of a Society in Freefall' to be particularly descriptive of my impression of the United States over the past fifty years. It's impossible for me to believe the United States can remain a world power, and end-time events indicate this to be true.

4) Frequent cross-referencing to new technology: Equally chilling were references to modern-day advances that have end-time implications: smart cards (to gain knowledge and control of financial transactions), instant world-wide televising capabilities (necessary to deliver events of the two witnesses to the millions), global governments (formation of the United Nations and moves to common currencies), and promoting the idea of one-world religions At one time, I considered all of these advances for conflict resolution. Today, I see them as the end-times next steps that seek to control while laying the foundation for the AntiChrist and other events that were foretold long ago in Daniel and Matthew 24. All of this I considered the evolution of a smarter mankind, but in reality we've already been documented in prophecy and I didn't realize it.

5) The real need for acceptance of Jesus Christ as your personal savior: The Tribulation is depicted as an unimaginable event of horror and pain. Thank God it can be avoided for those who are believers in Jesus Christ and are willing to repent and accept his grace and mercy. I can't imagine why you would not, but the self-centeredness of man clearly tells us that many will not. The message of the book is clear and challenges you to act. As the Epilogue states, 'This generation does indeed have more solid reasons to believe Christ could come in our lifetime than any before us.'

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Summary: Excellant
Review: This is the best interpretation of Prophecy that I have ever read. I have read the Left Behind Series up to date and this is a wonderful follow-up or pre-reading of series. I have read other End Time books but never felt they were accurate as this one is.

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Summary: When were the end times?
Review: The question is: "Are we living in the end times?

Jesus and the apostles clearly say no, for they told their contemporary readers that they were living in the last days of the age. If Jesus and the apostles were wrong, then Christianity and the Bible is wrong. But since Jesus and the apostles wrote and spoke inerrantly that they themselves and their readers were in the last days, then Lahaye and Jenkins are clearly wrong and unbiblical in saying that the end times (the last days) are any time after the time of the apostles and their contemporary readers to whom they told they were in the last days.

Either the Bible is right or Jenkins/ Lahaye is right. It can't be both. Whom will you choose?

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Summary: FANTASTIC! :)
Review: This is so good I'm buying copies for friends.. I've read some of the most recomended prophecy books and this 1 is now in my top 5.

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Summary: A+, GOLD, and The BEST! 1 ACE book!! :):)
Review: I have read about 30 prophecy books and this 1 has tied with my other number1 by, 'Raymond Duck' 'R We Living In The End Times' is just AWSOME in covering everything about prophecy and how it relates to now. And u cant beat the price.. I'll DEFINATLY b buying this for friends and family I want to b saved!! Tim and Jerry I just can't thank u 2 enough! God bless!

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Summary: A good example of how to distort Scripture
Review: A challenge to all the Left Behind/Late Great Planet Earth fans out there:

Find ANY passages in the Bible that teach the following in clear, unambiguous language:

1. The "secret Rapture" of the Church. 2. The millennial reign of Christ as an earthly king, with pleasures of the flesh for all loyal Christians. 3. The existence of 144,000 miraculously converted Jews during the Tribulation. 4. That seven churches in Revelation are symbolic of the progressive church ages in the West.

You can't! That's because none of these concepts are really there. The Bible only speaks of a 2nd coming of Christ at the end of time, not a "secret Rapture" 7-10 years before; the Bible only says that those martyred for their faith in Christ will reign with Him (in heaven, most likely) for "1,000 years," or an "eon," in the Greek; and that there are 144,000 "sealed" servants of God. The only way to translate these oblique references into the elaborate timetable LaHaye has sketched out is to assume all of these things beforehand and then read them into the Bible. That is precisely what Tim LaHaye does.

I give this book the lowest possible rank for this reason: early in the book, LaHaye says that Scripture should always be interpreted literally unless the literal meaning of a passage is too enormously difficult or absurd to comprehend. One of the passages that LaHaye apparently found "difficult or absurd" was in 2 Thessolonians, where Paul plainly states that the "Rapture" won't happen UNTIL the Anti-Christ comes. Within a few pages of saying that Scripture is literal, LaHaye resorts to an absurd figurative rendering of the Bible to preserve his favorite pet theory, the Pre-Trib Rapture. And it only gets worse! LaHaye uses numerous NON-literal readings to support this position, such as the notion that the 7 churches in the first three chapters of Revelation stand for 7 church ages (in America and Western Europe - apparently, Africa and China don't count in God's dispensation). Good portions of this book are highly figurative, imaginative, and out-of-context interpretations of Scripture that conservative Protestants rightly decry.

This book shows how you can abuse Scripture if you're committed to a pet theory - in this case, Pretribulational Premillennialism. It's time we started reading the Bible rather than forcing the Bible into our pre-determined framework of beliefs.

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Summary: Blasphemy of a new order
Review: The Russians are going to rebuild their military with Lignostone--stronger than steel, more flexible, but better burning than coal! Sounds like a perfect foundation for a new tank. Perhaps the Holy Spirit will obscure that fact from the Russians until they rebuild their army so that it can burn to fulfil the Last Days prophecies.

Or perhaps Lahaye and Jenkins are inventing their present, just as much as they invented the "Arab Muslim" population of Iran, Turkey, and Ethiopia.

That Christians can be misled by such droll trash speaks loudly for the power of Satan to mislead. Even Satan can quote the scripture and twist it at will, as Lahaye and Jenkins have achieved in this Mein Kampf-esque/Turner Diaries rant.

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Summary: interesting, but don't hold your breath
Review: Pretty good info here on end time events,sort of an 'update'on Hal lindsey's LATE GREAT PLANET EARTH.Hal's book is 30 years old,and I remember as a kid hearing those around me thinking that the rapture was going be to VERY soon.The Catholic position on this subject seems to be more of a 'wait and see, just be ready ANYWAY for Christ's return'. be very aware that this is a more of a protestant teaching than anything. There is no true unity of faith in Christiandom,and until that happens I believe Christ may not come for a very, very long time to come.We are too 'fragmented'on beliefs and sunday mornings are still the most segregated time in America. Do you really think Christ will come back to this 'mess'? Sure he will 'clean'things up when he returns, but we have alot of cleaning up to do ourselves before that happens.