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Summary: could it happen?
Review: This book really surprized me. I was not expecting something so deeply rooted in religion. If you can stand to sit and read through the very slow start of the book, than you will be taken on a ride of your life. Now I don't claim that it will be like any other book where you feel the action. At times I did feel like I was in the story but generally I still felt like I was just reading it. Where the ride of your life comes into play, depends on your own mind. I always wanted to find out what The Bible said about the end of the world, but I just could not understand it. This book helped me understand the basic concepts behind everything and it took my mind on a ride questioning everything. Could this really happen? What do I really believe? Would I be one of the followers of the false messiah or would I be saved? These questions all came into my mind and started some very interesting debates with my friends. I still do not know what to believe but I must give credit to the author on how he combined fiction and The Bible into one. It is worth a read if you like to be challenged, especially in your own beliefs. Just remember it is slow but you will love or hate the people in it.
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Summary: Accurate and Breathtaking!
Review: This is the best End-Times novel I have read yet! While I was reading this, my best friend and I were doing a study on the End-Times. I disagree with the assumption of Adolph Hitler being improbable of being the Antichrist. I really appreciate the fact of the book being based in Israel as opposed to America in the Left Behind series by LaHaye. I have found in my study that not all the things that happen in the End-Times happen all over the world. Some of them will happen only in Israel. I have also found that as LaHaye thought the Rapture to happen before the Tribulation, I have found direct verses in the Bible stating the Rapture to happen in the Middle of the Tribulation. (Revelation 10:5-7, 1 Corinthians 15:51-52) The Last Trumpet is sounded in Revelation 12:15. I say again, this is the most accurate End-Times novel I have read yet.
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Summary: Are YOU prepared?
Review: Van Kampen has woven a compelling, believable story which clearly lays out the Biblical prophecies regarding the end of the world. Even a reader with a limited familiarity with or understanding of the Bible will find "The Fourth Reich" an interesting and credible novel. The characters are people the reader can care about, most situations are plausible. A few loose threads are left hanging (Will Sonya and her brother Yacov reunite?, Is there no chance for Bulgakov's followers who doubt him--Anna, for example--to renounce him and be saved?, etc.) and some things are just a bit pat towards the end of the novel, but, in all, this is a book that you'll stay with until you've reached the end. As busy as I am, I read it in two days! Regardless of your personal religious convictions, it's worth your while to compare Van Kampen's predictions with your own understanding of Biblical prophecy. So much of the Book of Revelation is difficult to understand for the average person; Van Kampen spells things out quite clearly. "The Fourth Reich" helps sort things out. You'll want to read and learn more!
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Summary: Are YOU prepared?
Review: Van Kampen has woven a compelling, believable story which clearly lays out the Biblical prophecies regarding the end of the world. Even a reader with a limited familiarity with or understanding of the Bible will find "The Fourth Reich" an interesting and credible novel. The characters are people the reader can care about, most situations are plausible. A few loose threads are left hanging (Will Sonya and her brother Yacov reunite?, Is there no chance for Bulgakov's followers who doubt him--Anna, for example--to renounce him and be saved?, etc.) and some things are just a bit pat towards the end of the novel, but, in all, this is a book that you'll stay with until you've reached the end. As busy as I am, I read it in two days! Regardless of your personal religious convictions, it's worth your while to compare Van Kampen's predictions with your own understanding of Biblical prophecy. So much of the Book of Revelation is difficult to understand for the average person; Van Kampen spells things out quite clearly. "The Fourth Reich" helps sort things out. You'll want to read and learn more!
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