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Summary: The Final Warning by Kathleen Keating
Review: I finally got my copy and just finished reading it! I couldn't wait to post my review here. I've been reading through the reviews posted here, and they touched on a lot of good points. I do have to agree I couldn't put the book down. Just a fantastic book! I did want to make one point, and I know we're not supposed to do this, but how can Amazon post reviews that are incorrect? Nowhere in this book does it say that Mary forgives sins. I don't even know where that came from! Trust me, this was a great book, well worth the wait, and very informative. I'm very impressed with Ms. Keating!
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Summary: Good for a laugh
Review: The final warning seems to be that god is going to send a comet to earth to destroy all those who don't believe. However you will be safe as long as you are a true believer. You will be safe from earthquakes if you sprinkle holy oil around your door. You will be able to drink the contaminated water as long as you put some drops of holy water in it. She even conveniently puts a form at the back of the book so you can buy all the holy things you are going to need to survive. The author's evidence is mainly from visionary's and the bible. The rest is all spectulation on her part. Some parts of the book were very amusing however.
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Summary: Stand Up! Stand Up! Can't You Stand Up For Her?!
Review: This book is one of most courageous books I have ever read in my 54 years. It matters little what you say, or promise people. But it very much matters what you DO. And this one woman, a consummate professional investigative journalist is not intimidiated by the evils of bumper-sticker thinkers, mob-mentalities, gone-awry governments, or alleged "religious" bastions of wealth and power. She takes them all on in "The Final Warning." The message is simple: Keep your eyes on the skies, and remember to hold fast to your faith. You will need it -- now, and tomorrow. Our choice (and each of us must make it...) is simple: evil (Lucifer); or Goodness & Mercy (Our Lord,Jesus Christ). Thank goodness, however, Ms. Keating has done the lion's share of work for us by laying down her glove --and much, much more to provide us with help (to light and guide) which could only be distilled from The Divine.
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Summary: Selling items at the back of the book cheapens the message..
Review: First of all, I read the book and I am Roman Catholic. And while I appreciate her acknowledgement that the second coming will come, I am confused by the mixed messages this book conveys. For example, like the other reader, why would Jesus's mother be interested in saving fine china! Why would anyone be taken into stocking food for long term survival when a comet is going to strike the US! And also, why would anyone cheapen this most important message on the second coming of Christ by supplying a list of survival items and even giving pricing information at the back of the book! Is Kathleen on commission? It seems to me that Martin Luther also objected to selling "religious relics" and "indulgences" to those of us who were spiritually vulnerable at the time. Please, don't mix the holy message about the Second Coming of Christ with spiritual snake oil salespeople. Father Martins books on the other hand are incredible. "Hostage to the Devil" shows the tragedy and triumph of raw spiritual warfare and how powerful a weapon, "Christ centered Agape Love" is against Satanic forces. I think Kathleen owes true believers everywhere an apology for selling candles in her sales brochure called "The Final Warning" and a committment next time to giving us some footnotes and leaving out the products. Oh yes, and one other thing...here is the most evil man on earth and she doesn't have the spiritual courage to say who she thinks he is...."The Maitreya" at www.shareintl.org. I don't get it? Why not share who the wolves are...after all Jesus Himself said...there will be many who will claim to be the Christ in the last days and will lead many astray. The Maitreya may very well be only one of many antichrists.....
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Summary: Blew me away!
Review: I had to jump in here when I saw what some people were doing to this poor author. I can testify that these people certainly do not know what they are talking about! The book is just terrific! Well put together, nice length too. I am so glad it wasn't a heavy tome. I didn't know what to expect, but I really ended up liking it! When I heard that all the information in the book could be found on the internet, I was really worried. But, after reading it, I can tell you that there are a lot of new developments in there that you just can't find on the web. Great job, Ms. Keating! Keep em coming!
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Summary: Not Worth the read...
Review: I heard this author on Art Bell's show 'Coast to Coast'. In the book, only her way is correct on translations of the final days. Actually, the book is alot of gibbish, and more sci-fi/horror than anything. It could be considered a scare tactic to unnerve the populace. Believe me, this book isn't all that it's cracked up to be. It's really not that good. If you want to read about the New Millennium, read Edgar Cayce, or Nostradamus. They give a more open, more exact way of the new millennium
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Summary: Gibberish
Review: As an orthodox Catholic, I share some of Kathleen Keating's concerns and views. This being said, however, her book is a hopeless mess. It's riddled with off-the-wall speculations, paranoid delusions, risible messages from unapproved apparitions, and the crudest theology imaginable. The sooner I can put this absurd reading experience behind me, the better.
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Summary: Prophecy and days in darkness...
Review: I first heard Kathleen Keating on Art Bell's late night Coast to Coast radio program, over a year ago, when he was going to retire and Mike Segal had taken his place. I think it's safe to say that most readers of her book came across her the same way, and know the particular show I am talking about, and are likewise familiar with the Coast to Coast show, which covers topics of the paranormal. The interview was very enthralling, and when Kathleen announced the Antichrist was here on Earth, and that she knew his name, calls poured in. Mike Segal switch board must have looked like a Christmas tree. No different from any one else listening that night, I was taken by her sincerity and her intensity. I was ready to start digging my bunker and boiling water, and preparing for the days of darkness, for the Rapture. But first it was necessary to buy "The Final Warning", that would no doubt be useful to pack along with the iodine, powdered milk and crucifix. I have some problems with this book, but first I would like to cover what this book contains.
"The Final Warning", first off, is written from a Christian slant. If you are of another faith or find religion illogical, this may be a hard pill to swallow. I try to view nonfiction objectively, so I simply took that for Keating the belief that Jesus was the son of God is not a variable. That given, she documents prophecy from relatively obscure and/or anonymous prophets, and from their accounts pieces together a plausible and intriguing scenario for the rise of the Antichrist, the corruption of the Catholic church, the satanic UFO conspiracy, US government concentration camps, and the coming of the Apocalypse, to name a few. This is interesting and sensational material, but Keating's writing is straight forward and has almost no embellishments, like an Associated Press wire. Some parts, in fact, are much like the subtitle describes, written like a field guide to surviving in a post-apocalyptic world. This works for "The Final Warning", conveying that the author intends all the information to be taken with sobriety.
Keating's book suffers from brevity, however. Some subjects are given less then a paragraph of detail, and some of her connections are not fluid. The actual text adds up to less than 100 pages, and Keating fills in space with unnecessary lists. Everything is listed; lists of names, lists of supplies, lists of saints to pray to, lists of locations, lists of instructions etc. This is very dubious, and in all honesty get ridiculous, as if she is really trying to stretch her book. Maybe she thinks this makes the information easier to reference quickly. Kathleen Keating has done research, I am sure, and it enhances her writing when she references the information that she has culled. The bibliography, however, is skimpy. There are about 29 sources in total, one of them isn't a text, most of them just give a name, a title, and a date. This is useless for anyone wishing to investigate deeper, making her sources difficult to trace. Then there are the anonymous "seers", who she quotes prophecies from frequently. A journalist should know that you don't build a story around an anonymous tip if you can't prove that it holds up.
That said, Kathleen Keating is certainly tapping into the zeitgeist. For some, proof of the coming of Revelations need not be academic in nature, it is evident in the environment, in daily life, on the television, and our collective experience in September of last year- especially those of us here in NY. I certainly believe, with no need of proof, that there are those walking among us everyday, in prisons and hospitals, and in public schools too, who's lives have been Hell for one reason or another. For them, the apocalypse has happened already, and it always will be happening.
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Summary: A must read.
Review: The reading of this book is a matter of life and death both spiritually and mortally. Read it along with the "Book Of Revelations" noting especially the description of the "mark of the beast" (Revelations chapter 13), in relationship to the "microchip" which currently can and is being implanted in both humans and animals. You will want everyone you love to read this book.
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Summary: An eye opener
Review: I like to think that I am very knowledgeable on this topic, and reading this book opened my eyes even more. Kathleen outlines, with specific sources, why she thinks we are about to come to a crossroads. Kathleen covers the "well-known" warnings like Fatima, but also covers warnings that I have not heard of. Kathleen is genuine about this, and is not doing this to further an agenda or point of view, but inform. Those negative reviews posted have an agenda behind them and probably would have blasted anything on this subject. The book is well-written, easy to read, and still very informative.
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