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Review Summary: Fantastic Study on Prophecy! |
Date: 2008-06-24 |
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Details: This book is a must-have for any Bible student or for anyone who is interested in eschatology in general. The book is a very thorough examination of the Biblical prophesies of the Old and New Testaments that will answer any questions you may have regarding this fascinating topic. I encouraage every Christian to read it, as well as anyone else curious about the coming age. A fantastic read!!! |
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Review Summary: The limit of my ability to read! |
Date: 2008-01-06 |
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Details: I bought THINGS TO COME a long time ago. I may still have it. For me the poor layman it surpasses my ability to endure. I read 110 pages of it and quit! I did learn that my style of Bible interpretation was the literal-historical interpretation. While people like Benny Hinn, who I have observed trying to teach the Bible is allegorical. I used one chapter which identifies the players in Ezekiel 38 and 39. Eveyone's books just say that Russia will invade Israel. But I remember him call "Gomer" there Germany. So, I just described Ezekiel 38 based on that book chapter as the nations of the world invading Israel to go to war with Jesus Christ in armageddon-Russia, the Germans and EU and the Arabs. I remember some complicated teachings about God's covneants with Isreal and Abraham. Too much for me. I just used it as sort of a reference book to look some things up in. My fomer P Chem prof, Dr. Thompson actually looks like Dwight Pentecost-how amusing! |
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Review Summary: Makes a Nice Door Stop! |
Date: 2007-10-27 |
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Details: If you need a new door stop OR a class Dispensational reference guide to eschatology, then Pentecost will do the job.
If you are looking for eschatology that's faithful to the history of redemption, better to look elsewhere.
Ironically, there's more good eschatology in Acts via the *real* Pentecost than J.D. Pentecost's understanding of Acts!! |
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Review Summary: Unquestionably the most comprehensive study of Bible prophecy available today! |
Date: 2007-08-25 |
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Details: In his ground-breaking 1948 work on Systematic Theology, Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer (then President of Dallas Theological Seminary) wrote concerning Eschatology, "It is assuredly the desire of God that His own who are in the world shall know what He is going to do." Ten years later, Dr. J. Dwight Pentecost (also of Dallas Theological Seminary) carried forward Chafer's passion for illuminating biblical prophecy by writing Things To Come, the book that is still accepted by many conservative, evangelical scholars as the most comprehensive, systematically detailed, doctrinally sound study of Eschatology available today.
As did Chafer, Pentecost bases his teachings on a literal (grammatical-historical) interpretation of Bible Scriptures. Preceding the body of his work with an entire section explaining the "allegorical" and "literal" methods of interpretation, Chafer then covers the entire field of prophecy from the Abrahamic covenant in Genesis to the "new heavens and new earth" in Revelation. The strength of his work lies in his ability to clarify the differences in God's plans for Israel and her future kingdom on earth and His plans for the Church, which will reside in Heaven.
Although not a book for lazy-minded prophecy faddists, any serious student of Eschatology should have this book in his or her personal library.
Edwin Scroggins is the author of Bible Prophecy in a Nutshell: A Mini-Survey of God's Great Plan of the Ages |
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Review Summary: Things to Come Still Relevant |
Date: 2007-02-21 |
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Details: This interesting book on Bible Eschatology makes for good reading and study. Written some years ago, it is still a monumental work for student and professional alike. Recommended. |
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