Are We Living in the End Times?

I think that I would have enjoyed this book far more if I had been reading the updated version. The version that I read was from 1999. This means that it did not include 9/11 and also had predictions that have already past (they weren't specific predictions but they did mention that they thought it would occur by a certain time). It was very interesting and informative. I didn't finish it because I was having a hard time with some of the comments about everything in prophecy being so obvious. I don't think it is obvious or there wouldn't be so many prophecy scholars who are so torn about the knowledge. But it was interesting to see where their ideas come from and their Biblical basis for the ideas. It has prepared me to FINALLY start show more reading the Left Behind series. show less

Every time I read a book by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, I learn something new. Based on their best~selling Left Behind series, Are We Living in the End Times is a three~part book that examines today’s culture to determine if we are the generation who will see Christ’s return. The second part of the book takes a step~by~step look at what will happen to those who are left behind after the Rapture and the last section examines the personalities who will shape end time events.

After discussing what the Rapture means to and for Christians, the authors go on to explain in great detail the horrors those who’re left behind will suffer. This period, known as the tribulation, will be a seven year series of climate, economic and physical show more trials that will befall the unrepentant. The authors go to great extremes to explain that these trials aren’t meant as punishment but as a last ditch attempt by God to persuade them to come to the truth of His love before it’s too late.

While the book relies on the Left Behind series for jumping off points, I like that the authors use the Bible, the words of prophecy experts such as John Walvoord and examples from current events to support their theory that we are, in deed, living in the end times. Some of the events that they discuss that point to this being the end times are:

*apostasy within the church (think Chrislam)
*increased interest in the occult
*deaths from diseases thought to have been irradicated, famine and warfare

I’d recommend this book for anyone who has an interest in biblical prophecy or end times studies. Whether you’re new to the topic or have studied the subject extensively, I think you’ll find this book informative, thought~provoking and useful. And, hopefully, it will make you consider your relationship with the lord. show less

In the updated and expanded edition of this classic title, noted scholar Dr. Tim LaHaye gives reasons for believing that the Rapture and the Tribulation could occur during our generation. Ours is the first generation that has the technology and opportunity to fulfill many of the prophecies of Revelation.

In the updated and expanded edition of this classic title, noted scholar Dr. Tim LaHaye gives reasons for believing that the Rapture and the Tribulation could occur during our generation. Ours is the first generation that has the technology and opportunity to fulfill many of the prophecies of Revelation. Understanding prophecy can be difficult and confusing. This book takes away all of the mystery--and the intimidation. It is user-friendly for the layperson, yet remarkably complete for the scholar.

I could not believe how horrible this book was. Only read it to answer questions asked during the Left Behind craze.

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Você ficará impressionado com as revelações deste livro, cujas teses e idéias encontram respaldo nas afirmações de grandes lideranças mundiais no campo da política e da ciência, que vêem com ceticismo e pessimismo um futuro próximo garantido para a existência do planeta Terra.

Nova tecnologias, reconfigurações geopolíticas, planejamentos estratégicos e prol de um mundo totalmente globalizado e unificado, explosão do conhecimento, secularismo, demonismo, idolatria, decadência moral, apostasia espiritual, catástrofes sem precedentes, drogas, novas doenças e vírus letais, ecletismo religioso e muitos outros fatores formam, segundo os abalizados autores, a urdidura perfeita para o cenário do fim. Tudo isso sem se show more esquecer do papel central de Israel no palco da história final, para o qual as atenções do mundo têm-se voltado com muita preocupação nesse últimos dias.

O palco já está armado, e todas as condições satisfeitas, para a revelação do "ministério da iniquidade", o desencadear do que a Bíblia chama de os sete anos de Tribulação, com o conseqüente Aparecimento Glorioso de Cristo e a inauguração do seu Reino Milenar sobre a Terra. Conheça-o!

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