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Summary: Absurd
Review: An imaginative interpretation of the Book of Revelation. Deeply anti-Catholic. According to LaHaye, the Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon. Yes, people still believe that. Beware of this bigoted unscholarly tripe.
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Summary: Saddness For Catholics
Review: As did many other Catholics who have read the Left Behind Series with such joy and gladness I am deeply sorry to see such an attack on our church. I see thatDr. Lahaye dedicated his book to his Mother. Why then would he condem Catholics for honoring the beloved Mother of our Lord. He is mistaken if he believes we worship Her as pagans. Rather we honor her as the Mother of our precious Lord. There are good and bad leaders in all the churches regardles if they are in a suit or wear a clerical collar. Jesus Christ is at the center of our faith and I will continue to be a champion of his precious Mother, as well as my own for all my days. I thought Dr. Lahaye had captured a universal love in his books, but it appears there will always be condemnation in this world. I am so sad and dissappointed in this aspect of the book.
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: Don't believe Mr. Absurd above. As a scholar myself, I find this book completely credible and well written. Lahaye does attack the Catholic Church, but only by providing historical evidence in refuting its many accessory practices never dreamed of by the Apostolic Church. I'll take Scripture alone as a basis of my Faith anyday over the legalistic practices of the Catholic traditions. A great commentary on Revelation for any believer.
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Summary: one more thing...
Review: Fact is: John lived at least in the times of Tiberius, given that he was in Jesus ministry as apostle during that time. Thus even if you exclude Augustus, you still have 30 years off and 4 or 5 emperors off from Dom. as alleged sixth king. Using Tiberius as first king, assuming even though untenably that Augustus died before John was born, you have Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero. And then several emperors in between who lasted about a year each, then Vespasian, then Titus, then Domitian. In any event, Domitian is NOT even close to being sixth emperor, even with the words only six emperors lived up to time of John if one is to assume that John lived up to 95 AD and Revelation was written that year and not 60 AD, as the likes of RC Sproul, Steve Schlissel, Gary DeMar, Kenneth Gentry, and Keith Mathison ably pointed out as preterists, and you also have nonpreterists like Strong and FF Bruce and others saying so as well! So, the third grade reading comprehension attack was both unwarranted and shows that the reader still does not know Roman history and can only rely on insults instead of reading what the truth of history is.
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Summary: What a wonderful time to be a Christian lover of literature!
Review: For so many years, a Christian's only real option to read quality Christian literature was to read the marevelous C.S. Lewis. I feel blessed in the the last couple of years with the outpouring of quality literature now available. What's more, the different books are all very different. Left Behind is a wonderful introduction to the theology behind the End Times and a great series for all ages. We All fall down is a great book for more mature, intellegent Christians who wsnt to explore the individual ramifications of the End Times and the one on one relationship of a man who has fallen away from God. The Christ Clone Trilogy is a thrilling, Tom Clancey like look at these events, full of unexpected twists and turns. I know some people like to argue the various merits of these books as compared to each other, but I think they are all worth reading and feel lucky to finally have such a wide variety of GREAT Christian literature available.
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Summary: Good for those wishing to understand the book of revelation.
Review: From what I have read, REVELATION UNVEILED is very accurate. A very good guide for those wishing to understand the book of Revelation better. This book includes charts and other things to help you understand the Rapture even better. GET THIS BOOK! THE RAPTURE IS CLOSE AT HAND!!!
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Summary: A piece of Revelation unveiled
Review: Great expectations! That's what I had. A course in Revelation AND a book that I could read and enjoy. OK, OK. Expectations were a bit too high. The course was MUCH deeper than the book. The bits of bashing in this book were not needed. Opinon and teachings were interwoven to the extent that one needs to agree completely with Lahaye. I felt that this book was not very objective and open but somewhat dogmatic and opinionated. Revelation is a very deep book. One can study it at many levels. One needs to be very careful not to add or delete from the teachings. A serious student might have problems with this book by Mr. Lahaye.
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Summary: all you need to know about Lahaye as scholar is this...
Review: He claims that Domitian is the sixth Roman emperor in John's lifetime. That is the only way he can justify his claims that Revelation is about future antichrist from our lifetime rather than from that of John. Of couse, the sixth Roman emperor was actually NOT Domitian but someone who lived LONG BEFORE Domitian, by about 30 years. And if you count Julius Caesar as king as those then do, then Nero would be the sixth king. Either way, Lahaye would be about five or six "kings" off the mark. It is Roman history 101. Lahaye also plays fast and loose with the truth in other books, too, so this is no isolated incident. For example, he makes claims like that postmillenialists were those founded by liberal Daniel Whitby and held to goodness of man, though he knew from Understanding the Last Days that Calvin and calvinists, who deny goodness in man at all, held to it, and Calvin lived long before Whitby. Lahaye's books in general especially this one expose the logical fallacies in his viewpoint. No one of any viewpoints deny that the coming of Christ in future would take place unexpectedly at any time. What the rest deny is that it is to be expected to take place at each and every generation, or the doctrine of imminency, which Lahaye uses as orthodoxy test on others. Sadly, his theology demands that in order for rapture to be expected, the nation of Israel would need to be restored to their land. Thus until 1948, NO ONE could have been able to hold to imminency since that nation did not have its land back YET! If they hold to imminecy then they would be guilty of denying promises of Scriptures for ethnic Israel, but if they do not hold to it, then they would still be heretics in Lahaye's logic. Talk about putting burdens of orthodoxy on others that he is unwilling to bear himself! His primary argument for rapture of church is that it is missing in Revelation 5-19, Matthew 24, and Daniel 9. That is argument from silent and NOT argument from literalness! He also claims that Revelation 1-3 teaches the church as whole in different stages of history until the rapture. The verses say they were ACTUAL congregations and gives ZERO hint of being stages of church history. For someone who demands literalness out of other viewpoints, he takes verses with such lack of literalness, as in Revelation 4:1, it is shocking. And sadly, he relies on "scholars" like Grant Jeffrey and Thomas Ice for proofs that his views are biblical and historical truth for 2000 years. That is very telling, to say the least, considering the two are not reputable for their so-called scholarly works.
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Summary: Thuyen Tran's review is wrong
Review: He says: "He claims that Domitian is the sixth Roman emperor in John's lifetime." Fact page 215: "The seven heads of this beast are mentioned in REV 17:10 as kings of the Roman Empire. The best definition I have heard is that they represent five kings up to the time of John; the sixth, Domitian, was the Roman king at the time of John" He says: "It is Roman history 101." I say it is 3rd grade reading comprehension. Or if not a mistake......well, you know. I would be seriously concerned if there were gross factual errors in the book. Mr Lahaye has a point of view- I can't fault him for that. I would like to get other perspectives from bible scholars so I'll read another book or take a class. I think this book was a good introduction.
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Summary: Revelation Unveiled
Review: I enjoyed reading the Left Behind series and this seemed like the natural next step. Excellent way to gain more understanding of Revelations without the story line.
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