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The Lamb of God and the Seven-Sealed Scroll,
by
Dr. R. Gnanaharan
 In
The Lamb of God and the Seven-Sealed Scroll, Dr. R.
Gnanaharan gives a defense of his transition from a pretrib to
what he calls the "prewrath" position on the rapture of the
church. This is not a detailed analysis or defense, but rather,
a personal testimony and exhortation to holiness and preparation
in advance of the coming of the Lord. For the most part, avid
students of the rapture, and especially the prewrath position,
will not find much new here, but it is an impassioned plea that
lends yet another public voice to the rising chorus of
"prewrath" believers.
See full review.
 The
Apocalypse Code,
by Hank Hanegraff.
I highly respect Hank Hanegraff, and my bookshelf is lined with
his books. If Hank speaks, I listen. In this case, while I think
his principles for interpreting end-times passages are something
every Christian should take to heart, I feel that his treatment
of the subject matter was overly narrow to the point of
undermining his point. For serious students of the end times,
this will still be a good addition to your end-times bookshelf,
but it will by no means be the only representation of the
partial preterist view that you will want to read.
See
full review.
 70
Weeks: An Historical Alternative, by Robert Caringola
Perhaps if I’d read this
book before I’d read Ralph Woodrow’s “Great Prophecies of the
Bible,” I would have enjoyed it more, but there is nothing here
that is not in Woodrow’s excellent (and more concise)
presentation, and despite Caringola’s best intentions, it is
without Woodrow’s clarity. This is, by no means, a bad book.
See full
review.
 Earthquake
Resurrection, by David Lowe
In Earthquake Resurrection, David Lowe makes an
interesting case for an unusual view on end times events, what
is essentially a blend of classic historicism and futurism. He
holds that the seals are historical events, starting in the
first century, but that the trumpets and bowls occur during a
future Daniel's 70th Week. But this is more than a defense of a
specific rapture view. It is a systematic presentation of a
comprehensive end-times theology.
See full review.
End
Times Delusions, by Steve Wohlberg
This is a good introduction
for those who are interested in a comprehensive, but not
in-depth, review of the historicist view. The early sections are
aimed primarily at debunking pretribulation rapturism, but once
you get into the middle and back of the book, the heart of the
historicist argument is presented. Unlike narrower, but more
in-depth presentations, Wolberg does not look at alternative
interpretations of passages or examine potential textual
difficulties...
Click here for the
full review.
 Apocalyptic Literature: A Reader, Ed.
Michael Reddish.
One of the challenges in biblical prophecy is
separating style from substance. For example, in the Bible, when
we read of the sun turning dark, the moon into blood, and the
stars falling from the sky in Matt. 24:29, is this to be taken
literally? There is much to be learned from similar writings,
even if they are noncanonical. So pulled a book off my shelf that I
ordered long ago: Apocalyptic Literature, compiled and
edited by Mitchell G. Reddish.
Click here for the full review.
 Great
Prophecies of the Bible, by Ralph Woodrow
“Great
Prophecies,” written by Ralph Woodrow of the Ralph Woodrow
Evangelistic Association, looks at four critical end-times
topics from a viewpoint that is little discussed today, but
which was the dominant viewpoint prior to the explosion of
futurism in the early 1800s. This view is called “historicism,”
or sometimes “the fulfilled prophecy” interpretation, and takes
the position that many of the key prophecies, such as the rise
of the Antichrist, the Great Tribulation, and Daniel’s 70th
Week, have already been fulfilled.
Click here for the
full review.
 The
Secret Rapture: Is It Scriptural? by Ralph Woodrow.
This is a five-star book,
from beginning to end. It’s a small book — 49 pages of actual
content — but it would be a challenge to find a single word the
author doesn’t need. In its pages, Ralph Woodrow challenges
pretribulationism’s secret, two-stage rapture position in one of
the most clear, direct, and concise manners I’ve ever read.
Click here for the full
review.
 Understanding
Revelation, by Robert Cook
Understanding Revelation is a self-published verse-by-verse
commentary on this much misunderstood book of the Bible. Cook
makes heavy use of history to interpret these prophecies, and in
so doing, brings to light many details that may be helpful,
especially to less-studied readers.
Click here
for the full review.
Revelation Unsealed, by Don
Salerno
 Revelation
Unsealed is billed as a commentary on Revelation, but it’s
not your typical commentary. This extremely well-researched
book, and to date, it is the only commentary on Revelation that
is written from a classic prewrath perspective.
Click here for the full review.
Arcturus: Star of the Second
Coming, by Daniel Speck
 "Arcturus"
has some interesting points and is worth at least a skim by
those interested in the signs of the end times. This is a
self-published book, so it is a little rough in places, but the
author makes an interesting case for the explosion of the star
Arcturus — the brightest star in our sky — as a supernova that
lights up the sky as the sign of Christ’s Second Coming and the
catalyst for the terrible judgments that will occur during the
trumpet and bowls judgments during the Day of the Lord. He uses
current scientific research and explanations to make his case,
and at least from a layman’s perspective, it is an eye-opening
possibility.
Click here for the full
review.
 A House Divided, by Michael Johnson
In A House Divided, author Michael
Johnson's goal is a worthy one -- to encourage believers to
prepare for the persecution and trial they will endure if they
are in the generation that will enter the 70th Week. His
position falls under the umbrella of "posttribulation/prewrath."
Although his goal is worthy -- to lift up the name of Christ and
encourage His people -- the author
uses very loose methods of biblical interpretation, rejecting
traditional methods of exegesis and relying on apparent
similarities and claims to divine inspiration to come to his
conclusions.
Click
here for the full review.
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