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, and his desire is 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. Devout students of scripture will be disturbed by many well-meaning but off-the-wall attempts to explain challenging passages of scripture.

Equally disturbing, the author believes he has been given this interpretation directly from God, with a divine mandate to write it down for His people, so apparent contradictions or problems in his interpretation are overlooked.

This book is self-published, so the problems are compounded by an emotional and unpolished writing style. Rather than supporting his beliefs with scripture, he goes to great lengths to document his beliefs, but without presenting substantial evidence of his reasoning or scriptural support. This is a book from the author's heart to the page that details his personal beliefs about the end times, but is not a well-researched or well-reasoned defense of his view.

Purchase this book if you want to keep up on what end-times materials are being published today, but if you are a student of the end times, looking for aids in understanding the complexities of end-times prophecy and unraveling the controversy surrounding the timing of the rapture, this book is not for you. 

This book is not available from Amazon.com, but is available from Armageddon Books.