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The Coming Economic Armageddon (2010)

by David Jeremiah(Favorite Author)

4.01 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0446565946 (ISBN13: 9780446565943)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

FaithWords

review 1: This book was next to the Suze Orman book at the library, and I admit that I can rarely resist anything with 'Armageddon' in the title. I love all things apocalyptic. What does that say about my psyche, I wonder? Mr. Jeremiah is clearly a Christian of the fundamentalist fold, so his warnings of an economic collapse tie in with scripture and the popular evangelical notions of the Rapture and the Millenium, both of which my little Catholic heart find amusing and fascinating at the same time. I remember being a young girl, fairly recently plucked from heavily Catholic New York and re-planted in the rich soil of Southern Baptists, Pentecostals and Churches of Christ here in the south, where my rosary and Mary medal were deeply suspect. I first heard about "the Rapture" fr... moreom a thin, dog-eared teen novel, and remember it clearly: a teenage girl is left behind, all her friends and family taken up to Heaven, and eventually she's chased down by Satan's dark-suited minions in helicopters for refusing the Mark of the Beast. I was utterly fascinated by this tale, and couldn't wait to ask my mother about it. I remember a head-shake, an eyeroll and an "oh, that's some nonsense the Baptists believe." She was actually very open about religion in general, though, and always let me hang out with my friends at their various churches, so I had a lot of exposure to different brands of Christianity early on (I never lost my fascination with the Rapture notion; it just seemed so exciting!). Well, that was an unnecessary backstory! Just a fond memory. Anyway, this book is half historical, half futuristic, using scripture to point to the present and future signs of Armageddon, most of which we've heard before - the decline of the dollar, the ever-more intrusive technology, the one world currency, the consolidation of government as a solution to crisis, the charismatic savior/leader, etc. Old Testament scripture is often more relevant to me than the hotly-debated and in some ways indecipherable Book of Revelations, but Revelations is undoubtedly the epitome of adventurous reading any day of the week. I'm being slightly glib here, but I did enjoy the book and learned from it. I also very much appreciated the time the author took to remind us that in the end, we cannot worship both God and Mammon; that to love one means to hate the other. People take that too literally, I think, misunderstanding the meaning of "love" in that context, and so the truth of that statement is tragically lost. Storing up treasures here on earth is both instinct and folly, and maybe one of the greatest battles we fight in this life is striking that balance. All in all a decent read, and the author knows his history, both biblical and economic.
review 2: Interesting book. Seems a bit like a chicken little “the sky is falling” type of book meant to scare us. And yet the facts of the current state of the U.S.’s economy coupled with our nation’s rapidly rising debt seems to point toward the direction about which this author is warning. Plus there is a solid Biblical perspective on the current economy, which is great. Let’s be wise, reduce our personal debt, and trust in Jesus to take care of us… less

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