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2012, The Bible, And The End Of The World (2009)

by Mark Hitchcock(Favorite Author)

3.14 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0736926518 (ISBN13: 9780736926515)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Harvest House Publishers

review 1: I was very curious about what a religious writer would have to say about the 2012 hoopla, but this was quite disappointing. Most of the the points the author made that I did find interesting he was quoting from other works. I am not a regular "church every Sunday" type of person, but I'm very spiritual and do believe in God and Jesus. But I also believe that the Bible, like any other book, was written by humans. And although the information that was taken down came from God, a human put it in their words. And there is a saying, to err is human. For Mark Hitchcock to say that the Bible is the only book that has accurately predicted future events because God is the only being that knows what the future holds is flawed. Yes, God is the only one that can know what the f... moreuture holds. But the Bible is open to interpretation like anything else. He says it's not, that it's very clear and precise. But in another chapter he will say how some religious leaders believe this passage means that and that passage means this, but they're wrong. They're not wrong...they are interpreting the passage differently than him. That does not make them wrong. I find that very smug and arrogant for him to think he's the only theologian who has interpreted the Bible correctly and as it was intended. As for the Bible being precise, I'm going to point you to Chapter 9 in this book titled Future Tense, sub-chapter The Seven-Year Tribulation. Yes, the time Jesus laid out is precise, but alk about interpretation. The author even uses the word "interpret" in this chapter.The book gets the two-star rating from me based on the other works Mr. Hitchcock cited that I found interesting. Definately not for his "opinion" that he called "fact".
review 2: In the hysteria to come over all the prophesies about 2012 Mark Hitchcock has written a book about what to expect the world rumours to be and what the Bible actually says about it all. I must admit that it took me a long time to read the first half of this book. I expect that that was because I already knew about all the different myths and prophecies so I found that first section rather tedious. I think that those people who are not familiar with all the different versions and views will find it very interesting and enlightening. The last half I found very interesting for it focuses on what the Bible says about the end days and what we should be paying attention to. The last chapter gives constructive instruction on how the Bible says we should prepare for the end days and concrete arguments about why we should ignore most of what will be broadcast about the 2012 myth, where these myths differ from the Bible, and what to expect. less

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