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Title: The Second Coming: Signs of Christ's Return and the End of the Age by John F. MacArthur ISBN: 1-58134-493-7 Publisher: Crossway Books Pub. Date: February, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Pretty Decent, not Technical, Good Intro for Premill/Pretrib
Comment: If you've ever wondered about eschatology, MacArthur's got a very simple book here. Written on the level of those who've never dealt with anything dealing with the end times, he gives a very sobering and balanced view (representing the premillennial, pretribulational rapture). He decries 'newspaper theology' and goes to great lengths to steer believers away from the kooks and loonies like Jack Van Impe, the Lalondes, Hal Lindsey, John Hagee and others. He encourages believers to work as though Christ could appear at any moment to take them away, yet at the same time work as if He is afar off, redeeming our time while here on earth.
The book also serves as MacArthur's volley on full preterism (a heretical view which teaches that ALL prophecy has been fulfiled, including the second coming of Christ), with a few smacks and jabs at partial preterism (which teaches that MOST prophecy was fulfilled at 70 A.D. and we still await the second coming of Christ), since both use the same hermeneutical system.
Rating: 4
Summary: Alright Book
Comment: Good book for a christian just wanting to know the general details on Christ's 2nd Coming. Doesn't get into an in depth study. Good for a new christian.
Rating: 5
Summary: A "must study" work on the Second Coming
Comment: MacArthur's book is an excellent defender of premillenialism, and a primer on the pretribulation rapture view. The fallacies of the preterist position become obvious from the careful exposition of scripture.
In this reviewer's opinion, however, MacArthur does not provide sufficient scriptural evidence for claiming that the 70th Week of Daniel is synonymous with a 7-year "Tribulation Period", nor does he successfully support from scripture the assertion that the Tribulation Period is a time of God's judgment. These are two fundamental points that the Pre-Wrath view has called into question, and which continue to fuel the supposition that pre-tribulationism has some major flaws regarding the timing of the rapture.
Also of interest is the text devoted to imminency. The claim for imminence has been a third component of the Pre-Wrath attack, and MacArthur does provide a good explanation of imminence. However, he avoids the question of "When did Christ's return become imminent?" Since there are specific prophecies which we have seen fulfilled, it can be argued that Christ's return was not imminent until those certain prophecies were fulfilled. For example, Christ Himself prophesied that the Holy Spirit must come. Therefore, His return was not imminent immediately upon His ascension. The same might be said for the destruction of the temple in 70 A.D. Since scripture specifically states that God has fixed the time of Christ's coming by His own authority (Acts 1:7), Christ's return is not at "any moment". It will occur at the appointed time, which arguably could be any moment *from our perspective*. This, therefore, is the crux of the problem with imminence: *our perspective* is irrelevant. We must simply, and obediently, be prepared.
Also missing (unless I missed it!) is the classic Rev. 3:10 argument. But then, this is not a "rapture" book as much as it is a premillenial book.
Excellent material, as usual, from one of our generation's greatest expositors.
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Title: Battle For The Beginning by John MacArthur ISBN: 0849916259 Publisher: Word Publishing Pub. Date: 04 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Hard To Believe : The High Cost and Infinite Value of Following Jesus by John MacArthur ISBN: 0785263454 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Pub. Date: 13 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
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Title: The Macarthur Study Bible by John MacArthur ISBN: 0849912229 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Pub. Date: 05 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Why One Way? by John MacArthur ISBN: 0849955580 Publisher: W Publishing Group Pub. Date: 05 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Ashamed of the Gospel: When the Church Becomes Like the World by John F. MacArthur ISBN: 1581342888 Publisher: Good News Pub Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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