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Title: The Bible and the Future by Anthony A. Hoekema ISBN: 0-8028-0851-4 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: August, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: If you want to be intellectually challenged on end times.
Comment: Eschatology (the main theme of this book) means the study of end times, if you were wondering. And yes, I agree with the author, the entire Bible is eschatologically related. The Book of Revelation is itself a condensed version of the Old Testament writings of the prophets, specifically that wonderful prophet, Isaiah. The author writes a little above the heads of the average person, nevertheless if you want to have your vocabulary on end-times issues enlarged, this appears to be interesting.
Rating: 5
Summary: Comprehensive and cogent, yet lay accessible
Comment: Put simply, Hoekema's book is simply a classic. Whether one agrees with him or not, one cannot find a better introduction to eschatology available from an amillennial perspective. There are a few unique contributions that this book contains:
(1) It shows how one can and should apply the already/not yet tension in eschatology. One cannot find this emphasis in many lay accessible books.
(2) It is not sensationalistic. While passionate about the things to come, he is careful not to fall prey to making prognostications.
(3) It does a good job of surveying the various millennial (and other eschatological) options in Christianity today without being overly simplistic and/or misrepresenting another position other than his own. This being so, he fairly and irenically shows why he holds his position.
(4) It represents a particular brand of amillennialism that understands the earthly prophecies of the OT not to refer to spiritual fulfillment in the church today (as many amills do), but in the new heavens and the new earth. In fact, his emphasis on the new earth in his book is surprisingly insightful.
(5) It also gives a very nice appendix which surveys the more recent developments in eschatological discussion (e.g., Cullman, Moltmann, Bultmann, Schweitzer, et al).
I do not agree with Hoekema on many issues. For instance, I am a partial preterist, and so I see a few passages in the past that he sees as still future. Also, I am a postmillennialist, thus seeing a more prosperous future for the pre-Advent church. Despite these differences, however, I gained a tremendous amount from reading Hoekema's book -- insights which I hope to help my own eschatological understanding to become more fully biblical. Let's all face it -- none of us probably has all our eschatology completely right. We need each other to appreciate all the variations and viewpoints the bible offers (see Poythress' "Symphonic Theology" for more on that subject).
In conclusion...
Whoever you are and whatever position you hold, it is doubtful that you can NOT benefit tremendously from a good reading of this book. If anything, it may just correct a misunderstanding of the amillennial position that many have today.
Happy reading!
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent
Comment: Honestly, I strongly disliked Hoekema's other writings, but this one is very very good. Clear argumentation; presents all sides, and then makes his conclusion based on solid Biblical foundation.
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Title: A Case for Amillennialism: Understanding the End Times by Kim Riddlebarger ISBN: 080106435X Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Redemption Accomplished and Applied by John Murray ISBN: 0802811434 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: June, 1984 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Holy Spirit (Contours of Christian Theology) by Sinclair B. Ferguson ISBN: 0830815368 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: The Church (Contours of Christian Theology) by Edmund P. Clowney, Gerald Bray ISBN: 0830815341 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: More Than Conquerors: An Interpretation of the Book of Revelation by William Hendriksen ISBN: 0801057922 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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