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Category: Book
Author: David Jeremiah
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Studio: Thomas Nelson
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
Label: Thomas Nelson
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 078522887X
Dewey Decimal Number: 236.9
EAN: 9780785228875
ASIN: 078522887X
Publication Date: September 30, 2008
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Is the current economic and political crisis actually prophesied in the Bible? If so, what are we to do about it? It is hard to piece together all this information in a way that gives a comprehensive picture of what the end times will look like. That's why so many theories abound.And that's why Dr. David Jeremiah has writtenWhat In the World Is Going On?,a unique book that cuts through the hundreds of books and numerous theories to identify the essential 10 most important bible prophecies.There is no other book like this. You'll find it the ultimate study tool for understanding the future. You'll have a greater sense of comfort that, even in these crazy times, God is indeed in control. If bible prophecy as always been a mystery to you, Dr. Jeremiah's book will help you solve the mystery. At last, bible prophecy can make sense, and make a difference. It's never been more important. What In the World Is Going On? is shocking and eye-opening but essential reading in these turbulent days.
Brings bible prophecy to light on:
- The oil crisis
- The resurgence of Russia
- The new axis of evil
- The importance of Israel
- The new powers of the European Union
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 What in the World is Going On? December 1, 2008
Sometimes books about prophecy use a scare tactic to draw the reader in. Not so with this one. Jeremiah writes a well-researched book that takes the reader through ten various prophesies. From Israel to oil, from Islam to the rapture, this book puts in plain English how what we are seeing today and what we've been taught to look for in the Bible are signs from Scripture. I particularly enjoyed the chapter on America's role in prophecy. How (and why) God has blessed our country and how to identify signs of the decline of the USA. The detailed account of the invasion of Israel and the uprising of the Biblical forces of Gog and Magog show just how much our battle is not with flesh and blood but is a battle in the spiritual realm.
Not just the same stuff December 1, 2008
Dr. Jeremiah is not new to this subject, and even though I have studied prophecy for quite a long time myself, he is one of my favorite teachers on Bible prophecy, and I continue to learn from his teaching. In fact, he has studied it for over 40 years and has written at least three other books on this topic, two of which are already in my personal library.
But this one is different. The normal way to teach biblical prophecy is to march straight through the (controversial) prophetic timeline as presented in Scripture, pointing out the interesting landmarks along the way, like a tour guide at a popular tourist site. This time, Dr. Jeremiah walks us through the future using our favorite TV news channel and news headlines website as the starting point.
With the subtitle of "10 Prophetic Clues You Cannot Afford to Ignore" as his basis, Dr. Jeremiah points to things like the new Russia-Iran deal, the recent American election season, and the growing influence of the European Union to show his readers that the promised future may not be as distant as they might like to think.
One of the things I really appreciated about this book was the amount of current information Dr. Jeremiah compiled. Theories about Israel, oil, the Antichrist, etc. have abounded for many years - usually just recycling the same out-of-date myths. Not so here. Consider this:
- The two appendices are charts of population and oil reserve statistics from 2007.
- The 14 pages of end notes include 257 notes - not surprising if you have ever read Dr. Jeremiah's previous works. What is surprising is, in that mix of many commentaries, I found over 130 citations of websites from which he collected his information - most of them news articles from 2007 and 2008. This isn't the same old stuff rehashed so he can sell another book. These are real, up-to-date events that are helping usher in the future we have only read about until now.
Picking a favorite chapter is really hard because I learned the most in chapters two, three, and four. Much of what I thought I knew about oil, Europe, and Islam was confirmed, but I gained a huge amount of information I had never known.
My only criticism is that I saw only "8 Prophetic Clues...", not the ten promised in the subtitle. While I wholeheartedly agree with Dr. Jeremiah's teaching in chapter five (on the Rapture of the Church) and chapter ten (on Jesus' final return), I didn't feel that he offered any modern-day "clues" to those events like he did so well in the other eight chapters.
That being said, I loved this book! In fact, its message is so timely that I will probably use it for message prep for an upcoming teaching series myself. Thanks, Dr. Jeremiah. And thank you, Thomas Nelson, for publishing another great book!
 People Get Ready... December 1, 2008
In this book, Dr. Jeremiah takes a very thoughtful look at the end time prophecies of the Bible. He makes a convincing case that we have entered the season of Christ's return. Of course, Dr. Jeremiah is careful to say that no one can know the day or the hour, but that there are many signs which point to the stage being set for the years of tribulation. Dr. Jeremiah strongly believes that the church will be raptured before the seven years of tribulation, and uses scripture to support this claim. He also points out that no additional prophesy is yet to be fulfilled before the Rapture itself. This means that followers of Christ need to be ready for His return! Although being ready does not imply that we are to cease living the life God has purposed for us, in fact, this book drives home that Jesus desires to find us busy doing life when he returns. I would have to say that the most interesting chapters of this book are the chapters concerning the role of the state of Israel in end time prophesies, and how oil will remain a major factor. This is a good read, and I would recommend it to anyone with an interest in biblical prophesy.
Impossible to put down! November 30, 2008
This book is a must read for any believer or non-believer. Part of what makes this such a masterful read is that it's very current. Published is past summer of 2008. Every topic is relevant to what is going on RIGHT NOW. I highly recommend this book by Dr. Jeremiah. I finished it in 2 days.
 Interesting, but Scripturally supportable? November 27, 2008
What in the World is Going On? 10 Prophetic Clues You Can Not Afford to Ignore, is an overview of Dr. Jeremiah's take on what the Scriptures foretell about the end times. It's written a very accessible style (which is good for a book in this area of study), though I had a little difficulty in determining the author's intended audience. I appreciated the fact that at the close of every chapter, Dr. Jeremiah essentially tells the reader, "Now is the time for salvation!" and presents the message of repentance and salvation. However, often his writing style seems to lean toward that of a church "insider" - someone who is familiar with the words and phrases that all good church folks should know. Fortunately he's very clear in what he means.
Dr. Jeremiah obviously has studied the subject matter for years, and he puts quite a lot of info into these pages that is the result of those studies - from the Scriptures and a massive amount of external contemporary and historical writings. I actually felt that the book should have probably been a bit longer in order for him to better support some of his conclusions from Scripture.
Having read The Late, Great Planet Earth some years ago (Hal Lindsey is quoted several times in Dr. Jeremiah's book), I got some similar sensations while reading What in the World... The first half of the book was well-supported by Scripture, but when conjecture began on the specific identities of countries that will unite to attack Israel, for instance, I was not sold on the fact that the conclusions were completely supportable. This is an example of where the book should have been longer in order for these kinds of things to be truly justified - I wondered if there were other "clues" that were not shared for the sake of brevity.
While I wouldn't come right out and directly dispute some of the book's specific claims by saying, for instance, "The European Union will not be the beast with 10 horns referred to in Daniel," I feel that such direct statements put Dr. Jeremiah in danger of a "boy who cried wolf" scenario, and that drawing many of the conclusions within the book and treating them as fact is something to approach cautiously. Many of the predictions in the final chapters are supported by predictions in the middle chapters (and by the later chapters they were essentially treated as fact rather than predictions), some of which I felt could have been better substantiated.
WITWIGO: TPCYCNATI (just wanted to try an acronym), while an interesting read, is a work that I would recommend reading in tandem with a personal Scripture study of end-times prophecy rather than using it as a de facto guide to upcoming events. As I'd caution regarding the LaHaye (whom Jeremiah quotes regularly) /Jenkins Left Behind fiction series, be very, very careful not to put this book on par with Scripture.
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