Some preachers claim that the End is near. They exhaust us with
predictions of blood and fire, the sun darkened and the moon turned to
blood. Yet Acts claims all this was already fulfilled at the church's
first Pentecost. The forecasters say the rebuilding of Israel as a
state is fulfilling the prophecy. But Acts says Israel is being
rebuilt in the church with Jews and Gentiles. Throughout Christian
history, all predictions of dates and times have proved false. Why
would our modern end-time specialists fare any better? Klaassen
helps Christians to enjoy God's kingdom now and hope for its
fulfillment. That hope has nothing to do with literal wars, physical
weapons and rivers of human blood. Instead, God is bringing in a
peaceable kingdom, ruled by the suffering Lamb, as foreseen by Isaiah
and fulfilled in Jesus Christ. This Lamb wins the battle by
proclaiming the Word of God. In this book, Klaassen addresses those
who are sure they know when the End is coming, those who are confused
and want biblical answers, and those who no longer are concerned about
spiritual and heavenly realities. He carefully shows from Scripture
that John's vision of the New Jerusalem is not a physical cube but a
spiritual vision of the glory God has prepared for his church and for
his Creation. Let anyone who has an ear, listen! |