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From the Mayans to Martin Luther to modern doomsday preachers, there s a long list of people who predicted the end of the age and got it wrong. Does Jesus belong on that list? After all, in the Gospel of Matthew he seems to indicate the end will come within a generation, yet many generations have now passed and the world is still around. Was he mistaken, then, and was the early Church fooled by his mistake into expecting the Second Coming in the first century? In What Jesus Really Said About the End of the World, author David Currie author of Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic examines Christ s end-times prophecies in an attempt to get to the bottom of this profoundly important question. Using the tools of biblical scholarship, the wisdom of the Church Fathers, plus Old Testament history and typology, he presents a fascinating and highly readable interpretation of Jesus words echoed by St. Paul and other early Christians that harmonizes with Catholic tradition and resoundingly answers the charge that Christ predicted an end that never came. In so doing he rebuts both skeptics (who crow about Jesus mistake ) and many Evangelical Christians (who resort to extrabiblical theories like the Rapture ) while giving comfort to other Christians, who have been confused or embarrassed by this seeming blow to Christ s credibility. Currie also unlocks for you the most important message behind Jesus prophecies and warnings, which is not to inspire fearful calculations about the day and hour but to remind us that our own end will surely come, so we must be always ready. Let us not look for signs to be troubled by, the Lord says to us, but instead trust in his mercy and power.
"The End of the World.." takes on the challenging and essential words of Jesus from Matthew Chapters 24 and 25.This book is a wonderful companion to Mr. Currie's book "The Rapture - The End - Times Error that Leaves the Bible Behind". (That book focuses on the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation.)In educated, consistent and authoritative style, Mr. Currie analyses and unveils the clear meaning of Jesus words to His Jewish brethren as He warns them about the coming Tribulation from both their Jewish nation and from the power of Rome. Mr. Currie makes clear the fact that these events did take place in the generation still alive at the time and that it is in no way an error on Jesus' part to have said this.On the contrary, through a review of the historic events that unfolded between the years 10 BC and 70 AD, Mr. Currie shows us how accurate indeed were the words of Jesus regarding this world-wide Tribulation (persecution) and His unmistakable warnings to His followers leading up to the destruction of Jerusalem. History confirms that the early Christians living in Jerusalem did indeed heed his words of the coming cataclysm and left for safety before the Roman juggernaut annihilated Israel in perhaps the most violent conquest ever to take place in the history of the world.By clarifying the words of Jesus in Matthew Chapter 24, Mr. Currie is then free to lead a much more disciplined discussion on the thorny question of the 'end times' that Jesus addresses in Matthew Chapter 25. As was the case in ancient times, we today have to grapple with the reality that there will be no clear signs or set of events leading up to Jesus' Second Coming, no matter how much we want them, demand them or invent them. But by heeding the words of Jesus in Matthew 25, we receive much insight and guidance as we live, observe, hope and prepare for our own judgment, whenever that time may come.The 'Son of Perdition' (the final antichrist) and the Second Coming are handled not in formulaic style but rather in terms of the spiritual battle that we are engaged in everyday and the possibility that the 'final testing' of Christians will have no military aspect or worldly solution at all.Mr. Currie's book explains the consistent and ancient views on these topics as properly interpreted in Scripture, as held and preached with authority through the ages by the Catholic Church. They are made available in an excellent presentation that will serve to deliver many people from confusion, fear and false teachings.While this view of the Scriptures and of life offers no easy answers to world events, it confirms all the more that all believers should unite under the one true Church that Jesus founded with all of its spiritual helps and gifts, even Jesus Himself, who provides the modern-day ark (the Catholic Church) to deliver his people from evil.
