Future Hope: A Jewish Christian Look at the End of the World

by David Brickner

Book Overview

The timely topic of today is...the future. For many, the outlook is gloomy. But according to David Brickner, Executive Director of Jews for Jesus, Christians can offer a message of a future and a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1881022412
• ISBN13: 9781881022411
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Purple Pomegranate Productions
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

SUN, STAND THOU STILL-Joshua 10:12,13

Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon". So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. This supernatural event happened when the rag tag band of Israelites led by Joshua entered the promised land to fight the pagan tribes which lived in Israel more than a thousand years before Christ. Before Christ's second coming, christians like myself believe that there will be signs in the heavens heralding His coming, and ultimately upon His return He will appear in the clouds, just as He did when He ascended into heaven to sit at the right hand of G-d in Acts 1:11. The day of the Lord (from Joel 2:2, 31) will be 'a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and of thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great people and powerful; their like has never been from of old, nor will be again after...The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come. Indeed, when I read Revelation, especially, I feel like the passover story, the ten plagues G-d sent to punish the Egyptians, is being replayed. G-d is making His interventions on behalf of His people in real time, in real history repeat episodes. So much doom and gloom in the prophets and apocalyptic books like Daniel, Revelation and Zechariah. Yet, there is reason to hope for those who put their trust in this G-d who has ordered the heavens and who will subject all creation to Him. Although today, it doesn't seem that way so many times, yet 'all creation hangs on your Word' as Mercyme sings; G-d is sovereign and He is in control, though surely His Spirit is grieved by the evils that seem to be escalating all over the world. That is what this Jews for Jesus publication is all about:to offer hope and to instruct and forewarn people about what the bible teaches about this 'time of trouble'. It's a good introduction to end times prophecies, and is meant to also introduce people to G-d's saving spirit who will protect us, save us during this 'time of trouble' (much in the same way the blood of the lamb protected the Israelites from the angel of death which killed the firstborn sons of the Egyptians). All you have to do is pray to Jesus, believing that He is the One who died for our sins, ask Him to pour out His spirit on you, and He will. It's that simple. I don't believe you need to join a congregation, pay money etc.; I do think it's critical to read scripture and pray and never doubt that He will fail you in any way, even in the darkest of times. He promises us that He will be with us to the end of times. There are some nice diagrams in the back though they're