The Merciful God of Prophecy: His Loving Plan for You in the End Times

By Tim LaHaye

Book Overview

A leading scholar of biblical prophecy reinterprets ancient scriptural passages to reveal the plan of a merciful God for a new heaven and a new Earth, as well as His plan for each individual in the new millennium.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446530247
• ISBN13: 9780446530248
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Faithwords
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

What a wonderful new way to see The Lord our Father!

Dr. LaHaye has really done a marvelous job of revealing the true love of the Father in the scriptures through this book. Most Christians have had a tendency to see God as a wrathful judge who is waiting with a big switch to whack us when we mess up. As I follow through the scriptures with Dr. LaHaye, I have seen a wonderful loving side of God the Father which I had not really seen before. This is a must read for every Christian who desires to understand the Father, as a loving Father rather than a wrathful judge. Great job!!

In The Year of Our Lord!

First I must indicate, I was upset that at times throughout the book in most cases "Him", "He", and "His" with regard to God and/or Jesus was not capitalized. The capitalization was implanted before I as a child, learned to appreciate what was written for me-- The Good News! ".. and when the time came for the church to take its place in history, with whom did Jesus begin? He started with twelve uneducated men. I would never have used a group like that to found anything that I wanted to last forever..." [Page 137.] The last sentence with regard to the UNEDUCATED surely bothered me. Since these are the only negative words that I can say for this book, let us examine what was the main thrusts of the book by starting with turning to Page 33: "I think God wanted, once and for all, to show his superiority over the false gods of paganism. He knew that one of the best ways to prove his superiority would be to contrast his brand of prophecy with that of the most gifted magicians, enchanters, sorcers, and astrologers that Babylon had to offer(much as did in the great contest between Elijah and the false prophets of Baal). Who really knew what lay ahead? God, or the false gods of Babylon? Why not pit the best the pagan world had to offer against a true prophet of God?" Corrie Ten Boom said "Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God." [Pg. 200]. "And yet, somehow, men and women throughout history choose to abandon the sure Word of God and cling to the fantasies and lies of lesser authorities. Even ancient Israel made this tragic error." [Page 32.] Page 41 : "God's prophecies remain infinitely superior to those in the Sun or the Enquirer or to the predictions of any merely human psychic, seer, medium, astrologer, fortune-teller, tarot card reader, or any other false prophet." Page 30: Regarding 9-11-2001: "If these psychics could really see the future, I reasoned, at least ONE of them should have hinted at the disaster..." Man's prophecies that have come true -- zero/ versus God, five hundred have already come to pass and another equal amount, yet to come. Page 31 :"But if you really want to know what the future holds, why go to men and women with such atrocious track records? Why not go to somebody who really knows the future, someone who has publicly uttered no fewer than a thousand predictions... with an accuracy rate to date of 100 percent." Corrie Ten Boom said "Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God." [Pg. 200]. "Truly you are a God who hides himself." (45:15 NIV) [Page 46], but nay, that is not so, and our author indicates this wholeheartedly throughout his treatise. "Our loving Lord describes enough of the wonders to come to entice us into making a decision to experience these wonders for ourselves. Yet he does not reveal the best; this he saves for later." [Page 45.] "I am the First and I am the Last; besides Me there is no God...You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed there is no

An Explanation of Prophecy For Today's Reader

Tim LaHaye has succeeded in describing Bible prophecy in today's street language and identifying the relationship of our world today with historical Biblical prophecy and what it portends for our future at the end times. The book clearly explains the historical time line of numerous prophecies, shows how many have already been fulfilled, and what is left to be fulfilled between now and the end times. We were so impressed by the book that we purchased several copies to give to our grown children, but kept one for our permanent library.

Solid material...

This LaHaye offering didn't arrest me like his, 'Revelation Unvieled' but is an inspiring and wonderful read. God's persona is the books real theme, prophecy second.