The Second Coming: Signs of Christ's Return and the End of the Age by John F. MacArthur Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Second Coming: Signs of Christ's Return and the End of the Age
Book Review: A poor and unnecessary tract for Pre-Tribulationalism.
Summary: 1 Stars
Yet another book written arguing for the Pre-Tribulational rapture. The only interesting feature of this book is the unusual occurence of such a strong Calvinist arguing for this position.MacArthur bases his arguments entirely around the issue of imminency. Almost no other arguments were used to support this scripturally dubious position. He does not even place the rapture into the context of Dispensational theology or other end-times events.
There might have been a few odd spiritual comments in this book that I found helpful.
Book Review: a begginer's guide to christian mythology
Summary: 1 Stars
On the possitive side, this book is well presented and thoroughly doccumented, providing an easily accessible reference for the begginer to Eschatology. It is unfortunate, however, that the writer could not have dealt with so serious a subject in a more realistic and responsible manner. The conclusions reached by the author are nothing short of ridiculous and serve only to reduce Christianity and the scriptures on which it is based to a collection of silly fairy tales and unfulfilled expectation. Employing the age old technique of "Index finger Theology" the author singles out the verses of scripture involved and takes them completely out of context, shamelessly distorting them in order to give some colour to his ludicrous yet sadly popular vision. Were that not in itself reson enough to utterly discard this glorified comic book, the writer then sets out to utterly demonize any theologian that does not share his views without even attempting to answer any of their arguments. Thankfully their are many very good books written on this subject that offer a far more rational perspectve and I for one am glad that I have taken the time to explore a wide variety of different perspectives and not based my faith on a book like this one. I urge anyone who is searching for answers on this subject to keep an open mind and to carefully consider other perspectives and not allow themselves to be mislead by books like this one which serve only to reduce the Christian faith to an utter complete joke! Not recommended to any serious Bible student!Book Review: Helpful
Summary: 5 Stars
It is clear that the first two reviewers were out to have a go at MacArthur because they don't agree with his eschatological views. Here are some comments about the book itself. First it's a 200 page work on future events from a futurist/dispensational viewpoint. It has 10 chapters dealing with the following issues: the Biblical data on the imminency of Christ's return, the great tribulation, the timing of the second coming and the folly of date-setting, the context of Matthew 24 and 25 and the various judgemtns envisioned in prophetic scripture. Included are: a glossary of terms, a scripture index and a general index. Also included is an article by A W Pink on the "Imminent Return of the Redeemer."
As always, the prolific author John MacArthur writes well. I do not agree with his Calvinistic views but this book is not about Calvinism! It is a serious look at what the Bible prophesies for the last times. I would recommend this book to any serious reader.