A meticulous reading of Scripture that maps out the world’s future.
An exhaustive analysis of biblical underpinnings in end-times prophecies.
Toney’s brisk, authoritative debut searches the Old Testament and New Testament for the scriptural bases of prophecy, parsing various predictions from the books of Ezekiel, Daniel, the apocryphal book of Esdras, and the like not only for their bearing on Christian eschatology, but also for their more immediate application to the present day. Toney’s underwriting contention is that “This is the strongest indication that we are living in the latter years.” This lends pointed intensity to his attempts to sort out the various textual clues as to the exact timing of Revelation events, namely the prophesied rise of the Antichrist as a secular world leader, the rebuilding of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the war in which the Antichrist seizes control of the world, the second coming of Jesus, and the population-decimating battle of Armageddon. Those events are followed by Christ’s thousand-year rule, then the final defeat of the forces of evil and the Day of Judgment. Toney uses his formidable textual knowledge as a guide to which key signs and events should stand out in the news of the day (the precise geopolitical maneuverings necessary to bring about World War III, for instance). But his most interesting work in these pages is deductive rather than inductive: he does some intriguing reading between the lines, as in the case, for instance, of Revelation, which stipulates that two “witnesses” shall lie dead for three days—to the great rejoicing of the entire world. How could the entire world learn of the event in so short a time, Toney wonders, if not through 21st-century communications technology? Elsewhere in Revelation, one-third of all the world’s sea creatures will supposedly die—attributable, Toney maintains, to the rain of rocks (a battery of meteorites striking the Earth) also mentioned in Scripture. These and other insights, however debatable, will fascinate Toney’s fellow end-times enthusiasts and spark many a verse-quoting debate.
A meticulous reading of Scripture that maps out the world’s future.Pub Date: Feb. 10, 2015
ISBN: 978-1490866321
Page Count: 158
Publisher: Westbow Press
Review Posted Online: May 5, 2015
Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 2015
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
Worthwhile reference stuffed with facts and illustrations.
A compendium of charts, time lines, lists and illustrations to accompany study of the Bible.
This visually appealing resource provides a wide array of illustrative and textually concise references, beginning with three sets of charts covering the Bible as a whole, the Old Testament and the New Testament. These charts cover such topics as biblical weights and measures, feasts and holidays and the 12 disciples. Most of the charts use a variety of illustrative techniques to convey lessons and provide visual interest. A worthwhile example is “How We Got the Bible,” which provides a time line of translation history, comparisons of canons among faiths and portraits of important figures in biblical translation, such as Jerome and John Wycliffe. The book then presents a section of maps, followed by diagrams to conceptualize such structures as Noah’s Ark and Solomon’s Temple. Finally, a section on Christianity, cults and other religions describes key aspects of history and doctrine for certain Christian sects and other faith traditions. Overall, the authors take a traditionalist, conservative approach. For instance, they list Moses as the author of the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible) without making mention of claims to the contrary. When comparing various Christian sects and world religions, the emphasis is on doctrine and orthodox theology. Some chapters, however, may not completely align with the needs of Catholic and Orthodox churches. But the authors’ leanings are muted enough and do not detract from the work’s usefulness. As a resource, it’s well organized, inviting and visually stimulating. Even the most seasoned reader will learn something while browsing.
Worthwhile reference stuffed with facts and illustrations.Pub Date: Sept. 1, 2005
ISBN: 978-1-5963-6022-8
Page Count: -
Publisher: N/A
Review Posted Online: May 23, 2010
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
This a book of earlier, philosophical essays concerned with the essential "absurdity" of life and the concept that- to overcome the strong tendency to suicide in every thoughtful man-one must accept life on its own terms with its values of revolt, liberty and passion. A dreary thesis- derived from and distorting the beliefs of the founders of existentialism, Jaspers, Heldegger and Kierkegaard, etc., the point of view seems peculiarly outmoded. It is based on the experience of war and the resistance, liberally laced with Andre Gide's excessive intellectualism. The younger existentialists such as Sartre and Camus, with their gift for the terse novel or intense drama, seem to have omitted from their philosophy all the deep religiosity which permeates the work of the great existentialist thinkers. This contributes to a basic lack of vitality in themselves, in these essays, and ten years after the war Camus seems unaware that the life force has healed old wounds... Largely for avant garde aesthetes and his special coterie.
Pub Date: Sept. 26, 1955
ISBN: 0679733736
Page Count: 228
Publisher: Knopf
Review Posted Online: Sept. 19, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1955
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