{"product_id":"what-the-bible-says-about-the-end-time","title":"What the Bible Says About the End-time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #fd452b;\"\u003eDuring Adventist history there have been more than\u003cbr\u003e 20 attempts to set a date for the Second Coming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt all started with the anticipation that on October 22  1844  Jesus would return to this earth. Then there was the hope that He’d come about the same time in 1845. Would He come in 1851? 1894? More recent speculation centered on 1917. Then 1928  1938  and 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore recently some of God's people calculated the jubilee years and decided Jesus would return in October of 1987. Other jubilee calculations centered on His coming in 1991. Some suggested that the year would be 1994 or 1996 or 1998. Still others try to work out the time of His coming based on seven cycles of 1 000 years each.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust what does the Bible say about the end of time and the return of our Lord? Beginning with Genesis  Dr. Jon Paulien traces the development of end-time thinking through Abraham and the prophets. He explains what the devout thought about the end during the years between the Old and New Testaments. Then he explores what the New Testament thinkers say about the end--Jesus  Paul  Peter  and John the revelator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis faith-building exposition of Scripture helps sharpen our view of last-day events  but above all it focuses on Jesus Himself  who alone adds meaning to the end of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuestions Raised and Answered in \u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What the Bible Says About the End-Time\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhat is the meaning of current events? Is the Lord really about to come  bringing to an end this world's history? \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhat does God wants us to learn when we see such awesome events? How should we respond? \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWere the prophecies in the Bible given to satisfy our curiosity about the future? Or did God have a different purpose in mind? \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIs it possible for Adventists to be so busy sharpening their theology that they forget to live it? \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eHow can we maintain the balance between 'occupying' and expectation? \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhen the world faces the consummate deception at the end  is there a simple way by which God's people can tell whose side they are one? \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIs the day of worship really the central issue at the end  or are Adventists living in a hermeneutical fantasy land? \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIs it possible that as a people Adventists have been offering 'testing truth' for the world (the first table of the law) for so long that we have overlooked the 'testing truth' for ourselves (the second table of the law)? \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave we crossed that fine line leading to an irrevocable and rapid conclusion of all things in the next year or two?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pacific Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41722666778675,"sku":"9780828014007","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0103\/8902\/8915\/files\/0828014000jpg.jpg?v=1774918324","url":"https:\/\/clovisabc.com\/products\/what-the-bible-says-about-the-end-time","provider":"ClovisABC.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}