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Will Christians vanish in a rapture? Will seven years of apocalyptic terror overtake those left behind? Will one future Mr. Diabolical—the antichrist—rise to control the world? Will he enter a rebuilt Jewish temple, claiming to be God? Will Earth’s nations attack Israel at Armageddon? Best-selling books like Left Behind and popular apocalyptic movies predict such things. Are they correct?

No area of Christianity has been subject to more misguided interpretation than end time prophecy. Millions of Christians sense we are nearing Jesus Christ’s return. Yet when it comes to what the majority thinks will happen during Earth’s last days, and what the Bible actually says will occur, the difference is seismic.

With clarity and biblical accuracy, End Time Delusions exposes massive errors now flooding through media and in much of today’s sensational prophecy writing. This book closely examines tightly meshed yet speculative theories about the rapture, seven-year tribulation, antichrist, and the modern Jewish state. This book is no novelty. Buttressed with solid teachings from many of Christianity’s most illustrious scholars, it lets the Bible speak for itself about the past, present, and future.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 26 reviews)

Wohlberg exposes modern "traditions of men".

I like everything so far that I have seen or heard or read from Wohlberg and that's a lot. He is always interesting and scholarly. I do disagree with him on one thing however. He is 7th Day Adventist and I am Messianic so we both agree that the Sabbath has never been changed. However, he feels that the mark of the beast is Sunday worship and is evidently not concerned about any future micro chips in the hand or forehead. As for me, I'm definitely concerned about them big time.
February 02, 2008

worth your time

This book is written from a "historicist" point of view. I've read a number of end-times books over the past few years, including Tim LaHaye's "Are We Living in the End Times?", H.L. Nigro's "Before God's Wrath", Hank Hanegraaff's "The Apocalypse Code", Kim Riddlebarger's "A Case for Amillennialism", as well as tons of stuff off the internet. The Historicist view is quite interesting, and some of the connections Wohlberg makes are intriguing, but I would have to say I find the Amillennial position to be more compelling overall. However, if you're trying to get a good feel for the various positions from their supporters, as opposed to their detractors, this book is worth your time.

Mr. Wohlberg makes good use of the context of the verses he quotes (something I found lacking in many other texts). He is good at listing objections to Historicism and answering them. I did not find him overly strident, flippant, or egotistical. He does tend to some off-the-wall analogies, and as another reviewer mentioned, it would have been nice if he had not used the word "explosive" quite so much!

I do recommend this book. It is not, obviously, the definitive work on the subject, and there are areas that I question and will look into further, but as an easy-reading, intriguing introduction to Historicism (with critiques of preterism and futurism thrown in) it is certainly worth your time.
January 25, 2008

Eye opening! An important read for all truth seekers!

This book truly opened my eyes and prompted me to study the historicist view of prophecy and the "end times". As a Christian since childhood, I had never been taught about this view. This book answered many questions that have always lingered in the back of my mind about a rapture, tribulation, anti-christ, etc. Steve Wohlberg writes in plain language, backs up his assertions with scripture, and encourages readers to study the scriptures for themselves. READ THIS BOOK and buy extras for your friends and family!
November 15, 2007

An important view to consider!

This is an important book on the endtimes, offering a cohesive theory which I believe is more true to scripture than the predominant dispensational view. Steve Wohlberg did an excellent job explaining the historicist view in a logical, sequential manner. The result is a page-turning, easy to understand book that will provide many "light-bulb" insights. His teaching on the 70 weeks of Daniel (that they were over around 34 A.D. and that the time period was a last chance for Israel to stay true to God in order to continue to enjoy His divine favor as a nation) are very persuasive. If he is correct, and I believe he is, the future tribulation will not be a circumscribed period of 7 years like most people think.

I have read quite a few eschatology books in the last year in order to better discern and discuss the end times with a relative who is very focused on this now. This book was the best I have read, although The Apocalypse Code by Hank Hanegraff, and A case for Amillenialism by Kim Riddlebarger were also excellent. Even though The Apocalypse Code is from a partial preterist viewpoint, it corroborates a lot of the information in End Time Delusions (especially if you believe that there will be dual or multiple fulfillments of prophecies), as does A Case for Amillenialism. Both A Case for Amillenialism and End Time Delusions look to the New Testament for the interpretation of the Old. Many NT passages explain how OT passages were fulfilled in Christ, which the dispensational view seems to ignore or outright contradict. I initially avoided Mr. Wohlberg's book because of its historicist view, as Vern Poythress, in The Returning King, stated that it was the least credible of the four endtime views. I changed my mind after viewing the DVD, Messages from Heaven. If these "Marian" visitations continue to increase and strive for global acceptance, Wohlberg may well be right about the identity of the beast. I am so glad I did read End Time Delusions as I found it to actually be the most plausible endtime view.

My only objection to the book is the same one H.L. Nigro stated in his review -- the book's suggestion that those holding to the preterist or futurist views are not only wrong, but in danger of God's wrath. Revelations is a difficult book, and sincere Christians with a high view of scripture and orthodox beliefs can legitimately come to a variety of conclusions in their view of endtimes. As we near the return of Christ, it should become ever more clear which is right.
June 10, 2007

Interesting ideas but poorly argued!

Steve Wohlberg's presents a simplistic and crude argument against popularly-held "end-times" teachings. Whether you agree with his interpretation, or hold to fundamentalist eschatology, is really irrelevant. I take neither side (an end-times agnostic, if you will) This book certainly did little to convince me otherwise.
Mr. Wohlberg takes on Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye (authors of the Left Behind series) in an almost personal manner, and stops just short of calling the authors "false prophets." While the Left Behind series may be a fictional account, I often felt that their message was more theologically argued than Mr. Wohlberg's refutation.
This book came across as a high-school paper. There was little in the way of serious theological or philosophical argument. Attempts at referencing the original Greek texts fall flat when he states these words can be found in any decent concordance. He makes no attempt to put the Greek into context, and my impression was that he probably has no training in Biblical Greek. In all, Mr. Wohlberg demonstrates very little in-depth knowledge of theology, Gd's Word, and the historical context in which it was written.
For anyone interested in a contrarian theologically-based text to the "Left Behind" series, this is not it. Based on some of the other reviews here, it's only purpose is to make people who already agree with his point of view feel better.
There are far better texts dealing with the many interpretations of what may or may not happen. "End Time Delusions" falls short.
May 28, 2007

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