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MidWestBookReview reviewed my book
as follows: "Experienced technical writer and literature researcher Maurice A. Williams
presents Revelation And The Fall Of Judea, an interpretation of Revelation through the eyes
of diverse authors who see it as John the Baptist's warnings of what will happen should Christ
be resisted. Thus the predictions of visions and their consequences are viewed as referring
to events of history rather than the present day. Carefully linking history with testimony
in an easy-to-read manner, Revelation And The Fall Of Judea is an intriguingly original
and impressively thought-provoking work."
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the page for "Maurice."
Here's a review of my book by Dr. Bennis
on Book Review.com:
"In this ambitious work, Williams takes on a challenging
subject in a masterful and unusual way.
For nearly two thousand years, people have been interpreting
the Book of Revelation as though it had been written specifically for their own time. Today,
we are flooded with uneven interpretations and fictionalized versions of the Book of
Revelations, all attempting to prove that the events portrayed in this enigmatic portion of the
New Testament are occurring or are about to occur in our life time.
But what if they're way off the mark? What if the prophecies
described in the Book were meant to reflect the times in which it was written? The concept
makes good sense, and the research Williams puts behind his theories drives them home.
Not only does Williams describes in detail the political,
financial and social woes suffered by Christ's devotees in the years directly following the
crucifixion, he ties together well-documented historical events that match Revelations 4
through 16.
In the last chapter of the book Williams gives us his take on
other interpretations and interpreters as widely varied as St. Augustine, the Jehovah's
Witnesses, Billy Graham, Carl Jung, and Edgar Cayce.
This book is a MUST HAVE for any true biblical scholar. It is an
even-handed, well-written look at a subject that is too often moved from research and faith to
pure fiction."
Dr. Bennis
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Dr. Walsh on Bookideas.com also reviewed my book
He was critical of some aspects of my book, but was kind enough
to allow me to add my own comments to his review so I could explain what I had in mind.
See his review.
Here's what I say about my book
I've read many interpretations prophesying a future rapture,
tribulation, and millennial kingdom. I read Hal Lindsey, Tim LaHaye, and other authors. I
always found the rapture, as they describe it, far-fetched. For one thing, as the rapture is
described in Tim LaHaye's "Left Behind," all babies and young children that are too young to
offend God, are taken. Only unbelievers are left behind. They are left behind to give them
time to accept Christ during the tribulation. This seems plausible, but those left-behind
people have babies during the tribulation. Even though their babies are as innocent as the
babies taken during the rapture, those babies are left behind also and have to experience
the tribulation along with their parents. I have problems with that. It doesn't seem
logical.
That's not my only problem. It seems strange to me that
prophecies John twice said were coming soon should be delayed for tewenty centuries. In
addition, the expected dates and circumstances are frequently pinpointed, but never arrive.
Harry Rimmer in his 1946 "The Shadow of Coming Events," thought Mussolini revived the Roman
Empire and, therefore, the end days would have occurred under Fascism. Hal Lindsey predicted
the end times would occur when the Soviet Union attacked Israel. Others predicted it would
occur when the AntiChrist assumes rule of the European Ecomomic Union. Tim LaHaye predicts it
will occur when the Arab Muslim nations flex their muscle. One hundred seventy-four years ago,
William Miller announced the end times.
I'm sure the world, as we know it, will someday come to an end,
but will it be the end that John prophesied? Might John have been prophesying to his own
countrymen what will befall them if they do not accept the Messiah, now that the Messiah has
arrived, and what will happen if they try to destroy the Messiah's mission?
I think it's more likely that John prophesied to his own
countrymen. Many others, more learned than I, think that way also. Gary DeMar, in his "End
Times Fiction," argues that futurist interpretations are not Biblically sound. Hank
Hanegraaff, the "Bible Answer Man" on syndicated radio, has started a series of novels
rivaling the "Left Behind" series showing how the prophecies can easily be applied to
historical events that occurred during the first century.
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