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2001: On the Edge of Eternity

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This timely documentary shows what to expect in the next
millenium, when to anticipate it, and how to prepare for
Christ's thousand years' reign on earth. It's a
premillennial, pretribulational presentation by a respected
evangelist who evaluates present day trends and events in
light of scripture. It's also a chilling account of what
lies ahead for those who refuse to accept the gospel. This
book is an excellent starting point for sharing the Good
News with those who do not know Jesus.

""But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only." (Matt. 24:36)

Jack Van Impe continues to outdo himself. As a contribution to the millenarian ecstasy such literature as his creates, we have another one designed to play on the fears and misfortunes of humanity. Undoubtedly, as we have seen in Hal Lindsey's work, many of Impe's "predictions" will fade into the not-yet of history and be proven wrong by a God who is beyond our conceptions of history, much less our failed conceptions of the Apocalypse dating back further than even Thomas Muntzer and the Anabaptists. Impe perpetuates a severe lack of faith in Scripture and his premise falls under notions of reasoning which rely on pure speculation. In this book, as with his other books and television program, Impe seems to feel the need to prove to Christians that the Bible is true through his subjective analysis of current events - a tainted view of history that joins in with the greatest of our secular postmodern partisans. Rather, so it seems, no Christian should need to confirm by any other reasoning that the Bible is true and that God is real other than with faith. Faith cannot be rendered as mere polemic or bow to reason - as we see in Pascal's Pensees - but ought be based on one's want to know and enjoy God forever even in the confines of our own diachronic temporal experience.

I will argue that Impe deploys reasoning that he, in the same stroke, would deny in the light of faith. Moreover, I am continually concerned with the infatuation in the future and the use of the present to describe and to some degree, push us to the future. Not only does it form a temporal rift in our minds about the contexts we are presently living in - as such creating a severe disjunction in our epistemology - but history will show that such a view leads to apathy and carelessness on the part of the Christian regarding the needs of the neighbor. Moreover, it blinds us to the work of God in the present, in our midst, and undermines those passages that tell us not to speculate on such matters. If God lives and reigns now in the risen Christ, ought we not make that known rather than the mindless speculations of humankind, namely, the proprietors of these millenarian perspectives such as Impe? (also see, Jefferey, Lalonde, and Lindsey among others)

To conclude, Impe resigns the notion of a loving God who lives in our midst for the sake of his own subjective view of the Gospel - one that is severely superceded by law and speculation rather than based on love and reality in Jesus Christ.

I have not only read Dr Jack Van Impe's books about end time prophecy, but I am also a great fan of his show. This man speaks the truth. Anyone who fears the things Dr Van Impe writes about concerning the tribulation period and end times needs to start learning what salvation is all about. There is nothing to fear if you are a believer that Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins and He will return again soon to save His people. Dr Van Impe takes bible scripture and shows how prophecy in the bible has been fulfilled thus far and also things happening presently in our world that will lead to the rapture of the church and the great tribulation. Those who know the bible and are interested in bible prophecy know that Dr Jack Van Impe isn't some weird person trying to scare the population. Why are people so afraid of something that can make their world much much better?

Jack Van Impe startles and invigorates the reader in this enlightening journey into the deepest, darkest secret of our universe. Through a careful analysis of centuries old, cryptic passages, Impe clearly derives various theories concerning the fate of our existence. While scientists may scoff at the pure absence of fact and rational discourse, true believers will realize the power and clarity behind Impe's writing and acknowledge him as a true visionary and scholar. A must own for the inquistive mind!

When will we stop trying to frighten people into embracing Christianity with books and threats like this? When will we start living the lives we're supposed to? Don't you think that would make someone want to find out more about Christianity?

Maybe I'm missing the point of being saved. I thought it was about enjoying life, not avoiding fire and brimstone.

"They'll know we are Christians by our... fear?