Apocalypse Code [Paperback]

Hal Lindsey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1997

Hal Lindsey, the father of modern-day Bible prophecy, contends that he has cracked the "Apocalypse Code" revealing long-hidden messages about man's future and the fate of the earth as prediced by the biblical prophet Daniel.

Product Details

• Paperback: 311 pages
• Publisher: Western Front Ltd (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888848219
• ISBN-13: 978-1888848212
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,557 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Approached with a skeptical mindset, October 14, 2000

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Küchenhexe (Nebraska, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Apocalypse Code (Paperback)

Let me explain that statement. Each and every book on bibical prophesy, I approach with an atheist's mindset. I have very high criteria for a book on prophesy before I'd consider recommending it to anyone. Each book I read on this topic has to prove to me several things...it has to be logical and forthright, the author has to back up his claims, and above all, it cannot be too preachy or heavy-handed as so to raise my hackles and put me on the defense.

Hal Lindsey almost always fulfills that criteria in his writings, and "Apocalypse Code" is no exception. Not only does he explain why he thinks the way he does, and back up his interpretations with scriptural references, but he also gives examples and explainations of WHY he believes in the truth and validity of the Bible. Mr. Lindsey goes a step further in his interpretations. He interprets out of the GREEK LANGUAGE THE BIBLE WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN, in order to grasp the FULL context of what John was writing.

Why Greek? Why not Hebrew? Because Greek was the language universally spoken in that general area at the time--a historic fact he illustrates through a brief discussion of the reign of Alexendander the Great--prophesised some 200 years earlier by Daniel, I think it was.

Mr. Lindsey does not only do a remarkable, logical, calm and rational job of explaining the book of Revelation and other passages that refering to the times that are to come, but also does a wonderful job of covering the reasons WHY he believes this to be true. It's well thought-out, and well done. It's a great deal of information to absorb, but his overall tone throughout what I've read thus far (I'm half-way through) is sane, calm, and rational.

32 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hal decodes the apocalypse for us all, August 11, 2003

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Tate Ulsaker - See all my reviews

This review is from: Apocalypse Code (Paperback)

Apocalypse Code interprets end-time prophesy from the eyes of the original author. John, "least of all prophets" recorded his visions while imprisoned on the remote desert island of Patamos off the coast of what is now Turkey.

The central idea of the "Apocalypse Code" is:
1)John was a eye-witness of our end-times
2)John recorded his visions accurately, using all of the descriptive metaphors available to him in the age in which he lived.

The "Code" is nothing more than a time warp of first century cultural expressions trying to describe our 21st century apocalypse. The author, Hal Lindsey, insists that it is our generation that has the ability to interpret the "Code" because none before us had references to what a swarm of metal grasshoppers might be, or what kind of a weapon might consume flesh from around a skeleton while still standing, or what kind of arrow never misses its mark when fired and stings with great effect, or how a 200 million man army might be assembled when there weren't even 200 million people in the whole world at the time of the writing.

These reasons and many more lead both secular and believers to the same place: Until now, bible prophesies have been 100% correct despite all logical explanation. The dispersion of the Jews and the rebirth of Israel are two excellent examples. And now we have a set of prophesies about the end times centered on Israel. We see all nations of the world being drawn into the tension there, as predicted. However, oil and Islam are post-prophesy events. Amazing?

Equally amazing are descriptions of our coming world government, a world identification system and system of money credits imbedded into the palm or forehead, against the backdrop of catastrophes like we have not seen in the history of mankind.

Any idiot believing in world peace and in the solutions of man should do a word search on the phrase "Peak Oil" or "Post-carbon society". An honest analysis of the coming decades leads us inexorably towards visions of starvation, oppression, war and other events of "population correction". There simply is no other likely route from this point given the end of cheap energy. So again, Bible prophesy long precedes the relevant trigger events of the times in which they occur.

We are the first generation alive which has the ability to interpret John's visions. Bible prophesies promise that we are the generation in which these visions will take place. Get "Apocalypse Code" to understand what is coming your way right now, in this generation. And check the accuracy by looking up references for yourself. And check all of that against current news events. All of this proves that the Bible is not only for the religious but for those who study history, and history to come.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars By far... THE BEST YET!, February 21, 2000

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John K. Degnan (Georgia - USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Apocalypse Code (Paperback)

This book is, by far, the BEST Book-Of-Revelation-explaining book I have ever read. If you want to get a better grip Revelation, as well as other prophetic books of the Bible, you have got to have this book... that's all there is to it! It will also serve as a fantastic witnessing tool as it will appeal to even the most skeptical types. It clearly shows that we are most assuredly living in the last of the final days by comparing 'current events' with what has been prophecied. It also vividly and clearly explains and associated most of the 'symbolism' used in prophetic books with the objects, people and places being described by (1st century) the Biblical authors. I am buying a number of copies if it for friends.