Coming Soon: Unlocking the Book of Revelation and Applying Its Lessons Today [Paperback]

Michael Barber (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2006

In his latest book, Michael Barber takes a detailed look at the book of Revelation and its rich tapestry of prophecy, history, and biblical allusion. Verse by verse, Coming Soon unravels the hidden threads of meaning in the Book of Revelation, all the while celebrating this beautiful and glorious vision of God.

Product Details

• Paperback: 340 pages
• Publisher: Emmaus Road Publishing (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 193101826X
• ISBN-13: 978-1931018265
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #253,224 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Catholic prospective, January 5, 2007

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H. H. Jr (CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coming Soon: Unlocking the Book of Revelation and Applying Its Lessons Today (Paperback)

As a Catholic Christian you only hear the Christian prospective on the "end times, rapture, mark of the beast, the whore of Babylon, the four horsemen (not the wrestlers)...etc". Catholic theologian Michael Barber has done an excellent job explaining what each on of these (and more) mean along with there implications in our life time. I highly recommend this book along with Dr. Scott Hahn's Lamb Supper. CATHOLICS: "ALWAYS BE READY TO GIVE AN EXPLANATION TO ANYONE WHO ASKS YOU FOR A REASON FOR YOUR HOPE ...

1 Peter 3:15-17

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Catholic interprets the Book of Revelation, October 4, 2009

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Jeri Nevermind "loves to read" (Idaho) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coming Soon: Unlocking the Book of Revelation and Applying Its Lessons Today (Paperback)

This is an engaging book, and one aimed at the general reader. Even if you do not have an extensive background in biblical studies, you will find this book easy to understand.

In order to grasp what is going on in Revelation, it is necessary to know a little historical background. In the gospels, Jesus says very clearly that an apocalypse would occur and that those listening to him, "this generation will not pass away till all these things take place" (Mt 24). Yet the end time of the world did not occur within, say, the lifetime of John. So was Jesus mistaken? Other biblical scholars, such as Renan and Schweitzer, have indeed argued this.

However, Barber offers an alternative view--a modified preterist view, in fact, and one which points to an end of one covenant and the beginning of a new one. He explains that Jesus was correct. The generation who was warned that the temple would fall within their lifetimes, did, indeed, see the temple fall. First in the body of Jesus Christ, who was crucified, and then, in the temple, when it was burned to the ground by the Romans in 70 AD.

The destruction of the temple ended so much of what had been the old covenant forever with Israel. Gone forever was the Levitical priesthood, for in the temple were the documents proving the lineage of every priest. Gone forever were the sacrificial rites that the priests performed. Gone was the very center, the heart of Jewish worship.

These would be replaced by a new chief priest, the pope, a new priesthood, now open to the gentiles, and a new system for the forgiveness of sin. As Barber explains, "This brings us to the image of the Church as the Bride of Christ. Christ truly reproduces His life in the Church, so that the Church is the Mystical Body of Christ...as...in Ephesians 5 the Apostle Paul...writes, "Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church, because we are members of hiss body'" (p 229).

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Coming Soon, May 15, 2007

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This review is from: Coming Soon: Unlocking the Book of Revelation and Applying Its Lessons Today (Paperback)

The book is an excellent study of the book of revelations. It is direct and to the point. It is easy to read and understand. My only concern would be that the study questions are not as thought provoking as I like in a bible study.