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Fourth Millennium

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This is not a great book but I've got to give Paul Meier A LOT of credit for the attempt. I read just about every novel on biblical prophecy that comes out, and this is the only one I know of that takes that little bit of prophecy that exists about the time of the Millennial Kingdom of Christ and expands it into a full novel. So even though, like I said, it's not a great book, I recommend it. As for the period leading up to the Millennial Kingdom, I recommend THE CHRIST CLONE TRILOGY by James BeauSeigneur.

This book has so little substance that it gives a whole new meaning to the word "shallow." The plotting is thin, the character development is nonexistent, and the unresolved loose ends are far too numerous to mention. The portrayals of King David and the Apostle Paul are totally unconvincing and unworthy of the stature that these Biblically towering figures deserve. The single most appalling aspect of this book is the complete and total absence of Yeshua! He's mentioned often, but seen and heard--never. He is less than a walk-on character. Add to this the fact that nothing _at all_ is mentioned about the Millennium (except that it happened. The book omits 1,000 years!!) and it becomes sadly clear that this book has no purpose except to be an action-and-intrugue novel that just happens to have a few famous names in it. This is the kind of book that gives Christian fiction a bad name. Skip this and follow the "Left Behind" series. P.S. I gave it one star because there's no provision for negative numbers!

Continued with this sequeal and found it also very uplifting. Approaches the time when hopefully I won't be here but will have an understanding of what the future events hold for those who don't have Christ in their lives.

This book tries, and for that alone, I'll give it an extra star. The author obviously has the best of intentions, but unfortunately, the effort doesn't translate into a novel that's readable. The characters are not recognizable human beings- they make June Cleaver seem like a complex, multi-faceted character. What's worse, there's no real theology that goes any deeper than, "God is good, you should worship Him." That's great, but when I read a book like this, I'm hoping to gain some new insight about both myself and my relationship to God. At the very least, I'm looking for a good story. There's none of that to be found here. Anyone looking for a novel about the Endtimes that succeeds where Meier's novel fails should check out We All Fall Down, by Brian Caldwell. It's insightful, enthraling, and will stick with you for months. Meier tries hard in this series, and doubtlessly has the best of intentions, but in all four of these books, his good intentions simply pave the way to a literary hell.

This story about the final days of Christ's millennial reign is certainly interesting. The authors have some creative ideas about what life may be like in that period. Unfortunately, they do not find creative ways to communicate these ideas. The characters are continuously saying things that should be obvious to their companions so the only point of most of the dialogue is to tell the readers what is going on. This makes for very awkward and forced conversations that leave no room for character development. The concept is great but this is a poorly written book hardly worth reading.

Recent events have made the end of the age a plausible thing to consider as soon to be. Ergo, the literature movement has been quick to capitalize on the growing interest. However, few of the novels go beyond the final Battle at Armegeddon; most are speculative and lack a faith backbone. There are exceptions- this is one. Going beyond the Rapture that occurred in the prior book, Mr's Meier and Wise look into the Millenial Reign and the little season of Satan. Those who have been saved are finding life to be less than Paradise. There is violence and diseases that the Tree of Life can not cure. The need for faith in the true God is at an all time high. The devil is on the move and trying to turn hearts back to the false gods and idols of the ancient world. Only those who are grounded deeply in the word of God have any hope of salvation.

It is to be expected that such find Biblical scholars such as Wise and Meier would do this subject justice. Anything Paul Meier is associated with is worth reading.

I loved this book, and being into technology I found this to be exciting. Meier and Wise have moved deeper into unknown territory. No one knows what it will be like during Christ's reign, but this is interesting possiblity. I liked this book better than the previous one. This book held my attention a lot better. Read this book!

This book, I think, is excellent! To my knowledge, there is no other piece of Christian fiction that deals with the events taking place at the end of the Millennial Reign. Most authors, when writing in the field of Revelation, stop at Armageddon and the Second Coming. Paul Meier and Robert Wise, now my two favorite authors, are giving us a peek at what it might be like. Simply, it is, I suppose, just a cool book. Worshippers of the ancient "omnipotent" god Marduk tap into demonic power, an invasion of Jerusalem is planned, and at the end, Satan and his fallen angels are cast into the Abyss! "The Fourth Millennium" is a must-read!

I cannot get over how so much of Christian fiction is two dimensional. The characters are flat. The story is flat. In this particular case the absence of Jesus through the entire book is a bit bizarre. The idea that Jesus' main associates in the book have forgotten all the teachings of the Bible is really far out there in unbelievable land. The continual repition of how sleek and how advanced and how new all the technology is tedious at best, but left out you no longer have a novel length book.