99 Reasons Why No One Knows When Christ Will Return [Paperback]

B. J. Oropeza (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1994

B. J. Oropeza shows why no one can predict the date of Christ's return from historical events, geological disasters, coded numbers, the identity of the antichrist, sources outside the Bible, and on and on.

Product Details

• Paperback: 225 pages
• Publisher: Intervarsity Pr (July 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830816364
• ISBN-13: 978-0830816361
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,126,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

B. J. Oropeza (Ph.D., University of Durham) is Professor of Biblical Studies at Azusa Pacific University (Azusa, California) and is an internationally published author whose many publications include the subjects of Pauline studies, Corinthian correspondence, apostasy and perseverance, rhetorical criticism, eschatology, and popular culture. He is founder and chair of the Intertextuality in the New Testament Section of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) and a member of the Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity, a group which specializes in the socio-rhetorical method of biblical interpretation. Oropeza's interests include Pauline theology, Intertextual methods, and New Testament studies.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful teaching on Christ's Second Coming, October 9, 1998

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David McKay([e-mail]) (Blue Mountains, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 99 Reasons Why No One Knows When Christ Will Return (Paperback)

An entertaining, well-researched book on an important topic. The authors describe dozens of attempts, throughout the Christian era, to predict the date of Christ's return. This gives a valuable corrective to current prophets of the future.

The book's format makes it easy to find information on a particular aspect which interests you.

Worth reading by anyone who has an interest in eschatology.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is dated, but still useful and worth reading now!, January 2, 2010

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L. L Teuling "meloroze" (McAllen, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 99 Reasons Why No One Knows When Christ Will Return (Paperback)

During this New Year Of 2010 I found this book, which I hadn't read in a long time. A lot has happened (including the whole Bush Administration) but the central message of the book is still helpful.

I grew up in a Bible-reading Christian family. I learned a lot about the Bible and one thing that was always EXTREMELY clear about it was that nobody knows the day or the hour that Christ will return. Even if we think we see "trends" in the direction, we still don't know!

This book written in response to 88 REASONS WHY CHRIST WILL RETURN IN 1988 (I think that's the wording of the title) gives 99 reasons given from the Bible itself that we can't set dates. And with all of the extremes of apocalyptic fervor around nowadays, this book can get us back on track.

There's nothing wrong with believing in Christ's return and getting ready for it. But nowhere does the Bible -- including the Apocalypse (book of Revelation) -- tell us to to part company with our common sense.