How to Read Prophecy

by Joel B. Green

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877849366
• ISBN13: 9780877849360
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A much-needed correction for today's errors

Today we have the sadly popular "Left Behind" series being touted as accurate representations of fulfillemnt of prophecy. The bookds have sold millions and continue to be made at a staggering pace (I think at the time of this writing there are 10 books in the series). Although an older book, this is a wonderful beginning to a correction that is essential for the poor biblical exegesis that is wrought by authors such as Leyahe and Jenkins.One statement in the book stands out for me: "Scriptures deal with some problems we do not have, and do not deal with problems we do have." As a result, many Christians commit the oft-repeated "this is that" error when they read the news headlines. This has been done for centuries, displaying a dangerous view of prophecy. Green offers a realistic view of Scripture, that prophecy is not always as clear as we think it is, while showing that there are yet meanings that we can grasp at the same time.Green examines what prophecy really is and highlights the necessity to put prophetic literature into its context instead of the "proof-texts" that are wrenched from their localized meanings. He shows the importance is symbolism, and its resultant problems as well.This almost 20-year old book is as important as ever. I challenge people who think they understand prophecy (especially pre-millenialists" to give this a fair reading and make their own judgments.