Some preachers claim the End is near. They exhaust us with predictions of blood and fire, the sun darkened, and the moon turned to blood. Yet Acts claims all this was fulfilled at the church's first Pentecost.
The forecasters say the rebuilding of Israel as a state is fulfilling prophecy. But Acts says Israel is being rebuilt in the church, with Jews and Gentiles.
Throughout Christian history, all predictions of dates and times have proved false. No one today can do better.
Klaassen helps Christians enjoy God’s kingdom now and anticipate its fulfillment. That hope has nothing to do with literal wars, physical weapons, and rivers of human blood.
Instead God is bringing in a peaceable kingdom, ruled by the suffering Lamb, as foreseen by Isaiah and fulfilled in Jesus Christ. The Lamb wins the battle by proclaiming the Word of God.
This book addresses those who are sure they know when the End is coming, those who are confused and want biblical answers, and those who no longer are concerned about spiritual and heavenly realities.
From Scripture, Klaassen shows that John’s vision of the New Jerusalem is a spiritual insight into the glory God has prepared for his church and his Creation.