Escape the Coming
Night
By David Jeremiah
Reviewed by Pat Beaty
This book is an attempt to explain the events and prophecies
of the book of Revelation. The author
states “within the pages of the last book of the Bible are the hope and
encouragement we need to lift us from the gray gloom of present events to the
promise of a brilliant future.”
“The word revelation means the disclosure of that which was
previously hidden or unknown.” In this book, the author shared many interesting
pieces of information about the end times. For instance, in the Old Testament
there are more than 300 references to the coming Messiah that were fulfilled in
Jesus Christ. He also answers the
question of God doesn’t judge us immediately after death and instead lets all those
millions of people pile up until the last minute. He says that we don’t finish our work when we
die. Instead, it lives on after us. Jesus will return for his church then to
judge the world, and to rule the world.
“God gives us prophecy so we can learn how to live.”
Revelation, the apocalypse, is the unveiling of Jesus Christ. It is a book about him, many characters and
numbers in the book of Revelation, as well as the probable reason for them.
He stresses the blessing everyone receives if he reads the
book of Revelation and keeps the words of the prophecy in this book. “God has
promised that we all can be overcomers, even the weakest of us, and overcomers
receive rich rewards.”
A fascinating portion of this book was the story of John,
his circumstances, and the thinking of those around him. The reader will find
the sections about the church today and the churches mentioned in this book
particularly interesting. You will also
read with interest about “the lukewarm church in the last days” and get “a look
into the last church on earth” within the same chapter. The writer refers often to other books in
both the Old and New Testaments, and you will be surprised at how much you
already knew about the last days if you have done much reading or study of this
subject. I know I was.
The writer states that the millennium is needed as a reward
for the people of God, and you will want to read carefully his discussion of pre-millennialism,
post-millennialism, and even a-millennialism.
Finally, your reviewer enjoyed this work that was written so
you and I could understand it – certainly not in textbook fashion, but intended
for us to understand and mediate on.
