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Revelation Unveiled | 
 enlarge | Author: Tim Lahaye
Publisher: Zondervan
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Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 0310230055
Dewey Decimal Number: 228.077
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Publication Date: June 1, 1999
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Revelation Unveiled, previously released under a different title, is a readable commentary on the Book of Revelation that includes charts and diagrams for the layman, Bible teacher, and pastor.
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There is no tribulation after the resurrection, hello December 5, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
There is no pre-tribulation resurrection rapture of all saints as taught by Dr. LaHaye. While he asserts the church needs to be ready for the unexpected coming of Christ, his interpretation of what Christ taught says otherwise. The master of deception loves heresy. Jesus taught many of his servants who were good and faithful servants at one time would eventually fall away and not be prepared for his coming. Moreover, these unfaithful servants would then be cast into great tribulation. LaHaye presents the resurrection as the rapture of the church in which all are changed. This is impossible.
Jesus gives us a sneak preview of what will occur when he appears as a thief in the night. We are not all changed. Some are kept from the tribulation and raptured as when two are in the field and one is taken. That's the good news. The bad news is that some Christians are not raptured and suffer death in the tribulation. This is the judgment call of Christ to make, which Christ taught us to be worthy of so that we might escape the tribulation. LaHaye has natural Israel suddenly converted in the midst of the tribulation. This contradicts all the teachings of Christ, especially in Revelation 2 and 3, where Jesus calls those which have yet to convert to Christianity as the synagogue of Satan, doubtless referring to Jews who reject Christ. Consequently, his misrepresentations of the rapture render the teachings of Christ in all his parables and in Revelation 2 and 3, null and void. That is not good ground. These errors are attributed to literal interpretations of the nation of Israel according to the flesh and the longstanding heresy of made in the shade doctrines such as the guaranteed rapture for all saints. We will all stand before God for what we teach and cause others to believe.
The parables of Christ regarding the negligence of his church are coming to pass right before our eyes. Promising Christians that they will take a flight guranteed just fosters negligence in the church. This is why thorn ministries are prospering. The blind lead the blind. Jesus said to pray that your flight is not during the tribulation. Christ made it an issue of prayer, don't contradict him. I'm embracing Revelation 2 and 3 and praying I'm in the Philadelphia ranks of the church. I pray to God others do, too, before its to late.
The rest of Revelation is there to give us notice of all the horror to come to compell us to love God with all our hearts before he returns so that we pray daily that we be accounted worthy to escape all these things which shall come to pass and to stand before the Son of Man. Luke 21:36.
 Disclosure disclosed! November 1, 2008
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Tim LaHaye's title, "Revelation Revealed, or The Unveiling Unveiled," is not just a redundancy, and here's why: until Tim LaHaye came along, inspired by the Lord, to explain it, the New Testament Book of Revelation was about as "revealing" as the full chador of an Afghan mullah's granddaughter! (Hey, nice eyes, Farah! And great book, Apostle John!) But then Tim LaHaye yanks off the veil, and ooh-la-la, we now see Lady Truth--and nothing but the Truth.
It was a wonderful thing when God produced the book called "Revelation." It's even more wonderful now that someone smart has come along to explain what on earth the Man Upstairs was talking about! (And He won't stay "upstairs" much longer! He's coming back down, very soon, just ask Tim!)
For my money, Tim LaHaye is one of the all-time greats.
When forecasting historical events such as the End of the World, Jesus and the apostles had just two types of prophecy, the "Sure Thing" and the "Misty Thing" (as Saint Peter called them, 2 Peter 1:19, 2:17).
Jesus had a special fondness for what evangelical theologians call the "Inerrant," or "Sure Thing" prediction. He could rattle them off faster than you or I could recite a grocery list:
"One people shall fight against another. Nation shall rise against nation."
"There shall be earthquakes in various places."
"Also, famine, and pestilence, and frightening events...."
(Luke 21:10-11).
I have not visited Heaven in a long time, but I'm guessing that whenever there is a war somewhere on the planet Earth, or an earthquake, or an epidemic, or a solar eclipse, or starvation, or a frightening event, Yahveh flashes Jesus a big thumbs-up, and says, "Good call, Son! Your prophecy was right on the money!"
Tim LaHaye's specialty is what the twelve Apostles called the "Fuzzy" or "Misty Thing" prophecy. Those twelve rascals--thirteen, counting Paul, who was the worst offender--issued the foggiest predictions I ever heard. Some examples:
* "Behold, we will live, and do this or that, if it is the LORD's will!" (James, James 4:15).
* "Scoffers will come, scoffing!" (Peter, 2 Peter 3:3).
* "God will send them strong delusion and make them believe a lie, so that He may damn every one of them to Hell who believed not the truth!" (Paul, 1 Thes. 2:11-12).
* "A short work will the LORD work upon the Earth!" (Paul, Rom. 9:28).
* "Lo, I will come to you and I shall take your lampstand!" (John, Rev. 2:5).
* "I see a vision of Jesus Christ returning to Earth, and he's wearing plaid!" (Lucifer).
No, I'm joking about that last one, but seriously, your daily newspaper horoscope reads like a technical manual, compared to a typical New Testament prophecy by one of the Twelve original apostles, or by Saint Paul the knucklehead.
Tim LaHaye is not like that. Tim LaHaye gives you the Who, What, Why, Where, When, How, and How Much, and he hits it, every time. Just look at his 1970s best-seller, "The Late Great Planet Earth," lately revised. So what happened when God changed His mind about the end-times calendar and game-plan? Tim LaHaye got right on it, and wrote a whole new book! and another! and another! And the Lord has blessed him for it: Tim LaHaye in these End Times has an income larger than the gross national product of Ghana and Liberia, combined!
"Revelation Unveiled" provides believers with a solid, Bible-based foundation for the "Left Behind" series. That way, whoever believes those amazing novels can believe this one, too! Which, for an intelligent adult, would be quite the miracle!
--L
Unveiled Revelation Unveiled September 18, 2008
"Revelation Unveiled" is undoubtedly the best book I've ever read on the Book of Revelation. The Revelation itself is exactly that: a revelation. And a revelation from Jesus Christ to boot, which God the Father gave to Him. It says so in Chapter One, Verse One for the whole world to see. It also says there that it is to show Jesus' servants (Christians) what must soon come to pass.
Logically then, if people do not get this revealing, and see it as a hidden book which the very scripture itself says it is not, then they cannot be servants of Jesus Christ. Undoubtedly, they will be convinced that they are. But Jesus Himself warned His true servants that MANY would call Him "lord" (Matt 7:22) and would also tell Him of all the wonderful things and works they'd done IN HIS NAME--before He tells them He "never knew them" and to "depart from me ye that work iniquity" (verse 23).
Tim LaHaye has made a massive subject simple and to the point, while many theologians muddy the waters by saying it's a difficult book to understand. They do so contradicting what Jesus Himself said about it being a Revelation.
Like Tim LaHaye, I too have Roman Catholic connections, having been educated at their schools. Therefore I am all too aware that when anyone takes a Scriptural stance, rather than a Catholic theologically biased one, they are accused of Catholic bashing. Tim LaHaye, accused of Catholic bashing in "Revelation Unveiled", has done no such thing. Unless being scripturally sound is Catholic bashing! But that would mean that the Apostle Paul was Catholic bashing because he called the forbidding marriage a doctrine of demons (1 Timothy 4:1-3) and in the previous chapter (verse 2) he said that a bishop should have one wife. We can also accuse the Apostle Peter of Catholic bashing for being married (Matt 8:14: Mark 1:30; Luke 4:38) when marriage is forbidden to the Catholic clergy. And we might as well say Jesus Christ was Catholic bashing when He said, "Salvation is of the Jews" (John 4:22). After all, Catholicism itself says the very opposite in its Unam Sanctum. Indeed, we may as well call God a Catholic basher for giving Israel the second commandment, which the Catholics have annulled and added another "Thou shalt not covet" to make up the Ten Commandments.
One is considered to be a Catholic basher for reminding people of the Inquisition, an important part of history which should never be forgotten. One is called a Catholic basher for stating historical facts such as that in Roman Catholic countries Hitler's birthday was celebrated each year during his reign; and that Hitler openly stated that the Gestapo was build on the Jesuit Order he so overtly admired. ("See also"Hitler's Pope" by Catholic historian John Cornwell.)
This cry of Catholic bashing will not do. It is a ruse to stop people debating important views the Vatican does not like. And it has been used to accuse Tim LaHaye--whose father was a Roman Catholic--from trying to inform the man in the street on what the Bible actually teaches. And in "Revelation Unveiled" he has given the public important information.
The core of the book is that the Book of Revelation can be understood by anyone. The first chapter of Revelation itself tells us so because it says we will receive a blessing if we read it and "blessed are they that hear the words of this prophecy" (chapter 1, verse 3). How plainer can it be?
If Catholics feel that they need a priest to decipher it for them, that is their affair. If they expect everyone to think as they do, then let them point it out in Scriptures themselves. That's what Jesus Himself did when Satan tempted Him.
Of course, they cannot because no such thing is stated in the Book of Revelation or anywhere else in Scripture. Tim LaHaye knows that and he has acted upon it and written an educational and inspiring book.
I am thankful that he has done because I thoroughly enjoyed it. I often refer to it for study as I find it encouraging and sound theology. I would encourage anyone to read it for themselves and come to their own honest conclusions. And they can do so without worrying. No Inquisition can have anyone burnt at the stake nowadays for doing reading the Scriptures without a priest present... so far!
 You won't agree with it all August 9, 2008
No matter your theological stance on eschatology, there will be things you agree with and things you disagree with [welcome to most books on the subject]. The parallels between the churches in Asia Minor and the church throughout history is an interesting read [though, once again, I don't agree with some of the conclusions drawn]. Overall, recommend for any study on the book of Revelation.
Truth hurts but Christians are not to hate anyone just hate sin September 7, 2007
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I own this book and used it to teach Sunday School. My class found it very interesting and informative. It does make one think about what we have been taught and how Church today is in need of Spirit (Holy Spirit) guidance. I don't know how biased the interpretations are, but many of them make sense to me. I don't think Catholics are being bashed as a whole. Just some Roman pagan influence that is still in many different denominations is brought to light. The seven churches are very diverse and I don't see one religion being put down. Each church and each Christian must evaluate where we each fit in. And we live in a fallen world, Satan is the ruler right now. We battle the flesh (self) everyday. I belong to a Methodist Church right now and it is far from perfect. I have also been in a Christian, Baptist, Pentecostal, and have Catholic friends. None of them is perfect, but we can learn from each other. There is a Counterfeit Revival going on right now, and it is not the Catholic church. I do know my grandmother was told that in order to get my grandfather out of Pergutory (Where is that in the Bible?) had to pay the Catholic church alot of money. That is when she quit going to church.
God is bigger than any organization and He can reach down and touch any life. He does ask us to humble ourselves and pray and turn from our wicked ways, then He promises to hear us and reach down and heal our land.
I don't see much humility or prayer. He also tells us not to judge each other and I think the Left Behind series of books and movies will at least make people think about God and what the future holds. If one person comes to Salvation it is worth it. What are you doing to reach out?
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