Andrew James LaTeer's Blog

Maranatha, written by Andrew James LaTeer.

For a first attempt at writing, Mr. LaTeer, tackles a very difficult and controversial subject.  Mr. LaTeer tackles the Biblical end of days with all the passion of professional football player trying to score the winning touchdown of a championship game.

While the subject matter is not headline making, major news coverage, stop the presses controversial; LaTeer takes the subject on as if it is.  Mr. LaTeer gives the reader various viewpoints and discusses them while providing Biblical passages that support those viewpoints, as well as his own. LaTeer does this in such away; the common man can follow it, research it and decide for himself.

What makes this book stand out to this writer is the straight forward way that LaTeer provides his information.  LaTeer must have written with Bible in hand.  LaTeer gives the verse (or verses) that he is speaking about throughout the book.  Following the quotation of choice, LaTeer discusses the passage from his view point as well as other popular view points if there are any. Many times throughout the book the quotation used is confusing, so before going through the discussion, LaTeer clears up the muddiness.

The style of writing that Mr. LaTeer utilized in writing his work is refreshingly different.   As a recent college student, I noticed that this work is written as if it is an intense, provocative lecture that would take a good deal of the semester to complete.  Like a great professor, LaTeer tells the reader what he will be telling them, tells them in a multitude of ways, and then tells them what he has told them.  There is a subtle rhyme and cadence of repetitiveness, but not to the point of redundancy.   LaTeer utilizes this literary technique to make the important facts stay with the reader and focus the reader in on the passages that he feels needs the extra attention.

I admit that, going into this project, this writer is almost illiterate as far as biblical studies and speaking theologically; however this work quickly made me understand that I did not need theology training to follow along and discuss the context.

Revelation 1:1–1

"[THIS IS] the revelation of Jesus Christ [His unveiling of the divine mysteries]. God gave it to Him to disclose and make known to His bond servants certain things which must shortly and speedily come to pass in their entirety. And He sent and communicated it through His angel (messenger) to His bond servant John." Notice that John himself is identified as a bond servant. It also is important to note the purpose of the revelation is to show His bond servants what must come to pass. This book is written for God's bond servants even more so than the Church or Israel. This revelation is for this last generation of bond servants who are alive at the time of the great tribulation and the reign of the Antichrist.

I would like to give a word on bond servants, as there will doubtless

be some who are unfamiliar with this term. A bond servant was someone who started out as a slave and, in Jewish custom when the slave had served for a certain number of years; he was to be set free. However, if that servant who was granted his freedom stated, "I do not wish to be free from you," he was considered a bond servant. Basically, he loved his master and did not want to be parted from him. Instead of compulsion, it was love that was the driving force in his life. This servant was taken before the authorities and his ear was pierced as evidence of his devotion to his master for life, so a love servant you could say (Exodus 21:1–6).

Write down the things you see because they pertain to the future

and I am going to reveal what my plans are to my bond servants so they can be prepared. Whoever these bond servants are, this book is for them, so that makes them especially important in this time period. I believe God has had bond servants in every generation. As we look through the Scriptures in every age, God has had bond servants. In the Old Testament we have had: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Daniel, Job and many others as bond servants for their generation. In the New Testament we have had: Jesus, Peter, Paul, James and John, with many others as bond servants for their generation. In our generation can anyone believe that Billy Graham and David Wilkerson were not bond servants? We tend to make it more mystical than it actually is. These are men and women who are completely sold out to the Lord with no reservations, and are love slaves. Paul often started his books with "From Paul a bond servant of Jesus Christ…"

I have known the Lord for over 30 years. I graduated from Mid-America Teen Challenge in the 80′s and Elim Bible Institute in the 90′s. I have recently written a book on the End of the Age. I did this because as one who studied a lot I felt there was a lot out there that was either off in Left Field or so scholarly that the normal person would really have a hard time understanding. It was my desire to do a balanced, down to earth study of the subject that the average Joe would be able to follow. I believe God has graced me with a certain measure of success.

I have written a book about the End of the Age, because, as one who has read a lot on the subject I felt there was a need for simplicity in the subject matter. The topic is anything but simplistic however, much that is complicated can be simplified for readers.  The interest in the subject matter has increased recently due to a lot of different factors: economic crises, rioting, increased violence, murder, sexual exploitation of children, natural disasters, etc.

Many people are asking "What the heck is going on with this world"? I do not propose to know all the answers. I do believe that the book has some that may be of great interest to the curious.