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God, AI and the End of History: Understanding the Book of Revelation in an Age of Intelligent Machines
608 pages, Hardcover
Published September 16, 2025
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August 8, 2025
This was an interesting yet unexpected book. It was a biblical commentary on the book of Revelation. Given the title and sub-title, I had expected more on AI and Intelligent Machines, while wondering how that discussion would be included. What I found was that Prof. Lennox looked at how AI and Intelligent Machines could be used to help understand how a worldwide government might work (following the example of China with their video surveillance and social credit system) and how the demonic armies might look (based on drone swarms). He wasn’t at all dogmatic about the idea, but merely suggested the possibility, and this was just about all the mention of AI and Intelligent Machines in the book. From my perspective this was a good thing, but I cannot help feeling that the title overstated the book’s contents.
There were a few strong aspects of the book. Prof. Lennox demonstrated how the themes in the book of Revelation came from previous scripture, typically the New Testament and the prophetic writings from the Old. This aspect of the book was outstanding and highly interesting and educational. He also consistently asked (rhetorically) what was important for us about each passage, bringing out relevant pastoral or spiritual meaning and instruction. Based on other books on Revelation this was a pleasant change and might have been a surprise had I not read other books and listened to other talks from Prof. Lennox.
The way the author dealt with topics in Revelation that have caused historic confusion, conflict and argument did surprise me. He would often introduce a topic, sometimes provide different views that have been accepted, provide the reader with reference material if they want to dig in deeper, and then going on to the next passage without out making any attempt to resolve anything. Sometimes I think this was the wisest approach. At other times, it felt as if he was thinking (as I often do): “I really don’t care, as this isn’t the point”. His general approach was to try to balance a literal and symbolic interpretation of the text, often stating that the text has to mean something real, and what is that? I thought he did an excellent job in this balancing act.
Occasionally, he ignored aspects of Revelation that I think are interesting (and possibly important), such as potential Preterist interpretations based on history. He also spoke disdainfully about Amillennialism, even though (as he wrote) it was a main interpretation in the church from the time of Augustine. I found that unexpected and surprising as I think some Amillennial views have considerably more merit than he does. But as a Panmillennialist (i.e., I have no idea what will happen, but am happy to trust God), this didn’t disturb my reading of his excellent book.
There were a few strong aspects of the book. Prof. Lennox demonstrated how the themes in the book of Revelation came from previous scripture, typically the New Testament and the prophetic writings from the Old. This aspect of the book was outstanding and highly interesting and educational. He also consistently asked (rhetorically) what was important for us about each passage, bringing out relevant pastoral or spiritual meaning and instruction. Based on other books on Revelation this was a pleasant change and might have been a surprise had I not read other books and listened to other talks from Prof. Lennox.
The way the author dealt with topics in Revelation that have caused historic confusion, conflict and argument did surprise me. He would often introduce a topic, sometimes provide different views that have been accepted, provide the reader with reference material if they want to dig in deeper, and then going on to the next passage without out making any attempt to resolve anything. Sometimes I think this was the wisest approach. At other times, it felt as if he was thinking (as I often do): “I really don’t care, as this isn’t the point”. His general approach was to try to balance a literal and symbolic interpretation of the text, often stating that the text has to mean something real, and what is that? I thought he did an excellent job in this balancing act.
Occasionally, he ignored aspects of Revelation that I think are interesting (and possibly important), such as potential Preterist interpretations based on history. He also spoke disdainfully about Amillennialism, even though (as he wrote) it was a main interpretation in the church from the time of Augustine. I found that unexpected and surprising as I think some Amillennial views have considerably more merit than he does. But as a Panmillennialist (i.e., I have no idea what will happen, but am happy to trust God), this didn’t disturb my reading of his excellent book.
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