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The Everlasting Hatred: The Roots of Jihad
A Hatred That Lasted 4000 Years... Best Selling author Hal Lindsey explains how, on September 11, an ancient fight-to-the-death conflict exploded on the shores of the U.S. Though most Americans didn't realize it, we were already involved in this struggle. A struggle driven by a hatred that goes back over 4000 years. Islamic fundamentalism's purpose is to replace the Judeo-Christian world order with an Islamic world order. Every American needs to understand the enormity of the threat we face -- and why. In the aftermath of 9/11 most Americans are * Why do most Muslims hate Jews?
* Why do Islamic fundamentalists hate the United States and call it "The Great Satan?"
* Why did Islamic terrorists sacrifice their own lives to kill Americans?
* Do Islamic fundamentalists have access to weapons of mass destruction?
* Could Islamic terrorists imperil the survival of the United States?
* What light does Bible prophecy shed on this?
* Does the Koran call for violence and conquest?
* Are the Islamic fundamentalists an aberration of the Muslim religion, or are they - as they claim - the "True followers of Mohammad?" This book will answer these questions with both Biblical and secular history. It will also bring new hope to the coming "perilous times."
* Why do Islamic fundamentalists hate the United States and call it "The Great Satan?"
* Why did Islamic terrorists sacrifice their own lives to kill Americans?
* Do Islamic fundamentalists have access to weapons of mass destruction?
* Could Islamic terrorists imperil the survival of the United States?
* What light does Bible prophecy shed on this?
* Does the Koran call for violence and conquest?
* Are the Islamic fundamentalists an aberration of the Muslim religion, or are they - as they claim - the "True followers of Mohammad?" This book will answer these questions with both Biblical and secular history. It will also bring new hope to the coming "perilous times."
265 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2002
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Hal Lindsey
105 books60 followersHarold Lee Lindsey was an American evangelical writer and television host. He wrote a series of popular apocalyptic books – beginning with The Late Great Planet Earth (1970) – asserting that the Apocalypse or end time (including the rapture) was imminent because current events were fulfilling Bible prophecy. He was a Christian Zionist and dispensationalist.
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September 7, 2013
THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN!!
I FINISHED THE BOOK IN ONE SINGLE NIGHT!!
ITS A BREATHTAKING JOURNEY FROM THE FIRST FAMILY OF ABRAHAM TO TODAY!!
IF YOU FEEL CLUELESS ABOUT ''''WHAT'S UP WITH ISRAEL??'''' OR WHAT'S UP WITH THE MIDDLE EAST FOR PAST 3000 YRS..ITS A MUST READ!!
EVEN IF YOU ARE PRO-ISRAEL LIKE ME AND KNOW A LOT ABOUT THEOLOGY AND GEOPOLITICS OF THE CONFLICT..THIS BOOK WILL MAKE YOU GAIN A LOTTA KNOWLEDGE..
THE BOOK IS FLAWLESS...FULL OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE AND THEOLOGY!
ALSO,THE BOOK IS VERY IN DEPTH IN ITS SUBJECT....AND ITS LIKE YOU CAN TIME TRAVEL WHILE RADIN THE BOOK!
I FINISHED THE BOOK IN ONE SINGLE NIGHT!!
ITS A BREATHTAKING JOURNEY FROM THE FIRST FAMILY OF ABRAHAM TO TODAY!!
IF YOU FEEL CLUELESS ABOUT ''''WHAT'S UP WITH ISRAEL??'''' OR WHAT'S UP WITH THE MIDDLE EAST FOR PAST 3000 YRS..ITS A MUST READ!!
EVEN IF YOU ARE PRO-ISRAEL LIKE ME AND KNOW A LOT ABOUT THEOLOGY AND GEOPOLITICS OF THE CONFLICT..THIS BOOK WILL MAKE YOU GAIN A LOTTA KNOWLEDGE..
THE BOOK IS FLAWLESS...FULL OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE AND THEOLOGY!
ALSO,THE BOOK IS VERY IN DEPTH IN ITS SUBJECT....AND ITS LIKE YOU CAN TIME TRAVEL WHILE RADIN THE BOOK!
September 5, 2013
This was interesting and mostly helpful. The proof-reader let a lot of things slip through. Also the author made some bold statements about scripture that is his opinion, not necessarily what the scripture meant. He also sometimes interpreted the scriptures to fit his ideas. Overall it was a pretty good explanation of how we got to where we are in the Israeli - Arab conflicts.
January 2, 2015
A great great great book!
One single book that tells U the history of 3000 years!Roots of Muslim rage that has historical basis,the story of 1t family(Abraham's family),how and why events occur in the middle east!!Why people think the way they do in the ME,why we all should support Israel!!A must read book that tells us the past,explain the present and gives us insight in the future!
5 stars
One single book that tells U the history of 3000 years!Roots of Muslim rage that has historical basis,the story of 1t family(Abraham's family),how and why events occur in the middle east!!Why people think the way they do in the ME,why we all should support Israel!!A must read book that tells us the past,explain the present and gives us insight in the future!
5 stars
February 17, 2022
An interesting take on the ongoing clash with Islam. Uncovers some of the myths being perpetuated in our media about problems in the Middle East.
Apparently Muslim armies have tried 5 times to destroy Israel and failed each time. And apparently they are still quite serious about doing it.
Apparently Muslim armies have tried 5 times to destroy Israel and failed each time. And apparently they are still quite serious about doing it.
September 17, 2011
Book provides background and authors thought on why there is hatred between the Arabs and Jewish people. Most of the hatred and disageement is over land and religion.
March 13, 2025
This book was ok, maybe 2.5. Sometimes Lindsey adequately provides footnotes but other times I wondered where he was getting his information from. Lindsey also makes specific prophetic statements but doesn’t really go deep theologically into a defense for those claims because that’s not the main focus of this book, rather it is his telling of some historical aspects related to the topic.
July 16, 2014
I have given my old copy to my brother and he has told me how he liked it. When WND published their version a few years later, I jumped at the chance of reading it again and bought it. I have re-learned the lessons of this book and the profound insight about this hatred.
January 4, 2025
A Succinct Centuries-Spanning History of the Middle East
Wow, what a wide-ranging book that brought a welcome biblical perspective to the perpetual conflicts raging in the Middle East. I learned so much I plan to go back and take notes, but... I will invest in the 2011 WND updated and revised edition. My original 2002 Oracle House edition is embarrassingly rife with typographical errors, the most I've ever encountered in a professionally published book. Lindsey and this book deserved better, and I'm glad they got it.
Unlike related books on the subject such as The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi, which begin their accounts in the late 19th century, Lindsey takes it from the top with Abraham and his squabbling sons Ishmael and Isaac. He masterfully traces through history the "everlasting hatred" of the title, bringing the story through 9/11 and illustrating how that age-old blood feud rages on even as the names have changed and the technology advanced.
Among my takeaways are a greater understanding of the rise and fall of the Ottoman Empire and the pivotal roles played by the Crusaders and Genghis Khan's Mongol hoards. I never before knew of Napoleon's thwarted intentions to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine. And while I knew the British played a lead role in modern Mideast history, I did not fully grasp how tainted and mercenary were their motivations, which duplicity cost them dearly: "These very actions are responsible for God destroying the British Empire. Shortly after World War II, the mighty world empire of Great Britain became a memory. Remember, God promised Abraham and his descendants, 'I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you'" (p. 206).
You won't read that in Niall Ferguson! And as much as I appreciate Ferguson's books, as a Christian it's good to read history written from a Christian worldview and to be reminded and reassured of God's providential hand on history and to have it declared boldly.
A surprise was the debunking of Lawrence of Arabia. I never saw the acclaimed epic movie, but Lindsey did, and I credit him for acknowledging the film "was great entertainment, but far from the truth" (p. 171). T.E. Lawrence's fabled Arab Revolt was a useful fiction that was strategically employed to swing British favor towards the Arabs, resulting in the redrawing of Palestinian boundaries and the creation ex nihilo of the Transjordan. Thinking about how myths shape reality for good or ill took me back to a film I did see, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and its iconic line, "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
The late great Hal Lindsey, who passed away at 95 on November 25, 2024, is renowned as a prophecy teacher, but in The Everlasting Hatred he turned his able mind and hand to history, weaving together insights drawn from the Bible, from historians Joan Peters and Barbara Tuchman, and investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, whose revelation of Israel's "Samson Option" was especially unsettling.
And speaking of "Revelation," Lindsey closes out the book with "Armageddon: The Climax of Hate," a chapter that looks ahead to the explosive ending to which all we've read about is rushing us headlong. End-time prophecy was Lindsey's bread n' butter and he deftly provided readers an accessible eschatological executive summary.
But whither America? Lindsey's conviction that the United States will have hit the showers before the bottom of the ninth inning is disconcerting, but he makes a compelling case from Scripture that Armageddon will be a Mideast, European, and Asian grudge match in which America plays no part. (Other prophecy teachers, such as Jonathan Cahn, have contended America will have a role. Some see the great eagle of Revelation 12:14 as America rescuing Israel. Is this sound exegesis or just sound marketing to patriotic Americans who refuse to believe God would leave us warming the bench?)
A highly recommended book, but primarily for those who see God's guiding hand on history, believe the Bible to be God's inspired word, and hold to a premillennial dispensationalist eschatology. Readers lacking one of these three components may struggle with Lindsey's historiography and conclusions, but--if reading with an open mind and teachable heart--they are guaranteed to learn something new and to see past, present, and future events from a possibly startling new perspective.
Wow, what a wide-ranging book that brought a welcome biblical perspective to the perpetual conflicts raging in the Middle East. I learned so much I plan to go back and take notes, but... I will invest in the 2011 WND updated and revised edition. My original 2002 Oracle House edition is embarrassingly rife with typographical errors, the most I've ever encountered in a professionally published book. Lindsey and this book deserved better, and I'm glad they got it.
Unlike related books on the subject such as The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi, which begin their accounts in the late 19th century, Lindsey takes it from the top with Abraham and his squabbling sons Ishmael and Isaac. He masterfully traces through history the "everlasting hatred" of the title, bringing the story through 9/11 and illustrating how that age-old blood feud rages on even as the names have changed and the technology advanced.
Among my takeaways are a greater understanding of the rise and fall of the Ottoman Empire and the pivotal roles played by the Crusaders and Genghis Khan's Mongol hoards. I never before knew of Napoleon's thwarted intentions to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine. And while I knew the British played a lead role in modern Mideast history, I did not fully grasp how tainted and mercenary were their motivations, which duplicity cost them dearly: "These very actions are responsible for God destroying the British Empire. Shortly after World War II, the mighty world empire of Great Britain became a memory. Remember, God promised Abraham and his descendants, 'I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you'" (p. 206).
You won't read that in Niall Ferguson! And as much as I appreciate Ferguson's books, as a Christian it's good to read history written from a Christian worldview and to be reminded and reassured of God's providential hand on history and to have it declared boldly.
A surprise was the debunking of Lawrence of Arabia. I never saw the acclaimed epic movie, but Lindsey did, and I credit him for acknowledging the film "was great entertainment, but far from the truth" (p. 171). T.E. Lawrence's fabled Arab Revolt was a useful fiction that was strategically employed to swing British favor towards the Arabs, resulting in the redrawing of Palestinian boundaries and the creation ex nihilo of the Transjordan. Thinking about how myths shape reality for good or ill took me back to a film I did see, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and its iconic line, "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
The late great Hal Lindsey, who passed away at 95 on November 25, 2024, is renowned as a prophecy teacher, but in The Everlasting Hatred he turned his able mind and hand to history, weaving together insights drawn from the Bible, from historians Joan Peters and Barbara Tuchman, and investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, whose revelation of Israel's "Samson Option" was especially unsettling.
And speaking of "Revelation," Lindsey closes out the book with "Armageddon: The Climax of Hate," a chapter that looks ahead to the explosive ending to which all we've read about is rushing us headlong. End-time prophecy was Lindsey's bread n' butter and he deftly provided readers an accessible eschatological executive summary.
But whither America? Lindsey's conviction that the United States will have hit the showers before the bottom of the ninth inning is disconcerting, but he makes a compelling case from Scripture that Armageddon will be a Mideast, European, and Asian grudge match in which America plays no part. (Other prophecy teachers, such as Jonathan Cahn, have contended America will have a role. Some see the great eagle of Revelation 12:14 as America rescuing Israel. Is this sound exegesis or just sound marketing to patriotic Americans who refuse to believe God would leave us warming the bench?)
A highly recommended book, but primarily for those who see God's guiding hand on history, believe the Bible to be God's inspired word, and hold to a premillennial dispensationalist eschatology. Readers lacking one of these three components may struggle with Lindsey's historiography and conclusions, but--if reading with an open mind and teachable heart--they are guaranteed to learn something new and to see past, present, and future events from a possibly startling new perspective.
October 14, 2024
Hal Lindsey made a fucking fortune off of his bestseller The Late Great Planet Earth, which was even made into a movie (which I was forced to watch when I was a kid.) It claimed that everything in the Book of Revelations would happen any day now.
Nearly fifty years have passed, and still nothing has happened. Lindsey has continued to make prophecies which never come true, and publish books, and get his own television show, and make millions off of deluding the stupid.
And writes in The Everlasting Hate with no trace of irony whatsoever about what the Bible says how false prophets should be punished:
If any part of his prophecy did not come true, the people were to stone the person as a false prophet.
I guess throwing stones was just a euphemism for throwing money, Hal?
This book was published in 2011. It shows why there was more of a rise in Islamaphobia in the years to come than even directly after 9/11. It crystallized the beliefs of Christian Evangelicals and Christian Nationals in an easy to read format.
For all of his lies and fear mongering, Lindsey knows how to write. He doesn't bounce from topic to topic like many other Christian writers. He picks a topic and sticks to it.
But, like other Christian writers, he gives myth the same prominence as historical proof. He assumes the King James Bible and ONLY the KJV is the Word of God. He doesn't bother looking at earlier texts. Heaven forbid he talk to a Jew or an Arab.
He also makes no attempt to hide his hatred for gays. He says he personally stood looking down at where the city of Sodom allegedly was, and writes that this is how God treats all sodomites. There is no definitive proof that there was ever a city called Sodom.
Lindsey also says that America always supported the Jews. This is historically inaccurate. For example, the American government knew all about concentration camps long before they decided to fight in WWII. But the President couldn't get any support for helping Jews. There was even a ship filled with Jewish refugees turned away from America and sent back to Germany, condemning the passengers to death in concentration camps.
America only supported the creation of Israel because it hoped to dump all of their Jews there. Billy Graham was caught on one on Nixon's tapes complaining about American Jews, saying the best Jews were ones who lived in Israel.
Christians can't wait for Armageddon, since this means afterwards they get to rule the world. This is the shit I was spoon-fed throughout my entire childhood. Christians see all Jews as pathetic, and all Arabs as demons. This is why Christian Nationals in particular have zero interest in peace in the Middle East.
By the way, near the end of this book, Lindsey blames Obama for Armageddon, because of his "reckless spending." And somehow, Armageddon still didn't happen, even through another Obama term.
Oh yeah -- Lindsey also mentions that Muslims are more dangerous than the Soviet Union ever was, because he thought the Soviets weren't dumb enough to ever use nuclear weapons ... which may explain why Christian Nationals now want to cozy up to Putin, who has been blatant in his putting the USSR back together again. He's also said he has no qualms using nuclear weapons on anyone who tries to stop him.
Nearly fifty years have passed, and still nothing has happened. Lindsey has continued to make prophecies which never come true, and publish books, and get his own television show, and make millions off of deluding the stupid.
And writes in The Everlasting Hate with no trace of irony whatsoever about what the Bible says how false prophets should be punished:
If any part of his prophecy did not come true, the people were to stone the person as a false prophet.
I guess throwing stones was just a euphemism for throwing money, Hal?
This book was published in 2011. It shows why there was more of a rise in Islamaphobia in the years to come than even directly after 9/11. It crystallized the beliefs of Christian Evangelicals and Christian Nationals in an easy to read format.
For all of his lies and fear mongering, Lindsey knows how to write. He doesn't bounce from topic to topic like many other Christian writers. He picks a topic and sticks to it.
But, like other Christian writers, he gives myth the same prominence as historical proof. He assumes the King James Bible and ONLY the KJV is the Word of God. He doesn't bother looking at earlier texts. Heaven forbid he talk to a Jew or an Arab.
He also makes no attempt to hide his hatred for gays. He says he personally stood looking down at where the city of Sodom allegedly was, and writes that this is how God treats all sodomites. There is no definitive proof that there was ever a city called Sodom.
Lindsey also says that America always supported the Jews. This is historically inaccurate. For example, the American government knew all about concentration camps long before they decided to fight in WWII. But the President couldn't get any support for helping Jews. There was even a ship filled with Jewish refugees turned away from America and sent back to Germany, condemning the passengers to death in concentration camps.
America only supported the creation of Israel because it hoped to dump all of their Jews there. Billy Graham was caught on one on Nixon's tapes complaining about American Jews, saying the best Jews were ones who lived in Israel.
Christians can't wait for Armageddon, since this means afterwards they get to rule the world. This is the shit I was spoon-fed throughout my entire childhood. Christians see all Jews as pathetic, and all Arabs as demons. This is why Christian Nationals in particular have zero interest in peace in the Middle East.
By the way, near the end of this book, Lindsey blames Obama for Armageddon, because of his "reckless spending." And somehow, Armageddon still didn't happen, even through another Obama term.
Oh yeah -- Lindsey also mentions that Muslims are more dangerous than the Soviet Union ever was, because he thought the Soviets weren't dumb enough to ever use nuclear weapons ... which may explain why Christian Nationals now want to cozy up to Putin, who has been blatant in his putting the USSR back together again. He's also said he has no qualms using nuclear weapons on anyone who tries to stop him.
April 8, 2019
This book should be read by the Washington Democratic Party. This Will Open eyes to what is Really Happening and why we as a nation should be not be so generous with our border wall and it's free pass crossing!
October 18, 2019
The author is really good at explaining. How current events line up with scripture. In my opinion the book is a easy read. He grab my attention and kept it until completion.
October 6, 2020
Good read, learned a lot of history both ancient and within the last 100 years I did not know.
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November 25, 2023
informative within this perspective.
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