Armageddon: Appointment with Destiny

by Grant R. Jeffrey

As the world rushed toward the new millennium, many were asking:

·Is the Year 2000 significant in the plan of God?
·Are we the generation that will see the return of Christ?
·Will Israel actually rebuild the Temple?
·Why are the Arabs willing to go to war over Jerusalem?
·Why are the nations arming for Armageddon?

Grant R. Jeffrey has thoroughly revised and expanded his prophetic best-selling book Armageddon with more than eighty pages of incredible research that will give you the real story behind the fast breaking news from Washington, Europe, and the Middle East. Over half a million readers enjoyed the first edition. Now, for the rest of the story…

This book will challenge you with its unique discovery that virtually every major event in the history of Israel has occurred on the anniversary of Feast of the Passover, Pentecost, Feast of Tabernacles, etc. Discover the mysterious role of the ark of the covenant in Israel’s past and its role in the rebuilding of the temple in our day. Explore powerful prophecies that prove that Jesus is the Messiah. Twenty prophetic signs warn our generation to prepare for the glorious return of Jesus Christ.

Genres: Religion, Christian, Nonfiction, Christianity

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Grant R. Jeffrey is internationally recognized as a leading author on Bible prophecy, history, and apologetics. More than 3.5 million readers have read Grant's 12 best selling books.

Reviews

[Steven H · Rating 2 out of 5]

THE POPULAR WRITER LOOKS AT THE PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL, ETC.

Grant Reid Jeffrey (1948-2012) was a Canadian Bible teacher of Bible prophecy and biblical archaeology; he wrote a great number of books, such as 'His Name is Jesus: The Mysterious Yeshua Codes,' 'The New Temple and the Second Coming,' 'Jesus: The Great Debate,' etc. He also wrote the Foreword to 'Image of the Risen Christ: Remarkable New Evidence About the Shroud.'

He wrote in the Introduction to this 1997 book, "The theme of this book is that throughout history God has set precise, prophetic 'appointments with destiny' for Israel, the Gentile nations, and for individuals... the evidence in this book strongly suggests that God has set prophetic appointments for our generation which will also be fulfilled 'at the time appointed.'" (Pg. 7) "The primary focus of this book is to present an interpretation of the unique prophecies concerning Israel and the nations; it does not focus directly on the prophecies about the Church... [The book] explores the astonishing precision in the accurate fulfillment of past prophecies. In addition it examines the prophecies leading up to the Second Coming of Christ that are being fulfilled in our generation." (Pg. 10)

He says, "the final week of Daniel 9:27 is the climactic seven years towards which all of Jewish and Gentile human history has been inexorably focused. When Israel rejected Jesus Christ as their promised Messiah on Palm Sunday, April 6, A.D. 32---'the time of thy visitation' on the last day of Daniel's sixty-ninth week of prophecy---God's prophetic clock was stopped. The Lord postponed the prophesied Kingdom for almost two thousand years." (Pg. 30) He suggested, "At that time [1958], Europe, unknowingly, took its first tentative steps toward the long-prophesied ten-nation confederacy based on the ancient Roman Empire." (Pg. 186)

He argues, "Consider the fact that during the Great Tribulation, anyone who has access to a Bible will be able to calculate the 1260 days ... from the time Antichrist enters the rebuilt Temple to the exact day when the Battle of Armageddon will occur. God revealed such a specific time prophecy to encourage those who become believers during the Great Tribulation to resist the Antichrist... These facts suggest that Christ's statement, 'But of that day and hour knoweth no man,' was not a universal, unlimited pronouncement for all time, but rather, it was a description of the limited knowledge of the time of the 'last days' that would prevail from the first century until the final generation..." (Pg. 208)

This book will be of interest to students of biblical prophecy.

[Joseph Ferragamo · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is good material although it is outdated. It could use an update but the author has passed away

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book outlines all the biblical passages that have fortold and will foretell what has happened and what will happen. Interpretation is always there, but when proof is given of the events of the past, it is hard to dispell what we may see in our lives. Take your time with this one, as there is a lot to take in. Good read.

[Ray · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit dated

[Shane Savage · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although a proponent of the rapture.. A well researched book.