The End Times Made Simple

I can’t be bothered to scan the cover of The End Times Made Simple, by Samuel E. Waldron, for a brief review of an 80/20 read like this.  I believe the book can be summed up by the following excerpt:

Christians may put aside their assumptions that biblical eschatology is too complex for them.  There are only two ages – one temporal and natural, the other eternal and supernatural, separated by the second coming, and resurrection.  If one grasps this, one knows vastly more than most of the so-called “prophetic teachers” of our day.

Waldron make a good case for Amillenialism, mostly by elimination of the alternatives (particularly dispensationalism), though I wish he’d lay it out graphically somewhere as his position.  There are a few good graphs, but some illustrate what he believes to be incorrect positions, and there’s no quick and easy way to tell.  Also, the omission of an index is a glaring defect of an otherwise readable and well-argued book.  I’m keeping the book, but don’t expect it to see any use anytime soon, unless the topic comes up or someone wants to borrow it.

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