Reviews
Review by: Jim Garlow, Skyline Church - August 4, 2011
"Each time I read his writing, I find myself saying, ‘Aha!' or ‘I wish I'd thought of that.'"
Jim Garlow, bestselling coauthor of Cracking Da Vinci's Code
Review by: Hal Seed, New Song Community Church - August 4, 2011
For decades, Christians have taken one side or another in the interpretation of the Bible’s future events. I like the “different views” approach because it allows believers to think and decide for themselves. Timothy’s work avoids speculative extremes and helps us understand end-times prophecy from start to finish. I love the charts, diagrams and pictures!
Hal Seed Founding pastor, New Song Community Church. author of Future History: Understanding the Book of Daniel and End Times Prophecy. Hal holds degrees from Wheaton College, Denver Seminary (M.Div.) and Fuller Seminary (D.Min.)
Review by: Dr. Abner Chou, Master's College, Santa Clarita, CA - August 25, 2011
In the midst of eschatological debates and arguments, this book [Rose Guide to End-Times Prophecy] provides a refreshingly fair and irenic approach to a difficult and sensitive topic. It will certainly help the reader understand the breadth of theological issues involved in discussing the end times. Most importantly, it places the reader’s attention on the issue the Scriptures emphasizes: the glory of God and His faithfulness to His Word. Having this biblical perspective makes this book a must read for those in the church to rightly grasp the content and beauty of eschatology.
Review by: Sid Roth, Host, It's Supernatural! Television - August 30, 2011
It's too important to let someone else think for you concerning end times. “The Rose Guide to End-Time Prophecy” will allow you to be knowledgeable of the exciting new season we are entering. You must be knowledgeable of God's position.
Review by: Dr. Russell Moore, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary - September 7, 2011
It doesn't take long for a discussion of the end times to get kooky, hyper-complex, or both. If you're afraid to talk about the last days because you're afraid you'll wind up gazing at byzantine prophecy charts or listening to someone talk about how you ought to be storing up food and weapons, this book is for you. Timothy Paul Jones, one of the most brilliant scholars in the Christian world, takes the words of Jesus seriously, all of them, including the ones about the end. He takes them so seriously that he refuses to hide them under a bushel of scholarly jargon or of sensationalistic hype. Read and be blessed.
Review by: Jerry Newcombe, (formerly Coral Ridge Ministries) - September 14, 2011
Dr. Timothy Paul Jones is a wonderful scholar of the New Testament. When my younger brother made a film about the history of the Church for the Lausanne Committee (Capetown 2010), Dr. Jones was one of only two or three scholars that helped my brother with critical background information. His new book on the end-times is an excellent resource to guide through the maze of conflicting opinions on a difficult subject, where there is genuine disagreement among well-meaning and well-learned scholars.
Review by: Pastor Gino Geraci, Calvary Chapel South Denver, Salem Media Talk Show Host - October 4, 2011
Simple. Helpful. Biblical. What’s not to love? Rose Guide to End-Times Prophecy provides the reader with a way to think about the end-times with hope rather than the end-times in confusion.
Dr. Timothy Paul Jones avoids egg-head explanations but retains a rich respect for the differences in the four main camps of end-time apologists. The book incorporates a simple and understandable guide to the main views of Amillennialism, Postmillennialism, Premillennialism and Historical Premillennialism. This careful scholar avoids cartoon caricatures of the different views but gives helpful summaries of ways of interpreting the Bible and all four views of the end times. Dr. Timothy Paul Jones gives the reader a helpful way of understanding the differences and why those differences persist.
The good Doctor takes his own advice; he refuses to slip into unwarranted speculation or slip into shoulder-shrugging cynicism. He knows the reason. The future matters.
Review by: Joel - October 19, 2011
Award winning author Timothy Paul Jones has written perhaps the most definitive book on Prophecy and the end times.
Two of the most outstanding features of the book are simply, the content and the charts. Jones goes into intricate detail on every subject, and the eye-popping charts will leave you breathless. Charts included are ones on Covenants, 4 Views on Ezekiel's Temple, Beasts, and one of the best in the entire book, The Apostle's Creed. (pg.42-43)
Chapter 12, WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD, is perhaps the best in the book.
An outstanding, colorful resource for group or individual study.
Review by: Darrell J. Ahrens, BA Chapman U., MSBA Boston U., MDiv Fuller - November 23, 2011
This [Rose Guide to End-Times Prophecy ] is one of the best books I have read on the subject. It gives a thorough, clear, and concise explanation of the various interpretations of passages dealing with end-times prophecies in both Old and New Testaments, and specifically in the books of Daniel and Revelation. [Rose Guide to End-Times Prophecy] deals with these passages on the basis of scriptural , historical, and scholarly integrity, and does not indulge in wild speculation common in so many books dealing with the end times. The illustrations, pictures, and diagrams are attractive and highly informative and expertly serve to clarify and summarize the narrative.
The book is true to the biblical exhortation, "For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears," 1Cor. 13:9-10. The authors make it clear that their objective is not to focus primarily on times, dates, or events, but to focus on Jesus, who is the source of God's creation, the source of God's redemption for His creation and humankind, the focus of God's revelation, and the goal of God's plan in all of history, including the end times which will bring history to its conclusion. Altogether, the book is a highly invaluable resource to anyone seeking a greater understanding of end-times prophecies.
Review by: Pastor Alan Kraft, Senior Pastor Of Christ Community Church, Greeley, CO and author of “Good News For Those Trying Harder - December 6, 2011
This [Rose Guide to End-Times Prophecy ] is an amazingly helpful book. It provides balanced and easily understood explanations of varying end times perspectives. It is definitely a resource I will use again and again. I highly recommend it.
Review by: Guy Prentiss Waters, Associate Professor Of New Testament - January 12, 2012
Kudos to Dr. Timothy Paul Jones – he has taken a difficult subject and presented it concisely, clearly, and colorfully. Jones’s book offers the fruit of scholarship and research in such a way that both scholar and non-scholar alike can read and profit. He is eminently measured and fair in his presentation of the various views that Christians have held on prophecy and the future. I especially appreciate how Jones allows the reader to see representative views, on topic after topic, speak for themselves. Here is the book [Rose Guide to End-Times Prophecy] that I will want close at hand when I preach or teach biblical passages relating to the future.