Ten Popular Prophecy Myths Exposed and Answered: The Last Days Might Not Be As Near As You Think

Since the reestablishment of Israel in 1948, “end-time” prophetic speculation has been on the rise. While there is a long history of date setting, the past century has seen an exponential increase in the number of books proclaiming that the end is near. It’s time that the “Boy who cried wolf” syndrome be dealt with in a biblical way.

Millions of books have been sold proclaiming countless false prophecies. Many Christians are beginning to take a second look at the biblical prophetic record. A seismic shift in biblical eschatology is taking place around the world because Christians, some for the first time, are willing to challenge what they have been taught based on what the Bible actually says.

Gary DeMar has taken on the task of exposing some of the popular myths foisted upon the public by prophetic speculators:

1. The Myth of the Israel-Church Distinction
2. The Myth that the Modern State of Israel is a Sign that the Rapture is Near
3. The Myth that Only Dispensationalists Have a Future for Israel
4. The Myth of the Postponed Abrahamic Covenant
5. The Myth of Replacement Theology
6. The Myth that Animal Sacrifices and Circumcision Are Everlasting Rites
7. The Myth that the Temple Needs to be Rebuilt
8. The Myth that the Gospel Has Yet to be Preached in the Whole World
9. The Myth that Earthquakes are Signs of the End Times
10. The Myth that Oil in Israel is a Prophetic Sign

10 Popular Prophecy Myths Exposed and Answered might rattle your beliefs and shake you to the core. Hopefully, it will drive to the Bible to be a Berean and “see if these things are so” (Acts 17:11). In the end, you will be a better student of God’s Word, and isn’t that what it’s really all about?

Bonus: Three new appendices have been also been added to this edition.