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Review by Lbowie10 -- Roadmap to the End of Days
[Following is a volunteer review of "Roadmap to the End of Days" by Daniel Friedmann.]
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Roadmap to the End of Days is exactly what it advertises, a chronological map that, while complicated at times leads us directly to the end of man kind’s existence as we understand it. The book effectively lays out the journey from the creation of man to the end of days as a glass maze, where the human race traverses without a map, repeating several sections by accident throughout history, and occasionally glimpsing the exit only to find ourselves nowhere near it. That being said, the book does outline an end date, if we don’t trigger the apocalypse/end of days ourselves, then the maze will be shut down, the lights brought up and we shall continue to the end, whether or not we are prepared.
The book is broken down in to several parts including understanding time as biblical scholars understand it, understanding and accepting our supposed divine purpose, recognizing our past deviations from said purpose, mapping out the timeline for the human race from creation to the end, and identifying the critical periods where the option to skip to the end of days was presented, but we missed it. The author aligns biblical events with more recent events to explain how the prophecies could have been fulfilled at various times throughout history. An example would be the comparison of the relationship between Ishmeal and Sarah to the current relationship between the Western Countries and the Middle East.
If you don’t know who Ishmeal and Sarah are, don’t fret you can still read the Roadmap to the End of Days. The author puts together an excellent glossary, endnotes and multiple appendixes, full of charts and tables to guide anyone who wishes to read the book it to the end. I really enjoyed the attention to detail and the ability to read the book without having to stop to do side research.
The book is a relatively short read, advertised at 198 pages on Kindle, only about 50% of the book was text, while the remaining were extras as listed above. That being said, although the book is a short read it is not quick. The glossary and appendixes are not there for bonus reading, and the average reader will require at least parts of them as they navigate the book.
The book itself is written in a style almost like a text book, and while the author is clearly a religious person, the reader need not be to enjoy it. I, myself am not a religious person, however I found the content interesting, the research solid, and the premise of the book enjoyable all the same. Being less than religious, I am not fully familiar with all the prophecies and stories that religions teach, but the author more than compensated for my lack of knowledge with an easily accessible wealth of information at the end of the book. One benefit to reading this on Kindle, was the ease of navigating between the book and the glossary/appendixes. That said, you may want to grab a notebook and pen (or notetaking app) to jot some things down as you read so that you can look further into them later, or make notes to check the glossary at the end of the chapter.
Regardless of your religious convictions, Roadmap to the End of Days an enlightening way to spend an afternoon. I don’t feel compelled to dive into religion after reading Roadmap, but I do feel like I learned something, if nothing else I know a significant amount more about certain tales and prophecies from the Bible/Torah, and I know to not make any serious plans for the year 2240. The book was not hard to read, although as I said you will require some time and commitment, especially if you are not already familiar with biblical persons, timeframes and theories. Furthermore, the book lends itself to be read over a few sessions. Reading one or two chapters, with the extra information and then taking some time to really think about it and understand the points that the author is putting forth will make the later chapters both easier to read and more enjoyable.
My favorite part of the book was the alignment of events throughout history to what the author believed was their biblical counterparts. It shows how history really does in a way repeat itself if we fail to learn from our mistakes. I also thoroughly enjoyed the comparisons drawn by the author, starting with the glass maze comparison mentioned earlier and continuing with comparisons including the growth of humans into a higher being in the seventh millennium to caterpillars and the quality of that higher existence to the aging of wine. The writer draws easy comparisons that allow the reader to follow what may otherwise be a somewhat difficult theological theory of the future. The only criticism that I have for the book is that I would have like to see the use of other religions theories to see if they hold up to or align with the biblical version of things. If would have been nice to see if everyone’s prophecies line up or only those developed out of Judaism/Christianity.
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Roadmap to the End of Days is exactly what it advertises, a chronological map that, while complicated at times leads us directly to the end of man kind’s existence as we understand it. The book effectively lays out the journey from the creation of man to the end of days as a glass maze, where the human race traverses without a map, repeating several sections by accident throughout history, and occasionally glimpsing the exit only to find ourselves nowhere near it. That being said, the book does outline an end date, if we don’t trigger the apocalypse/end of days ourselves, then the maze will be shut down, the lights brought up and we shall continue to the end, whether or not we are prepared.
The book is broken down in to several parts including understanding time as biblical scholars understand it, understanding and accepting our supposed divine purpose, recognizing our past deviations from said purpose, mapping out the timeline for the human race from creation to the end, and identifying the critical periods where the option to skip to the end of days was presented, but we missed it. The author aligns biblical events with more recent events to explain how the prophecies could have been fulfilled at various times throughout history. An example would be the comparison of the relationship between Ishmeal and Sarah to the current relationship between the Western Countries and the Middle East.
If you don’t know who Ishmeal and Sarah are, don’t fret you can still read the Roadmap to the End of Days. The author puts together an excellent glossary, endnotes and multiple appendixes, full of charts and tables to guide anyone who wishes to read the book it to the end. I really enjoyed the attention to detail and the ability to read the book without having to stop to do side research.
The book is a relatively short read, advertised at 198 pages on Kindle, only about 50% of the book was text, while the remaining were extras as listed above. That being said, although the book is a short read it is not quick. The glossary and appendixes are not there for bonus reading, and the average reader will require at least parts of them as they navigate the book.
The book itself is written in a style almost like a text book, and while the author is clearly a religious person, the reader need not be to enjoy it. I, myself am not a religious person, however I found the content interesting, the research solid, and the premise of the book enjoyable all the same. Being less than religious, I am not fully familiar with all the prophecies and stories that religions teach, but the author more than compensated for my lack of knowledge with an easily accessible wealth of information at the end of the book. One benefit to reading this on Kindle, was the ease of navigating between the book and the glossary/appendixes. That said, you may want to grab a notebook and pen (or notetaking app) to jot some things down as you read so that you can look further into them later, or make notes to check the glossary at the end of the chapter.
Regardless of your religious convictions, Roadmap to the End of Days an enlightening way to spend an afternoon. I don’t feel compelled to dive into religion after reading Roadmap, but I do feel like I learned something, if nothing else I know a significant amount more about certain tales and prophecies from the Bible/Torah, and I know to not make any serious plans for the year 2240. The book was not hard to read, although as I said you will require some time and commitment, especially if you are not already familiar with biblical persons, timeframes and theories. Furthermore, the book lends itself to be read over a few sessions. Reading one or two chapters, with the extra information and then taking some time to really think about it and understand the points that the author is putting forth will make the later chapters both easier to read and more enjoyable.
My favorite part of the book was the alignment of events throughout history to what the author believed was their biblical counterparts. It shows how history really does in a way repeat itself if we fail to learn from our mistakes. I also thoroughly enjoyed the comparisons drawn by the author, starting with the glass maze comparison mentioned earlier and continuing with comparisons including the growth of humans into a higher being in the seventh millennium to caterpillars and the quality of that higher existence to the aging of wine. The writer draws easy comparisons that allow the reader to follow what may otherwise be a somewhat difficult theological theory of the future. The only criticism that I have for the book is that I would have like to see the use of other religions theories to see if they hold up to or align with the biblical version of things. If would have been nice to see if everyone’s prophecies line up or only those developed out of Judaism/Christianity.
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