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Review by hanmajo -- Roadmap to the End of Days
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3 out of 4 stars
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Daniel Friedmann’s Roadmap to the End of Days is an eschatological monograph accompanied by wonderful placed visuals. Friedmann possesses a scholarly tone which carries his publication from its fantastic beginning to its open end. This non-fiction book is a successor to The Genesis One Code and The Broken Gift. Although it is the latest installment, reading the first two books isn’t a necessity.
To begin, Friedmann compares history—and all of time for that matter—to a glass maze. To clarify, he states that the path of existence has already been paved and there is an inescapable end for humanity to reach around or before the year 2240CE. That end, the exit of the maze, is something people can see through the glass walls. What’s opaque are the necessary turns and the approximate amount of time needed to discover them. Roadmap to the End of Days is, ultimately, about analyzing religious texts in order to help identify key events that can trigger the end of the world or the Messianic Age.
The book is divided into eight chapters. What is particularly notable about this is the way Friedmann organizes his writing within them. Each chapter constantly refers back to previously established points or explicitly calls attention to concepts that will play a larger role in upcoming chapters. This helps to keep readers actively engaged in the material.
Throughout the entirety of Roadmap to the End of Days, Friedmann addresses the way significant biblical events allowed humanity to round a right corner in the glass maze. He also explores events that are still only scheduled to take place. One would think that reading about these events would be the most captivating part of Friedmann’s work. Personally, that was not the case. The most striking element of this non-fiction publication was learning that the divine plan doesn’t align perfectly with human action. That is to say that if God plans for something to happen on a specific day during a specific year in a specific way... well, humans can (and often do) find a way to make it happen late.
The best example of this is the Amalekite army. Friedmann defines this group as one that goes against God’s plans. According to Friedmann, the Amalekite army has thwarted and delayed many important biblical events. The further into the book readers get, the more they come to understand that there are still plenty of occurrences for this army to get their hands on.
Roadmap to the End of Days explores the end of the world in a unique way. Friedmann uses the past to find the future. It is beyond clear that he has done his homework and has a strong command on the subject he writes about. Despite this, I would rate this book a 3 out of 4 stars. There were too many instances where I found my attention drifting. Moreover, the visuals that Friedmann referred to throughout his work were helpful but not always easy to access in the E-Pub format which many people may use to view Friedmann’s work.
While Roadmap to the End of Days is not a 4-star experience it is still a thought-provoking work that deserves attention. I would recommend this book to readers who not only enjoy biblical studies but enjoy academic writing. This book may also be enjoyed by those interested in reading about the end of the world in general.
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3 out of 4 stars
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Daniel Friedmann’s Roadmap to the End of Days is an eschatological monograph accompanied by wonderful placed visuals. Friedmann possesses a scholarly tone which carries his publication from its fantastic beginning to its open end. This non-fiction book is a successor to The Genesis One Code and The Broken Gift. Although it is the latest installment, reading the first two books isn’t a necessity.
To begin, Friedmann compares history—and all of time for that matter—to a glass maze. To clarify, he states that the path of existence has already been paved and there is an inescapable end for humanity to reach around or before the year 2240CE. That end, the exit of the maze, is something people can see through the glass walls. What’s opaque are the necessary turns and the approximate amount of time needed to discover them. Roadmap to the End of Days is, ultimately, about analyzing religious texts in order to help identify key events that can trigger the end of the world or the Messianic Age.
The book is divided into eight chapters. What is particularly notable about this is the way Friedmann organizes his writing within them. Each chapter constantly refers back to previously established points or explicitly calls attention to concepts that will play a larger role in upcoming chapters. This helps to keep readers actively engaged in the material.
Throughout the entirety of Roadmap to the End of Days, Friedmann addresses the way significant biblical events allowed humanity to round a right corner in the glass maze. He also explores events that are still only scheduled to take place. One would think that reading about these events would be the most captivating part of Friedmann’s work. Personally, that was not the case. The most striking element of this non-fiction publication was learning that the divine plan doesn’t align perfectly with human action. That is to say that if God plans for something to happen on a specific day during a specific year in a specific way... well, humans can (and often do) find a way to make it happen late.
The best example of this is the Amalekite army. Friedmann defines this group as one that goes against God’s plans. According to Friedmann, the Amalekite army has thwarted and delayed many important biblical events. The further into the book readers get, the more they come to understand that there are still plenty of occurrences for this army to get their hands on.
Roadmap to the End of Days explores the end of the world in a unique way. Friedmann uses the past to find the future. It is beyond clear that he has done his homework and has a strong command on the subject he writes about. Despite this, I would rate this book a 3 out of 4 stars. There were too many instances where I found my attention drifting. Moreover, the visuals that Friedmann referred to throughout his work were helpful but not always easy to access in the E-Pub format which many people may use to view Friedmann’s work.
While Roadmap to the End of Days is not a 4-star experience it is still a thought-provoking work that deserves attention. I would recommend this book to readers who not only enjoy biblical studies but enjoy academic writing. This book may also be enjoyed by those interested in reading about the end of the world in general.
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