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A review by laceystephens
The Last Disciple by Hank Hanegraaff, Sigmund Brouwer
4.0
This was an interesting book. It's a look at the idea that the Tribulation may have already started during Nero's time. But whether that idea is actually true or not, it's a great look at life in Rome and Jerusalem a few years after the resurrection of Jesus. A time filled with political corruption and Christian persecution. Where the movie "The Passion of the Christ" gave a detailed visual of the crucifixion of Jesus, this book allows your imagine to "see" what life in Rome and Jerusalem would have been like during the time of Christian persecution; the arenas, the secret meetings of the Christians, the corrupt and sick mind of Nero, Slavery, etc.
There are also some great arguments as to the validity that Jesus' resurrection actually happened (which my Pastor just discussed in a bible study recently): It can't be a "fake" story because the author of the story wouldn't have made women as the first people to see Jesus after the resurrection; How the disciples where willing to scatter and hide while Jesus was being crucified, but after the resurrection, were willing to take a bold stand and die for the witness of the resurrection; The "collective" approach where each book of the Gospels tell a different side of the same story, etc.
I found the book hard to follow at first; it switched times, locations, characters often. But once I understood the "flow" of the story, it was easier to follow along.
There are also some great arguments as to the validity that Jesus' resurrection actually happened (which my Pastor just discussed in a bible study recently): It can't be a "fake" story because the author of the story wouldn't have made women as the first people to see Jesus after the resurrection; How the disciples where willing to scatter and hide while Jesus was being crucified, but after the resurrection, were willing to take a bold stand and die for the witness of the resurrection; The "collective" approach where each book of the Gospels tell a different side of the same story, etc.
I found the book hard to follow at first; it switched times, locations, characters often. But once I understood the "flow" of the story, it was easier to follow along.