cover image The End of the World According to Jesus of Nazareth

The End of the World According to Jesus of Nazareth

Jeff Kinley. Harvest Prophecy, $17.99 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-0-7369-8868-1

Prophecy Pros Podcast host Kinley (God’s Grand Finale) unpacks in this strident treatise the “prophetic plan for the end of days” that Jesus is said to have laid out on the Mount of Olives before his crucifixion. Dissecting the biblical text, Kinley covers, among other topics, the chaos prophesied to unfold during the “tribulation,” including Jerusalem’s destruction and an influx of “false prophets” seeking to “captivate the minds and hearts of a panic-stricken populace.” Elsewhere, Kinley characterizes the second coming of Christ as the “most-celebrated, game-changing touchdown in all history,” and contemplates the timing of the end days, describing the war in Ukraine and other ongoing conflicts as the “Braxton-Hicks contractions” rather than the “birth pangs” preceding the end of the world. Unfortunately, tirades against the “demonically driven transgender and drag queen movements of the LGBTQ+ crowd” take things offtrack, as does Kinley’s oddly flippant tone—Jerusalem’s destruction is discussed in a section titled “It’s All Gonna Burn.” All but Kinley’s most devoted fans should skip this. (July)