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2008-God's Final Witness
2008-God's Final Witness reveals the timing of catastrophic end-time events that will escalate worldwide and result in the total demise of the United States within two years. Ronald Weinland states that 2008 will mark the beginning of the final events that will thrust the world into the great tribulation (last three and one-half years of the end-time), which will usher in World War III. This last war will be the result of clashing religions and the governments they sway. Billions will die! This latest book explains end-time prophecies and the reasons such destructive events must come to pass. It also tells of God's intervention to save mankind from his self-imposed destruction, the end of man's self-rule, and the beginning of God's government being established over all nations. 2008-God's Final Witness is a revelation of the Book of Revelation. As Ronald Weinland explains, the apostle John was given the task of recording prophetic events reserved to be revealed at this end-time, and he states that he has been given the task of revealing the truth about those things John wrote. For 1900 years, no one has understood those prophecies, until now! This book also reveals the Seven Thunders of the Book of Revelation, which the apostle John was not allowed to record! One of those thunders describes the collapse of the world economy that is about to occur. Another thunder reveals the chilling account of the revelation of the two end-time witnesses. The apostle John wrote about God's two witnesses (His two end-time prophets) who would begin to pronounce plagues upon the earth of far greater proportion and power than those in Moses' day in Egypt. All this occurs in addition to catastrophic end-time events and man's final world war.
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244 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2006
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December 22, 2017
An entertaining End of Times fantasy which made me laugh out loud a lot. However, it seems that god is running behind schedule. I'm sure Ronald Weinland has a good explanation for this in his next book. Maybe one of the Angels of Doom mislaid the First Trumpet?
But Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett is way better. Nobody lost a trumpet there, although the babysitter lost track of the antichrist.
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And indeed Ronald Weinland cooked up an explanation for the absense of the doom and destruction and death that he promised us. Not in a book (yet), but in a blog post on his website. It seems that his god decided to postpone the fireworks because of Ronnie's prayers in his church. A church that you're free to join if you're willing to give 10% of your net income to Ronnie. I guess even prophets have to pay the rent.
But Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett is way better. Nobody lost a trumpet there, although the babysitter lost track of the antichrist.
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And indeed Ronald Weinland cooked up an explanation for the absense of the doom and destruction and death that he promised us. Not in a book (yet), but in a blog post on his website. It seems that his god decided to postpone the fireworks because of Ronnie's prayers in his church. A church that you're free to join if you're willing to give 10% of your net income to Ronnie. I guess even prophets have to pay the rent.
May 9, 2008
Considering that the book prophesied that 1/3 of the population of the United States would go down in flames last summer, I'd say this book was a bit of a let down.
Whoever paid for the copy they sent me in the mail got pretty ripped off, and Weinland is probably enjoying the aroma of coco-butter as it wafts from his florescent white rolls of flab in some foreign tropical paradise for con artists.
Quite an enjoyable read though. Lunatic christian sadsacks are funny.
Whoever paid for the copy they sent me in the mail got pretty ripped off, and Weinland is probably enjoying the aroma of coco-butter as it wafts from his florescent white rolls of flab in some foreign tropical paradise for con artists.
Quite an enjoyable read though. Lunatic christian sadsacks are funny.
August 14, 2019
This book was given to me for free at a yard sale a couple of weeks back. I have the paperback version, and wasn't aware that it existed as a spiral-bound book (always a good sign) until now.
To say I didn't enjoy myself would be a lie. I found Weinland's incoherent, redundant ramblings to be highly amusing. You can tell that the manuscript was never handed off to an editor, or at least not one with any common sense or an understanding of basic logic. Indeed, reading excerpts of this wild fantasy out loud to my boyfriend proved to be a darn good time.
But at the end of the day, one has to shake their head and wonder - where do people like Weinland get the sheer audacity and/or lunacy to write things like this? If I had to guess, I'd say he was fishing for money by spooking a bunch of gullible Christians into joining his private doomsday church, and this book was a pitiful attempt at lending legitimacy to his claims.
Of course, this book does the exact opposite. The design alone is highly unprofessional, the cover image coming directly from a stock website, and there is no credits page before the index; clearly, Ronald didn't have anyone to thank for assisting in the creation of this masterpiece, because he did it all himself. No editors are credited, no artists or consultants, and there's no attempt at anything even mildly close to a referenced materials page.
I have no idea what Mr. Weinland, self-proclaimed Prophet of God, is up to these days. I read in one of the earlier comments left here that he's serving time for tax evasion. I'd guess that has something to do with the bogus church he was running, but I honestly don't care to research any further into this (admittedly funny) mess. These crazy cultist types are all cut from a similar cloth, and I'm not even sure Mr. Weinland succeeded at that. If he put the same amount of effort into making this book as he did into duping others, then it's no wonder he got caught.
Anyways, in the interest of championing intellectual honesty, coherency, and overall quality of literature, I decided to give this book one star. As amusing as I find it, I also know that works like "2008 - God's Final Witness" can be destructive in the wrong hands. In a time where the Information Age has left many of us second-guessing what's real and who to trust, books like this just add fuel to the fire.
To say I didn't enjoy myself would be a lie. I found Weinland's incoherent, redundant ramblings to be highly amusing. You can tell that the manuscript was never handed off to an editor, or at least not one with any common sense or an understanding of basic logic. Indeed, reading excerpts of this wild fantasy out loud to my boyfriend proved to be a darn good time.
But at the end of the day, one has to shake their head and wonder - where do people like Weinland get the sheer audacity and/or lunacy to write things like this? If I had to guess, I'd say he was fishing for money by spooking a bunch of gullible Christians into joining his private doomsday church, and this book was a pitiful attempt at lending legitimacy to his claims.
Of course, this book does the exact opposite. The design alone is highly unprofessional, the cover image coming directly from a stock website, and there is no credits page before the index; clearly, Ronald didn't have anyone to thank for assisting in the creation of this masterpiece, because he did it all himself. No editors are credited, no artists or consultants, and there's no attempt at anything even mildly close to a referenced materials page.
I have no idea what Mr. Weinland, self-proclaimed Prophet of God, is up to these days. I read in one of the earlier comments left here that he's serving time for tax evasion. I'd guess that has something to do with the bogus church he was running, but I honestly don't care to research any further into this (admittedly funny) mess. These crazy cultist types are all cut from a similar cloth, and I'm not even sure Mr. Weinland succeeded at that. If he put the same amount of effort into making this book as he did into duping others, then it's no wonder he got caught.
Anyways, in the interest of championing intellectual honesty, coherency, and overall quality of literature, I decided to give this book one star. As amusing as I find it, I also know that works like "2008 - God's Final Witness" can be destructive in the wrong hands. In a time where the Information Age has left many of us second-guessing what's real and who to trust, books like this just add fuel to the fire.
April 6, 2024
This book was mailed free through some type of organization years ago and I remember thinking how bold the author was to claim that he was one of the two witnesses and that if the things he said in the book didn’t happen within a certain amount of time that the book could be considered fiction. Well, the things he predicted didn’t happen and he came up with some kind of explanation on a blog instead of admitting he was wrong.
July 21, 2016
Prophets are compelling characters when they gather a following. Even when disciples are few, they convert the raving lunatic (like Menocchio - http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menocchio) into a religious leader. This is what happened to the plainly bonkers TheaurauJohn Tany (http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/revi...). The audacity of the "prophet's" claims demands that attention be paid to them. It also frees then from the strictures of coherence, logic and physical reality.
Ronald Weinland claims to be one of two prophets of the end of the world spoken of in the Book of Revelation. He's also serving time for tax evasion in the United States. I'll leave it to you to guess which one of these statuses is the stronger source for his prophetic vision. This book isn't actually interestingly nutty. Mostly it's a pastiche of religious ideas from other sources - adoptionism for one, as well as Seventh Day Adventist beliefs about the Sabbath, Mormon beliefs about bodies in the world to come, bog-standard libels against Catholics, and identification of various current world figures with biblical figures.
The one redeeming feature of the book is an attempt to understand Islamic hostility to the west theologically from the Moslems' perspective, as the ill-treated descendants of Abraham (pp.36-38). If this had been the limit of the book, it would have made a useful contribution to modern debates. Sadly, it isn't enough to redeem the other 242 pages of rambling odds and ends.
Ronald Weinland claims to be one of two prophets of the end of the world spoken of in the Book of Revelation. He's also serving time for tax evasion in the United States. I'll leave it to you to guess which one of these statuses is the stronger source for his prophetic vision. This book isn't actually interestingly nutty. Mostly it's a pastiche of religious ideas from other sources - adoptionism for one, as well as Seventh Day Adventist beliefs about the Sabbath, Mormon beliefs about bodies in the world to come, bog-standard libels against Catholics, and identification of various current world figures with biblical figures.
The one redeeming feature of the book is an attempt to understand Islamic hostility to the west theologically from the Moslems' perspective, as the ill-treated descendants of Abraham (pp.36-38). If this had been the limit of the book, it would have made a useful contribution to modern debates. Sadly, it isn't enough to redeem the other 242 pages of rambling odds and ends.
December 30, 2008
I consider myself a very young Christian still finding my way in living God's way and knowing Him. I agree with a lot of Ronald's claims but there are also claims I would disagree on. He seems very set on observing the correct Sabbath and Passover and adamant about NOT celebrating Christmas and Easter. But I am very disappointed he left things very unclear on other claims such as Jesus' birth (if not a virgin birth, then what? natural birth? If yes, then what of original sin?) and also he seems not to mention at all God's greatest command, to live in love and compassion and to bear witness to His word and His truth. Why state some things so strongly and then silence on others? Honestly, if eternal death is all the punhishment one gets, why would human beings want to repent???? What is so bad about eternal death without eternal suffering? Seems to me the truth he claims about the Great Resurrection in the 100 years after the 1000 years of Christ's reign, gives everyone the same chance. So, the murderers of this age will say "why repent", all I get is the same "eternal death, no suffering" as someone who did no wrong but simply would not accept God...that's all, so who cares? Somehow, I still believe that God's judgement is fairer than that.
April 20, 2011
This is a very controversy subject. Most people get very angry when told they hold false beliefs about God but as hard as it is to come into a real balanced outlook on this subject ; one has to actually dig into the history of most traditional Churches to find out that most of their doctrine is not of the Holy Bible at all. Most are based on Pagan ideals and holidays and not from the Eternal God at all
This book challenged me to actually research the churches of today instead of following other people like dumb cattle. I actually proved it to myself through actual study of the Bible. Just as God warns that we need to do more than follow others into truth. We must believe it because we have proved our beliefs to ourselves
I can guarantee that most will get a bit offended after this read but take this and use it for your own betterment.
The author is correct in what he shares and we all will be better for the time we take to read this book.
I have read it through a couple times. There is no way you can absorb everything in one or two reads. Make sure you research what is given.
A work of truth that stands equal to no other besides the first book of the same author Prophesied End Time (beside the bible)
This book challenged me to actually research the churches of today instead of following other people like dumb cattle. I actually proved it to myself through actual study of the Bible. Just as God warns that we need to do more than follow others into truth. We must believe it because we have proved our beliefs to ourselves
I can guarantee that most will get a bit offended after this read but take this and use it for your own betterment.
The author is correct in what he shares and we all will be better for the time we take to read this book.
I have read it through a couple times. There is no way you can absorb everything in one or two reads. Make sure you research what is given.
A work of truth that stands equal to no other besides the first book of the same author Prophesied End Time (beside the bible)
September 2, 2008
Really a poorly written book. He says absolutely nothing for the majority of the book. But he does have some pretty scary predictions for the end of this world that certainly could come true. I do think that man has a long way to go to truly live the way God intended us to live. He does address his feelings on the role the 3 major religions have played on the state of affairs of this earth and the people who inhabit it.
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March 25, 2008I only got the book (it was free online) so I may severely mock it and insult the writer on my blog. :)
September 21, 2008
Very enlightening
October 23, 2008
This book was also quite informative. With books like these you have to do alot of research to find the truth. Once again, the author was very repetitive.
July 9, 2009
This book is so on point to what the bible is speaking about in the last days before Jesus return.
March 25, 2010
Second book for this author on world conditions and coming tribulation. Either you will disagree and not finish the book, or ypour eyes will open!
March 26, 2012
Not even wrong.
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May 26, 2012There is only one true God for everyone and He learns the humanity the only way, the only truth and the only belief.
August 5, 2011
Complete load of RUBBISH.
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