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Key	BIB36940
Reference type	Book
Title	The Wise Men of the West : A Search for the Promised One in the Latter Days
Author	Tyson, Jay
Editor	Heinz, Mark
Year	2019–2020
Date	2019–2020
Publisher	Something or Other Publishing
Place published	[Madison, Wisconsin]
Issue	7.
ISBN	9781732451155 (v.1) 9781732451179 (v.2)
Abstract	America was ablaze with millennial anticipation in 1844. Reflecting upon Scriptural prophecy, signs in the heavens, and the gospel of the kingdom having been preached to all nations, religious leaders expected Christ's return was imminent. Hundreds of thousands of laypeople also looked to the skies in joyous anticipation -- or dread. Clearly, their expectations were not fulfilled; were these wrong, or simply misunderstood? In Perth Amboy, New Jersey, devout Quaker Josiah Thompson is convinced the answers lie in the Holy Land, but is too aged to travel. So his son Zach and British scholar James Lawrence take up the quest, only to realize the question is far larger than they imagined. And what they discover will have profound implications for not only for them, but all humanity as the modern age unfolds. "Christian communities have seen signs anticipating the return of Christ since the early 1800s. Yet, in spite of increasing evidence that Divine intervention should have occurred by now, the expectations have not been fulfilled. Is God dead? Or was there something mistaken about our expectations? Zach Thompson begins to unravel this mystery when he discovers a single misunderstood word in the earliest English Bibles. Then, starting with Jesus' reference to the prophecies of Daniel, as unsealed by the famous preacher William Miller in the 1830s, Zach and his fellow explorer, James Lawrence, set out in 1843 on a journey to the Holy Land in search of the Promised One. They are shocked to discover that the truth of the return of Christ is just a part of a far larger story. In this novel, author Jay Tyson takes a Biblical approach, weaving a tale that closely tracks historical facts, while also following clues which have been too-often ignored by traditional Christian writers"-- Provided by publisher.
Notes	Volume 1: The West: xvii, [3], 239 p. -- Volume 2: The East: xvi, [2], 251 LCCN v.1 2019953102; v.2 2020935116
Language	English
Keywords	BIBLE; PROPHECY AND PROPHECIES; BAB; FICTION; MILLENNIALISM; CHRISTIANITY; MILLERITES; TEMPLERS; MORMONISM; ISLAM; JUDAISM
Number of volumes	2

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