Brink of Chaos
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Jim Garlow, pastor, Skyline Church, San Diego
and chairman of ReAL, Washington, DC
Praise for Other Books in The End Series
Dr. Tim LaHaye writes about the future with the kind of gripping detail that others would use to describe the past. I’ve been reading Tim LaHaye’s books for over thirty years, but Thunder of Heaven may be his best yet!
Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor
Tim LaHaye’s books always entertain, educate, and thrill, but Thunder of Heaven takes it to a new level. I never thought the End of Days would cost me so much sleep!
Glenn Beck, number one New York Times bestselling author
Tim LaHaye writes about the prophetic future with such accuracy and passion that once you get started reading what he has written, you do not put the book away until it is finished! In our generation, he has led the way back to a proper appreciation of the prophetic writings of Scripture. Everywhere I go, I meet someone who has read one of Tim’s books and been blessed by it. This book will continue that tradition!
Dr. David Jeremiah, senior pastor of Shadow Mountain
Community Church, founder and CEO of Turning Point
Other Books by Tim LaHaye
The End Series
Edge of Apocalypse
Thunder of Heaven
Brink of Chaos
Revelation Unveiled
Finding the Will of God in a Crazy, Mixed-Up World
How to Win Over Depression
Anger Is a Choice (Tim LaHaye and Bob Phillips)
The Act of Marriage: The Beauty of Sexual Love
(Tim and Beverly LaHaye)
The Act of Marriage after 40: Making Love for Life
(Tim and Beverly LaHaye with Mike Yorkey)
Prophecy Books by Tim LaHaye
Are We Living in the End Times?
Charting the End Times
Charting the End Times Study Guide
Revelation Unveiled
The Popular Bible Prophecy Commentary
The Popular Encyclopedia of Bible Prophecy The Rapture:
Who Will Face the Tribulation?
Tim LaHaye Prophecy Study Bible
Understanding Bible Prophecy for Yourself
These and other LaHaye resources are available at:
www.timlahaye.com
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR BRINK OF CHAOS
by Craig Parshall
1. Joshua has been separated from his country, his wife, and his children, for two years since the end of the preceding novel, Thunder of Heaven. He has been living in exile, primarily in Israel, a nation that has given him sanctuary while unjust criminal charges are being pursued against him by a corrupt White House administration. His wife, Abigail, has counseled him to stay abroad — out of the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts until she can prove his innocence. Do you think that was good advice?
2. In Thunder of Heaven, and the preceding novel, Edge of Apocalypse, the risks of nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists or rogue nations is presented. Now, in Brink of Chaos, we see the threat of a horrendous biological weapon under the control of a terror cell. Which threat do you believe is a greater risk?
3. The lives of Ethan March and Rivka, the Israeli spy, keep intersecting. Where do you envision their relationship going in the future? What impediments would there be to a romantic relationship?
4. In the futuristic view of America in this novel, the government is exercising a surprising amount of electronic surveillance over its citizens. How close, or far away, are we from that kind of scenario actually happening? What are both the arguments for and those against this kind of electronic surveillance of citizens that are mentioned in the novel?
5. Brink of Chaos presents one possible picture of a future rapture of Christians off the earth. If God were to remove His church from the world today, what kinds of repercussions do you think would occur for those “left behind” on the earth?
6. Alexander Coliquin’s ambition for global power is expanding in Brink of Chaos. Do you see any roadblocks to his goal?
7. Brink of Chaos begins with a startling dream. Do you think that God speaks to his followers today in dreams? Has He done so in the past? Is there any support in the Bible for this to occur in the future?
8. Was Abigail Jordan wise or unwise, right or wrong, in refusing to receive the government mandated BIDTag? How does that square with the Bible’s mandate for Christians to obey the government? Does the Bible give examples of exceptions to the general rule of obedience to rulers?
9. Of the five main characters in the novel, Joshua Jordan, Abigail Jordan, Deborah Jordan, Cal Jordan, and Ethan March, with which character do you most closely associate? Why?
10. How do you visualize God’s “heavenly realm” now, before the coming of Christ to the earth? What parts of the Bible would support that image?
ZONDERVAN
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LaHaye, Tim F.
Brink of chaos / Tim LaHaye and Craig Parshall.
p. cm. — (The end series; 3)
ISBN 978-0-310-32646-5 (hardcover, jacketed)
1. End of the world — Fiction. I. Parshall, Craig, 1950 - II. Title.
PS3562.A315B75 2012
813’.54 — dc3
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