Dateline Jerusalem,
by Chris Mitchell, is a telling story of the battles and turmoil of the Middle
East. As I started reading this
selection, I found myself relating back to the news stories we’ve seen on the
evening news and the special reports as thing flare up. What I didn’t realize at the time, is that I
was reading a first hand account by a person, (Chris Mitchell), as seen through
his eyes and lived through him as well.
As a news reporter for CBN News stationed in the Middle
East, Chris Mitchell has first-hand knowledge of the struggles those countries
encounter. In the book, Dateline Jerusalem, Mitchell absolutely recounts his experiences as a reporter during
war and peace throughout the area and applies the events taking place to
prophecy within the Bible.
Written in a chronologically, Mitchell takes readers through
various events of the last three years. In vivid detail, he describes what
daily life is like in a war zone. In one instance, he is hunkered down below
the windows of his hotel room avoiding gunfire and stray bombs.
Mitchell defines the Arab Spring and addresses it’s importance
to future events. He discusses the growing world belief that Israel does not
have a right to exist. He explains the Muslim Brotherhood, and the growing
influence of Islam throughout the United States and around the world.
Finally, Mitchell brings together current news events and
Bible prophecy and explains how all these events culminate in one city:
Jerusalem.
As a reader, I have some knowledge of what the Bible says,
regarding the area and Jerusalem, however,
I am not well-studied. Mitchell was able
to write this book in such a way that the average person is completely able to
understand and relate to what he describes. With just general knowledge of
current events, I was able to connect the dots Mitchell drew in detail
throughout this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who is concerned
with events taking place in the Middle East, as I believe everyone should be,
and how they relate to the book of Revelation in the Bible.
I would consider Dateline Jerusalem a must read. I liked to take this opportunity to thank
Thomas Nelson Publishing/Booksneeze for the change to read and review this
book. It is well worth the time and it
may actually bring more attention to what is happening around us. Also, Chris Mitchell has a wonderful way of
placing the facts in story form to keep the reader interested and glued to the
pages.
