The Time of Jacob's Trouble by Donna VanLiere Review

Happy Wednesday Friends :)

I pray you're all doing well, and I want to thank you for taking the time to stop by The Preppy Book Princess for another book review.

We're currently still under an extreme cold spell; with temperatures with wind chill dipping almost to -50 degrees Celsius. I've only been leaving the house for absolutely essential reasons, so I've had a lot of spare time on my hands. My province is still also under orders where we're not allowed to gather with other households, so I've had a lot of reading time on my hands.

With the current state of our world right now, I've been interested in reading more about end times from Biblical perspectives. I stumbled upon The Time of Jacob's Trouble on the Libby app, and it looked like exactly what I was searching for.

I've never been someone who has read a lot of books about end times, as it used to honestly scare me. However, my opinion on this has definitely changed, and I now find myself wanting to study more and more about it.

I can't wait to share with you all what I ended up thinking about this one.

The Time of Jacob's Trouble by Donna VanLiere:

Source: Libby App

Publisher: Harvest House

Publication Date: March 17th, 2020

Genre: Christian Fiction

Synopsis:

A typical day at work turns into a nightmare for Emma Grady when her favorite patient and several colleagues vanish in front of her. Fear turns to chaos as Emma begins the frantic race from Brooklyn to Queens, anxious to discover if her boyfriend is safe. Subways are closed, graves are open, and countless people have inexplicably disappeared. Mayhem erupts as terror grips the residents of New York City.
What could make so many vanish in a moment? And not just in New York, but all over the globe? Emma wonders if this is the predicted end of the world and begins a desperate search for answers.
This page-turning story will take you on a riveting journey from New York City to Israel, and in the final chapters, Donna turns to the pages of the Bible, where you’ll learn that God has made known to us “the end from the beginning,” and that things aren’t spiraling downward but are actually looking up.

The bestselling author of The Christmas Shoes now explores a future world facing its final days in The Time of Jacob’s Trouble, weaving end-times prophecies into the lives of Emma and her friends as they struggle to survive and come face-to-face with the chilling truth about the disappearances.

(synopsis from goodreads)

My Review:

I've long been a fan of Donna VanLiere's Christmas novels, and this year with everything going on, I decided I wanted to give some Christian end times novels a chance. With how much I've loved this author's other books, it seemed only fitting for her book to be the first I ended up trying. While I wasn't exactly sure what to expect going into this one, I honestly ended up loving it.

The novel itself had me glued to the pages, and I ended up putting down the other books I was reading to focus solely on this one. I loved that everything stayed true to the scripture, and I found it eye opening and heart breaking to read a fictional account of what the earth will be like after the Christians are taken up to be with Jesus.

I quite honestly would have loved this one with just the fictional part of the story, but I loved the fact that the author chose to include a lengthy Bible study at the end of the book on end times and where she drew each piece of the the story from in scripture. I really took my time working my way through the study, and I found it helped put so many things into perspective for me. I've long found the new trends of popular Christianity to be disheartening, and it's staggering to hear the new statistics about the younger generation especially not wanting to study their Bible anymore. I think the world needs more books like this one, and I can't recommend it enough. Definitely read and enjoy the fictional part, but also take time to truly work your way through the study and let all the scriptures sink in.

I can't wait to pick up book two in the series, and I will definitely be recommending this one to others.

Final Rating: 5/5.

Thanks so much for reading guys! Have great rest of your day :)

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