The Last Eyewitness: The Final Week

Alright, so you remember this post.

I finished the first book, The Last Eyewitness: The Final Week about a week ago.

Quality.

I really enjoyed it. It was written so that you could imagine sitting down with John, the disciple whom Jesus loved, the last surviving witness to Christ's life and death and resurrection, as he told the story again of Christ's last days on earth. It runs from John Chapter 13 to the end of the book. As he is telling the story just as you would read it from Scripture, he takes breaks from the text and adds extra parts and other stories to bring out the point of what he's writing. At times he'll refer to the other gospels and include whole chapters from what they were writing.

He really tries to get you to imagine the scene of what's happening as Christ is at the Last Supper, and then in the garden, and then taken to appear before the Sanhedrin and Pilate, as Peter denies him, as Christ is crucified and buried, then resurrects, and how John runs past Peter on Easter Sunday morning to the tomb to find Jesus isn't there, and as Jesus reappears to them and ascends into heaven soon after. He explains his own feelings of love and sadness and lonliness and excitement over the realization that Jesus Christ really was God incarnate.

It was really a fresh look at the story, not like it was anything new or a new twist on the Gospel or a new discovery in the Greek of the text or anything. Just a fresh retelling of the story, as if instead of reading John's letter to everyone, you're actually sitting there and listening to him tell you about it all.

I recommend it. You can borrow mine. Just don't expect anything brand new. The Gospel isn't a new thing. It's just an exciting thing. And sometimes we need to take a fresh look at stories that we often rush right over because we've heard them our whole lives.

Check it out. The Voice: The Last Eyewitness: The Final Week by Chris Seay and David Capes.

Later guys,
Matt

*update* You can get the first chapters of the books at www.hearthevoice.com. They are coming out with a third book soon on Matthew. Check it out!