Review of Cross Intents
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Review of Cross Intents
[Following is a volunteer review of "Cross Intents" by Scott Wells.]
[<i>Cross Intents The Battle</i>] by Scott Wells shows the contrast between Jesus' attitude of encouragement, hopefulness, and peace with Satan's attitude of chaos, despair, and strife. The story opens with Jesus being tempted in the wilderness. Like the other books in the trilogy, there are three realms. The Physical Realm is where humans live. The Middle Realm is where spiritual battles occur. Finally, the King's Realm is where God reigns from His throne.
After some war battles over the ark of the covenant, during which Captain Elric meets his old rival Captain Khilaf, the author writes about Jesus disappearing in the wilderness with Satan. After Jesus' return, the forces in the Middle Realm press together gifts from the King's Realm to feed Jesus in the Physical Realm.
Shortly, Simon and Andrew start following Jesus. The author says that Simon is a fiery Zealot ready to topple Rome, while Andrew is the oldest of the 12 original disciples. The author describes Andrew as headstrong, enthusiastic, and bold. Jesus' cousins, John and James, are also early followers. Another early follower is Phillip, who was an early follower of the Prophet John.
These men, along with Jesus' mother, sisters, Elizabeth, and Rachel, and brothers, James, Joseph, Simon, and Jude, are at a wedding when Jesus performs his first miracle.
There are many groups of people who want to kill or harm Jesus in the Physical Realm, including the chief priests, scribes, Pharisees, members of the Sanhedrin, lawyers, and elders. Satan, assisted by Marr, Asherah, Molech, and Yarhi, leads a group of demons who want to stop Jesus from succeeding in the Middle Realm, but they cannot physically touch Him, or they are instantly thrown into the abyss.
The author repeatedly points out that people like Moses and David could have the Holy Spirit rest on them or specific kingdom tasks. After Jesus, people could have the Holy Spirit in them all the time. This is a difference I wish the author had expounded on more. I also wish the other had described the differences between living under the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. I feel that the first scenes in the book were supposed to help make this point, but he failed to convey the rest of the story.
I love that Jesus' first test came against religious leaders. I fear it is the same today, with many leaders preaching a watered-down gospel for fear of losing their positions.
In addition, I love the point that the author makes about biblical promises. The author writes that these promises are spiritual seeds. Yet, we must exercise our faith to bring them into reality. Wells defines faith as things we hope for and the assurance of things we cannot see. I found it very powerful when the woman with the blood issue touched Jesus' garment, and He told her to get up because she was healed. Then, Captain Elric points out that it is the first time that a person's faith manifested as healing in the Middle Realm, without Jesus having to intervene.
I adore the bathtub imagery that occurs while Jesus is being flogged and hanging on the cross.
There is a rape scene in this book, but most of the details are left to the reader's imagination. This fictional story, based on the first four books of the New Testament, contains no profanity. While this is the third book of a trilogy, it is easy to understand the action without having read the other books. There are a few typos, but ignoring them was easy. I love the imagery in this book, the action, and the character development. At the same time, I feel that the author could have expounded more on why specific events mattered. Therefore, I rate this book a 4 out of 5. I feel this book would be a great choice for Christians who are already familiar wth the biblical account.
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[<i>Cross Intents The Battle</i>] by Scott Wells shows the contrast between Jesus' attitude of encouragement, hopefulness, and peace with Satan's attitude of chaos, despair, and strife. The story opens with Jesus being tempted in the wilderness. Like the other books in the trilogy, there are three realms. The Physical Realm is where humans live. The Middle Realm is where spiritual battles occur. Finally, the King's Realm is where God reigns from His throne.
After some war battles over the ark of the covenant, during which Captain Elric meets his old rival Captain Khilaf, the author writes about Jesus disappearing in the wilderness with Satan. After Jesus' return, the forces in the Middle Realm press together gifts from the King's Realm to feed Jesus in the Physical Realm.
Shortly, Simon and Andrew start following Jesus. The author says that Simon is a fiery Zealot ready to topple Rome, while Andrew is the oldest of the 12 original disciples. The author describes Andrew as headstrong, enthusiastic, and bold. Jesus' cousins, John and James, are also early followers. Another early follower is Phillip, who was an early follower of the Prophet John.
These men, along with Jesus' mother, sisters, Elizabeth, and Rachel, and brothers, James, Joseph, Simon, and Jude, are at a wedding when Jesus performs his first miracle.
There are many groups of people who want to kill or harm Jesus in the Physical Realm, including the chief priests, scribes, Pharisees, members of the Sanhedrin, lawyers, and elders. Satan, assisted by Marr, Asherah, Molech, and Yarhi, leads a group of demons who want to stop Jesus from succeeding in the Middle Realm, but they cannot physically touch Him, or they are instantly thrown into the abyss.
The author repeatedly points out that people like Moses and David could have the Holy Spirit rest on them or specific kingdom tasks. After Jesus, people could have the Holy Spirit in them all the time. This is a difference I wish the author had expounded on more. I also wish the other had described the differences between living under the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. I feel that the first scenes in the book were supposed to help make this point, but he failed to convey the rest of the story.
I love that Jesus' first test came against religious leaders. I fear it is the same today, with many leaders preaching a watered-down gospel for fear of losing their positions.
In addition, I love the point that the author makes about biblical promises. The author writes that these promises are spiritual seeds. Yet, we must exercise our faith to bring them into reality. Wells defines faith as things we hope for and the assurance of things we cannot see. I found it very powerful when the woman with the blood issue touched Jesus' garment, and He told her to get up because she was healed. Then, Captain Elric points out that it is the first time that a person's faith manifested as healing in the Middle Realm, without Jesus having to intervene.
I adore the bathtub imagery that occurs while Jesus is being flogged and hanging on the cross.
There is a rape scene in this book, but most of the details are left to the reader's imagination. This fictional story, based on the first four books of the New Testament, contains no profanity. While this is the third book of a trilogy, it is easy to understand the action without having read the other books. There are a few typos, but ignoring them was easy. I love the imagery in this book, the action, and the character development. At the same time, I feel that the author could have expounded more on why specific events mattered. Therefore, I rate this book a 4 out of 5. I feel this book would be a great choice for Christians who are already familiar wth the biblical account.
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Hmm. This is a different book, but I wouldn't be shy away from reading it. I think you did a good in writing this review. I enjoyed the summary more. It was creative.
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