God, AI and the End of History: Understanding the Book of Revelation in an Age of Intelligent Machines...

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John C Lennox

God, AI and the End of History

Understanding the Book of Revelation in an Age of Intelligent Machines

John C Lennox

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SPCK
02 October 2025

Religion & beliefs; Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments; Artificial intelligence

'Revelation promises to do two things: fill our hearts with praise to God, and simultaneously prepare for God's inevitable cataclysmic intervention in this world to judge evil righteously at the return of Christ.'

Countless books have been written on the meaning of Revelation. This one draws on the work of great interpreters of the past but at the same time it breaks new ground by advancing reasons why we need to take very seriously the possibility that a supernatural power opposed to God is using technology - and in particular advanced AI - to drive a transhumanist vision of upgraded humans.

Already some scientists are envisioning the development of superintelligences that may become the gods of the future and rule over humans. Others raise the even more disturbing prospect that ASI (Artificial Super Intelligence) could eventually achieve world domination. These developments, argues Lennox, are likely to involve the deception of billions of people, inspired and engineered by the one

whom the New Testament calls 'the Antichrist'.

To find out how John Lennox reaches that conclusion read this fresh, wide-ranging and amazingly thought-provoking commentary on Jesus' last message to his followers.

By: John C Lennox
Imprint: SPCK
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780281091287
ISBN 10: 0281091285
Pages: 608
Publication Date: 02 October 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PART 1: REVELATION 1.1-3.22 PART 2: REVELATION 4.1-7.17 PART 3: REVELATION 8.1-11.15 PART 4: REVELATION 12.1-15.4 PART 5: REVELATION 15.5-19.10 PART 6: REVELATION 19.11-22.21

John C Lennox (Author) John C. Lennox MA PhD DPhil DSc is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow in Mathematics and the Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College. He has lectured on religion and science at many prestigious institutions around the world, and has publicly debated Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, among others. He is also the author of many books including Cosmic Chemistry, God and Stephen Hawking and Friend of God: The Inspiration of Abraham in an Age of Doubt. Philip Law (In-House Editor) Philip Law is Publishing Director for SPCK and Lion Books. His previous books include The One Hour Bible (SPCK, 2018), A Time to Pray: 365 classic prayers to help you through the year (Lion, 2002) and The SPCK Book of Christian Prayer (SPCK/Crossroad, 1995/ 2009). He is also a contributor to the 6th edition of The Lion Handbook to the Bible (Lion, 2025).

Reviews for God, AI and the End of History: Understanding the Book of Revelation in an Age of Intelligent Machines

""I read everything John Lennox writes because of his amazing blend of rigorous scholarship with practical insights and applications for all of us.""--Rick Warren ""John Lennox skilfully weaves together the academic and the practical with the result that his commentary is both highly informative and eminently devotional. The reader is in for a very engaging study of Revelation designed to lead to the worship the Triune God as Creator and Redeemer and to heighten one's desire for the Son's return to establish his kingdom in righteousness.""--R. Bruce Compton, Professor of Biblical Languages and Literature, Detroit Baptist Theological Semina ""Panoramic, passionate and deeply personal, John Lennox's new book provides a compelling and detailed interpretation of the book of Revelation in the light of contemporary events.""--John Wyatt, co-editor of The Robot Will See You Now ""Secular historians have described the book of Revelation as the greatest anti-imperialist tract ever written. But Christians have seen other things. John Lennox is bi-lingual. As a mathematician he understands the language of God as expressed in the universe's maths and physics. As a biblical scholar he expounds the language of God, placing Revelation in the context of the whole of Scripture. This is a magnificent contribution on both fronts.""--Tim Costello, Director of Ethical Voice and Executive Director of Micah Australia