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

by John C. Lennox

Overview

Are Artificial Intelligences the Future's False Gods?

In God, AI, and the End of History, renowned author and Oxford mathematician John Lennox explores the explosive intersection of artificial intelligence, biblical prophecy, the Antichrist, and the end times.

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology advances at an unprecedented pace, many experts are asking: Could AI - or Artificial Super Intelligences (ASI) - one day dominate the world?

Unlike other books on AI or biblical prophecy, Lennox breaks new ground by connecting the rise of superintelligent machines with the apocalyptic visions recorded in Revelation. He warns that future developments in AI could deceive billions - just as foretold in Scripture - engineered by the one Jesus called "the father of lies," and whom the apostle John identified as "the Antichrist."

This compelling, deeply researched book offers a unique Christian perspective on AI, ethics, and eschatology, challenging readers to rethink how Jesus' final message to his followers may speak directly to our rapidly changing technological world.

If you're questioning AI and curious about what the Bible, prophecy, and emerging technologies reveal about end-time events, this is the essential guide you've been waiting for.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780281091300
Publisher:	SPCK Publishing
Publication date:	07/17/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	608
File size:	1 MB

About the 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.

Table of Contents

Part 1
REVELATION 1:1 - 3:22
1 Key concepts 63
2 Symbol, metaphor and code 77
3 The letters to the seven churches of Asia 94
4 The letter to Ephesus 102
5 The letter to Smyrna 114
6 The letter to Pergamum 120
7 The letter to Thyatira 127
8 The letter to Sardis 141
9 The letter to Philadelphia 145
10 The letter to Laodicea 151
11 The letters to the churches - a historical dimension? 158
Part 2
REVELATION 4:1 - 7:17
12 The throne of God 171
13 The scroll, the seals, the Lion and the Lamb 203
14 The opening of the seals 218
15 The sealing of 144,000 from Israel and the innumerable crowd before the throne 235
Part 3
REVELATION 8:1 - 11:18
16 The opening of the seventh seal 251
17 The trumpets blow 261
18 A mighty angel descends from heaven to earth; Jerusalem
trodden down; the two witnesses 281
Part 4
REVELATION 11:19 - 15:4
19 War in heaven 307
20 The sea monster - Antichrist? 318
21 The earth monster – the false prophet 337
22 The Lamb with 144,000 on Mount Zion 357
Part 5
REVELATION 15:5 - 19:10
23 The nature of God's glory and his wrath 385
24 The bowls of God's wrath 389
25 Who is Babylon and why must she be judged? 400
26 The wild monster 413
27 The ten horns - an international government? 418
28 Babylon judged yet mourned 432
29 The climax: praise for God's judgements 445
Part 6
REVELATION 19:11 - 22:21
30 The return of the Word of God 457
31 The millennial reign of Christ 467
32 The last rebellion 494
33 The new creation 506
Appendix 1 Kingdom 547
Appendix 2 Rapture 560
Notes 567
Index of Scripture references 597
Index of subjects 604

Editorial Reviews

"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

"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

"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