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For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
Jan 4, 2022 · “For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit” (2 Peter 1:21). According to Deuteronomy 13, there are two signs of a true prophet.
- Introduction
- The Nature of Biblical Prophecy: Lessons We Can Learn from Fulfilled Prophecy
- The Problems of Prophetic Study
- Prophecy in The Light of Its Purpose
Several months ago, a friend of mine came by the house to help me with a project. I couldn’t help but observe that his tail pipe was rattling noisily and found that the bracket had broken. Now it just so happened that I had recently acquired a welder and was eager to practice what little I had learned about welding. I was under the car, sparking aw...
A week ago a friend took me skeet shooting; clay pigeons were hurled from two towers, one on the left, and the other on the right. Every time, the pigeon traveled in virtually the same path. The point of this sport was to shoot at the clay pigeon and hit it, each time standing in a slightly different position. Since this was something I had never d...
One of the reasons I have waited so long to teach a prophetic book of the Bible is that I have been sensitive to all the problems associated with such a study. Let me mention some of these so that we may be alert to the difficulties and dangers inherent in this study. Let me also say that there is danger in the study of any doctrine or book of the ...
Having warned us to be cautious in the light of the problems which have plagued Christians through the years, let me conclude this lesson by highlighting the purposes of prophecy. If we are to correctly interpret and apply the prophecies of the Book of Revelation, we must study this book in the light of the purposes of prophecy as described in the ...
Nov 2, 2022 · In the New Testament, almost every book contains some prophecy, with Revelation being wholly devoted to a prophetic vision. By one count, about 27 percent of the Bible is predictive (Payne, J. B., The Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy, Baker Pub. Group, 1980, p. 675).
- The First Prophecy. Almost all evangelical scholars are in agreement that the first overt prophecy which has to do with Christ and His redemptive work is Genesis 3:15
- A Principle of Bible Study. Whoever reads the Bible for the first time cannot escape the mental confusion that is bound to come to one who has not been taught to distinguish between things that differ.
- A Principle of Prophetic Interpretation. This introduced a principle of prophetic interpretation which is illustrated in Genesis 3:15. It is the fact that the time element in prophecy is frequently ignored.
- Isaiah’s Prophecies. Isaiah prophesied of both the sufferings and glory, and judging from Peter’s statement of the prophet’s ignorance of any time element between the two, we may conclude that Isaiah did not see the gap.
Bible prophecy is God’s revelation to us about future events. Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. [Isaiah 42:9] Throughout Scripture God reveals to us through Bible prophecy things that are to happen in the future.
Prophecy plays a leading role in the New Testament. 2. Prophecy proves the integrity of Scripture. 3. Prophecy protects us from false teaching. 4. Prophecy prepares us for the Last Days. 5. Prophecy provides practical guidance for everyday living. 6. Prophecy promises spiritual blessing. FREE Download: The Revelation Prophecy Chart.
