THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYCHURCH IN PROPHECY The Church is not found in the Old Testament. Rather, the Old Testament anticipates Messiah’s Kingdom( Isaiah 2; 4; 11; Jeremiah 23:5-6; Ezekiel 37:21-25). Abraham “waited for the city which has foundations, Whose builder and maker is God”( Hebrews 11:10 NKJV ). In the Davidic covenant, God […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYCHURCH AGE Part IITHE PROPHETIC DESTINY OF THE CHURCHThe Bible consistently warns church-age believers to be on guard against apostasy. This characteristic is a general sign of the end times. But what is the prophetic future of the church? To answer this question, we must separate the true church in […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYCHURCH AGE Part ITHE CHURCH AGE BEGAN On the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2 and will end with the Rapture of the Church before the beginning of the Tribulation. The Church age is characterized by historically verifiable Prophetic events with the exception of Its beginning on the Day of […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYBOWL JUDGEMENTS Part IIDESCRIPTION OF THE SEVEN BOWLSThe first bowl causes loathsome ( Greek, Pornon ) or possibly putrefied sexual sores to break out on those who have the mark of the beast ( 16:2 ).The word for “sores” is helkos, meaning abscesses or ulcers. The sores are also called […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYBOWL JUDGEMENTS Part ITHREE SEQUENCES OF JUDGEMENT will fall on the earth during the Tribulation. The breaking of the Seven seals begins the Tribulation ( Revelation 5:1-5). With the breaking of the seventh seal ( 8:1-2 ) comes the sounding of the Seven Trumpets ( 8:2 – 9:21; 11:15- 19). […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYBOOK OF LIFE Part IITHE SINGLE BOOK OF LIFE VIEWMany believe that the Book of Life refers only to the names of the elect of God, which have being recorded from eternity past( Walvoored, Revelation, P. 203; see Revelation 17:8). The reference in Revelation 3:5 to the possibility of having […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYBOOK OF LIFE Part II SAW THE DEAD,small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in books ( Revelation 20:12 NKJV ).God […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYBLESSED HOPE Part IIOUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR, CHRIST JESUSThis is a remarkable phrase in Paul’s letter to Titus. It strongly support the fact that Christ is God himself, and it is an outstanding and important testimony to the doctrine of the Trinity. The Greek Scholar Patrick Fairbairn says that […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYBLESSED HOPE Part IThis Expression Describe the rapture of the Church. Paul wrote to his young Gentile helper, Titus, sometime during A.D. 63 – 65. He addresses how to live in this present age ( 2:12 ) and then say that the grace of God instructs believers to be “looking […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYBIRTH PANGS Part IIJESUS’ OLIVET DISCOURSEChrist quotes Jeremiah 30 in His Olivet Discourse when describing the coming Tribulation. He tells His disciples that the day is coming when nation will rise against nations, with famines and earthquakes taking place in various locations ( Matthew 24:7 ), and He then adds, […]