THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY APOCALYPTICISM Part II LITERAL OR FIGURATIVE ? Categorizing Revelation as apocalyptic also influences how one interprets Revelation’s numbers. Others apocalypses typically used numbers to convey concepts rather than count units ( Gregg, pp. 11- 12 ). Thus categorizing Revelation as apocalyptic literature moves the interpreter away from a literal […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY APOCALYPTICISM Part I DISPENSATIONAL INTERPRETERS often categorize various prophetic books of the bible, such as Ezekiel, Daniel, and Revelation, as “apocalyptics literature”. In doing so these interpreters simply means that these books unveil or disclose God’s future prophetic programs. The Greek word apokalypsis simply means to unveil or disclose. […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY ANTICHRIST Part III THE ANTICHRIST’S GENIUS AND POWER The Antichrist will be the most incredible political leader that the world have ever known. on the surface he will appear to be the epitome of human genius and power. Arthur W. Pink ( P.77 ) writes,”Satan has had full opportunity afforded […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY ANTICHRIST Part II TITLES OF THE ANTICHRIST The Bible uses several names and titles for the person we commonly call the Antichrist. Each of these provides a glimpse into a facet of his diabolical character and nature, and together they present an intricate portrait of the Antichrist. For example… The Beast I saw […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYA ANTICHRIST Part I BIBLICAL PROPHECIES CLEARLY predict the rise of the Antichrist in the end times and more than 100 passages of Scripture describe the Antichrist’s origin, nationality, character, career, and global conquest. The term Antichrist may be applied both to an individual and to the system he represents. Interestingly, […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY ANGELS Part II THE CLASSIFICATION OF ANGELS The Bible describes several kinds of angels: • Cherubim are the highest class of angels. They attend the glory, holiness, and majesty of God (Ezekiel 1:514). • Seraphim are “burning ones” or angelic incendiaries who are ablaze with the glory of God and continually announce […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY ANGELS Part I THE BIBLE REFERS TO ANGELS more than 300 times as real, personal, created spirit beings. Many theologians believe that God created all angels on the first or second day of creation (see Psalm 104:4). Angels can be good or evil. Demons were once angels, but they […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY AMILLENNIALISM Part III After being persecuted in Derbe, Paul and Barnabas returned to some of the cities where they had won converts to Christ and sought to give them advice: “Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God” (Acts 14:22). If they were in the kingdom, this […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY AMILLENNIALISM Part II AMILLENNIALISM AND THE CHURCH FATHERS In the East, Eusebius of Caesarea (263–339), the court theologian to Constantine and theological heir of Origen, was a strong leader in the rejection of apocalypticism. With the rise of Constantine and the adoption of Christianity as the empire’s official religion, […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY AMILLENNIALISM Part I AMILLENNIALISM TEACHES THAT there will be no literal, future 1000-year reign of Christ on earth. Most amillennialists believe that a spiritual form of the kingdom is present now. Systematic amillennialism was the second of the three major eschatological views to develop; it was first taught within […]