THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYANTICHRIST Part IITITLES 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 a beast […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYAANTICHRIST 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 […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYANGELS Part IITHE 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 His triune […]
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 PROPHECYAMILLENNIALISM 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 statement […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYAMILLENNIALISM Part IIAMILLENNIALISM 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, alternate perspectives […]