THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYCONVERSION OF ISRAELTHE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH can happen at any time, but before Jesus second coming, Israel must first repent and accept him as the Messiah.ISRAEL REJECTS JESUS AS THE MESSIAHWhen Jesus preach to Israel, He proclaimed the Kingdom of God. But the Kingdom was preconditioned by Israel’s acceptance […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYCHURCH IN PROPHECYCHRIST WILL JUDGE THE CHURCHFollowing that event, every individual in the raptured church must “appear before the judgement seat of christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad” ( 2 Corinthians 5:10; See also […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYCHURCH IN PROPHECYTHE CHURCH WAS COMPLETELY NEWThe apostle Paul describes the Church as a body composed of both Jews and Gentiles. He teaches that Christ broke “down the middle wall of separation,”alluding to the wall in the Jewish Temple that separated the Jews from the area open to Gentiles ( […]
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 […]