The study of biblical prophecy can become a life-long project and joy. It can also be the source of much confusion and even controversy. As anyone knows who has spent much time studying the doctrine of eschatology, or last things, there is considerable debate over the proper way to interpret these Scriptures. This debate exists even among evangelical Christians who hold to the inerrancy of the Bible. Such is the difficulty of the task.
While a study of the end times is not the purpose of this article, it is helpful to understand the context of where our discussion will go. A proper study of eschatology requires the harmonizing of relevant passages from both the Old and New Testaments. Just reading Revelation doesn’t cut it. Scriptures that inform this study are scattered throughout the Bible, although some books address the topic more thoroughly.
Another decision the interpreter encounters is determining when passages are meant to be taken literally and when they are symbolic. Or maybe even both. Figures of speech are used, just as we use them in our normal conversations. How should those be interpreted? More to the point of this article, how should we take the numbers that are used in prophetic passages? Again, even those evangelicals who uphold the doctrine of inerrancy can still differ, hopefully in a friendly way, on the proper methods of interpretation.
So what are some prophecy scholars saying now in the light of some remarkable happenings in our world? More on page two.
Without Christ we are lost. On this we can agree.
Rick Schmit No it isn’t. lol
Thank you for your service. Never served, only 17, but wishing others of my generation could stop being entitled little brats and realized that freedom isn’t free, and that someone had to risk it all for them to have the right to be the disrespectful brats they are. It’s a shame. You’d think someone would teach them to respect the men and women who fought and served to protect them. I believe it takes more guts than they, the disrespectful, have combined to take on such a task. Thank you.
Also important, on President Trump’s first full day in office (Jan. 21st) his age was 70 years, 7 months, and 7 days.
Trump cannot set off a war that has already begun.
What prophecies are you claiming……
Bring it on…… we’re not scared to fight. I won’t be siting my home waiting. Will have a select team of Badass’s. And we hunt every damn one of them. Don’t step a foot on our soil with the intention to hurt my fellow people. We will protect the who can’t protect themselves. And our families & friends. Bring it on
That’s like asking. Is Obama the anti Christ ?
I have no doubt that Donald Trump is God’s chosen to minister to Christians in America. The fact that he has Mike Pence beside him only reinforces that conviction. I believe There will be another civil war in our land. I just did know who the opponents would be. Now it becomes clearer. Christians vs nonchristians.
We give too much credit to man. When something comes God will accomplish it. Gid has been fighting for Israel for centuries defeating it’s enemies.