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.
Kari Dold
I think it’s time to remember Harold Camping, a godly man who got too caught up with foretelling.
I didn’t notice any biblical prophecy relating to his piecing together of current events.
I am still a blood washed, pre millennial, pre trib believer.
Joooooz
JESUS said, WATCH I MAY COME LIKE A THEFT WHILE.YOU SLEEP.
GOD’S WILLS, AND GOD’S CHOSEN ONE. WHEN GOD FLOOD THE WORLD ONLY NOAH AND HIS FAMILY HUMAN SURVIVAL.GOD DID DONE IT BEFORE GOD WILL DO IT AGAIN. THE QUESTIONS IS, WHO WILL BE ONE FAMILY LIKE NOAH’S FAMILY.
All prophesy was fulfilled by the END if the old order with its headquarters in Jerusalem. Time has always been calculated by the current King. We are in the year of our Lord n King, 2017.
The world has been deceived by religious authorities. God dies nothing without revealing it to his PROPHETS. He spoke through mediators UNTIL he was reconciled to mankind through the SON, at the END of the ages. Heb 8:13; 1Pet 4:7
Prophesy ceased with Jerusalem as headquarters of the old earthly kingdom tgat mediated between God n mankind.
” No prophet can die outside Jerusalem.”
Hope so