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.
would that be democrats?
Sean Snowden, Jessica West, Cathy Snowden, Winifred Coffman
You sound so rehearsed. F**e news, Hillary, Bernie and how bad they are, yet you have the single most despicable citizen in front you, and sing his praises. I have watched Trump for 30 years, and no one in our history is as low-life as this guy. He has no human decency at all, and he holds every other person in this world in contempt. I do not like the man, never will. You do evidently, and that’s ok, but please, enough of the holier than thou c**p. Those politicians are all the same, one party no better than the other, and they do the same c**p, Trump is the worst. Putin is the second worst, and he is in Washington, whether you admit it or not. By the way, your boy had a meeting with the Russian ambassador, allowed no news American news reporters, but allowed the Russian reporters. Yea, Jesse
Toni Lyn Ewald You will discover what Jesys meant when u study the Feast of Trumpets. Jesus was speaking to THEM, under the old covenant laws, feasts n trumpets, which was a type n shadow of the substance. We cannot understand the bible without the knowledge of the culture, language n covenant timeline of tgat which was ‘ passing away’ in the first century. Heb 8:13. 1 Pet 4:7. Peter told HIS AUDIENCE that the END of all things was NEAR.”
The manner of Christ’s coming in his father’s glory has been viewed as something physical, seen, of the flesh. The new covenant is unseen, eternal, internal, of the spirit.
This dichotomy is on every page of the bible. Flesh vs spirit.
Jesus said, “My kingdom dies not cone with your observance. It is within you.”
Just as we see with our physical eyes we now see with our eyes of understanding because God has welcomed home his wayward children n they partake of his goodness. Adam gave us spiritual death. Jesus gave us spiritual life. There is no more curse. Ask God, not man. Matt 23:8-10
HILLARY CLINTON AND BILL CLINTON AND OBAMA GO TO JAIL AMEN. CLEAN UP THE HOME AMEN
Yes on that for are peoples amen
2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV) For we walk by faith, not by sight.
We are already at war, and have been my whole 46 years of life.
I’m not buying this
I can’t see how anybody can be a real dem AND a Christian