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.
What it says is that the times will be terrible and that we will pray for the rocks to fall on us. Change meteorite instead of rocks and you can imagine the terror and pain coming.
Daniel gives more info. Two very important men… Could that be Putin and Trump? Daniel is an interesting book.
Agree. I don’t know what tomorrow holds, but I know who holds tomorrow. So now all you non believers can make your distasteful comments.
Pork is split hooved, there by accepted food, it too is in the Good Book.
There is no rapture and Christ never taught it.
Caroll Lebron
Interesting…ly
He’s not my boy,He’s my President.I hope he does a great job for America.He wasn’t my first choice
We had 8 years of Obama,even more years of Hillary. We at least have a record to judge them by. Trump has been in office not yet 4 months,I’m ready to give Him a chance and if he is successful, we all win, and by the way if Putin and the Russians did everything you said. I have one question, how did they help Trump steal electoral college votes?
Change is not easy. Trump has the balls to renegotiate the trade deals to make them fair. Its time our President looks out for us rather than kissing$#%&!@* If this starts a war, at least this war will be for a ligit reason and not just to make money off the backs of our soldiers.