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.
Forgive them father, they know not what they do. That’s for us today, everyone thinks they have the answers, without understanding, why on earth do we have denominations? Why do we have other religions? Man is a fool, what does anybody know about anything, if we can’t agree with each other, how will you agree with the Lord? Confusion is the delusion.
Relax all of you religious crazies. Everything’s going to be fine. The Bible is just a book, it doesn’t tell the future. I can’t believe I actually have to tell adults this lol
You are not promised tomorrow.. live each day as it could be your last..
Be ready to make your maker.. we all will soon or later.
And they said the same thing about Bush 43 and Obama, so what’s new?
Darlene Beeler Faye rapture is not mentioned in the Bible but the catching away is!!!
I don’t believe the Church will go through the Tribulations!!
The law of probability would state that no matter what was written in the Bible it will come true eventually. Doesn’t matter whether you say it was gods doing or not. This is exactly why I have zero faith in some random book that has be translated many many times and lost it original meaning.
The Bible was written by Bernie Madoffs ancestors, how could we go wrong……………………….HA HA HA HA HA !
This is garbage
Old news i have heard this since i was a child, waste of time reading this.