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.
8 years from now when we have a new president you can look back on this and you’ll see what a joke you are for believing all the stupid$#%&!@*on social media
Then Christ comes Three times?
That’s What They Said About The Mayan Doomsday
No body knows…but God.
Sadly the left has to stoop to religionists propagandist tactics to strike fear into people of higher faith and moralistic character .
Stop the b******t already!! I’m so tired of the sky is falling scare tactics. If you’re right with God none of this matters.
angles in the 4 corners of the earth will sound the trumpet the 4th angle will hold the key to hell
Sonia Zimmerman – That may be true in shitty Christian fiction, but it isn’t really found in the bible.
Yippy Kai yay.
be about time to cleans the planet…
BRING IT ON
F**k yeah!