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.
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I think any nation would think three times about starting a war with Trump in the Whitehouse . As for the terrorist groups they are hard to deal with because they are individually ideologies that you have to dig out and kill . It will make a difference now that the president is not sending their generals back to rejoin them.
Stop it, lol.
I’m not one to try to identify the anti Christ. Every president since Kennedy has been identified as the anti Christ. Choose your Pope. Every Pope in my lifetime has been identified as the anti Christ. Entertainers from Elvis Presley to Michael Jackson to Prince have been identified as the anti Christ. Who’s next, Homer Simpson? We will know him when he recovers from a fatal head wound. A cheap satanic counterfeit of the Resurrection.
We are, and have been at war…
And people have misinterpreted the signs for centuries.
Me too
Any time there are multiple pages, I’m out.
Obama WAS the anti Christ!!!!
You’re right Julia but I would like to ad scripture also says when the end times come it will come swiftly catching many off guard!! We should keep ourselves ready by our daily walk with him!!!