THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY COVENANTS THE DIFFERENT COVENANTS Noachic Covenant The Term Covenants first appears in the Old testament in reference to the Noachic covenant ( Genesis 6:18, 9:9-17 ). In the context of a universal flood expressing his wrath ( 6:1-7 ), God Unilaterally covenanted with noah to preserve the human race […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY COVENANTS GOD’S RELATIONSHIPS WITH MAN IS always mediated through one or more of the biblical covenants. God made six distinct Covenants with promises: (1.) the Noahic Covenant ( Genesis 6:18; 9:8-17 ), (2) the Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 15:1-21; 17:1-22; 26:2-5,24; 28:13-17), (3)the Mosaic Covenants( Exodus 19-20, 24), (4) the […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY CONVERSION OF ISRAEL THE NATIONAL REGENERATION OF ISRAEL This then, is the twofold basis of the second coming: Israel must confess her national sin (Leviticus 26:40-42; Jeremiah 3:11-18; Hosea 5:15) and then plead for messiah to return, to “mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son”(Zechariah 12:10;see […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY CONVERSION OF ISRAEL THE ONE CONDITION FOR BLESSINGS In Leviticus 26, Moses predicted that the Jews would be scattered all over the world because of their disobedience to God’s revealed will. According to the New Testament, this came as a direct result of their result rejection of Jesus as […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY CONVERSION OF ISRAEL THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH can happen at any time, but before Jesus second coming, Israel must first repent and accept him as the Messiah. ISRAEL REJECTS JESUS AS THE MESSIAH When Jesus preach to Israel, He proclaimed the Kingdom of God. But the Kingdom was […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY CHURCH IN PROPHECY CHRIST WILL JUDGE THE CHURCH Following that event, every individual in the raptured church must “appear before the judgement seat of christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad” ( 2 Corinthians […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY CHURCH IN PROPHECY THE CHURCH WAS COMPLETELY NEW The apostle Paul describes the Church as a body composed of both Jews and Gentiles. He teaches that Christ broke “down the middle wall of separation,”alluding to the wall in the Jewish Temple that separated the Jews from the area open […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY CHURCH IN PROPHECY The Church is not found in the Old Testament. Rather, the Old Testament anticipates Messiah’s Kingdom( Isaiah 2; 4; 11; Jeremiah 23:5-6; Ezekiel 37:21-25). Abraham “waited for the city which has foundations, Whose builder and maker is God”( Hebrews 11:10 NKJV ). In the Davidic covenant, […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY CHURCH AGE Part II THE PROPHETIC DESTINY OF THE CHURCH The Bible consistently warns church-age believers to be on guard against apostasy. This characteristic is a general sign of the end times. But what is the prophetic future of the church? To answer this question, we must separate the […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY CHURCH AGE Part I THE CHURCH AGE BEGAN On the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2 and will end with the Rapture of the Church before the beginning of the Tribulation. The Church age is characterized by historically verifiable Prophetic events with the exception of Its beginning on the […]