Church History The Book of Acts tells about the history of the early church. The Epistles give instruction to the Church. But it is in the book of Revelation that a prophetic history of the Church is given. The whole book is about prophecy, so it is understandable that the messages to the seven churches […]
The Church: The Body and Bride of Christ The church is distinguished from Israel in many ways. One example would be that it is called the Body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:14-27; Ephesians 12:4). The church is also called the Bride of Christ (Ephesians 5:22-33), whereas unfaithful Israel was sometimes called an adulterous wife (Jeremiah […]
The Feasts and Possible Future Fulfillment’s Rosh Hashanah — First of Tishri – Ancient New Year’s Day (Civil) Also called The Feast of Trumpets Leviticus 23:23-25, 27-32 This day marks Israel’s ancient New Year’s Day, and the beginning of the holy season of the Seventh Month (which includes the next two feasts). It began with […]
The Mystery of the Church Announcement by Jesus Toward the end of his public ministry Jesus made an announcement to his disciples about the formation of his “church.” When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” 14They replied, “Some say John […]
Israel’s Unbelief Rejection of Messiah The second violation of the conditional provisions of the Covenant Of The Land occurred when Israel as a nation rejected her rightful Messiah, Jesus, when he came riding into Jerusalem on a donkey as legitimate King of Israel (exactly fulfilling Zechariah 9:9). When he came near the place where the […]
The Promised Land The Promised Land: An important part of the promise to Abraham was that he would be led to a land that God would show him. Canaan: At the time of Abraham’s journey, the land was occupied by various Canaanite tribes, and was therefore known as the land of Canaan. Canaan was the […]
The Chosen People The Bible is the revelation of God’s will to man. It is a self-disclosure by God, giving us information we could not gain from any other source. It begins with the book of Genesis, explaining in just a few chapters, how the human race was brought into existence by the personal activity […]
Understanding the Times What we need now is to be people like the men of Issachar,” who understood the times and knew what Israel should do” (1 Chronicles 12:32). You might wonder if a person can really hope to know the meaning of the prophecies. The Wise Men found the Newborn King because of the […]
Israel and Her Neighbors – Multiple Wars On May 14, 1948, Israel declared her independence. For more than 50 years before that date Jewish people had been moving back to their homeland. This area, known as Israel in the Bible, had been subject to foreign control since before Jesus was born. In later years the […]
Jesus’ Own Outline of the Future – The Olivet Discourse Four Periods of Time – Matthew 24:9-14 We mention this key passage here even though some of the same information has already been given above. It holds special importance because it was Jesus’ own explanation of things to come. Beginning of Birth Pains (Matthew 24:4-8) […]