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 […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY BOWL JUDGEMENTS Part II DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVEN BOWLS The first bowl causes loathsome ( Greek, Pornon ) or possibly putrefied sexual sores to break out on those who have the mark of the beast ( 16:2 ).The word for “sores” is helkos, meaning abscesses or ulcers. The sores […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY BOWL JUDGEMENTS Part I THREE SEQUENCES OF JUDGEMENT will fall on the earth during the Tribulation. The breaking of the Seven seals begins the Tribulation ( Revelation 5:1-5). With the breaking of the seventh seal ( 8:1-2 ) comes the sounding of the Seven Trumpets ( 8:2 – 9:21; […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY BOOK OF LIFE Part II THE SINGLE BOOK OF LIFE VIEW Many believe that the Book of Life refers only to the names of the elect of God, which have being recorded from eternity past( Walvoored, Revelation, P. 203; see Revelation 17:8). The reference in Revelation 3:5 to the […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY BOOK OF LIFE Part I I SAW THE DEAD,small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in books ( Revelation 20:12 […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY BLESSED HOPE Part II OUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR, CHRIST JESUS This is a remarkable phrase in Paul’s letter to Titus. It strongly support the fact that Christ is God himself, and it is an outstanding and important testimony to the doctrine of the Trinity. The Greek Scholar Patrick […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY BLESSED HOPE Part I This Expression Describe the rapture of the Church. Paul wrote to his young Gentile helper, Titus, sometime during A.D. 63 – 65. He addresses how to live in this present age ( 2:12 ) and then say that the grace of God instructs believers to […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY BIRTH PANGS Part II JESUS’ OLIVET DISCOURSE Christ quotes Jeremiah 30 in His Olivet Discourse when describing the coming Tribulation. He tells His disciples that the day is coming when nation will rise against nations, with famines and earthquakes taking place in various locations ( Matthew 24:7 ), and […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY BIRTH PANGS Part I The Doctrine of The Birth Pangs is extremely important in understanding Bible prophecy. It is first mentioned in Jeremiah 30 – 31. Here Jeremiah prophecies about the Tribulation, the hatred of the nations for Israel, the New Covenant, and God’s perpetual care for the Jewish […]