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 […]
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; […]