Imitators and counterfeiters have always plagued the true Word and way of God. For this reason the Lord established a clear set of tests a person had to pass in order to be received as a true spokesman for God. There are four main passages in the Old Testament that deal with the subject of […]
As you can imagine, the messages the prophets spoke were as varied as the situations they encountered. Yet there are several key themes in the prophetic messages, repeated with amazing regularity throughout Israel’s history. These messages or themes can be distilled under four main headings: Impending Judgment: A consistent diatribe of the prophets is that […]
When most people think of the job description for a prophet, they immediately think of dramatic dreams and visions of the future apocalypse.The common image of a prophet is of a predictor and prognosticator. Biblical prophets foretold the future with 100 percent accuracy and announced the coming Messiah, the coming of people to trust the […]
It was a great and distinct honor to be a prophet of the living God. That’s why there were so many false prophets in Israel. Prophets anointed kings, performed miracles, and predicted the future. But at the same time, a prophet’s assignment could also bring great danger, difficulty and even death. The prophet was called […]
TITLES OF A PROPHET The title for any job usually reveals a lot about the person who fills that position and what he or she does. For instance, people call me a pas- tor, teacher, minister, elder, or reverend—and sometimes a few names I can’t repeat here. Each of these titles gives people insight into […]
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THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY ZECHARIAH ESCHATOLOGY (A.) Zechariah, The book of Zechariah, The book of. The book of Zechariah, in its existing form, consists of three principal parts, vis. chs. 1-8; chs. 9-11; chs. 12-14. The first of these divisions is allowed by the critics to be the genuine work of Zechariah the […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY ZECHARIAH ESCHATOLOGY Zechariah, Theology of Introduction. Authorship. The book of Zechariah falls naturally into two parts: chapters 1-8 and 9-14. In the first part we find dates locating the prophecies in the Persian era (late sixth century b.c.), references to Joshua the high priest and Zerubbabel the Davidic governor, […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY ZECHARIAH ESCHATOLOGY Book of Zechariah ZECHARIAH, BOOK OF (זְכַרְיָ֥ה, זְכַרְיָ֨הוּ, “God has remembered”; LXX Ζαχαρίας, G2408). This prophecy was the eleventh in a collection of a dozen short books known as the twelve Minor Prophets, coming at the end of the second division of the Heb. canon of Scripture. The Book of Zechariah […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY WRATH OF GOD The Wrath of God Definition God’s wrath, in perfect harmony with all of his divine attributes, is the holy action of retributive justice towards persons whose actions deserve eternal condemnation. Summary Despite the disinterest of our secular age and many in the evangelical church, the wrath […]