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… Continue reading CHURCH IN PROPHECY Part II

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,… Continue reading CHURCH IN PROPHECY Part I

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… Continue reading CHURCH AGE Part II

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… Continue reading CHURCH AGE Part I

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… Continue reading BOWL JUDGEMENTS Part II

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;… Continue reading BOWL JUDGEMENTS Part I

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… Continue reading BOOK OF LIFE Part II

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… Continue reading BOOK OF LIFE Part I

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… Continue reading BLESSED HOPE Part II

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… Continue reading BLESSED HOPE Part I