Posts Tagged ‘Prophecy’
A Future for Israel
FRONTLINE Volume 34 • Number 3 The modern-day state of Israel has been in the news and in our collective minds at least since that tragic day last year, October 7, when the nation of Israel was horribly and brutally attacked by the terrorist group Hamas. Many believers in Christ mourned that terrible day. Why…
Read MoreA Complex Event: the Second Coming
Sometimes the events of biblical prophecy are relatively simple. The foretold event occurs, and the prophecy is fulfilled. From that moment, it slips into the past. Noah prophesies the flood, and it comes. Elijah prophesies a drought, and the rain stops. Micaiah prophesies the death of Ahab, and Ahab is killed. Even where the event…
Read MoreThe Last Hymn at the Last Supper
The Passover meal had ended. Judas was well on his way to betray the Son of God. Bellies full, the remaining eleven prepared to sing the psalms they always sung before heading out for the evening. Matthew 26:30 reports that “when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.” What…
Read MoreProphecy over Tongues
The gift of “tongues” was an important gift found in the early church and necessary for advancing the gospel among different ethnic groups. Tongues in the New Testament has reference to foreign languages unknown or unlearned by the speaker. It would be as if I were able to speak French or German without any instruction…
Read MorePsalm 22 – Testimony to the Christ
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow (1 Peter 1:11). “We should read reverently putting off our shoes from off our feet as Moses did at the burning bush, for if…
Read MoreKnowing What’s Coming Will Help You Through What’s Happening
In language meant to be clever in the context of his times, Walter Rauschenbusch wrote, “Eschatology is usually loved in inverse proportion to the square of the mental diameter of those who do the loving.”1 In reality, though, eschatology is usually loved in proportion to the believer’s love of Christ. If we don’t love…
Read MorePurposes of Predictive Prophecy (Part 2)
God intends prophecy to have a definite impact on people. Commentators and hermeneutics texts warn us not to misconstrue the intent of prophetic passages. Much of what they say is helpful; what’s curious is what is left unsaid or even denigrated. Many interpreters downplay some purposes that seem not only self-evident but Scripturally emphasized. The…
Read MorePurposes of Predictive Prophecy (Part 1)
Why has God given revelation in the form of prophecy? And why so much? What is the goal of prophecy? Or are there multiple intended effects? A number of passages answer these questions. The answers are surprisingly diverse. Some passages corroborate what many interpreters emphasize about the purpose of prophecy. Other passages emphasize answers that…
Read MoreGod’s Grace Appeared
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men (Titus 2:11). Every person in the world is within the reach of God’s salvation. No one is beyond having their sins forgiven and obtaining everlasting life. The word “appeared” in our text is the Greek word ἐπιφαίνω/epiphainō. From this word, we get…
Read MoreThe Prince of Peace
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase ofhis government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of…
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