The Rise and Fall of Babylon (Part 3) Babylon Future Some Bible interpreters think that “Babylon” in Revelation 17–18 was code for some other entity (from Rome to New York City). However, I agree with those who say that just like “Israel” always refers to Israel in the scriptures, so also “Babylon” always refers to…
The Risa and Fall of Babylon (Part 2) Babylon: The Superpower A century after Isaiah made those predictions, Babylon had become the greatest power in the Middle East. In Jeremiah 50–51, Jeremiah pictures the destruction of the city and the slaughter of its people. He called on any followers of God who happened to be…
The Rise and Fall of Babylon (Part 1) The Rise and Fall of Babylon So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the basket?” “To build a shrine for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “When that is ready, the basket will be placed there on its…
What Now? An Eternal Perspective This verse points out that we all have a vested interest in the topic of prophecy, since the personal future of every person is part of it. Ecclesiastes 3:11 says, He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but no one can discover…
The Eternal State (Part 5) The Final Future of the Unbeliever Unlike the believer, the unbeliever will be in a place where they will experience suffering and loss. The Lord had a great deal to say about hell and often warned people about this place of judgment: Don’t fear those who kill the body…
The Eternal State (Part 4) The Citizens of the New Heaven and New Earth Hebrews 12:22–24 gives a description of the inhabitants of God’s new world: Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God (the heavenly Jerusalem), to myriads of angels, a festive gathering, to the assembly of the…
The Eternal State (Part 3) There Will Be A Beautiful City Called the New Jerusalem After the new heavens and earth, John says that the beautiful holy city, the New Jerusalem, will descend from heaven to earth (Revelation 21:1). It is not only beautiful, like a bride adorned for her husband (21:2), but it…
The Eternal State (Part 2) The Eternal Kingdom of God We learn from Revelation 21 and 22 that the eternal state will start at the end of the millennium. In the prophetic timetable, the next event will be the rapture of the church, followed by the seven-year tribulation, the second coming of Christ, the…
The Eternal State (Part 1) The Promise of An Eternal House Paul unfolds in 2 Corinthians the great truth that our present earthly bodies will be replaced by bodies that will last forever. For we know that if our earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling…
The Millennium (Part 4) The Characteristics of the Millennium Spiritual It will be a spiritual time because Satan is bound in “the abyss.” (Revelation 20:1-3). Satan and the demonic forces will no longer be controlling the world system. Though it is “earthly,” it will also be “spiritual.” Earthly and spiritual are not necessarily…