Loving Christ The one who has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. And the one who loves me will be loved by my Father. I also will love him and will reveal myself to him (John 14:21). But believing is not simply a matter of mental assent. Being related to Jesus…
A Living Sacrifice I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service (Rom.12:1 NKJV). In the last four chapters of Romans Paul takes up the matter of our duty as children of God. He kicks this chapter off by dealing with the…
Jesus Christ As the King of kings and Lord of lords, Jesus Christ is, without question, the principal figure in all of history, past, present, and future. Bible prophecy is both revealed by Him and the One whom it reveals. In Revelation 19:10 (NLT), the angel told John, “Worship only God. For the essence…
The Rapture Event While we wait for the blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ (Titus 2:13). There is a great deal of misunderstanding as it relates to the two stages of Christ’s second coming. As stated in the chapters which discussed the signs of the times,…
We are clearly instructed in Scripture not to set end times dates since we cannot know the day and hour of specific events. The Lord tells us, Now concerning that day and hour no one knows—neither the angels of heaven nor the Son —except the Father alone (Matthew 24:36). It is not for you to…
Many people, including Arabs, would have us believe that before the establishment of the nation of Israel in 1948, there were no tensions or anything to harm the good relations between the Arabs and the Jews. Even many historians point to the 1948 establishment of Israel as that which led to the current escalation…
Israel’s Present Since these covenants are all from Israel’s past, some have improperly taken them away from Israel and applied them to the church today. They adopt the erroneous opinion that Israel’s promises have transferred to the church. We cannot say enough times that one of the essential principles of the Abrahamic Covenant…
Israel’s Past To understand Israel’s importance in the prophetic future, we must first understand the unconditional covenants God made with Israel. These covenants govern our understanding of the Jewish people and govern our understanding of Bible prophecy. Paul Benware explains, “In Old Testament times a covenant was an agreement between two parties that bound…
Because Israel has been privileged with being God’s chosen people, they are placed squarely in the center of history and prophecy. Israel is no larger than the state of New Jersey, and the Jewish people comprise about a quarter of one percent of the world’s population. How is it then that they play…
Interpretive Approach I will approach this study from a futurist approach, from a premillennial, dispensational perspective. More will be said in a later chapter about the differing methods of interpretation. Dispensational premillennialism can be identified by two basic features: First, a literal hermeneutic. In other words, the words and statements in Scripture should…