The corruption of the gospel: Do you believe the gospel is under attack? Are there people who consciously attempt to undermine or corrupt the message of salvation? If the apostles were warning the church against a corrupted gospel in the first century (1&2 Timothy, Titus and Jude), can we expect this to continue today? It Read More…
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3.9 Inside the 7-7-7 timetable (the seals, trumpets and vials)
Revelation chapter 6 to Chapter 16 gives us a timetable for 21 seemingly sequential events, namely the seven seals, seven trumpets and seven bowls. This sequence of sevens will be referred to as the 7-7-7 timetable of the seven year tribulation, the time of trouble before the return of Christ. Interspersed into this timetable Read More…
3.8 Pattern of 7000 years: The Jewish Ceremonial Calendar
The strongest Old Testament support of God’s seven millennial day construction of human history reflecting the Genesis week is to be found in the pattern of festivals God ordained for Israel in the Mosaic Law. Leviticus/Numbers/ Deuteronomy spell out the yearly system of dates and festivals ordained by God for Israel to keep. The seven feasts Read More…
4.3 Christian Zionism*
Gal 3:13,14, 28 “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us, for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree: {3:14} That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit Read More…
4.4 Science and Evolution*
Statistics and the Origin of Life A 2009 New Scientist article stated: There is no doubt that the common ancestor (the first life form) possessed DNA, RNA and proteins, a universal genetic code, ribosomes (the protein-building factories), ATP and a proton-powered enzyme for making ATP. The detailed mechanisms for reading off DNA and converting genes Read More…
3.2 The 7000 year plan*
“The concept of Shabbat, or Sabbath, is a rest day ‘unto the Lord’ on the seventh day. This is unique among the cultures of the world. Nowhere else can you find a culture’s deity instructing them to “take a day off” from their regular activities. This instruction, the “fourth commandment” is found in Exodus 20:8-11 Read More…
3.1 God’s patterns in scripture
Most of us growing up in Christian families or in a Christian environment will have come across the repeated occurrence of the numbers seven, twelve and forty. Who can forget Joseph’s interpretation of Pharaoh’s dream, the seven fat cows and the seven emaciated cows arising out from the Nile. How Joseph’s description of these cows, Read More…
3.3 Jesus’ prophecies
Jesus’ discussion with some of the disciples on the Mount of Olives may be seen as the backbone, or the central reference point, of all end-time revelations or prophecies. Jesus’s end-time prophecy is recorded in Matthew, Mark and Luke, and is the framework onto which all other prophecies may be attached. Most importantly, Jesus’ statements Read More…
3.7 Prophetic pattern of thirds
We have considered in the two previous sections the ‘time of the Gentiles” and the “time of Israel”, and that both biblical epochs are 2000 years. This is based on Jesus’s reference to the time of the Gentiles and the prophecy of Hosea 6:2. However, is there any further support for a theory of a Read More…
3.10 The 7-7-7 timetable and the A.O.D
Revelation chapter 6 to Chapter 16 gives us a timetable for 21 seemingly sequential events, namely the seven seals, seven trumpets and seven bowls. This sequence of sevens will be referred to as the 7-7-7 timetable of the seven year tribulation, the time of trouble before the return of Christ. Interspersed into this timetable are Read More…