Tag: prophecy
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Type and Antitype
Sabbath School, Third Quarter; Lessons of Faith from Joshua, Goldstein Editor, @2925 General Conference Seventh-day Adventists Interpreters of the Bible cannot arbitrarily decide on what constitutes a biblical type or how that particular type is fulfilled in the New Testament and beyond. The Bible itself provides some controls and principles as to the application of…
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The Mark of the Beast
As the years have passed and final events—such as the death decree and the enforcement of the mark of the beast—have not yet happened, some have expressed doubt, even skepticism, about our interpretation of final events, including how Sabbath and Sunday could be central to the final conflict. The book of Revelation is clear: we…
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Daniel 2 and the Historicist Approach to Prophecy
One of the most powerful prophecies in all Scripture is Daniel 2. Writing more than five hundred years before Christ, the prophet set out world history, starting from his time in Babylon and then through Media-Persia, Greece, Rome, and the breakup of Rome into the nations of modern Europe as they exist today. In fact,…
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The Principles of “First Mention”
Sunday, April, 6, 2025, The Genesis Foundation, Allusions, Images, Symbols: How To Study Bible Prophesy Most academic programs begin with a general survey course (often given the number “101”), a course that covers broad and basic principles that will form the basis for further study as you dig deeper into the subject. Likewise, when you…
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Some Principles of Prophecy
“ ‘But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,’ says the Lord” (Jeremiah 9:24, NKJV). As with most everything else in Scripture, Christians disagree about prophecy, which often convinces others that…