Is the end of the world coming soon?
Will Russia's military aggression--in Ukraine,
lead to World War III?
Will China's powerful increase in military
strength set the stage for Armageddon?
My friends, Bible prophecy reveals the future of the world.
You can know the answers to these questions, if you
understand Bible prophecy.
On today's program we'll be offering you an
inspiring study guide, Understanding Bible Prophecy.
It's free of charge and there are no obligations.
Be sure to write down the contact information to
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Bible prophecy's many amazing messages from
God's prophets can be challenging even to
Bible scholars.
What is symbolized by the grand image described
by the prophet Daniel?
What meaning can we learn from the beasts and the
harlot of Revelation--and other mysterious symbols?
Proven principles of Bible prophecy will open
your understanding to the ultimate future of the world,
of humanity, and of the glorious Kingdom to come.
Between 25 and 30 percent of your Bible is prophecy.
If you understand Bible prophecy, you can find
hope for the future, and for your own life.
You need to know the keys to understanding Bible prophecy.
Stay tuned.
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Bible prophecy reveals the future of the world, and
frankly, the future of the universe.
Your Bible has proven the power of prophecy.
I hope you've seen our telecast,
"Amazing Prophecies Fulfilled!"
From Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a statue in
the Old Testament book of Daniel, to John's
New Testament visions in the book of Revelation,
your Bible reveals major end-time events,
with mysterious prophetic symbols such as the
Beast of Revelation 13 with seven heads and ten horns
rising up out of the sea; and the harlot woman of
Revelation 17 sitting on a scarlet beast with seven
heads and ten horns.
How can you understand the meaning of these symbols?
On today's program, we'll discuss seven keys to
understanding Bible prophecy,
and we'll be offering you an inspiring free study guide,
Understanding Bible Prophecy.
This free booklet will give you greater understanding
of Bible prophecy than you've ever had before.
Be sure to write down the contact information
to order our free copy.
My friends, these seven keys to understanding
prophecy will help you understand the most
amazing future and events that relatively few people
on earth even come close to understanding.
Key Number One to Understanding Bible
Prophecy is: Learn God's Prophetic Framework.
Some have wrong ideas about prophecy because
they wrongly believe that Jesus Christ
will return after the prophesied Millennium.
But your Bible shows clearly that Christ will
return to set up a literal kingdom here on earth for
a literal period of one thousand years.
The book of Revelation describes a period of
3 and a half years leading up to the return of Christ.
The first five seals of Revelation, outlined in
chapter six, cover a period of two-and-a-half
years of the Great Tribulation Jesus spoke
about in Matthew 24.
The sixth seal is the heavenly signs.
The whole world will be put on notice when this event occurs.
Let's read that in Revelation 6:12...
"I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there
was a great earthquake; and the sun became black
as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood.
And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a
fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by
a mighty wind.
Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up,
[Listen to this] and every mountain and island
was moved out of its place."
The whole world will be shocked and terrorized.
The world will then realize that the time of
God's judgment has come as Jesus returns to establish
God's Kingdom here on the earth, a new world order
ruled by the King of kings, Jesus Christ.
Yes, the Bible gives us an overall framework for prophecy.
Be sure to read chapter three of our study guide,
Understanding Bible Prophecy.
It's titled "Is the Gospel Prophetic?"
Key Number One to Understanding Bible Prophecy is:
Learn God's Prophetic Framework.
Key Number Two to Understanding Bible Prophecy is:
The Bible Interprets Its Own Symbols.
The book of Revelation contains symbolic language
which confuses many casual readers.
If you have your Bible, turn to Jeremiah 51:24 for one example.
Your Bible probably has a heading to chapter 51 such as
"God's judgment [or vengeance] upon Babylon."
God is declaring His punishment on the great empire of Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:24...
"'And I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea
for all the evil they have done in Zion in your sight,'
says the LORD.
'Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,
who destroys all the earth,' says the LORD.
'And I will stretch out My hand against you, roll you
down from the rocks, and make you a burnt mountain.'"
Yes, God will judge rebellious nations,
symbolized here as mountains.
What mountain or kingdom will rule the whole earth?
As so many prophecies explain, that Kingdom will
be the Kingdom of God ruled by the King of
kings, the Savior, Jesus Christ.
Bible students are familiar with the prophecy in Isaiah 2.
Isaiah 2:2,
"Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the
mountain of the LORD's house shall be established on the
top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills;
and all nations shall flow to it.
Many people shall come and say, 'Come, and let us go
up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the
God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, and
we shall walk in His paths.' For out of Zion shall go forth
the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations, and rebuke
many people; they shall beat their swords into
plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore."
A mountain in Bible prophecy can symbolize
a Kingdom, empire, or nation.
Here we see the good news of God's Kingdom, which
will establish world peace.
We've explored an example of prophetic symbolism:
a mountain can be symbolic of a kingdom or a government.
So, Key Number Two to Understanding Bible Prophecy
is The Bible Interprets Its Own Symbols.
The third key to understanding Bible prophecy is the proof
of fulfilled prophecy.
Fulfilled prophecy gives us confidence in
the fulfillment of future prophecies.
We'll discuss this important key in the
next part of our program.
But first, I'd like to offer you our
free informative booklet, Understanding Bible Prophecy.
What does Bible prophecy predict for the future
of our great nations?
What is the sequence of major prophetic events?
This free study guide features a chart
depicting the End-Time Prophetic Milestones.
Most theologians and preachers are way off
base in their prophetic frameworks because they
lack that knowledge.
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This booklet will give you the historic
and biblical proof of dramatic prophecies.
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In the first part of our program, we briefly
discussed the first two of seven keys
to understanding Bible prophecy.
Key Number One: Learn God's Prophetic Framework.
Key Number Two: The Bible Interprets Its Own Symbols.
Key Number Three to Understanding Bible
Prophecy is: The Proof of Fulfilled Prophecy.
Dozens of Old Testament prophecies were fulfilled
in the New Testament in the person of Jesus Christ.
Another example of fulfilled prophecy, and
there are many, is the dream God gave ancient
king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
Turn to the Book of Daniel, chapter two.
Here the prophet Daniel tells the king his dream.
Nebuchadnezzar's famous image reveals four
world-ruling empires.
King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream that troubled him.
Daniel was called before the king, and proceeded to
describe the great image in the king's dream. Daniel 2:31,
"You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image!
This great image, whose splendor was excellent,
stood before you; and its form was awesome.
This image's head was of fine gold, its chest and
arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its
legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
You watched while a stone was cut out without hands,
which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay,
and broke them in pieces."
Daniel told King Nebuchadnezzar that he was the head of gold
represented in this image.
Daniel said in verse 38,
"You are this head of gold."
History confirms Daniel's prophecy of the subsequent
empires symbolized by the statue.
What world ruling empires followed after Nebuchadnezzar?
The head of gold represented the Babylonian Empire
from 625 to 539 BC.
It was replaced by the Medo-Persian Empire from
558 to 330 BC, represented by the chest and arms of silver.
The belly and thighs of bronze represented the
Greco-Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great
from 333 to 31 BC.
The two legs of Iron represent the Roman Empire
from 31 BC to 476 AD.
And, finally, the ten toes on two feet of iron
mixed with ceramic clay represent a future revival
of the Roman Empire.
The prophecies of Daniel are genuine.
The predictions of these four empires did come to pass.
Key Number Three to Understanding Bible Prophecy
was: The Proof of Fulfilled Prophecy.
Key Number Four to Understanding Bible Prophecy is:
Understand Prophetic Time Gaps.
Let's look at Luke 4:16.
Jesus was visiting His hometown of Nazareth and
was invited to read from the scriptures on the Sabbath.
He was given the scroll of Isaiah. Luke 4:16...
"So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up.
And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on
the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah.
[Luke 4:17] And when He had opened the book,
He found the place where it was written: 'The Spirit
of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me
to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me
to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the
captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set
at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the
acceptable year of the LORD.' [Now notice this]
Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the
attendant and sat down.
And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were
fixed on Him.
And He began to say to them, 'Today this
Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.'"
Yes, the Messiah had come to preach the gospel to
the poor, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, and
to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
Jesus told them that this very prophecy of
Isaiah was now being fulfilled through Him.
But was that all of the prophecy?
Turn back to the prophecy Jesus read.
Notice the two mission statements here in
Isaiah 61:2, "To proclaim the acceptable year of
the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God."
Jesus closed the book He was reading, right in
the middle of a verse.
He omitted the second part of the verse referring to
the day of vengeance.
Why?
Because the remainder of Isaiah's prophecy applies
to Jesus' Second Coming-- when the Day of the Lord,
the day of God's vengeance and wrath, takes place.
There's a time gap of about 2,000 years between
the fulfillment of the first part of the verse
and the second part of the verse.
Key Number Four to Understanding Bible Prophecy is:
Understand Prophetic Time Gaps.
Key Number Five to Understanding Bible Prophecy is:
Recognize Prophetic Duality.
Turn in your Bible to 1 Corinthians 15:45 for example.
"And so it is written, 'The first man Adam became a
living being.' The last Adam became a life-giving spirit."
Who was the last Adam? Verse 47 gives us the answer...
"The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man
is the Lord from heaven."
Yes, the second Adam was Jesus Christ.
Jesus' Olivet prophecy in Matthew 24 is also
an example of duality.
Some of the terrible conditions Jesus described
did take place when Jerusalem was destroyed.
But that was just a type of forerunner of the final
climactic fulfillment.
Jesus warned us in Matthew 24:21...
"For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not
been since the beginning of the world until this time,
no, nor ever shall be.
And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would
be saved; but for the elect's sake those days
will be shortened."
Yes, prophecy is dual-- and we ought to learn
the lessons of history.
The destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman armies in 70 AD
was just a type of the Great Tribulation that
lies just ahead.
Key Number Five to Understanding Bible Prophecy is:
Recognize Prophetic Duality.
We'll discuss key number six in the next part of our program.
Our free booklet, Understanding Bible Prophecy will give you
a thorough explanation of the prophetic events that lie ahead.
What signs should you be watching for?
What prophetic trends are now very active and obvious?
You can begin to understand much more about these
end-time prophecies when you apply the keys to
understanding Bible prophecy.
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will give you knowledge of prophesied events
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The simple knowledge of the origin of nations in
the Bible gives us a clearer understanding
of Bible prophecy.
We call the next key, the Master Key to
understanding prophecy.
Key Number Six to Understanding Bible Prophecy is:
Know the Biblical Origins of Nations.
My friends, can you find the United States, Canada,
Great Britain and the other English-speaking
nations in Bible prophecy?
If you can, you will understand major parts
of vital prophecies that very few today can even
begin to understand.
The Bible mentions by name such nations as
Egypt, Libya, and Ethiopia.
And it may surprise you that Assyria will
eventually be one of the prominent nations in
tomorrow's world along with Egypt and Israel.
You can read about that in Isaiah 19:23.
Also read the 10th and 11th chapters of Isaiah.
But who is modern Assyria?
In our Tomorrow's World magazine, we previously
published a full article on this subject entitled,
"A Fourth Reich?"
Here is what Dr. Douglas Winnail wrote in the article:
"While most historians are reluctant, or fail,
to make any connection between the disappearance of the
Assyrians and the appearance of the Germanic tribes,
the fact remains that no other nation's history and national
character resembles Germany more than does that of Assyria."
Key Number Six to Understanding Bible Prophecy is:
Know the Biblical Origins of Nations.
So, can you find the United States in end-time prophecy?
It's there if you know where to look.
To learn more about the identity of the
United States and Britain in your Bible, please view
our inspiring program, "Jeremiah's Message
for the British and American Peoples."
Just type that title in the search bar on the
Tomorrow's World website to view the program.
Key Number Six to Understanding Bible Prophecy is:
Know the Biblical Origins of Nations.
Key Number Seven to Understanding Bible Prophecy
is: Understand the Purposes for Bible Prophecy.
My friends, Bible prophecy can
sustain hope and inspire confidence.
But it also warns people and nations to repent.
John the Baptist was baptizing massive crowds
of people who were moved by his preaching.
The Gospel writer Matthew describes what happened.
Matthew 3:1... "In those days John the Baptist came
preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying,
'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!'"
Later, Jesus Christ preached the same message.
You can read that in Mark 1:14-15.
But what was the response to John's preaching?
Verse 5, "Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the
region around the Jordan went out to him and were
baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins."
In the book of Revelation, Christ promises protection
for those who repent and are faithful.
In the letter to the Church at Philadelphia,
the Apostle John records this message in the book
of Revelation 3:10,
"Because you have kept My command to persevere,
I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come
upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth."
The hour of trial is that unique period of time in all
history, called the Great Tribulation and leading
into the Day of the Lord.
God will protect His faithful people in the
trying years ahead.
In Verse 11, Christ gives us this instruction:
"Behold, I am coming quickly!
Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown."
Bible prophecy warns people to repent
and avoid the great punishments to come.
Another purpose of prophecy is to give
opportunity to those in future captivity to repent
and to come under God's deliverance as God promises
in Deuteronomy 4:27-31.
My friends, are you preparing for the
Second Coming of Christ?
Understanding Bible prophecy and facing reality,
will help you prepare.
On the day of Pentecost, in 31AD, the Apostle Peter
exhorted the thousands in his audience to repent
and be baptized.
You can read that in Acts 2:38.
Peter motivated the crowd to change their lives.
He said in Acts 2:40...
"'Be saved from this perverse generation.' Then those who
gladly received his word were baptized; and that day
about three thousand souls were added to them."
My friends, if you've studied biblical baptism, and if
you've come to the place in your life where you've
repented and have accepted Christ's sacrifice and His
authority over your life, we invite you to counsel
with one of our ministers.
We have representatives in many regions around the world.
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Key Number Seven to Understanding Bible Prophecy
is: Understand the Purposes for Bible Prophecy.
Bible prophecy also demonstrates the awesome
sovereignty of God as it tells us in Isaiah 46:9-10.
And in the conclusion of our program, we'll discuss
the most amazing event in human history that is just
on the horizon of our future.
But first, I'd like to offer you an amazing free
booklet that reveals major prophetic trends and
events in the future.
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My friends, you can know the future of
America, Britain, and western civilization.
Bible prophecy reveals what historians, world
leaders, and political analysts do not know--
but you can understand.
You need to watch for the dramatic earth-shaking
events that will engulf the whole world.
This free booklet will give you the sequence of
prophetic events.
You need the vital keys to understanding Bible prophecy.
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On today's program, we've seen that the very gospel
of salvation that Jesus preached involves our
past, present, and future.
I hope you saw our recent program titled
"Are You Saved or Lost?"
Be sure to view it on our website if you missed it.
Bible prophecy reveals the awesome future
of your salvation.
The framework of prophecy, as we discussed today,
reveals the coming judgments on the nations
during the Day of the Lord and the ultimate glory of
the coming kingdom.
Our free study guide includes a chart showing
the major prophetic events, including the
Great Tribulation, the Heavenly Signs, and
the Day of the Lord.
God also reveals certain key time periods such as
the 1,260 days and the 1,290 days.
Be sure to order your free study guide,
Understanding Bible Prophecy, that will cover much more
vital information than we have time for on this program.
This free study guide includes a chart
including the End-Time Prophetic Milestones.
Be sure to order your free copy.
At the beginning of the program, I asked the question:
Is the end of the world coming soon?
Will Russia's aggression in Ukraine lead to World War III?
Will China's powerful increase in military
strength set the stage for Armageddon?
The framework for Bible prophecy answers those questions.
But what will save the planet and all humanity
from total extinction and annihilation?
The greatest event in all human history is coming soon.
The return of the Savior, Jesus Christ, will save
planet earth and establish world peace.
You may know the awesome prophecy of Isaiah 9:6...
"For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is
given; and the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called Wonderful,
Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of His government and peace there
will be no end, upon the throne of David and over
His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment
and justice from that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this."
I hope you are praying as Jesus instructed
in Matthew 6:10, "Your Kingdom come."
We all look forward to the good news announcement at
the seventh trumpet in Revelation 11:15...
"Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud
voices in heaven, saying, 'The kingdoms of this world
have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ,
and He shall reign forever and ever!'"
May God bless you as you prepare for the coming of
the Savior Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God on earth.
Be sure to order your free study guide,
Understanding Bible Prophecy.
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