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Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 92
Gary responds to an article titled “Major Signs That the End of Life as We Know It is Near.”
It’s no wonder that Jesus applied the judgment against Babylon (Isa. 13; Matt. 24:29) to [His own] generation (Matt. 24:34). Peter described that generation as “this perverse generation” (Acts 2:40). Jesus withdrew from the religious leaders and the crowds and entered Gentile territory. This is the region referred to when He condemned the unwillingness of fellow Israelites to repent (Matt. 11:20-24). The stone temple had no significance to the Gentiles. Accepting Jesus was to embrace the everlasting temple and bypass the temporary stone temple that had always been planned to be done away with because it accomplished its stated goal as a type of the true temple, Jesus.
The dividing wall between Jews and the nations was removed (Eph. 2:11-22). Jesus was about to turn the tables on the unbelieving religious leaders in His encounters with the Canaanite (Syrophoenician) woman who begged Him to cure her daughter (Matt. 15:21-28). Jesus initially refuses her request saying, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs” (15:26). But under the New Covenant, people “from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues” stand “before the throne and before the Lamb” and are “clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb’” (Rev. 7:9-10). The world was opened for the gospel. Distinctions among nations would no longer exist in Jesus.
Making Prophetic Sense of Zechariah 14
Zechariah 14 has been interpreted in various ways throughout history. The chapter describes a future “Day of the Lord.” How far in the future is that time, and what events does the final chapter of Zechariah describe? Making Prophetic Sense of Zechariah 14 covers a lot of ground, including the history of interpretation going back centuries. As this volume points out, interpretations vary, and some are radically different, even when they agree on the time of fulfillment. There is no consensus, given the fact that it’s one of the most difficult prophetic sections found in Scripture, as many well-known and respected commentators have admitted.
Buy NowGary responds to an article titled “Major Signs That the End of Life as We Know It is Near.” Not surprisingly, the article uses biblical language to prove what it claims, and yet ignores both the context and the time frame of the original writing of the New Testament documents.
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