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Bible Prophecy End Times

By Glenn Davis

Jesus Christ is the center of, and the key to understanding, Bible prophecy end times teaching. He alone is the center of all, and all things move in relation to Him. Much of what is written on this topic today centers on Israel, the Antichrist, the Beast, and other topics rather than on Jesus. No wonder there is so much confusion today. It is turned into a vast sensationalistic money machine with little or no regard for the Truth. Popular modern end times prophecy teaching degrades the Holy Scriptures to the level of the sensationalistic horror books and movies, proclaiming "Doomsday" and "End Of The World" in large letters. If I were looking in from the outside, I would take much Bible prophecy end times teaching as seriously as the headline I saw a long time ago in a tabloid: "WWII Bomber Found On The Moon." It even had pictures! Of course, the Christian doomsday prophets have charts that are supposed to lend credibility to their claims.

One of the unfortunate results of this "end of the world" perspective is that fear has been brought into the Christian community through an unbiblical understanding of Bible Prophecy End Times, including the topics of the Beast, the Antichrist, doomsday, etc.  The famous Book of Revelation proclaims in Revelation 1:3:

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near. NIV

Blessed - Happy!  Scared to death of the Great Tribulation would be more like what the modern "prophets" are trying to achieve.  It strains credibility to think that the slaughter of a 1/3 of the world's inhabitants and blood up to the horse's bridles could be considered anything but a demonic horror show.  These ticklers of ears have Christians deceived into defeat and tricked into handing the world to the devil since they expect to be raptured out of it at any time. But it is because God so loved the world that He gave His Son...

Some Christians who fall for this Last Days madness are merely trying to escape their God-given responsibilities for this physical world or are seeking present "chills and thrills" at the expense of the Word of God. God is not fooled, nor will He accept excuses.  If He will judge every careless word, how much more will He judge words which twist His Holy Scriptures.

Yet many sincere disciples of Jesus Christ are caught up in a false understanding of Bible prophecy. They have only heard one view on Bible prophecy end times, and related topics. Their studies of the Scripture on Bible prophecy end times have unintentionally been biased. They are the ones who will read these pages and think and study for themselves. They will be led by the Holy Spirit into Truth - which is simple.

When studying the Bible on any topic, including so-called End Times, serious Bible students must apply basic rules of Bible interpretation.  As our Feed Yourself students know, the most basic of all rules is that every Bible verse must be understood in its context.  A person can "prove" anything they want by ripping verses out of context, adding their own thoughts and gluing them together with other random Scriptures.  Popular End Times teachers are an excellent example of this.

When considering context, we must place ourselves in the position of the original audience.  For example, the New Testament, although it has timeless applications, was written to first-century Christians.  How did they understand it?  It must have had real, timely meaning to them.  Many of the interpretations we hear today would have been incomprehensible nonsense to them.  Social and historical context is also vital.  A person who has little understanding of the Old Testament and first-century history has little hope of understanding prophetic texts.  Also, serious Bible students need to look for time indicators in the context, keeping in mind that these indicators, like "soon," "shortly," and "last hour," must be understood from the perspective of the original readers.

People who have been trained in the teaching of famous and not-so-famous people may have a difficult time changing their mindset.  Remember, only the Word of God is infallible, and we must filter what we believe on any subject through the Word of God in context and be willing to jettison any belief or interpretation system that is proven to be contrary to Scripture.  This challenge will prove too great for some whose only recourse will be to respond in anger.  However, I believe better and greater things of you.  Read the articles in this section with an open mind.  Drill down deep.  Consider the Scriptures.  If I am wrong, then by all means, reject it!  But don't reject it until you have studied the Scriptures for yourself.

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