The Jesuit Origins of Dispensationalism and the Futurist Antichrist belief
The history of the origin of the doctrine of dispensationalism, and how it influenced the churches today.
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The Approaching End of the Age by H. Grattan Guinness – Part II. Progressive interpretation. Chapter III.
The Apocalypse is a continuous prophecy extending from is own time, to the consummation of all things.—Importance of historical knowledge, in order to its correct interpretation.—It is a prophecy concerning the experiences of the Christian church, in the world, and not concerning those of the Jewish nation.
Continue reading →The Approaching End of the Age by H. Grattan Guinness – Part II. Progressive interpretation. Chapter II.
Consideration of certain broad principles, on which the Apocalypse is to be interpreted.—It is a symbolic prophecy, and must be translated into ordinary language before it can be understood.
Continue reading →The Approaching End of the Age by H. Grattan Guinness – Part II. Progressive interpretation. Chapter I.
Human comprehension of divine prophecy has been, and was intended to be, progressive.—Three important inferences from Daniel xii. 9.—There is a blameless and a guilty ignorance of the fulfilment of prophecy.—Instances of each.—Reasons for a partial and temporary obscurity of prophecy; and means by which progressive comprehension of its signification has been granted.
Continue reading →The Approaching End of the Age by H. Grattan Guinness – Introduction
The volume now presented to the Christian public, consists as will be observed, of four parts: the first is commended to the candid consideration of those who have not yet received the truth of the premillennial advent of our Lord Jesus Christ, the second and third take that truth as proved and granted, and address themselves especially to those who, holding premillennial views, are still looking for the manifestation of Antichrist, prior to the visible advent of Christ, those who adopt a literal interpretation of the Apocalyptic prophecies, including their chronological features—in other words, to the futurist school of prophetic interpreters.
Continue reading →The Prophetic Outlook Today – The Seventh Vial
This, the last Vial of Judgment, is poured out “upon the air” or atmosphere of the Apocalyptic world. As the natural atmosphere is the region of storms, the medium through which the heavenly luminaries shine on us, and the element we breathe, a great physical disturbance in the air must affect it in each of these functions; and if it be thus in the symbol, so must it be likewise in what is symbolised.
Continue reading →The Prophetic Outlook Today – The Vial Poured Out Upon The Air; And The Three Unclean Spirits Like Frogs
The Dragon is that old serpent the Devil. The Beast, or rather the Beast’s Eighth Ruling Head, is the succession of the Popes of Rome. The False Prophet represents the Priesthood.
Continue reading →The Interpretation of Biblical Prophecy – By Dr. Oral Collins
The serious student will want to study the Biblical text and develop his personal understanding with some assurance. To do this, it is absolutely necessary to know and apply sound principles of biblical interpretation.
Continue reading →The Prophetic Stance In The Modern World
There is a growing disillusionment on the part of many Christians with the systems of prophetic interpretation most visible in the literature of the predominant evangelical and fundamentalist presses.
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