“BIBLE PROPHECY”

 

Bible prophecy will ever be appealing to man because it deals with “what is to come”, and man has an innate desire to know what the future holds. The prophets ‘of old’ spoke the future and modern-day ‘self-proclaimed’ prophets appeal to this desire of man.

I submit that Bible prophecy is NOT a difficult subject! However, Bible prophecy must be understood in accordance with God’s eternal purpose. That is the key! This great purpose of God is main theme of scripture. Notice:

·         Amos 3:7— “For the LORD God does nothing without revealing his secret (counsel) to his servants the prophets.”

·         Psalm 25:14— “The secret counsel of the Lord is for those who fear Him, and He reveals His covenant to them.”

·         John 7:17— “If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he will know whether the teaching is from God…”

·         1 Corinthians 2:9-10— “…it is written, ‘Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him.” For to us God revealed them through the Spirit’.”

It is clear from these passages that God’s will would be revealed and therefore, could be known. I believe the clearest, ye concise explanation of God’s eternal purpose is from Ephesians 3:6: “…the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel…”. Repeatedly in his epistles Paul affirmed that eternal life in Christ was promised and purposed:

–  Titus 1:2 – In hope of eternal life, which God…promised before the world began.

–  Titus 3:7 – That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

–  2 Timothy 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus.

This eternal life was purposed for all in Christ, and the church (His body) is comprised of those from every nation who have obeyed the gospel (cf. Ephesians 1:3-11; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9).

The manifold wisdom of God has been made known by this uniting of Jew and Gentile into the same body. Paul wrote: “For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition, having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, so making peace…” (Ephesians 2:14-15). 

THIS ‘salvation’ was the subject of bible prophecy (1 Peter 1:10-12).