Eschatology Bible Study Lessons

The year 2012 is dawning upon us and with it will be more speculation on the end of the world. In today’s podcast we present some of the reasons why 2012 will be another year as the previous as far as the end of the world as we know it is concerned. The End of the World May 21, 2011 was exposed as the work of charlatans preying upon the uninformed masses who believed that the end was near. Many sold possessions believing they would be raptured from the earth. It is sad that some radio...

What is the Rapture? Study shows definition of three views of the Rapture and their relationship to one common teaching of Scripture. The very term used by which the Rapture teaching is defined creates problems with both the definition and the likelihood of the rapture occurrence. Of recent, there have been major failed attempts at the raptureready headquarters of Harold Camping and others. May 21, 2011 and it’s back up date of October 12, 2011, were major embarrassments. Some are even making...

Israel was blind-sided by the righteousness of God. We cannot charge the failure with God. He published his message throughout the entire land during the first century evangelism campaign of the Apostles. However, as Paul explained what happened to Israel in Romans 11 and 2 Cor. 4:4.For those of the remnant who accepted the righteousness of God, the Bible demonstrates “who” righteousness is and “how” it was obtained. Unfortunately, many, zealous for the Law of Moses, stumbled in their failure to see the end of that which was passing away.They could not grasp that God had designed ...

In Isaiah 56, Isaiah prophesied of the coming kingdom of God. He saw the time when all nations would come into the kingdom of God. What is unique is that the northern kingdom, foreigners and Eunuchs were all considered outcasts. Yet, God would bring them all into the body of Christ and allow them to enter into the house of prayer. God’s house of prayer is the goal of eschatology. It is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth, (1 TIm. 3:15). It corresponds with the kingdom. For more information see house of prayer.

How should we understand the statement of the Lord which says Christ is coming on the clouds? Is this a literal visible coming of the Lord? Are these literal clouds? Many believe that Jesus will one day descend from heaven. Today’s study investigates this topic and raises some very important questions.  It begins with a note from the Old Covenant Literature and ends up with a focus on the timing. See also coming on the clouds of heaven article which offers a list of time  parameters.

The relationship of eschatology and “the faith” is quite interesting. It shows there is an objective reality to “the faith.” This is the meaning of what Paul says is “one faith.” This faith is directly related to the fulfillment of Christ’s coming. In Galatians it was the “the faith being about to be revealed” meaning that its fullness would arrive at the return of Christ. The time before the arrival of the faith is called the Law or Old Covenant system which served as a tutor to bring them to the soteriological and eschatological equivalent

Why  should anyone be concerned with population control if we have an end of the world 2012 event? Scientists concerned about the rise in population in the year 2050 seek solutions for the expected 10 billion people who occupy the earth’s real estate. Seems scientists don’t have much faith in the alleged Rapture or End of the World 2012 Mayan Calendar.  They are looking for practical, but not necessarily (in my opinion) humane ways of taking care of what they feel will be a burden on the world’s resources. If the earth will be destroyed next year and the Rapture occurs soon, what

Birth Pangs of the New Creation The analogy of the birth pangs in Romans 8, demonstrate very clearly that the last days events of resurrection, the coming of the Lord and birth of the new nation or creation was imminent. Dispensationalists skew the meaning of the text by focusing on geopolitical and socioeconomic events of the current time. Eschatology in scripture is not a subject for modern media news headlines, yet, many get their vision for the end directly from the most sensational news story. Mello Means About to Be, An Event Soon to Occur At least three times, God indicated the imminent

People believe that we are living in the perilous times of the Bible. They are taking cues from the earthquakes in Haiti, bad weather, and other catatrophes. Israel is a central focus of politics and Iran becomes the scapegoat. The world is anxious and scrambling for answers. All they get are more doom and gloom prophecies. To add some sanity to this picture, the Biblical text requires more equitable handling. The insights from the study on Romans 8 helps the Bible student to get a good grasp on the time of the last days. Romans 8 falls within the same end times pattern. See Are We Living in the

Predestination has been misunderstood from the perspective of the Bible. It is believed that to foreordain and predestine focuses on individuals rather than class or group. Paul has much to say about the Jews as the elect of God who were predestined for salvation. He also allowed the latitude of those who said, “we will not have this man reign over us,” as their own personal choice. Listen today’s podcast and discover some of the key points addressed in this study. Also visit AllThingsFulfilled.com and check out the Last Days DVD Bible Study Series. It includes Power Points slides

Today’s podcast completes our study from the day before on the seed of Abraham. Both lessons should be studied together to get the full impact of the message. It should become very clear as Abraham’s lineage is traced that he has no physical descendants who were to inherit the promises through him. Study carefully the Gen. 22 and observe what he does to Isaac then compare with Hebrews 11:17-19. Based on those events no physical descendant of Abraham could have an inheritance to the promises of Gen. 12:3. In fact, not even Christ himself, which is why he had to die to the realm of the

Are you confused about the seed of Abraham? Who are they? What do they inherit. When will they inherit? How do they inherit? This is a great study prompted by a question on the website. It is part one of two, so stay tuned tomorrow for the second segment. Some of the points are quite simple and some are a little advanced but we do our best to break them down so you have no problem trying to understand. We begin with the promise in Gen. 12:1-3, as an extension of Gen. 3:15. From there we trace the promise through the history of Israel noting subtle nuances in how God deals with this important theme

The subject of the resurrection and inheriting the kingdom of God focuses on the status of Christians as true covenant sons of God. Resurrection is about sons whose privilege through faith entitles them to the inheritance in the kingdom of God. This is why Christ refers to them as “sons of the resurrection.” On the other hand, those who inherit the kingdom of God, likewise are sons. Inheritance conveys the idea of those in relationship to the Benefactor, i.e. to Christ who inherits the kingdom. As joint-heirs Christians have inherited with him. We discuss this topic in more detail to

Is it wrong for a Christian to wear tattoos? We have done a series of brief studies on this subject. Our approach was to examine the statements in the Law of Moses, particularly Leviticus 19:28. Fulfilled eschatology suggests that the Law of Moses was fulfilled in A.D. 70. This means that applications based merely upon the Law are not valid as arguments for the doing of not doing of a particular act. On the other hand, apostolic doctrine sheds light on some of these subjects. It is there that we have to learn the principles from which to properly address the subject. Listen to the audio recording

This is the second of our installment on tattoos? The question before us is, is it a sin to wear tattoos? We are going to approach this study by taking a step back to examine how we apply the Law of Moses to our dietary laws today. In other words, this may provide insights into how we view and apply those Laws. Most of what appears to be the approach of those who prohibit such practice as tattoos, do so by citing Leviticus twenty, solely with respect to tattoos as an isolated blanket condemnation. However, no text is without context, so a proper understanding means that we identify the context