Future

The Seventy Weeks Prophecy

While Daniel was praying the answer came. Gabriel came about the time of the evening sacrifice which was near 3 p.m (vv. 20- 22). It is interesting to note that even though the temple had been destroyed for 66 years and sacrifices could not be offered there Daniel still re …

Future Events

Matthew 24 is a very exciting passage. There is no biblical subject which can create the same amount of curiosity that this subject can create. It is a great sermon on the Second Coming preached by our Lord Jesus Christ. It is known as the Olivet Discourse. As I stated in yesterday’s passage it …

Future Millennial Kingdom of Christ

This psalm can be divided into two major parts. First we can see the Lord celebrating as the reigning One (vv. 1-9) and then as the righteous One (vv. 10-12). One who will not only reign with invincible power, but with absolute integrity. As great as this victory was, it wa …

Events Preceding the Kingdom

Israel will be exiled to Babylon. Jerusalem, why are you crying? Don’t you have a king? Have your advisors gone? Are you suffering like a woman in childbirth” (v. 9)? Micah is predicting the end of the kings. This was a drastic statement to the people of Judah, who thought t …

The Day of the Lord

In this passage, Isaiah looks ahead to the time when God’s righteous kingdom (the millennium) will be established and the temple in Jerusalem will be the center for the worldwide worship of the Lord (vv. 1-3). There will be a wonderful future of peace when instruments of war will be …

Prediction of “The Time of Tribulation”

One day as Jesus was going out to the Temple, which was built on top of Mount Moriah, His disciples commented on how beautiful it was (v. 1). Josephus in his writings tells us how it was built of beautiful white marble stones that were 40 feet long, 12 feet high, and 18 feet …

Jesus is The Messiah

This psalm is clearly messianic and is quoted or referred to in the New Testament more than any other psalm. It is the only messianic psalm with no reference to David or another. Even the Lord quoted this psalm to silence His critics. He explained that this psalm spoke of the Messiah as …

IllustrationIncome Tax Was Being Debated in 1913

When the first federal income tax was being debated in the US Senate in 1913, a senator speaking in opposition to the bill stated: “If we allow this 1 percent foot-in-the-door, at some future date it might rise to 5 percent.” (Original Source Unknown, Lou Nicholes – Mis …

IllustrationChrist is Coming Again

Evangelist Billy Graham says: “One of the best ways to get rid of discouragement is to remember that Christ is coming again. The most thrilling, glorious truth in all the world is the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. When we look around and see pessimism on every side, we shou …

IllustrationWorldwide Jubilation After The War

In 1945, after six seemingly endless years of war, the armies of the Third Reich in Germany finally surrendered. There had been rationing, blackouts, bombs and endless lists of the dead. Suddenly that all stopped and the troops came home and there was world-wide jubilation. (Sour …