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The Seven Dispensations context. Peter tells us that “no prophecy of scripture is of any private interpretation” (2 Pet.1:20). Every Scripture must be understood in its historical and textual context. It must agree with other Scriptures bearing on the same subject. It cannot have an isolated meaning, for God has confirmed every truth in His Word with multiple witness. The Bible is the oldest book in the world, it being over 3,500 years since Moses wrote the first five books, and Moses incorporated even more ancient records, including the “Book of the Generations of Adam” (Gen.5:1). To be able to find a reliable, continuous genealogy from Adam to Christ, spanning 4,000 years, is no mean feat. There is no equal in the records of antiquity. The explanation for such a phenomenon can only be found in its source, for the Bible claims to be the words of God given by Divine inspiration (God breathed) as holy men of God were moved (borne along) by the Holy Spirit. For this reason the Bible can rightly claim to be the words of the Holy Ghost (Acts1:16; Acts 28:25), using the mouths of the prophets. As a consequence the Bible is infallible, inerrant, and complete. Proofs of the inerrancy of the Bible are legion. However, nowhere can its incredible Divine origins be better demonstrated than in its prophetic pronouncements. Foreknowledge is a unique attribute of God, who says, “I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure” (Isa.46:9-10). Many prophecies of the Bible have already been fulfilled in remarkable fashion. At least 33 prophecies were fulfilled in one day - the day Christ died! The mighty empires of Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, and Greece, all rose and fell as foretold by the Bible. The cities of Tyre, Nineveh, Sodom, Babylon, and Jerusalem, were all destroyed in precisely the manner foretold by the Bible! The fact that so many prophecies have already been fulfilled, leads us to believe that those which are yet future will just as assuredly be fulfilled. 3
The Basics of Bible Prophecy The Jew, the Gentile, and the Church There are three divisions in the human race in relation to God’s dealings with mankind. They are clearly stated by the Apostle Paul. “Give none offence, neither to the JEWS, nor to the GENTILES, nor to the CHURCH OF GOD” (1 Cor.10:32). Failure to delineate between these peoples renders accurate interpretation of prophetic Scriptures impossible. Since the days of Abraham there have been JEWS and GENTILES, but since the day of Pentecost to our present time a third category has been introduced by God; it is the CHURCH. Special attention will be given to God’s program for the Jew in Section 2 -“The 70 Weeks of Jerusalem and Israel,” and to the Gentiles in Section 3 - “The Times of the Gentiles.” The Church will feature in Section 6 - “The Revelation of Jesus Christ”, as we see its history outlined in the letters to the seven Churches of Asia. This study of the seven dispensations provides an overview of all three groups, and the following diagrams show their place in history. 4
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Halley’s Bible Handbook (Page 310
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are located in the Middle East. Wes
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Sudan, and Libya, and has a populat
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Poland April 16 The ban on the Soli
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the Muslim nations. Although less t
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Time will tell, but the Christians
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Signs of the Last Days The 20th cen
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of the thoughts of his heart was on
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Signs of the Last Days The exercise
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times of strife. “Iraq’s ruling
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excavating below the water-level in
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Between 1945 and 1991 Patrick Broga
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The Independent International 12 Ma
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The Sign of Global Apostacy within
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laughter", tongues gibberish, "slay
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the Lord God shall give unto him th
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The Temple at Jerusalem to be Rebui
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therein. But the COURT which is WIT
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The fundamental Islamic goal is to
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Signs of the Last Days A NASA scien
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Section 6 Outline of the Book of th
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Part 1 - The Things Which Thou Hast
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The Church at Pergamos- lit "marrie
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The Book of the Revelation The Chur
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The Sixth Seal: A great earthquake
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his new religion Antichrist will ha
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Only a short time remains, and Sata
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Then sorrow will be turned into joy
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The Book of the Revelation 1) Satan
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