Handout - Western Christadelphian Bible School

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Table of Contents Introduction: On Dogmatism - Laying a Foundation ................................................................4 What is Truth? .......................................................................................................................5 (a) We believe things because they have been told us by a voice of authority. .........5 (b) We believe things that can be logically deduced...................................................5 (c) We believe things that can be demonstrated experimentally. ...............................5 (d) We believe things because we feel comfortable about them.................................6 Session 1: Learning From The Word ........................................................................................7 1 Direct Statements.............................................................................................................8 2 Inference ..........................................................................................................................9 3 Parallel Passages..............................................................................................................9 4 The Scientific, or Hypothetical, Method .......................................................................11 The Fundamental Weakness of the Hypothetical Method ..................................................12 Overheads for Session 1 (Learning From the Word) ..............................................................14 OHP 1: Concerning Latter-day Prophecy: We Have Never Entirely Agreed About .....14 OHP 2: Learning From the Word....................................................................................14 OHP 3: Direct Statements ...............................................................................................14 OHP 4: Inference.............................................................................................................14 OHP 5: Parallel Passages.................................................................................................15 OHP 6: Scientific Method - or Hypothesis......................................................................15 OHP 7: Limitations: ........................................................................................................15 OHP 8: Example of Hypothesis.......................................................................................15 OHP 9: And its Vulnerability..........................................................................................16 OHP 10: Another Hypothesis..........................................................................................16 OHP 11: And Its Vulnerability (2 Thess 2).....................................................................16 Session 2: Parallelism in Prophecy..........................................................................................16 Part 1 - A (True!) Fable.......................................................................................................16 Part 2 - Parallels...................................................................................................................18 OHP 1: Latter-Day Agendas. ..........................................................................................18 OHP 2: Matthew 24: Christ’s Coming ............................................................................19 OHP 3: Olivet’s Three Main Statements.........................................................................19 OHP 4: The Abomination of Desolation .........................................................................20 OHP 5: The Great Tribulation.........................................................................................20 OHP 6: The Man of Sin: One Man; Blasphemous; Atheistic; Autocratic; Time-Limited .........................................................................................................................................21 OHP 7: Daniel’s “Little Horns” ......................................................................................22 OHP 8: Beasts of Daniel 7 and Revelation 13 ................................................................22 OHP 9: Is This a Valid Process? .....................................................................................23 Session 3: Multiple Applications ............................................................................................24 OHP 1: The Abomination of Desolation .........................................................................24 OHP 2: The Abomination of Antiochus..........................................................................25 OHP 3: Judas Maccabæus Restores the Temple .............................................................25 OHP 4: Antiochus Did Not Entirely Fulfil Daniel 8 and 11 ...........................................26 OHP 5: Titus Did Not Entirely Fulfil the Olivet Prophecy.............................................27 OHP 6: More About AD 70.............................................................................................27 OHP 7: Multiple Applications.........................................................................................29 AD 70 and the Fulfilment of Prophecy ...................................................................................30 Gregorian / Hebrew Calendar for AD70 .................................................................................36 Notes on the Calendar for AD 70 ............................................................................................36 Titus’ War Against Jerusalem .................................................................................................38 Session 4: The Structure of Prophecy .....................................................................................40 Page 2
OHP 1: The Structure of The Prophetic Message...........................................................40 OHP 2: Structure in Judges .............................................................................................40 OHP 3: Examples of Structure in Prophecy....................................................................41 OHP 4: Points to Note About Structure. .........................................................................41 OHP 5: The Overall Structure of the Book of Revelation. .............................................42 OHP 6: Structure in the Book of Revelation...................................................................43 Session 5: Time, Times and a Half or The Time of Trouble Such As Never Was ................44 Introduction .........................................................................................................................44 1 Daniel 12:7 ..................................................................................................................44 2 Daniel 7:25 ..................................................................................................................45 "Saints" - A Side Issue ....................................................................................................45 The Coming of the Lord at the Head of an Angelic Host ...............................................46 Reverting to Daniel 7:25 .................................................................................................46 3 Revelation 13:5 ...........................................................................................................46 4 Revelation 11:2 ...........................................................................................................47 5 Revelation 11:3 ...........................................................................................................47 The Two Witnesses .........................................................................................................48 6 Revelation 12:6 ...........................................................................................................50 Who Is the Woman?........................................................................................................50 Who Is the Dragon?.........................................................................................................51 7 Revelation 12:14 .........................................................................................................52 The Completed Circle and The Duration of a “Time”....................................................52 Session 6: A Time Frame for The Last Days..........................................................................54 Analysis of “Last Day” Terms ............................................................................................54 Application of the Various “Last Days” Terms ..................................................................54 The Last Days: Literal, 24-hour Days.................................................................................55 The Last Days: A Beginning, An End, And Three Major Events Between........................56 The Last Days – Summary Chart ........................................................................................58 Appendix 1: Objection to Systematic Prophecy .....................................................................58 Appendix 2: Daniel’s 70 “Week” Prophecy ...........................................................................62 Page 3
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Page 23 and 24: (d) Followed Daniel 7 into Revelati
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These 1260 days, 42 months or 3 1 /
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(d) Evil will fall on Israel for tu
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sacrifice. The time-periods form a
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1 Jesus’ comments to the effect t
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events that are happening under the
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