Eschatology: A Study of Things to Come: BSB Level 2 [THE 245]

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“The provisions of the Abrahamic Covenant can be summed up as (1) a promised people, (2) a promised blessing, and (3) a promised land.” (Page 54)

“The Bible promises that born-again believers, the true church, will not have to face the severe judgments poured out in the Tribulation. That is because the church will be raptured before the seven-year Tribulation begins. ‘For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thessalonians 5:9).” (Page 65)

“One biblical scholar, who has categorized all the prophetic statements in Scripture, lists 1,817 predictions in the entire Bible: 1,239 in the Old Testament and 578 in the New Testament (Payne 1973, 675). John F. Walvoord, another prophecy scholar, notes, ‘Because approximately half of the prophecies of the Bible have already been fulfilled in a literal way, it gives a proper intellectual basis for assuming that prophecy yet to be fulfilled will likewise have a literal fulfillment’ (1999, 10). Not only does past fulfillment lead to the conclusion that future prophecies will also be fulfilled, but the accuracy of fulfilled prophecy strongly underscores the divine inspiration of the Bible.” (Page 15)

“The word rapture comes from the Latin term raptus which means ‘to seize.’ The Latin word is based on the Greek term harpadzo (1 Thessalonians 4:17), meaning ‘caught up’ or ‘to grab or seize suddenly so as to remove or gain control of.’” (Page 64)

“Eschatology is the branch of theology or doctrine concerning the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second Coming and the Last Judgment.” (Page 13)