Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!
Prophecy
Principle
Much of the Bible is prophecy, about a third
of it is prophetic. Basically, prophecy
is history written in advance by God, through men. It is important to know where this prophecy
is located and how to interpret them.
Prophets serve a duel role. They speak
the Word of God to people or organizations.
They also speak the Word of God about the future to warn men about their
sin and coming judgments. In Biblical
Hermeneutics it is the later that we need to be concerned about.
Prophecy can
be broken down into many different ways.
Here is how I see it in Scripture and how it should be studied. The three major categories are the prophies
of his Current Time, Jesus Christ, and the End Times. These three categories can have many
subcategories, but I will not get into those in this writing.
Biblical
prophecy is also conditional and unconditional.
Conditional prophecies are fulfilled only if Israel fulfills certain
conditions laid out in the prophecy.
Unconditional prophecies will be fulfilled by God without conditions.
With a third
of the Bible as prophecy entire books can and has been written about it. The subject is much too large to properly
deal with here, so I will just give the major categories as I see it.
Prophecy
about the Current Times. This is not
our current time, but the current times of the prophet declaring his prophecy.
Prophecy
about Jesus Christ. There are many
prophetic utterances in the Old Testament about the first and second visitation
of Jesus Christ. The New Testament has
many utterances of the second visitation of Jesus Christ.
Prophecy
about the End Times. Information
about the End Times is becoming more and more important.
William J. Roop, M.A.B.S.
