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Most churches are very weak in educating their people about Bible prophecy; reasons: spiritual perfecting, light in a dark world, held accountable for knowing and believing Bible prophecy, Important Apologetic, the believer's future, preach the Gospel to unbelievers before it's too late, Prophecy is necessary for a New Testament church

THE COVENANTS; Abrahamic Covenant: Importance; Genesis 12:1-3; Blessings: Personal, National; Abraham's covenant passed thru Isaac, Jacob, Jacob's children, the nation Israel and the inheritance of the land; promise confirmed before Israel entered the land; God added the promise of eternal Throne and Kingdom they David's son; Christ came to Israel to offer this kingdom, but was rej

THE COVENANTS; Abrahamic Covenant continued: Blessings: Universal blessing: God's promise being fulfilled today in the church by worldwide preaching of the Gospel; God's promise will continue throughout eternity in Christ's kingdom; universal blessings are beyond comprehension; Genesis 12:6-7, Genesis 13:14-18, Genesis chapter 15; Genesis 22:14-18

THE COVENANTS; Abrahamic Covenant continued: The Seed of Abraham: He was promised a seed; The seed is Christ; the seed is National Israel; the rebellion of Abraham's national seed, Israel, does not annul the promises that God made to her; Hosea 3:4-5 describes this teaching in a nutshell: Abraham's seed is ALL BELIEVERS THROUGH CHRIST; THE COVENANTS: Mosaic Covenant; Exodus 19-24:

THE COVENANTS: Return to the Land Covenant; Davidic Covenant: Divides covenant is an extension of the covenant God made with Abraham; God is using the covenants with Abraham and David to bring the Saviour into the world and to establish His eternal kingdom; Samuel 7:4-17; Detail of the Davidic Covenant; other OT Passages: Literal Interpretation: Psalm 89, Isaiah 9:6-7, Amos 9:8-15,

THE COVENANTS: The New Covenant continued: Two other Major Prophecies; Isaiah 61:1-11; Ezekiel 36:22-38; Church-age believers: Hebrews does not say the New Covenant is fulfilled in the church. It twice states, rather, that the New Covenant belongs to "The House of Israel". Hebrews refers to the New Covenant to show that the Law of Moses was temporary and that the Old Testament prom

THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY: 1. A Spiritual Mind: A spiritual mind comes by salvation and sanctification; Natural man, Spiritual man, Carnal man; 2. Understand the Words; 3. The Normal-Literal Method: Contrast the allegorical method of interpretation; The history of allegoricalism.

THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY 3. The Normal-Literal Method: continued: Why we interpret the prophecies literally: the apostles interpreted prophecy literally; God gave the Scriptures to REVEL truth, not to hide it; Bible prophecies have always been fulfilled literally; the Lord Jesus said the major prophetic events are yet future; Christ rebuked His disciples for not believing the

THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY continued: 6. The Interpretation Of Scripture: Types of Figurative Language: Simile; Metaphor; Metonymy; Synecdoche: Personification; Hyperbole: Irony; Parable or allegory; Symbol or type; Anthropomorphism; Paradox; Purposes of Figurative Language

THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY 6. The Interpretation Of Scripture: continued: The purpose of Figurative Language; The Interpretation of Figurative Language: 1. by its context; 2. Comparing scripture with scripture; 3. Requires broad knowledge of life: Micah 7:19, Daniel 7:6, the description of God and His throne in Revelation 4:3 requires a knowledge of gems. 7. Repetition: Reasons