Bible Walking
  • Blog Morning Minute
  • PAUL FERGUSON THE FIGHTER
  • Lordship Salvation - Dr. Robert L. Sumner
  • Blog: The Encourager
  • Links
  • How to be Saved
  • Contact Us
    • About
  • Bible Verses
    • Verses on Prayer
    • Why/How to Memorize
    • All Verses
    • The Packet 22
  • Sermons/Devotions
    • From the Desk of Pastor Bill Compton >
      • Bill's Audios
      • Bill's Biography
      • Contact Me
      • Bill's Desk Archives
      • Bill's Potpourri
      • BillSermons
      • Bill's Witty Bits
    • From the Desk of Pastor Kent Kelly
  • Books/Pamphlets
    • Whose Is the Land?
    • Be Filled With the Spirit - Lee Roberson
    • Life of Elijah by A.W. Pink
    • How to Get More Out of Your Bible - Wiersbe
    • History 2nd Amendment
    • How I Know God Answers Prayer - Rosalind Goforth
    • Biography-Charles G. Finney
    • Fundamentalism Then and Now - Greg Barkman
    • What Does It Mean (to Me) John MacArthur
  • Books/Pamphlets

O.T. treasury of end-time propheCy

1/25/2019

0 Comments

 
Picture
O.T. Treasury of End-Time Prophecy

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.  (Zechaiah 9:9)
 
WIERSBE SAYS OF ZECHARIAH'S 12 CHAPTERS: the last half of his book, these six chapters, comprise one of the greatest concentrations of messianic truth found anywhere in Scripture, but the truth is always related to God’s purposes for his people Israel. Zechariah reveals Messiah as the humble King, the loving Shepherd, the mighty Warrior, the gracious Savior, and the righteous Ruler who will reign on earth as King and Priest.”
 
SOME BIBLE STUDENTS MAY QUESTION THAT STATEMENT.  Walvoord, a life-long student of end-time Scriptures, says in his classic commentary: “Daniel, the Key to Prophetic Revelation,” on page 7: “Among the great prophetic books of Scripture, none provides a more comprehensive and chronological prophetic view of the broad movement of history than the book of Daniel.” Walvoord says Daniel is a “comprehensive and chronological prophetic view.” Wiersbe says that Zechariah is a concentration of messianic truth.
 
THERE IS NO CONFLICT IN THE ESTIMATE OF THESE TWO BOOKS. Daniel approaches prophecy in a way that makes it the introduction to the New Testament book of The Revelation. Zechariah is broader and yet more compact. We’ll look at Daniel at another time, Lord willing. I love both books.
 
ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE BUILDING (520-516 B.C.) Zechariah gave four messages, three of which were preceded with “the Lord Almighty came to me.” The 2nd message was similar: “The Word of the Lord came again to Zechariah” (7:80). (The Bible Knowledge Commentary, edited by Walvoord.)
 
THE BIBLE "CLAIMS TO BE THE WORD OF GOD" and this claim is reinforced by statements like Zechariah’s claim. R. A. Torrey wrote: “The Bible claims to be the Word of God. It seems to be the Word of God. It proves to be the Word of God.” Thus, the Bible includes words that claim the Bible is the Word of God. Do your kids know this?
 
IF IT IS NOT THE WORD OF GOD, then it has no moral authority over our lives. The heavy proof of the authenticity of this claim is that the claims are most often of a prophetic nature and are proven by fulfilled prophecy.
 
WHEN JESUS PREACHED AND DID MIRACLES, He said: Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.  (John 14:11) Jesus is establishing the basis on which they (and we) can make a truthful judgment on the authenticity and authority of His message. In this context, it was not words of prophecy. It was something they could see: miracles. We were not there to observe His works, but we had reliable people witnessing His works in our place. In our courtrooms, our system of law relies heavily on sworn testimony.
 
WE HAVE FRONT-SEAT OBSERVERS IN THE FOUR GOSPELS who paid with their lives rather than deny what they preached and wrote. The fact that they chose death rather than deny what they wrote, is a strong indication that what they said was true. Thus, we have strong, reliable evidence for believing the miracles Jesus did.
 
THE OTHER STRONG EVIDENCE FOR THE CLAIM OF THE BIBLE to be the Word of God, is the fulfillment of prophecy, especially when its fulfillment is beyond the ability of the prophet to bring it to pass. In other words, not a self-fulfilling prophecy. Sometimes, the words of a prophet lay dormant for hundreds of years before its fulfillment. Several times in the Gospels, the writers say: “That it might be fulfilled….” Those are heavy words!
 
SO, IN ZECHARIAH, WE HAVE THE PREFACE WORDS: “the Lord Almighty came to me;” and “The Word of the Lord came again to Zechariah.”  These words are not just book padding. God is not a book peddler. He doesn’t pad His writings with filler words to make a nice impressive size that will sell better.

THESE ARE IMPORTANT WORDS and they should command our attention. The text is claiming that these words are from the mouth of God. Now, what do you say about it? If you don’t believe they are words from God, on what basis do you say that? What is your claim? You need to make up your mind once and for all and stick with it ‘till you die. I did that when I was nine years old one night in the bean market and I intend to die that way.

 
IF YOU AGREE WITH ZECHARIAH'S CLAIM, then it immediately has moral authority over you. Joshua confronted the people in his day: And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.  (Joshua 24:15) We have that fastened to our front door.
 
THE BIBLE'S CLAIM TO BE THE WORD OF GOD, goes back to the beginning of Genesis when the lying Satan said to Eve: “Yea, hath God said?” You see, this is at the root of our disadvantaged youth of today who have failed the test as badly as Eve did.
 
MANY KIDS BIRTHED AND RAISED IN BIBLE-PREACHING, Bible-teaching churches are leaving the churches by the time they finish high school, before they ever enter college or the work force. They were never taught the moral authority of the Bible. In many cases, they never saw it demonstrated that the adults were under the moral authority of the Bible. So, 60% of them are leaving the church. The Bible is not real to them, not relevant to them.
 
IT ALL COMES BACK TO THE WORDS IN BLUE, ABOVE. No need to look any further.  I’m making a big deal of it because it is a very big deal! Mama’s faith, Daddy’s faith has to be internalized in the heart of every child or it is no faith at all. They will wander like a ship with no north star as a reference point. If we see “church-based” youth acting strange today, it’s because they don’t have a North Star; No reference point; No compass. When that happens, they are in a lot of trouble. They are easy prey for the devil.
 
IF THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD, then it deserves a better place than “somewhere in the house.” It deserves to be in our lap, in our hands, in our hearts. Ω

Read Through the Bible in a Year 
JANUARY 25, 2019 - FRIDAY
 A.M. Exodus 9-10   P.M. Matthew 18:1-20
(Bible Gateway will read this to you if you like. Look for the speaker icon.)

A Good Verse to Memorize:
And he said to them all,
If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.  (Luke 9:23)
 
Song for Today: 
Jesus Is Coming (2:00) (Quartet – Sacred Music Services)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPPr5IJ40CY                                                                     
                                                     (You may have to adjust the volume and delete an ad.)
 
I searched an hour for a suitable performance of “Jesus Is Coming Again” without success. Everybody and his grandpa have done something with this grand old song I learned as a boy. Sometimes I’m too picky, too old, or something. I found this excellent performance by SMS (Sacred Music Service).  I have no idea who they are, but they can sing. I hope you get a blessing from it.
 
 


0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Dan Carr is a "retired" pastor, writer, teacher and continues to write at this website. This blog and other articles are e-mailed free to anyone who wants them. Go to: 
    http://www.biblewalking.com/
    contact-us.html.  


    Dan and Barbara live 
    at Flat Rock, AL between Chattanooga, TN and Huntsville, AL. on Sand Mtn.
    We enjoy gardening, reading, church, family and friends.

    Archives

    March 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    May 2016

    RSS Feed

    Categories

    All
    Abomination
    Beauty
    Bible
    Brokenness
    Christmas
    Church
    Comfort
    Creation
    Crucifixion
    Death
    Depression
    Easter
    Encouragement
    Faith
    Fire
    Gifts
    God
    Gospel
    Growing
    Hear
    Heaven
    Hope
    Hunger
    Jerusalem
    Jesus
    Joy
    Judgment
    Lie
    Love
    Love God
    Meditation
    Messiah
    Persistence
    Poor
    Praise
    Praise Of Men
    Prayer
    Promises
    Prophecy
    Rest
    Resurrection
    Rich
    Sin
    Sinners
    Thanksgiving
    Tragedy
    Truth
    Unbelief
    Word
    Worship

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.