I recently watched the 13 episodes of Michael Greenspan’s “Against All Odds: Israel Survives.”  It aired in 2005 and explores the possibility of miracles in the survival of Israel as a nation.  In several of the episodes, there are references to prophecies concerning Israel.  We want to discuss some of...

Shortly after news of the coronavirus first broke in the United States, Christians started asking, “Do you think this is a sign of the end times?”  And so I preached the message that compared the coronavirus with Biblical pestilences because I didn’t believe that this was a Biblical pestilence.  ...

At Christmas time, people generally remember the birth of Jesus Christ and, therefore, his first coming.  He is coming again.  In this lesson, we will compare the first and second coming of Jesus. Similarities in the first and second coming of Jesus: Preceded by a forerunner – Jesus was preceded...

When you read the first part of Is 63:2, about a man dressed in red, and the first part of Rev 1:14, about a man with long white hair, are you reading about Santa Claus?  You might think so when you consider how the world has perverted the truth of...

Our text for this lesson is 2 Pet 3:9-18.  In the context of the prior verses in this chapter, this passage deals with the long-suffering of God before fulfilling the promise of his coming.  While we wait for his coming, what should we be doing?  We should: Come to repentance...

2 Pet 3:1-8 is a passage that assures us that the coming of the Lord Jesus is soon.   However, according to verses 3 and 4, the closer we get to the Lord’s coming, the more skeptical people are that he will come.  “In the last days scoffers… (say) Where...

Peter mentions the everlasting kingdom of Jesus in 2 Pet 1:11.  He mentions the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in 2 Pet 1:16, and the promise of his coming in 2 Pet 3:4.  Therefore, what he wrote in 2 Pet 1:12-21 definitely has something to do with the coming...

Order of the Second Coming II Thess. 2:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We know that the Lord Jesus Christ is going to return to this earth because he said he would.  His return is in two parts; “the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” and “our gathering together unto him,” [2...

Jerusalem, the Capital of Israel Zech. 14:1-11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The announcement, on Dec 8, 2017, by President Donald Trump, that the United States will now recognize Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel, will spark prophecy buffs to talk about this move as a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy. ...

1 Sam 2:1-11 Hannah’s Prayer CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO A prophecy for Israel. Hannah’s Prayer contains many references to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.  That’s because the birth of Samuel pictures the rebirth of the nation of Israel when the Lord returns.  In 1 Sam 1:11, Hannah prayed for a...