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NASB | Acts 1:7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 1:7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know the times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority. |
Subject: Teaching Bible Prophecy |
Bible Note: In my opinion, there are several reasons for this misunderstanding. One is that many churches are infected with God-dishonoring and bible-unbelieving liberalism. They are also ignorant or adverse to the prophetic importance of Israel. Many pastors and ministries today have been sadly reduced to nothing more than glorified psychologists who try to make people feel good and meet their emotional needs instead of proclaiming the Word of God with power, conviction and passion. Unlike ten or twenty years ago, the teaching of Bible prophecy has fallen by the wayside because many church circles have deemed that it has little, if any, practical value for today. But Bible prophecy does have practical value. It builds our faith in the sovereignty of God, who holds the future in His hands. The return of Christ challenges us to live in holy expectation of His coming (John 3:1-3). Certainly, prophecy also is a tool of witnessing. The Bible is the only book that accurately forecasts the future and this can be shown by informed teachers and testifiers. The striking prophetic fulfillment of the Jews returning to the land of Israel in our century is one such faith-inspiring prophetic fulfillment. The generally bad condition of the world and the relationship between nations-the famine, pestilence, earthquakes, and so many other prophetic issues can cogently be understood through knowledge of Biblical prophecy. The unbeliever made familiarwith what Scripture predicted for these times may be convicted by the very relevance of the Bible texts on prophecy. in Christ: Tony |