Can end time beliefs lead to death? Unfortunately, this question has already been answered. Some years ago, Branch Davidian Seventh-Day Adventsist Leaders saw the June 1967 Israeli-Arab War as a sign of the imminent end. Ben Roden interpreted Isaiah 31:5, "As birds flying so will the Lord defend Jerusalem," as Israeli Jets which rendered Arab planes inoperable. Here is a prime example of lifting a text out of context. God speaks about Judah trusting and seeking Egypt and their "horses" to save them from the Assyrians. However, God saves Hezekiah by destroying 185,000 of Sennacharib's army by the angel of the Lord. See chapters 31-37. To ...

How do we define Zionism? It depends on our eschatology (study of the end times). For this post, we suggest three views of Zionism leaving the reader to choose which you find to be more in harmony with the Bible. Initially, Zion identified with the City of David, presumed to be the once Canaanitish city as it existed at the time of its capture by David in 1003 B.C. After Solomon had expanded Jerusalem northward to include Mt. Moriah, the latter king, at his dedication of the Temple on this new site in 958 B.C., is said to have brought up ...