Did Zephaniah Read the Mayan 2012 Prophecy? First, who was Zephaniah? He was ninth in the literary order of the minor prophets, the son of Cushi, and great-grandson of Hezekiah.  (Zeph. 1:1) He prophesied in the days of Josiah, king of Judah (B.C. 641-610). He was also a contemporary of the prophet Jeremiah. Zephaniah was an inspired prophet of God. He received his message from the Spirit of God. He prophesied that God would bring the world to an end. I will utterly consume everything from the face of the land," says the Lord; I will consume man and beast; I will ...

Welcome to part four of the series on the when the law passed. This lesson on Eschatology – Have Heaven and Earth Passed?, Part 4,focuses on Matt. 5:17–18. The Lord gave very specific details concerning the fulfillment of the Old Covenant. He tied it to the passing of heaven and earth. Those unfamiliar with covenant language may ascribe the meaning of these words to the physical world in which we live. The Jews of ancients times had no concept of the end of the material world. In fact, we demonstrate later, they understood very clearly God's promises that the material world would never end. God’s Promise Concerning the Material Universe To understand what ...

Image via Wikipedia Much has been written on the prophetic text of the Babylonian exile of Judah in an attempt to answer the question, When are Daniel’s 70 Weeks Fulfilled? Perhaps no prophetic text suffers more at the hands of exegetes than does that of Daniel 9:24–27. Dispensationalist Thomas Ice and others in that movement argue for a literal interpretation of the 70 weeks. However, their literalizing of the text results in both a logical contradiction and abandonment of their premise by inserting a 2000 plus year gap. They insert thousands of “weeks” into the final week resulting in non-fulfillment of the prophecy. However, the prophecy contains a very simple guide-post ...