Bible Studies – General

1. The Need to Study the Bible

2 Timothy 2:15

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

2 Timothy 3:16

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

The Greek word translated as “inspiration of God” in English is as follows …

Strong’s Greek Concordance G2315 θεόπνευστος theopneustos (the-op’-nef-stos) adj. divinely breathed in.

Hebrews 11:6

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Romans 10:17

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

2. How to Study the Bible

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3. Approaching Bible Prophecy

There are 3 things required to study the Bible …

  1. Translation
  2. Inspiration
  3. Interpretation

TRANSLATION

Firstly, we need an accurate, faithful translation in our native language (I assume that to be English in this study). There are 3 types of transaltions …

FORMAL EQUIVALENCE (transliteration)

This is A WORD FOR WORD translation, as literal a translation as is possible, taking account of sentence structure between the donor and receptor languages.

DYNAMIC EQUIVALENCE

Rather than being a “word fo word” approach, this purports to be a THOUGHT FOR THOUGHT aproach.

PARAPHRASE

This is a

INSPIRATION

 

INTERPRETATION

 

4. Jesus Christ - The Spirit of Prophecy

Revelation 19:9-10

And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

… ” … WORSHIP GOD: FOR THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY.“

The testimony is the RECORD, REPORT, EVIDENCE and the Spirit of prophecy is the EPITOME, the ESSENCE of what PROPHECY IS ALL ABOUT. It’s all about the RECORD and EVIDENCE of JESUS CHRIST. The Bible is a book of prophecy from start to finish – it is a RECORD of the FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD – THE END DECLARED FROM THE BEGINNING (Isaiah 46:9-10) – and it’s important that we recognise that as fact. God’s foreknowledge means that we can have complete confidence in Him and His declared plan because He is in ULTIMATE SOVEREIGN CONTROL of THE DESTINY OF ALL THINGS.

The RECORD of JESUS CHRIST is the central theme of ALL PROPHECY. All things will eventually come under the power and authority of JESUS CHRIST. We read …

Matthew 28:18

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. He went on to command His disciples to go forth baptising in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

There are at least 365 prophetic statements (one for each day of the year) in the Bible that directly relate to Christ …

The promise of a Saviour from the garden of Eden, His incarnation, upbringing, his miraculous ministry, his treatment by the rejectors, his trial, death, resurrection, ascension, heavenly priesthood in the Church, his return, his millennial reign, his triumph over satan and his minions, his glorification and so on …

No matter WHO we are, WHAT we believe or don’t believe, no matter what we think … we are ALL FULFILLING GOD’S PROPHETIC PLAN in one shape or another. In the last analysis there are only TWO WAYS we will fulfill God’s prophetic plan and WHICH CATEGORY WE FALL INTO will be revealed at the resurrection …
Daniel 12:2

Some to EVERLASTING LIFE and some to SHAME AND EVERLASTING CONTEMPT. The thing that determines which side of prophecy we arrive at is whether we choose to FOLLOW CHRIST or REJECT CHRIST. There are no half-way houses – no intermediate states. We either fulfill the POSITIVE or we fulfill the NEGATIVE. Regardless, we WILL FULFIL ONE OR THE OTHER.

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