https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/podcasts/197861/ This course Understanding Bible Prophecy is designed as a serious introduction to this subject. We highlight some of the major things that will help the Bible student become more adept at interpreting Bible prophecy for himself. A thorough course, of course, would require a verse by verse study of every prophetic passage in the Scripture, which is exactly what every Bible student should pursue over the course of a lifetime. Most churches are very weak in educating God’s people about Bible prophecy. The people might have a general idea about some of the major events of Bible prophecy, but they don’t understand prophecy well. They don’t know the rules of interpreting Bible prophecy for themselves. They might have a general idea about the Rapture, but they probably can’t defend the doctrine of the Pre-Tribulational Rapture against other views. They don’t know much about Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, or the Minor Prophets such as Zechariah and Malachi. Religion & Spirituality Way of Life Literature http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification https://vps.sermonaudio.com/resize_image/images/series/1440/1440/197861.1732633442.jpg https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/podcasts/197861/ en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:13:30 +0000 30 David Cloud no This course Understanding Bible Prophecy is designed as a serious introduction to this subject. We highlight some of the major things that will help the Bible student become more adept at interpreting Bible prophecy for himself. A thorough course, of course, would require a verse by verse study of every prophetic passage in the Scripture, which is exactly what every Bible student should pursue over the course of a lifetime. Most churches are very weak in educating God’s people about Bible prophecy. The people might have a general idea about some of the major events of Bible prophecy, but they don’t understand prophecy well. They don’t know the rules of interpreting Bible prophecy for themselves. They might have a general idea about the Rapture, but they probably can’t defend the doctrine of the Pre-Tribulational Rapture against other views. They don’t know much about Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, or the Minor Prophets such as Zechariah and Malachi. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241510314812 Most churches are very weak in educating their people about Bible prophecy; reasons: spiritual perfecting, light in a dark world, held accountable for knowing and believing Bible prophecy, Important Apologetic, the believer's future, preach the Gospel to unbelievers before it's too late, Prophecy is necessary for a New Testament church https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241510314812 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:35:07 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241514575739 THE COVENANTS; Abrahamic Covenant: Importance; Genesis 12:1-3; Blessings: Personal, National; Abraham's covenant passed thru Isaac, Jacob, Jacob's children, the nation Israel and the inheritance of the land; promise confirmed before Israel entered the land; God added the promise of eternal Throne and Kingdom they David's son; Christ came to Israel to offer this kingdom, but was rejected and turned to establish the Church https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241514575739 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:44:24 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241516346636 THE COVENANTS; Abrahamic Covenant continued: Blessings: Universal blessing: God's promise being fulfilled today in the church by worldwide preaching of the Gospel; God's promise will continue throughout eternity in Christ's kingdom; universal blessings are beyond comprehension; Genesis 12:6-7, Genesis 13:14-18, Genesis chapter 15; Genesis 22:14-18 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241516346636 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:38:07 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/112624151940910 THE COVENANTS; Abrahamic Covenant continued: The Seed of Abraham: He was promised a seed; The seed is Christ; the seed is National Israel; the rebellion of Abraham's national seed, Israel, does not annul the promises that God made to her; Hosea 3:4-5 describes this teaching in a nutshell: Abraham's seed is ALL BELIEVERS THROUGH CHRIST; THE COVENANTS: Mosaic Covenant; Exodus 19-24: The Purpose of the Law of Moses https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/112624151940910 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:45:08 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241522303572 THE COVENANTS: Return to the Land Covenant; Davidic Covenant: Divides covenant is an extension of the covenant God made with Abraham; God is using the covenants with Abraham and David to bring the Saviour into the world and to establish His eternal kingdom; Samuel 7:4-17; Detail of the Davidic Covenant; other OT Passages: Literal Interpretation: Psalm 89, Isaiah 9:6-7, Amos 9:8-15, Hosea 3:3-4, 2 Samuel Chapter 1; The New Covenant: Jeremiah 30-33; Lessons from Jeremiah https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241522303572 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:37:06 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241524356243 THE COVENANTS: The New Covenant continued: Two other Major Prophecies; Isaiah 61:1-11; Ezekiel 36:22-38; Church-age believers: Hebrews does not say the New Covenant is fulfilled in the church. It twice states, rather, that the New Covenant belongs to "The House of Israel". Hebrews refers to the New Covenant to show that the Law of Moses was temporary and that the Old Testament promised it would be abolished and replaced by another covenant. The writer of Hebrews indicated that the New Testament believer partakes of the spiritual blessing of the New Covenant thru Christ. The New Covenant will be fulfilled literally in Israel following the church age. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241524356243 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:38:24 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241526257202 THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY: 1. A Spiritual Mind: A spiritual mind comes by salvation and sanctification; Natural man, Spiritual man, Carnal man; 2. Understand the Words; 3. The Normal-Literal Method: Contrast the allegorical method of interpretation; The history of allegoricalism. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241526257202 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:40:06 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241536555437 THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY 3. The Normal-Literal Method: continued: Why we interpret the prophecies literally: the apostles interpreted prophecy literally; God gave the Scriptures to REVEL truth, not to hide it; Bible prophecies have always been fulfilled literally; the Lord Jesus said the major prophetic events are yet future; Christ rebuked His disciples for not believing the prophecies by their literal interpretation; The stage is set TODAY for the literal fulfillment of these prophecies; Practical necessity demands and literal interpretation; Prophecy as an apologetic demands a literal interpretation. 4. The Context: Single most important rule in Bible interpretation. Comparing Scripture with Scripture: Comparing Scripture with Scripture is based own the unity of the Bible; This REQUIRES a good cross-reference Bible; Most helpful is "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge" Isaiah 16:1, Isaiah 28:11, Isaiah 53:5 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241536555437 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:44:19 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/112624153903285 THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY continued: 6. The Interpretation Of Scripture: Types of Figurative Language: Simile; Metaphor; Metonymy; Synecdoche: Personification; Hyperbole: Irony; Parable or allegory; Symbol or type; Anthropomorphism; Paradox; Purposes of Figurative Language https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/112624153903285 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:38:36 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241541357782 THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY 6. The Interpretation Of Scripture: continued: The purpose of Figurative Language; The Interpretation of Figurative Language: 1. by its context; 2. Comparing scripture with scripture; 3. Requires broad knowledge of life: Micah 7:19, Daniel 7:6, the description of God and His throne in Revelation 4:3 requires a knowledge of gems. 7. Repetition: Reasons: emphasis; authority, education, safety, linguistic beauty, compassion, the justification of God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241541357782 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:39:53 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241544104447 THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY continued: 7. Knowledge of Old Testament History; 8. Knowledge of Major Prophetic Events; 9. Old Testament Parallelism . 10. The Perspective of Prophecy; 11. Distinguishing Israel from the Church; In the New Testament: Nowhere does the NT teach that God is finished with Israel as a nation or that the "church" has replaced Israel: Romans 11:25-29, Acts 3:18-21, Acts 15:13-18. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241544104447 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:41:10 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241548131843 THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY 11. Distinguishing Israel from the Church continued: In the Old Testament: Deuteronomy 28, 30, Hosea 3:4-5, Amos 9:8-15, Jeremiah 31:31-39; Proof Texts of Replacement Theology:, Matthew 21:43, Romans 2:28-29, Romans 9:6; 12. Understanding the Dispensations: what is dispensationalism? https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241548131843 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:35:43 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241549546624 THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY 12. Understanding the Dispensations continued: What are the dispensations? What are the benefits of interpreting the Bible according to dispensationalism? Interpretation and Application: It is important to distinguish between the interpretation of prophecy and the application of prophecy, Paul taught that the Old Testament, though it is not the New Testament believer's law, is our instruction book for lessons of Christian living. Jeremiah's pain, loneliness and prayers; Isaiah 59:18-21 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241549546624 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:38:37 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241551237981 DANIEL 2: THE TIMES OF THE GENTILES. Daniel 2:31-45; Introductory Lessons; This is one of the most important and amazing prophecies in Scripture. It is impossible to understand human history properly apart from this prophecy. Five World Kingdoms: Babylon, Medo-Persian Empire; The Greek Empire, The Roman Empire and Christ's kingdom; General observations, Characteristics of the fourth empire: Strongest but weakens in power, its existence continues until Christ's return; iron signifies Rome's power and severity; two legs depict the division into east and west, feet is mixed iron and clay signify the continuation of the Roman Empire in a weakened, divided, corrupted state;, ten toes represent 10 kingdoms that will exist in the days of the Antichrist; Characteristics of the fifth empire. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241551237981 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:40:13 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241553112238 DANIEL 9: THE 70 WEEKS: Daniel 9:24-27: The Context; The Purpose; The Length of the 70 Weeks; The Events of the first 69 weeks; The events between the 69th and 70 weeks; the 70th Week: Final week of 7 years, Antichrist makes peace covenant with Israel; Midway thru the seven years the Antichrist will break that covenant and exalt himself as God; the desecration of the Jewish temple by the Antichrist; this is the beginning of the Great Tribulation; Revelation 6-19 describes the same persons of Daniel's vision. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241553112238 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:38:12 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241556555710 GREAT PROPHECIES OF THE FUTURE: The Rapture; The next major event on God's prophetic calendar; In our estimation, the doctrine of the Pre-tribulation Rapture is a fundamental of the New Testament faith; The Pre-Tribulation Rapture is necessitated by the clearly taught doctrine of the imminency of Christ's return; My Study of the Rapture; The Imminency of Christ's Return: God's people are to live in the expectation of the Lord's return at every moment. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241556555710 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:38:30 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241558304408 GREAT PROPHECIES OF THE FUTURE: The Rapture continued: The Bible's Description of the Rapture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 1 Corinthians 15:51-58: The Rapture is a "mystery"; It is sure; it is cause to praise God; It is a source of great encouragement and motivation to Godly service; The Rapture is a very important doctrine. The imminency is clearly taught. Expectation of the coming of Christ at any time, HYPER ALERT to it, is clear as a bell. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241558304408 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:39:37 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/11262416022686 THE MILLENNIAL TEMPLE - PICTORIAL: Ezekiel's prophecies conclude with a vision of the Millennial Temple, with God on the throne of this world. Revelation 11:15. This will be the 4th Jewish Temple. The outer court is one mile square. Three tall gates into the outer court on both, south and east and three corresponding gates into the inner court. From Christ's temple will issue a crystal clear river of water. The waters that will flow from the altar are real waters, but they also signify Christ, the Living Water, who will refresh the whole creation with spiritual life and blessing. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/11262416022686 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:34:54 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241628322 GREAT PROPHECIES OF THE FUTURE continued: The Resurrection Body: 1 Corinthians 15:35-50; The Nature of the Resurrection Body; Related to the mortal as wheat is to grain; It will differ one from another; It is incorruptible; It is a glorious body. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/1126241628322 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:40:13 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/112624163501024 GREAT PROPHECIES PRESENT TIME: END TIME PROPHECY: 2 Timothy 3-4: The Doctrine of Apostasy; The necessity of understanding the doctrine: for a right understanding of church history, For a proper understanding of the times in which we live, Necessary for spiritual and doctrinal protection, The Characteristics of Apostasy. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/112624163501024 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:38:03 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/112624165266202 GREAT PROPHECIES PRESENT TIME: VICTORY IN THE MIDST OF APOSTASY: Matthew 28; The End of The Age: Timothy 3:1 - 4:8: Hold on to the infallible Scripture; Pursue perfection; Biblical preaching; Watching, grading, vigilance, testing; Evangelism; Fighting the good fight; FINISHING THE COURSE! https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/112624165266202 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:39:35 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/112624166556888 GREAT PROPHECIES PRESENT TIME: END OF THE AGE: Matthew 20; The Busy Householder: The vineyard is God's wok in this age; The householder s Christ; The laborers are God's redeemed people; The 11th hours is exactly where we are: on every hand, we see the end approaching, We must know the times, We must be awake and busy; When God's redeemed people rise up and surrender themselves to God's business, being intent on taking The Great Commission and New Testament Church work seriously, GOD IS WITH THEM! HE IS READY! https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/wayoflife/sermons/112624166556888 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 David Cloud 0:30:44 no David Cloud - Understanding Bible Prophecy