Posted November 29th, 2008 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. Why do you now use the 1948 date instead of the 1967 date in predicting End Times events? In the past you’ve stated that because the countdown to the first coming in Daniel 9:24-27 began with the rebuilding of Jerusalem we should focus more on 1967 when it became a Jewish city gain. Read Post »
Posted November 26th, 2008 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. In reading your very interesting article about The Anti-Christ and Mr. Obama you made the statement that you believe we could see the end of time and the Lord’s return by 2018. I truly believe we are in the last days. There is so much evidence of it in society’s ways and just how everything is playing out. I have a question, however. I realize that Israel is getting closer and closer to being ready to rebuild the Temple. Could it be rebuilt, in your estimation, within these years? Read Post »
Posted November 15th, 2008 in Ikvot ha'Mashiach
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.” (Matt. 16:2-3)
So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. (Matt. 24:15-16)
For then there will be great distress (Great Tribulation), unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. (Matt. 24:21)
When it comes to developing any kind of time line concerning the End Times, the watershed event has to be the Abomination that Causes Desolation. Why? Because from that time forward, the Bible gives a very clear sequence of events. Read Post »
Posted November 11th, 2008 in Bread From Heaven
I will sing of the LORD’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself. You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant, ‘I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.’ “
Posted November 5th, 2008 in Bread From Heaven
O LORD, the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you. May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. For my soul is full of trouble and my life draws near the grave. I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength. I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.
Posted November 2nd, 2008 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. I have been reading about your thoughts on the timing of Ezekiel 38 with Israel’s resultant turning to the Lord again as a nation and the antichrist using that opportunity to make a treaty and assist with building the temple. It makes the most sense to me of all the scenarios I have read about. Do you think that Israel as a nation might also believe that the antichrist is their long-awaited messiah? (Except the problem is he is not Jewish.)
I respect your approach to Scripture very much; you are logical but do not claim as fact ideas that the Bible leaves unexplained–a good balance. Read Post »
Posted October 28th, 2008 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. Rev 2:9: “I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.”
Rev 3:9: “Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.”
Clearly, in the end-times (i.e. likely right now) there is some group passing itself off as Jewish; being recognized as Jewish on an international level, but is not Jewish. Read Post »
Posted October 18th, 2008 in Holidays and Holy Days
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
(At sunset on Sept. 29, 2008 we began year 5769 on the Hebrew Calendar. As I often do with articles that commemorate annual events, I have updated this study on the Fall Feasts and added new information for your review.)
The fall is arguably the most important time of the year in Judaism. Three of Israel’s holiest days are celebrated then, and all in the space of 15 days. They are Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, followed 10 days later by Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and 5 days after that the Feast of Tabernacles. On our calendar they usually fall (no pun intended) some time between mid September and early October due to the differences between the Jewish (lunar) calendar and the western (solar) one.
Each of these holy days has both historical and prophetic significance, the prophetic fulfillment to occur on the day itself. Therefore Christians study them for glimpses into the future as well as to gain a better understanding of Jewish culture. Read Post »
Posted October 13th, 2008 in Estudios Biblicos En Espanol
Un Estudio Bíblico por Jack Kelley
“No temáis, manada pequeña, porque a vuestro Padre le ha placido daros el reino. Vended lo que poseéis, y dad limosna; haceos bolsas que no se envejezcan, tesoro en los cielos que no se agote, donde ladrón no llega, ni polilla destruye. Porque donde está vuestro tesoro, allí estará también vuestro corazón” (Lucas 12:32-34)
Según un análisis gubernamental, las cuentas de jubilación (como los fondos de pensiones) de los trabajadores norteamericanos han perdido más de dos billones de dólares en los últimos 15 meses, la mitad de esa suma se ha perdido en los últimos tres meses. Esto significa que la familia norteamericana promedio ha perdido cerca del 25% de sus fondos de jubilación, y se nos está advirtiendo que el final aun no está a la vista.
Y esto es adicional al 25% que ya han perdido en el valor de sus casas además del aumento del precio de los combustibles y de otros costos asociados a sus vidas diarias. Muchas familias han visto que su valor neto ha sido reducido a la mitad. Ciertamente no es un cuadro halagador. Solamente la caída del mercado de valores de 1929 ha sido peor. Read Post »
Posted October 7th, 2008 in Bread From Heaven
How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young— a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
