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9.20.2026 – The Truth About Prophecy – “How To Interpret Prophecy (Eschatology)” pt. 2, Assorted Texts + NASB1995
REVELATION 1
EIGHT (8) Principles of Dispensational Hermeneutics:
Dispensational: A theological system that interprets the Bible literally, distinguishes Israel and the Church, and recognizes seven dispensations in God’s plan.
Hermeneutics: A study of the principles and methods of interpreting the text of the Bible. Second Timothy 2:15 commands believers to be involved in hermeneutics: “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who . . . correctly handles the word of truth.”
- 1. Our task is to discover what the original author meant, rather than force the text to fit our beliefs.
- 2. Interpretation mus progress FORWARD from the Old Testament, not backward from the New Testament.
- 3. The progression of revelation does not reinterpret the meaning of earlier prophecies. It builds on what the prophets already revealed.
- 4. The primary theme of the Bible is not only individual salvation, but the KINGDOM of God.
- 5. We believe all the tangible, material, and national promises of the COVENANTS will be fulfilled.
- 6. JUDGING false prophets requires a literal interpretation.
- 7. There is an ETHICAL component to promises.
- 8. Prophecies that have come to pass have bee fulfilled exactly as they were written.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ – Revelation 1:1-3 NASB1995
“1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, 2 who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near.” – Revelation 1:1-3 NASB1995
Be in Readiness – Luke 12:40 NASB1995
“39 “But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.40 You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.” – Luke 12:40 NASB1995