Introduction to The End Times Biblestudy

End Times Bible Study

Important in Understanding Scripture:

First, when studying the Scriptures we have to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit, as He is the only true Teacher, as Jesus said, He would be our Comforter and "He will teach you all things". [John 14:26]
Second, we need to be aware of the context and ask our heavenly Father to give us "the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him", and that the Holy Spirit enlighten the eyes of our understanding. [Ephesians 1:17-18]
Third, use a plain meaning of Scripture, that is a primarily literal interpretation of Biblical prophecy, except when the Scripture clearly has a symbolic meaning or when the text is figurative.
Fourth, Isaiah 28:7cf,8 declares, “The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink, ... They err in vision, they stumble in judgment ... Whom will he teach knowledge?" Prophet Isaiah warns us that if a teacher fears men and does not walk in obedience and in the fear of the Lord, his message could easily be distorted or contaminated. Even if we try to walk in obedience, how often have we not interpreted Scripture wrongly? As we grow in the knowledge of the Lord and become more mature, we start to understand more things, and sometimes have to correct our past ideas.
Fifth, Isaiah continues to teach us how to better understand Scripture, "For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little ... But the word of the Lord was to them, “Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little." [Isaiah 28:10,13] Hence, both the Old and the New Testament Bible verses are significant and relevant when interpreting Scripture, as we bring them together, they can clarify and explain things to come.
For example, the Feast Days of the Lord have been proven to be foreshadows of what were and are to come in Christ Jesus. Apostle Paul declared, ”For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, ..." [Hebrews 10:1] and "Therefore let no one sit in judgment on you in matters of food and drink, or with regard to a feast day or a New Moon or a Sabbath. Such [things] are only the shadow of things that are to come, and they have only a symbolic value. But the reality (the substance, the solid fact of what is foreshadowed, the body of it) belongs to Christ.” [Colossians 2:16-17, AMPC] In addition, Jesus declared, “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled." [Matthew 5:17-18] In another instance, Jesus reiterated, "So men are called gods [by the Law], men to whom God’s message came -and the Scripture cannot be set aside or cancelled or broken or annulled." [John 10:35, AMPC] By now it must be clear that the Scriptures as a whole will help explain Biblical End Times prophecy.
We can thus safely declare as the Psalmist, "The entirety of Your word is truth, ..." [Psalm 119:160a] Amen.