Found your work through your website. I'm very impressed by your inductive bible study resources you have available there. Did you write all of it? Warm regards, -Mike
Hi Mike. Glad to hear from you. Almost. The Genesis, Jonah, and Psalm 119 studies and some of the parables were written by others. The rest was written by me, little by little over the last 20 years.
some thoughts - Daniel 10:13 But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia. 2 Thess 2:1-12 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, 2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us-whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter-asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. 3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. 5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness. The what in verse 6 is the lack of rebellion, or put another way the prayer and faithfulness of God's people. The who in verse seven is Michael, one of the chief princes. We know this from Dan 12:1 “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people-everyone whose name is found written in the book-will be delivered." When it says Michael will arise it means he will be taken out of the way. Rev 13: The dragon[a] stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. When Michael is taken out of the way the antichrist will come. I believe the first horse is the antichrist. This is the first event that has to occur before the return of the Lord. The second horse is Satan. The word red , which is used to describe the horse, is the same word used to describe the dragon in Chapter 12. It is only used twice in the Bible. The third horse is the false prophet of Rev 13. He will force people to take the mark of the beast if they want to eat. The fourth horse is death and hades. Interestingly, the first five to go into the Lake of fire are the antichrist, then the fasle prophet, then after the thousand yrs Satan, Death and Hades. The fifth seal is the voices of the martyrs wondering when the Lord will return. The sixth seal sets the stage for the Lord's return in verses 12-14. Verses 15-17 make it very clear the Lord returns between verse 14 and verse 15. The rest of the Book of Revelation fills in the gap between verses 14 and 15.
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Found your work through your website. I'm very impressed by your inductive bible study resources you have available there. Did you write all of it? Warm regards, -Mike
Hi Mike. Glad to hear from you. Almost. The Genesis, Jonah, and Psalm 119 studies and some of the parables were written by others. The rest was written by me, little by little over the last 20 years.
some thoughts - Daniel 10:13 But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia.
2 Thess 2:1-12 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, 2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us-whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter-asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. 3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
The what in verse 6 is the lack of rebellion, or put another way the prayer and faithfulness of God's people. The who in verse seven is Michael, one of the chief princes. We know this from Dan 12:1 “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people-everyone whose name is found written in the book-will be delivered." When it says Michael will arise it means he will be taken out of the way.
Rev 13: The dragon[a] stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. When Michael is taken out of the way the antichrist will come.
I believe the first horse is the antichrist. This is the first event that has to occur before the return of the Lord. The second horse is Satan. The word red , which is used to describe the horse, is the same word used to describe the dragon in Chapter 12. It is only used twice in the Bible. The third horse is the false prophet of Rev 13. He will force people to take the mark of the beast if they want to eat. The fourth horse is death and hades. Interestingly, the first five to go into the Lake of fire are the antichrist, then the fasle prophet, then after the thousand yrs Satan, Death and Hades. The fifth seal is the voices of the martyrs wondering when the Lord will return. The sixth seal sets the stage for the Lord's return in verses 12-14. Verses 15-17 make it very clear the Lord returns between verse 14 and verse 15. The rest of the Book of Revelation fills in the gap between verses 14 and 15.