Dec 2

2 Peter 1:16-21
Memorise Zechariah 8:21-23
“no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation”

There are 4,200 verses in Scripture concerning the second coming of Christ. That amounts to the whole New Testament minus the four Gospels. That is a whole lot of Scripture! We thus cannot allow for this spiritualising away of Scripture to make it mean what it does not mean. God requires us to understand the Old Testament prophecies literally.

We have many prophecies in the Old Testament on the first and the second coming of Christ. The prophecies concerning the first coming      of Christ were fulfilled literally. Isaiah prophesied, “Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel”  (Isaiah 7:14). Was this not literally fulfilled? Jesus was indeed born of a virgin. Micah in chapter 5:2 prophesied that Jesus would be born in Bethlehem. Was not Jesus born in Bethlehem? Virgin means virgin, Bethlehem means Bethlehem. If the prophecies of the Old Testament concerning Christ’s first coming were fulfilled literally, why do we then say that the prophecies concerning His second coming are  fulfilled  spiritually?  It does not make sense. If the first coming prophecies are literal, then the second coming prophecies must be literal as well. God means what He says, and says what He means. Israel means Israel; Zion means Zion; Jerusalem means Jerusalem.

So, we reject the anti-Israel millennial view of Israel, and its erroneous method of interpreting biblical prophecy. We can have utmost confidence in the Words of God, for we are certain that He will always fulfil them      to the very jot and tittle. Besides the prophecies concerning the first   and second coming of Christ, there are also many wonderful promises that assure the believer of God’s presence, protection and preservation. These are real literal promises that God will certainly fulfil. We cannot spiritualise these promises away!

Thought: God says what He means and means what He says.
Prayer: Lord, help me understand Thy Truth with a simplicity that comes by faith in Thy forever infallible and inerrant Word.