Prophetic Witness Magazines

The next great event on God's prophetic calendar is the moment when millions are missing, ‘Lift off for glory’ is number one on God's agenda for the church. I tell you, this is the ultimate grace trip — it's what the ol’ gospel song calls: that great gettin up morning.’ Two thousand years have come and gone since the Lord frst made that glowing promise to His bewildered disciples in the Upper Room (cf. John 14:3). You know as well as I do, so much has happened across the word since then. We think of some key events, within the last 100 years, of cosmic significance.

The scope for comment on the final two Olivet Discourse parables is enormous - the Ten Virgins of Matthew 25:1-13 and the Talents of verses 14-30. The final section of that chapter from verse 31, is an important straightforward prophecy, when the nations (ethnos or Gentile survivors of the Great Tribulation) are likened to sheep and goats.

As Mount Saint Helens rumbled during the spring months of 1980, one man stood firm in is resolve to remain on the mountain. Harry R. Truman, an innkeeper, refused to leave his home despite an evacuation order and repeated warnings that came via reoccurring earthquakes. He acknowledged it was ‘possible’ the mountain might ‘blow’ someday, but he never reached the place where he was wiling ‘to pack up his bags' and leave his home.

The Jew - Chosen Of God

by David Newell

Wilful Forgetfulness

Why do people choose to ignore or forget?

by Donald CB Cameron

Even the Christmas story being sung and recited at this time of year becomes the victim of the increasingly popular kingdom/dominion/reconstruction teachings we have discussed in recent months. Take for example the story of the wise men (the Bible doesn't say there were ‘three’). Having seen a new star, which they understood signalled the birth of a promised king of Israel, they journeyed to Jerusalem - not because the star led them there (as Christmas songs and stories erroneously say), but because that was where they logically expected a Jewish king to be born. We don't know how they were alerted to watch for the star, but it could have been because of an oral account of Balaam's prophecy (Num. 24:17) handed down among Eastern magi.

The Exaltation Of Christ

(Philippians 2:9; Ephesians 1:20)

by Denis Porter.

BIBLE PROPHECY PUZZLE

Does Bible prophecy seem to be a bit of a puzzle?

Tod Hampson

Everyone recognises that world conditions are disintegrating at an unprecedented rate, but many don't see these conditions as signs of the end-times. And I understand why.

We first read of Satan in Genesis chapter 2 when he appears to Adam and Eve as a serpent, who manipulates and deceives them into eating the fruit that was forbidden to them, thus causing sin and brokenness to enter the world. However, Satan's story started before then, because the great enemy of God was not always the enemy of God. In fact the career of Satan started out quite well. It could be said of him that he worked his way from the top to the bottom, which is exactly what scripture records for us.

Getting Ready For Canaan

by Mervyn Paul

Have you ever felt that life was useless, meaningless, and that nothing you could do was worthwhile? Some of us who have been “laid on the shelf” feel this way rather keenly at times. Then, too, there are so many of the Lord's people who are crying out of the depths of sorrow and perplexity, “Why, oh Lord? Oh, why did this have to happen to me?” Others seek to comfort themselves with the thought, “There must be some good reason.”